Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-11
B'NAI BIRTH ORDER.
IT'S oUINTENNIAL SESSION TO BEGIN
HERE JUNE tST.
some of the Prominent Delegates Ex'
peoted--ro BE Welcomed by the
Mayor-Other Notes.

Tho opinteunial session of the constitu.
tionaI Grand Lodge Of the Independent
ordor of B,nai Birth will be held in this
CITY. commencing on Sunday, June LIST.
The body will remain in session several
DAYS. the attendance promises to be large,
and the exercises will be ofiDterest.
preliminary meeting for the election oil
temporary officers will be held at the Ex.
change Hotel. but the regular sessions will
no held IN the hall OF the House of Dele
gates. 81 I. .o,,oosoa, -
about eighty delegates, consisting OF rep;
resentative Israelites of this country, and
several representatives are expected Tor ID.
q. Lodges Nos. and . in Germany and
Roumania.
AMERICAN DISTRICTS.
There are seven districts IN the United
States. Ill.
DELEGATES. among them Julius Bier, who
has long been president OF the Executive
Committee. Adolph j.. Sanger, ex--presi-
dent Of the Board OF Alderln zen OK n new ~
York, william a. Cans. president OF ID. U.
L.. No. /, and other prominent representa-
tive men of New York and Boston.
District No. has its headquarters at
Cincinnati. and will be represented by
Joseph Abraham, a prominent member on
the bar of that city, Isidor Bush, OF st.
Louis. and other wel-known citizens OF
the West.
The Third district has its headquarters
in Philadelphia and has seven delegates
among them Selegman j. Straus, OF Wilkes
barre and David Klein. of Philadelphia.
No. 4 is composed of the States OF the
Pacific slope. and will have full delega-
tion of eight members,
District No. 3, with Headquarters at
Baltimore. is the district TO which this
State is assigned. IL will be represented
by Hon. Junlus Wolf, of Washington; NJ. ..
Ash. of Baltimore; j. J. Mack. OF North
Carolina Nathaniel Levin, OF South caro-
lima Lionel 9. Levy, of Georgia, and Sena-
for william Lovenstein. Of this city.
District No. has its headquarters at
Chicago. and is composed OF the north
western States. Philip Stein, OF Chicago,
a prominent member of the bar and the
president of the convention held IN New
York in 1885. is one of the delegates from
this district.
District No. has its headquarters at New
Orleans, and is composed OF the Gult
States. Among the delegates Will be Leo
n. Lew. of Galveston. Tex, who Is well
known in this community.
POWERS OF THE CONVENTION.
The powers Of the convention are legis-
lative, executive, and judicial, ana some
important measures will be adopted with n
view of increasing the usefulness of the
order. -
The lodges Of this city, and, in fact. the
entire jewish community are making ac-
tive preparations for the entertainment
and reception Of the delegates. An enter
tainment will be rendered them on Monday
evening, June I'd, by the jefferson Lite
rary and Social Circle at the Mozart
Academy. q,
On Tuesday evening. June Sd, there will
be banquet at the Exchange Hotel and
on Wednesday evening a reception Will be
rendered by the Mercantile Club. Some
Afternoon during their stay there will be
carr ge-drive through the CITY and visit
to our various manufacturing establish
Inents.