Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-23
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BOSTON'S BIG PARADE. Thousands of Odd Fellows
 In Line. A FURIOUS HAIL STORM. Wrecked Sailors Have a
 Fearful Experience. PARNELL SCORES A POINT. The President Again At
 His Post.
aREAT ODD FELLOWS PARADE.

GREAT ODD FELLOWS PARADE.
 Magnificent Pageant in the Streets of ! Boston-Thousands out to See the l Grand Display.
 l BOSTON, Sept. 22.---This was the day of
 the great Odd Fellows parade in connection with the annual sitting of the Sovereign Grand lodge. At an early hour this morn ing the streets assumed holiday aspect l The crowds that throughout the forenoon poured into the city by all the regular and | many special trains on the eight railroads centering here were far larger than was ex- 1 pected and over the long route of the pro-
 cession the sidewalks and doorways were ev- 1 erywhere uncomfortably crowded, while every window and housetop had it's occu- pants. In the central streets the horse cars | were blockaded by the hundreds. The deco | rations along the line of march were in many places most elaborate. The most brilliant | display was made at Odd Fellows hall, of | which the Fremont street front was gor- ! geous in bunting and emblematic designs ex- | tending from basement to roof. Shortly be- fore noon the Patriarchs Militant of the de- partment of the east formed on the common in three brigades. commanded by Brigadier Generals c. A. Cushman, w. F. Ewell and l O. B. Whiton. Meanwhile a salute of ! one hundred guns was fired from Little Round Top on the common in honor of the Sovereign Grand lodge of the order. At the same time the chevaliers from abroad ! were forming on Commonwealth avenue un- der Adjutant General Oliver J. Semmes and Major Ernest Ryan, chief of staff. These organizations belonged to Baltimore, Albany, Buffalo, Chicago and other far western points and were embraced in the department of the
 lakes, Atlantic and Ohio. They formed as
 brigade in command of General John 0.
 Underwood the senior major general
 and commanding the division of
 ths lakes. At the same time the
 several divisions of the civic lodges and en-
 campments formed the first under Marshal
 Hersey Berkeley street; the second under
 Marshal Bradbury of Rhode Island on Claren-
 don; the third under Marshal Harrington on
 Marlboro; the fourth under Marshal Green
 on Dartmouth; the fifth under Marshal Cove
 on Exeter; the sixth under Marshal Blinn on
 Fairfield street, aud the carriages comprising
 the seventh, under Marshal Aldrich, on
 Charles street.
 At o'clock the preparatory gun was fired
 and the various divisions wheeled into like.
 The starting gun sounded at TAO p. m. h.
 stantly the myriad bands struck up their in
 spring strains and amid the booming of the
 cannon the march began. 4:s1s I The pageant was grand one. The mellow
 sunlight irradiated the long golden column,
 lighting up the gleaming swords, the glitter
 ing shields the jeweled belts, the shoulder
 knots and chevrons. A sea of plumes, purple,
 red, yellow and white, and scores of richly
 wrought silken banners and flags danced in tho n ahVancA the brand
 standard of purple silk of thaf lieutenant
 general, the commander of the chevalierS and following were the beautiful colors of the great army, a tri-color of purple, white and red, heavily fringed in gold and inscribed with the crook and sword upon a crown of glory in the white centre. The rich and heavily decorated bannsrets of the various cantons, brigades and regiments, all bore the grand motto of the Chevaliers--" Justitia Universalis, Pax Aut Bellum." The Cheva- Hers in their brilliant dress were indeed fitting escort to the Grand encamp- ment and lodges, but yet the uni forms and regalia of the latter were exceedingly fine and shone out transplendent. Like the Chevaliers the Patri archs with their side arms looked every inch Knights and their costly and golden-wrought banners were attractive. Their marching like that of the Chevaliers was superb and all along the line of march they won encomi- ums in the way of round upon round of cheers. The procession was divided into seven divisions including over fifteen thou sand men and occupied two hours in passing
 single point. The route was through
 Clarendon, Boylston and Berkeley streets,
 Columbus avenue and Dartmouth street,
 countermarching on Chester Park, Fremont
 street, Temple, Washington, Summer,
 High, Congress, Milk, Broad State,
 Washington, School and Beacon to Arling-
 ton street, to the point of dismissal. A
 grand stand was erected on the vacant lot
 adjoining the Clarendon Hotel, whence the
 procession was reviewed by the Sovereign
 Grand lodge, the Massachusetts parade com
 mittae and ladies of the order. Although the procession started at 40 p. m. it was long past six o'clock before the last division was dismissed at the end of the route. All day long extra trains poured masses of hu- manity into the already overcrowded streets of the city and it is safe to say that fifty thousand visitors in addition to at least one hundred thousand residents witnessed the great pageant. Long after the parade was
 dismissed the streets weresss packed with the
 dense throng that all traffic was suspended.