The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-10-31
The Masonic Grand Lodge.
Our Illustrious Guests Arrive at
9:35 a. M.
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Peo.
pie on the Special Train.
Great Falls to Have Another Gath.
ering Of the Brave and Fair.
Most Magnificent Train Ever Seen
in the Country.
Fastest Time Ever Made on West.
ern Railway.
Assistant Superintendent Green Per.
sonally Superintends the
- the Decorations.
First Dispatch.

First Dispatch. s.. .-.
from our Extra Of yesterday noon]
HELENA, Oct. 30 Especial to the LEAD
Err There are one hundred and twenty
five people on the Masonic special, which
leaves here at o'clock this morning.
We shall reach Great Falls about 10:1s
q. m.
The Masons and their ladies, about
forty-fve in number, are all in excellenr
spirits, anticipating joyous season with
their Great Falls brethren and delight
full visit at the Cataract City.
They will be in the city three days.
Immediately upon their arrival this
morning special grand convocation will
be held in Masonic Hail. Routine anc
Grand Lodge business will be conducted
at other sessions during the day.
A portion of Thursday will be devoted
to sessions of the Grand Lodge. At p
NJ. there will be a Masonic banquet at the
Park hotel to be followed by q grand
ball.
On Friday morning the Grand Lodge
and their friends will have an excursion
to the Falls, the Giant Spring, and the
Smelter, from which they will return in
time to allow the distinguished grand
guests to take the regular train for Hell
ena at 1870 a. IN.
The surprise of our citizens was be
yond repression at beholding the gayly
decorated train roll into the depot at 8 :35
being forty minutes ahead of time.
The engine was decorated with Mason,
ic emblems from the pilot to the rear END
of the locomotive. On the front of the
locomotive was square and compass
with massive G over the number plate
The hand ratings were all wrapped will
the stars and stripes. A large banner o.
blue reached from The sand-box to the
foot boards on either side. The head
light was beautifully decorated with EN-
blems CT the order. Two beautiful sill
flags three feet in length with gclt
square and compass and G emblazonet
on it,floated from the fiag-statfs on eithe
side of the engine.
It was admitted by all who saw it to b.
the most magnificently decorated locomo
tive that ever went out of Helena.
The train consisted of one caboose fol
smoking car and two coaches. The ca
boose was simply decorated with thu
national emblem.
The two coaches were covered witt
blue bunting, the color representing thu
Masters degree of the order.
On either side of the first coach was
large square and compass and both coach
es were enveloped in gorgeous rosette
with blue streamers stretched and tes
tooned in a most artistic manner on eacf
coach from end to end.
Even the bell cord of the train was en-
yeloped in the Masonic blue and the ma
tional colors.
Every person on the train was Maste
Mason-from President G. A. Broadwat
er, General Manager H. g. Ives, Gen
Passenger Agent B. H. Langley, Assistan
Superintendent W. B. Green, Chief Dis
patcher P. M. Collins, Trick Dispatche
John Clark, Conductor J. M. Baire
Brakeman Harry Bell, Engineer Maj
Fisher. Fireman Frank Wells-and ever
person on board of the train was Maste
Mason, a Master Mason's wife or daugh
ter-the first time in the history OF tn
United States that such thing, wa
achieved.
The train left Helena at o'clock sharl
arriving at Great Falls at 9:35--beatin
all records on the Montana Central, whlc
has the reputation OF being one OF tn
hest ballasted roads and making the bel
time of any other road in the west.
Superintendent Green informs us th'
he rode on the engine nearly all the wa
and that Engineer Fisher used the grea
est of care and made this remarkable ru
without jar or accident of any kind
The train was specially chartered
the Montana Masonic Grand Lodge al
was in charge of Grand Master A. G. l.
gan of Helena, who was untiring in II
attention to the comfort OF all on poar
The citizens of Great Falls were real
taken by surprise. The delegation
lected to meet and escort the distinguls
ed guests from the train were not eSpee
ing its arrival until 1915 a. m.' as pr
yiously announced by telegraph; put u u
extraordinary time made enabled !, !,
train to gain about forty mlnutes on VI
run, thus making the arrival at $3.50
The delegation regret that on accoun
of the rapid time made, they were pl
cluded from extending the courtes'
, they had intended to our honoreo gues
| but they think they will have an oppc
tunity, before they leave Great faliS'
5 get even with them for so adrol'ly s'e'
! ing march on them.
| The following is full list OF the nun,
| o,,ncfs with III