The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-20
ROYAL ARCANUM.
ROYAL Reception to Distinguished officers

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ROYAL Reception to Distinguished ohi'et''
As per announcement yesterday morn.
ing Supreme Regent ;. NJ. Lindsey, OF
the ROYAL Arcanum, accompanied pl
Vice. supreme Regent l.. r. Watts and
Grand Regent II. \ Dobie, arrived IN
the city Yesterday. They were met at
The train and escorted TO the Exchange
Hotel ard afterwards were shown me
city by the following committee Grand
Seer. iarv VIM. Loycnstein, Past Grand
Regent John J. Wright Grand Warden
i &. Morris. Grand Sentry {. W How
ard. Past Regents 5. L. Bloomberg and
VI. Gunst
Al night they were escorted TO Corco-
ran Hall hv the committee, where they
entered Union Council, and were re-
ceived with the usual honors Past Re.
gent Williams delivered a speech OF
welcome. which was happily responded
TO bv Supreme Regent Lindsey in
speech spprcciatiye of the reception &C
corded HIM.
After the overture by the orchestra,
The sneakers. accompanied by the com
mittee entered the hall, where large
crowd awaited them, among whom were
large body of the order, who occupied
the seats in the left, that had been re-
served for them.
TIE GRAND RECEPTION.
Al $40 o'clock Mr.. William LOven-
stein took the chair and in a happy and
pleasant style delivered the speech OF
welcome. after which Miss Sallie Mont
comerv and Mr.. G c. Crump sang q
duet entitled. IL Liye and Love Thee
Then Can't. Frank Cunningham came
forward amid great applause, and sang
"The Song That Reached Ny Heart in
his usual touching manner. He was
loudly applauded and as an encore sang
Listen 10 MY Tale Of Woe" The
chorus was led hy Mr.. Iardella, and was
received with round after round Of APP
plause
THE SUPREME REGENTS ADDRESS.
Grand Secretary Lovenstein then in.
troduced the Hon. 5. VI Lindsey, OF
Utica. y. y, supreme regent, who
spoke for an hour he opened his able
and mastery speech by expressing his
gratitude to the people Of Richmond for
their cordial greeting, and said he had
received what he called an old Nirginia
welcome lie said he came before
them i'm behalf of 10000 royal brethren,
and complimentcd the progress the
Richmond order had made in their great
organization. He then gave bret
history Of tie order, and thoughtiuliy
reviewed the work done and the pro-
gress made in the last few years. They
had made no sudden Advancement, but
had gradually increased until now $4,000
members rallied under the banner OF the
horal Arcauum More than a million
and q half dollars had been expended
for the benefit of the widows and fami-
lies Of their deceased brethren, and
every cent Of this enormous amount
had been laid upon tie altar OF
the des0late and bereaycd. one
great object of the organization was
that no creditors could get q cent OF
these amounts, no matter how many and
how great the debts of the deceased, not
a cent could his creditors receive, but
all was given 10 his family. lie then
spoke of the bright prospect ofthe order
and the marked increase of membership,
and the general progress made since
1887 lie closed by urging the members
of Virginia to press onward, and hold
the position gained as first in the
country
After the speaker had finished he was
loudly applauded and warmly congratu-
lated hv those sitting near him.
Miss Montgomery ten sang "When
the Nioleis Bloom Again in pleasant
manner. She has an exceedingly sweet
voice. and a naturalness about her sing
ing rarely heard
Mn Crump then sang a solo entitled
"The Bugler," after which Mr. LOven-
stein introduced