Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-24
ADVERTISEMENT MENTION.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,


Father J. j. Upchurch.
There Will arrive from the East this
morning Father J. ]. Upchurch, founder
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
accompanied by Grand Representative W.
Fl. Jordan, who is returning home from
attending the thirteenth annual session OF
the Supreme Lodge, which convened in Des
Moines, Iowa, June I'd, and was in session
five days Father Upchurch will arrive by
the express train at A. NJ, and be met by
a committee from Union and Sacramento
Lodges and breakfasted at the Silver Palace
dining-rooms. The shortness of his stay on
this occasion will be compensated for by
visit to Sacramento on the occasion of a
joint installation about the 18th of July.
He will be met this morning, on the
arrival of the train at Port Costa,
by a committee from San Francisco
and Oakland, and escorted to Oakland. AT
Oakland Father Upchurch will have a
grand reception at the hands of the Work
men of Alameda county, and will be es-
corted to San Francisco, where there will
be torchlight parade of all the Lodges of
that city, Oakland, etc., in the worthy
visitor's honor the number of members of
the Order in line probably amounting to
several thousand. The procession will
march to the Pavilion, where there will
be a reception and ball. Tomorrow Father
Upchurch will attend grand picnic of the
Order at Fairfax.
J. J. Upchurch was born in North Caro-
lima March 20, 1920, says the Pacific States
Waterman, and is consequently now in his
sixty-sixth year. He was the son of par
ents in the humble walks of life and his
boyhood and youth were passed similarly
to that of other farmers children. As a
equations, married and settled down. For
over twenty years succeeding 1915 he was
in the employ of the railroad companies of
Pennsylvania, occupying for the greater
part Of that time the position of master
mechanic in the shops. While in this po-
sition he saw many respects in which the
life of the mechanic might be improved.
Having in view first, principally, the idea
of bringing employer and employee together
in a fraternal organization for better mu-
tual understanding and the prevention of
strikes and secondarily, the education, ell
ovation and fraterniZing of the masses and
proper provision for the future of their
families, he commenced evolving his plan
for the formation of the Order. This was
in April, 1868. All know that the Order
has so far oUtgrown its original scope that
the secondary idea aforementioned has be-
come the primary one and the Order, in
stead of being confined to mechanics, EN-
braces all classes Of society, even to the
highest officials in the land. As to the re-
mainder of the story, we give it in his own
words:
On October D. ls6S at Meadyille, Pa. JEFF
ferson Lodge, No. !, a. o. L. w, was Instituted.
with fourteen members. On the morning OF the
2Sth number of the fourteen demanded that
the words white male be stricken from the
constitution. / persistently refused TO do SO,
and the Recorder refunded to every man his
entrance fee. can assure you that the future
looked dark, but | was determined to do my
duty. On November Sd, the second meeting
night, seven of the fourteen came forward and
paid their entrance fee for the second time.
That evening We took in two new members.
We went to work with renewed energy and de-
termination to try and build up the infant
Order When we were nine months old we had
twenty members. When my mind runs back |
can hardly realize the fact that orr noble order,
now over 10000 strong, is the outgrowth of
that twig planted in Meadville, Pa, October y,
1865. Its growth shows the justice of our cause.
Let us not grow weary in well doing, but push
the good work forward until every good man is
brought under its beneficial influence.
In order to protect him in his justly
merited fame and allow no one to divide
the honors with him. the Supreme Lodge
of 1888 placed on record its decision pro-
nOuncing Father Upchurch the original
founder of the Order and its protector dur
ing its infahtile years. That body has also
voted him the honors OF Past Supreme
Master Workman. and members OF the
Order everywhere are esteeming it their
privilege TO cheer the declining years Of
the grand old man and smooth his path
way toward the end of life.
THE PosroFFIcE SITE The committee,
Messrs Boyne, Blessing, Luce, Beede and
Krebs, which was appointed at the meet
ing held at the Capital Hotel, Monday, to
ratify the acts of the Commissioners i'll
selecting q suitable site for Government
building. has performed the duties assigned
it, viz: Sent on kilograms to the Secretary
of the Treasury at Washington, and drafted
petitions for the signature of the people of
the city. Below is copy of one of the
many petitions that will be put in circula-
ton to-day ITO Hon. Daniel Manning,
Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States The undersigned citizens of Sacra-
mento respectfully represent that they are
informed that objections have been made
to the confirmation of the selection of
property recently made for Postoflice site
IN this city. Nour petitioners would here
say that said selection was made after due
deliberation on the part Of the Commission
ers appointed by the Government for that
purpose. The said Commission is COM
posed OF well-knOwn and prominent citi-
ZenS, property and old residents. in
whose judgment the people of this city
have full confidence. Your petitioners fur
ther represent that the site selected is stu
atcd as near the business portion of the
city as it could possibly be located-as will
be more fully shown by the map of the
city presented herewith-and that the price
paid for said property is reasonable. Your
petitioners most respectfully request that
the selection of said Commissioners be con-
frmed.n
GONG AFTER THE GAMBLERs.-Sherif K.
H. Beamer, of Yolo county, has issued the
following card ITO whom it may con
Germ / have heard that the game of stud
horse poker IS being secretly played in
town. and while | am satisfied that all who
engage in such a transgreSSion are fully
aware that it is in violation of the plain
letter of the statute, | desire 10 notify such
ones that il will not be tolerated, and if
they persist they will certainly be arrested
and prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. A word TO the wise is sufficient, and
all persons who may be interested IN any
banking game within the jurisdiction of
Yolo county will take timely warning and
profit thereby"
POLICE CoURr.-In the Police Court yes
terday james McDade was sentenced to
fifty days in the County Jail for vagrancy:
49,. Herman Glass, previously convicted of
petty larceny, in stealing clothing, was.
fined $50 or twenty days......The cases of
Thomas Boyle, b. Hilbert and NJ Hilbert,
all charged with disturbing the peace, went
over until this morning.. \. Bugbey's
case of disturbing the peace was set for
hearing on the 2zth....A. w. De Marsh
was fined IS for disturbing the peace.
The case of Julius Danioth, for assault to
murder, was continued. until to-day