The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-01
DRESS PARADE.

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Drill ut st. Louis-Odd Fellows Parade at
B3stOn.
81. LOUIS Sept. e3.-The charity exer.
cises at tile fair grounds yesterday for the
benefit OF the WidOws and Orphans Ma
sonic Home were witnessed by an immense
throng. Not till after eleven o'clock were
lots drawn for the order of the drill, aud by
that time the immense crowds had en-.
crOached upon the borders of the parade
grounds. II was decided that but thirty
minutes be allowed each c0Mmandery in
which 10 drill. and the order was to be
as follows: DemO!ay, OF Louisville, first;
Zion. OF Minneapolis, second; Louisville No.
l. third; St Bernard, Of Chicago, fourth;
Detroit No. 1, fifth; Jackson, Of Jackson,
Mich, sixth; Raper, of indianapolis, seventh.
During the wait previous to the drill Ivan
hoe c0mmandery No. of St Louis,
mounted, conducted the celebrated cOrnet-
ist, Liberatti, to position In front of tho
grand stand. He gave a solo with bugle
accompaniment, composed of q medley Of
military calls. 1t lacked but fifteen minutes
OF noon when tile sigma. for the drill to be-
gin was sounded. and Demolay command
cry, Of Louisville, marched to the parade
ground. greeted by the most enthusiastic
applause. from Is, 600 10 ~, 900 people, who
had crowded all the accessible and some
apparently inaccessible points of Observa-
ton. The parade ground had been tramped
into field Of mud. rendering the perform.
ance OF the various evOlutiOns slow, diff
cult and tiresOme. However, the tao
tics were closely followed, and nOta-
bic figures and movements were
greeted with liberal applause. Demo-
lay commande.y occupied its full allotted
time and its fine work received general
recognition. Following the DemOlay's re-
tirement Zion No. g, of Minneapolis, took
the ground, making an excellent impression
on its approach. During the progress Of
its drill, Considerable unfavOrable comment
was caused by the action of ST. Bernard
cOmmandery, of Chicago. which, attired in
gaudy uniform with white trousers, and
preceded by the Thirtyseventh regiment
band, of Hamilton, Ont, marched acrnss
the border Of the parade ground to its posi-
ton In the rear. somewhat UvershadOwing
the less conspicuOusly attired Zion com
mandery. notwithstanding the disadvan.
tage under which they were placed the
members Of Zion kept steadily on with
business. and in very short order Lad the
undivided attention of the crowd in attend.
ance, and elected loud and frequent ap-
plause by their superb drilling. To the
tune OF "Old Kentucky Home" Louisville
cOlnmandery No. marched upon the field,
making most favorable impression. The
cOlnmandery drills lasted until nearly four
O'Clock. Raper cOmmandery, of Indianap.
lis. failed to appear and Detroit No.
closed the Grill with evOlutiOns, continuing
for over an hour.
Grand Parade of Odd Fellows.
BOsTON, Sept. 23.-Great crowds Of
people came into the city yesterday morn
ing By special trains and private convey
ances to witness the great parade Of Odd
Fellows, and filed the streets. The
weather was delightful. The different bri.
gades formed OH the parade ground on the
common and prepared for inspection prior
to taking their positions in the procession.
Immense crowds also congregated around
the common. Some delay was OccesiOned
by the hardness of some of the
participating bodies, but at 80 O'Clock |
the long line was set In motion. |
A platoon of police led the way followed |
by the Boston Cadet band and Grand Cam |
ton Luzerne of Lynn, 100 men acting as an !
escort to Lieutenant General Underwood |
and his staff Of patriarchs militant Three |
divisions of patriarchs militant followed, |
being comprised as follows: Major Gen.
eral S. s. Eddy and staff, Of the Division of
from New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, the
District Of Columbia. the North and South
CarOlinas and Colorado band; Major
General E. Burnett Palmer and staff and
The Division of the East, comprising the
First and Fourth Massachusetts regi.
nents, the First Rhode Island regi.
ment, the First separate b.ttaIiOn vi
Massa chusetts, the Second and Third Mas.
sachusetts regiments, the First Connecticut
regiment. the First Maine, the First New
Hampshire and the First battalion Of Yer
mont, in the order named; band; Major
Franklin Ellis and staff and the
division OF Ohio. comprising delegations
from Indiana, Ohio West Virginia, Ten
nesser, Kentucky, Mississippi. Alabama,
Georgia and Florida. This portion of the
procession was the most marked
md interesting feature, the bril-.
liant uniforms, fine marching, skill.
lul- evolution and splendid appear.
ance Of the patriarchs calling for universal
The main body of Odd
Fellows came next in order, preceded by the
Reeves band. of Providence. and Bunker
Hill encamplnent, esc0rting Chief Marshal
Charles II. Porter and staff. This part Of
he procession waS made up of seven
divisions. The first division included
he encampment drill associations OF
Baltimore, Granite lodge. Of Nashua,
Y. H., and Crescent and Roger
Williams lodges OF Providence. The other
divisions were composed of State Organiza-
ions. 1t is estimated that between 5000
md $1,000 men were I'm line and the pro-
essiOn was about two hours in passing
.iven point
Heavy DeEalcatiOn.
HARTFoRD, Conn.,, Sept 23.-George NJ
ef this city. president of the