Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-24
THE CAMELS ARE GOING.
sHRINERS HAVE A GRAND BANQUET At
THE MoNoNGAHELA.

| lHE CAMElS AhE GUlNur
sHRINERs HAVE A GRAND BANQUET At
THE MoNoNGAHELA.
Eastern Delegates TO Leave for Home This
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Excursion Up the
River-ColoneI Hudson's speech-Ex.
Governor Foraker Could Not be Present.
The members of Kismet Temple, of the
Imperial Council OF the Mystic Shrine,
will leave for their homes in Brooklyn in
their special train at s o'clock this morning.
A number of the Pittsburg Shriners will &C.
company them as far as Harrisburg, where
they will drop off and attend the State Re-
publican Convention tomorrow. A stop
will also be made at Cresson Springs, where
the party will be entertained for two or three
hours The programme in town to-day is a
boat excursion up the Monopgahela river to
Braddock, McKeesport and other points,
At the business meeting yesterday Imperial
Potentate Samuel Briggs of Cleveland, deliy-
cred his annual address. The expenses Of the
council for the past year were 81, ,35L The re-
ceipts S9742 The following are the names of
members appointed on the different commit
tees.
Credentials-Nobles l. P. Ecker, G. H.
Walker, w. n Baldwin. Dispensations and
Charters-Nobles Richard P. Marvin, Jr., James
H. THOMPSON, William Ryan. Finance and
Accounts-Noblcs E ]. Jordan, Benjamin W.
Rowell, W. A. Stiles. Grievances and Appeals
Mobiles ]. B. Eakins, g. P. Balman, E. C. :Culp,
Jurisprudence and Law-Nobles William B.
Melish. Joseph L. Dobbin, w. H. Mayo. Mile
age and Pay of obles j. 8.
Wright Henry A. Collins, George r. Metcalf.
Foreign Correspondence-Nobles- William 8.
d. "a%o Erada rfnlr Ias
brandt Ritual-Nobles Cyrus w. Eaton,
Thomas ]. Hudson. John w. Boyle. Deceased
Members-Nobles William c. NIckum, Chas.
Imperial Oficers-Nobles Wayland, Trask,
Ethelbert F. Allen, Matthew r. Wolff.
FINE LAYOUT.
After dinner the reports of the committees
were read and adopted. The afternoon was
taken up discussing secret work and in the
evening the banquet was held, preceded by a
reception. The spread was served in the new
dining hall on the Water street side of the Mo-
nongahela, which was gorgeously decorated for
the occasion. The following was the menu for
the banquet which was said, to be the finest
ever given in this city:
Little Neck clans, chicken consomme o Ia
Imperial, broo ok trout a la regence, pommes de
terre soufler, pontet canet, filet of beef, pique
a Ia Chartreuse, asperges, frog legs, sauce ravi-
gotte. sweet bread patties, maraschino sherbet,
pommery sec, spring chicken with cress, green
peas, neapolitaine glace, gateau varies, fruit,
salted almonds, cigars, fromage, coffee, brandy.
The toast master was the Hon. Pearson
Church, of Meadville. ex-Judge Of
Syrian Shrine. of this city. At the
main table sat ex-Assstant Postmaster
T. ]. Hudson, nlusrrious Potentate of Syria
Poteptate Sam Briggs, Of Cleveland, and at h1s ms
left William B. Melish, of Cincinnati, the I'm
perial Chief Rabban. The others were George
H. Walker, of Washington. D. C.; Henry E.
Hosely. OF Boston; Wayland Trask, of Boston;
c. w. Hazard, of Monongahela; Bruce Good
fellow. of Detroit; James s. Wright, Imperial
Treasurer Frank N. Luce. Of Chicago; E. c.
Culp, of Salina, Kan; w. II. Mayo, of St.
Louis; Siras w. Eaton. of Cedar Rapids, Ia,
and Joseph Eiohbaunf Past Grand Master of
Masons of Pennsylvania.
Letters OF regret were read from e1-Gover-
nor J. b. Foraker, of Ohio, and w. j. Florence,
the well-known actor. In opening the festivi.
ties Colonel Hudson said:
COLONEL HUDsoN'S REMARKS.
"lllustrious officers and representatives of
the Imperial Council and mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, to me has been delegated the duty of
opening the intellectual feature of the festivi-
ties this evening I therefore arise to give
expression to the pleasure with which the
mobiles OF this oasis behold you in their midst,
and to extend to you their cordial and hearty
welcome. We are glad that you have afforded
ton of the distinguished stranger mobiles whom
it is our delight to honor. To meet you thus
at the social board and to exchange greetings
is inexpressably agreeable to US, and we hone
it will be pleasant to you, l do not think that
can do justice to the sentiments of respect
with which we regard our guests this evening
May you always be as happy and prosperous as
we desire to see you.
mo well organized banquet is Of much ac-
count without competent head, and can as
sure you that, choice spirits as we may imagine
ourselves to be- and however able some of our
number may be to play our parts in the game
of good fellowship, this pleasant occasion
would have lost halt Of its zest if we were to
have a mere automaton in the chair. 1t is a
good thing to have the right man In the right
justly observed, "A square pin in a round hole
or round peg in square orifce is not ac-
cording to the eternal fitness of things, but, to
speak plainly, is a decided nuisance You will
agree with me, think, that the head of table
was never graced by more courteous gentle
man than the Noble who will preside
over our entertainment tonight 1t seems
to me that it is part of his
mission in life to make the friends who take
their seats with him at the festal board feel
perfectly at home-to put them in good humor
with themselves and all the world If there is
such a thing as social magnetism, am of the
opinion that we are under its influence now
and believing that brevity, like great deeds
my part, close, and have the honor of pro-
posing the initial toast and sentiment of the
evening, and take great pleasure in introduce
ing the Hon. Noble Pearson Church, who will
respond to the toast and act as chairman for
this OCCASION"
The committees In charge of the session had
the following chairmen: Ills. Noble A. B. Wig
ley, on Arrangements; Ills. Noble II. d. w.
English, on Reception; Ills. Noble Benjamin
Darlington: on Finance; Ills. Noble W. 8.
Brown, on Music,