Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
THE GOOD TEMPLARS
Now Gathered in Chicago From All
Quarters of the Earth.
A POWERFUL TEMPERANCE ORDER
Aid to be Extended to Prohibitions Cause
in Pennsylvania
UNWILLING OF THE HAYMARKETSFATUE
.coRREsPoNDENcE OF THE D1srAroH.l

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE D1sPATcH.l
CHICAGO, June 1.-The Grand Lodge Of
the World of the Order of Good Templars,
the largest temperance society in existence,
is now convened in this city. They have, it
is claimed, 900 members, of which over
200, 900 are in this country. The badge of
the order is a round pin with outline map
of the globe and the letters I. o. G. T.
It teaches, said one of their members, that
''their field is the world" Since 1851, when
the order was established, thev have organ
lied lodges in all parts OF the world to which
civilization has spread. There are dele
gates here who have come all the way from
India and South Africa to attend this con-
vention.
These delegates from distant lands, how
ever, are not such curiosity or drawing
card for their meetings as might at first be
imagined. They are mostly "carpet-bag-
gers" of the Anglo-Saxon race, who have
settled in those countries-not natives. 1t
is said that the belief in one Supreme Ruler
of the universe prevents the order from en-
bracing many members outside of the Chris
tian lands.
A COSMOPOLITAN ORGANIZATION.
There are some colored members and one
Indian, Oronhyatekha, NJ. D., physician,
of London, Canada. He is a large, portly
man of distinguished bearing, and, as his
color at once proclaims his race, he prob
ably attracts more attention than all the
other delegates combined.
The lodge met Tuesday at the First NJ. E.
Church, and the session will continue for
about two weeks. One of the first actions
taken was that of expressing their sympathy
and wishing success ito the Pennsylvania
brethren in their conflict with the liquor
traffic" The chief subject of their deliber-
ations so far has been the establishment and
regulation of Juvenile Temples" for the
children.
Besides the usual exercises incident to
Memorial Day, it was celebrated in this city
by the unwilling of the great bronze police
man who stands guard over the spot where
50 many of Chicago's police were killed by
the Anarchist bomb May 4, 1886. The
statue is about nine feet high and stands
upon pedestal II feet high, making the
total height of the monument about q feet.
A COMMEMORATIVE STATUE.
1t was put in position on the 4th of the
month just three years after the riot. As
concentrating the triumph of order over
anarchy, it has long been the object of the
plttSF naueo ot Tue AnaIcnlsVs, anu from
some obscure hints dropped by the few still
holding that doctrine in this city, it was
feared by some that dynamite bomb would
demolish it before ever it was unveiled to
the public. 1t was safely dedicated, how
ever, and, despite the day being one of the
worst of the year, cold with a rain drizzling
down that every now and then turned to
snow, a large crowd stood shivering under
their umbrellas to watch the ceremony.
The inscription on the pedestal is doubt
less intended as an admonition to Anarchists
and others of that class: 'In the name of
the people of Illinois 1 command peace"
A CHICAGO VICTIM.
In spite of the selfasserted shrewdness of
the Chicago man, a resident of this city, and |
a lawyer at that, was recently victimized in a |
way that would have been disgrace to the |