Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-07
JUST $25 A PLATE.
A Banquet That Will Eclipse Any
thing Ever Given in This City.
ROW PITTSBURG WILL ENTERTAIN.
Two Days Meeting Of the Imperial Council
of the Mystic Shrine.
FORAKER AND OTHER NOTABLES COMING

The Imperial Council of the Ancient
Arabic Order of the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine for North America will meet in this
city June % and "a The convention will
be attended by about 1000 OF the higher
order of Masons, and the most prominent
feature of the affair will be banquet cost
ing S25 plate. Among the notable dele
gates from distance will be Ex-Governor
John B. Foraker, of Ohio. The convention
will, without doubt, be the event in secret
society circles of the year.
The delegates from distance will arrive
in this city Sunday, the 22d instant, and as
many as can be accommodated will find
quarters at the Monongahela House, where
the sessions will be held. On. Monday,
forenoon and afternoon, the business meet
ing OF the Imperial Council will be held in
the new hall, which has been beautifully
furnished, and extra touches will be put on
for the reception of the distinguished guests.
In the evening the banquet will be held. 1t
will be rendered by the subscribing men-
bers of Syria Temple of this city, and will
be given to the Imperial Council and repre-
sentatives Of different councils all over the
United States and Canada.
BANQUET AND RECEPTION.
Plates will be laid for between 250 and
300 people. All the Temples in New York,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, Gin
cinnati, Chicago. Cleveland, Boston, In
dianapolis and dozens of other cities will be
represented in addition to their regular del
egates. Preceding the banquet at o'clock,
will be reception.
On the following day, Tuesday, an ex-
cursion will be given to the visiting mobiles
and their ladies. The boat will go up the
river to different points of interest, and will
leave this city about 10 o'clock. The party
will return about in the afternoon and the
majority OF the delegates will leave in the
evening for their homes. A great many of
the Pittsburg members are delegates to the
State Convention, and they will have to get
home early to leave for Harrisburg on the
evening trains.
Money or pains will not be spared to
make the banquet the finest ever given in
this city. George B. Orlady, District At
tornev, of Huntingdon county, will be toast
master. Our own Colonel Thomas J. Hud-
son, of the postofice. will be the assistant
toast master, and will no doubt fill the
position OF honor creditably. ''Tom" is the
illustrious Potentate of Syria Temple, and
is one of the best members in the organiza-
tion. Among those who will be present and
will likely respond to toasts are: ex-Gov-
ernor Foraker, Of Ohio; William B. Melsh
OF Cincinnati; Samuel Briggs, of Cleveland;
John T. Brush, of indianapolis; Frank L.
Hastings, of Kansas City, and other prom
inent city and county officials from different
parts of the country.
WORKING FOR A SUCCESS.
The different committees are workino
hard to make the affair success. The
chairmen are as follows: On reception, H.
D. w. English; arrangements, A. B. Wig
ley; finance, Benjamin Darlington; music,
w. S. Brown.
The order is a social organization, and
only Free Masons are elegible to member
ship. The latter must attain a certain
number of degrees in Masonry before they
can be eligible to membership in the Mys-
tic Shrine. The order is divided into local
and national organizations. The former are
called temples, and the latter is known as
the council. There are about 700 members
in the local organization.