The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-09
VISITING SHRINE Frs.
A Most Enjoyable Day Spent Over
in Oakland.

The mobiles of the Mystic Shrine visited
Oakland yesterday and we're met at the foot
of Broadway with carriages and by COM
mittee consisting of Mobiles Charles ID.
Pierce, Zachery T. Gilpin and Albert
Brown. having arrived at about noon by
the creek route. There were about $50 per-
sons in the caravan and the procession
numbered fifty-two carriages and number
of buggies. A short drive was had about
Oakland, when the caravan took up its line
of march to the University buildings at
Berkeley, then the buildings Of the Instltu-
ton for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind
were inspected and received much praise
from the visitors.
The procession was thence driven
through the handsome grounds of Captain
Ainsworth, Judge CARRIER and Mr.. Ballard
and to Piedmont Springs. which was fixed
upon as an oasis, and luncheon was served
by the entertaining mobiles OF Oakland.
After refreshments had been served the
residence of Isaac l.. Requa was visited,
then through Hayes Canyon the caravan
pursued its way to w. j. Dingee's grounds
and from thence to East Oakland, after
which drive was taken about the prlncl-
pal th0roughfares of the city, and the me
residences and grounds pointed out to tne
pilgrims.
At about o'clock the procession broke
up and the visiting pilgrims took the varl-
Gus trains to San Francisco, some going by
the broad and some by the narrow gauge.
At Claremont the Refreshment Committee,
consisting of Mobiles n. w. Spaulding, Is.
+. Handy and A. W. Burial, met the weary
travellers and refreshed them with oil ana
wine. The visiting pilgrims before leaving
Oakland expressed themselves as having
enjoyed the day better than any previous
one during their sojourn so far.
Last evening a large number OF the noDles
of Mecca Temple of New York, visited the
asylum of California Commandery, NO. i,
knights Templar, and witnessed the con-
ferring of the order of the temple on can
didate The work of the degree was mag
nifcently rendered by the efficient corps OF
California officers. and on conclusion OF the
work addresses complimentary to the OIL
GERS were delivered by the visitors. mere
after the visitors were entertained by the
Sir Knights.
This morning at 10 o'clock the steamer
Bay City will leave the pier at the foot OF
Market street for trip ON the bay, In honor
of the Mecca pilgrims and visiting Islam
Temple. Hunters Point, Mission ROCK,
1eTba Buena, Alcatraz and Angel Island
will be visited, and the trip will be extended
as lar as the Golden Gate in order to afford
the visitors chance to see the broad Pa
cific. The new cruiser San Francisco, and
the one building, the Monterey, will also
be inspected, and during the run up
Richardson's Bay to the Twin Sisters Light,
house an appetlZlng lunch will be set and
partaken Of in the cabin of the steamer.
This evening Islam Temple will hold an
informal reception to its guests at the oasis,
131 Post street None but Shriners VIII be
admitted, and although the sands will not
be hot" still they will be warm enough to
cool by an endless quantity Of "Zem-zem"
waters, which will be ready for their use.