The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-13
THE MYSTIC sHRINERs.
Temples OF the Mobiles Join In q Splen-
did Banquet.

Temples of the Mobiles Join In Spleen
did Banquet.
Two long tables in Elks hall were burdened
with viands, fruits and delicacies last night,
and covers were laid for about 80 mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, the occasion being one OF the ira
ditional banquets of this ancient Arabic order.
large caravan OF mobiles had journeyed during
the day from the Tacoma oasis to this city, and
after surveying the scenic charms OF Seattle and
Lake Washington, thus refreshing their sense of
vision, the temple encamped in this desirable
spot and initiated over two score nov1ces, and
souatted down beneath the palm trees to q feast
which was washed down with liquids somewhat
foreign to the hot sands OF Arabia
The Tacoma mobiles arrived about noon, and
were at once made the guests of the Seattle no
bIes the following being the reception commit
tee: j. A. Black, chairman; J. +. Eshelman, f..
W. Craven, F. w. Parker, G. G. White, s. E..
Clough, j. w. George, 7. P. Dyer, n. 8. Peterson,
F. G. Glennon and F. n. Wilcox.
In the evening the temple met in Pythian hall
in the Frye block, the following being present:
Illustrious potentete, Frank b. Gault, OF Ia
coma; chief rabbn, T. M. Beatty, of Tacoma;
assistant rabbin, C. T. Durgan, of Tacoma; ORR
entail guide, 8. c. Millgan, of Tacoma; patri-
arch, Leroy Pratt, of Tacoma: marshal, J. A.
Black, of Seattle; execntioner, Trusten P. Dyer,
of Seattle; ceremonial masters, w. q. Roland,
Of Tacoma, and y. s. Porter, of Olympia.
Tacoma mobiles: II. Allen, T. NJ. Beatty, NJ.
Brotton, II. W. Dryer, c. n. Daniels, r. J. Davis,
D. L. Demorest, II. w. Dewey, w. p. Dickson,
Henry Drum L. f. Gault Ed X. Hare, ]. j.
Kelly, r. A. Ketner, II. f. Natbold, J. T. Lee,
J. T. Long, J. d. McAliister, s. Mcclellan, ]. T..
Mitchell, p P. Pritchard, A. NJ. Stewart, Walter
j. Thompson g. Fl. Wheeler, Z. NJ Wing, A.
McCulley Colin Macintosh, George Z. Cleve-
land and Henry Phillips.
Seattle mobiles: F. /. Blodgctt, s. E. Clough,
w. II. Ellis, }. F. Ellis, J. W. George, ]. r. Hay
den, John Leary, J. Y. Ostrander, A. L. Palmer,
F. w. Parker, J. C. Peterson, N S. Peterson, II.
F. Phillips, w. V, Rinehart, II. steinman, Pro-
lessor J. NJ. Taylor G.. G. White, +. n. Wilcox,
P. G. Glennon, W. Allen.
Mobiles from other parts of the state: n. s
Porter, r. NJ. Reed, G. D. shannon, c. s. Leaven-
worth and William McMicken, OF Olympia; F.
w. Agate and G. Z. Dickson, of Ellensburg; A.
C. Campbell, of Puyallup; d. T. Davies, of Car
bonado; Carmi Dibble, of Sehome; Rev. H. w.
Eagan, of Walla Walla: A. w. Frater, OF Snoho-
Inish; John H. Irvine, OF Stanwood; W. B. Kelly,
of Sumner; H. G. Morris, of Vancouver; c. b.
weatherwax and J. A. West, of Aberdeen.
The above are all mobiles of Aft temple, but a
large number of mobiles were present from other
GASES, as follows:
Ell Katif Temple, Spokane: C. s. Scott, illus
tr1ons potentate: n. b. Rumble, H. W. Tyler, L.
L. Rand, Louis Ziegler, L. L. Long, C. W. Ide.
W. FL. Feighan, S. II. Rush, j. II. Stone, ID. X.
Mcpherson, D. Dunlap and R. c. Vanderford.
Al Kadir Temple, Portland, Or: George H.
Chance, w. II. Harris, Ira Brown, W. E. CARL
and C. W. johnson.
Smile and F. W. Williams, of Islam
Temple, San Francisco; William Fink, of Mos
lem Temple, St. Joseph, Mo-; P. ].
easier, Zira Temple, Utica, n. Y:
Charles B. Cook Ararat temple, Kansas City,
NO.. John l. simpson, Moslem temple, Detroit,
Mich. J. F. Thompson, Heabo temple, Dayen-
port, Iowa; W. A. Folchard, Moslem temple, De-
troit, Mich; James Horn, Medina temple. Chi
cago, ILL.,: E. J. Duhamel. Hells temple, Dallas,
Tex; A. L. Cohen, Ell Kadr temple Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa; DR.. w. Mcneil, Bounu temple, Balti-
more, Nd; C. A. Watrous, saladin temple,
Grand Rapids, Mich; Edwin Craven, Helena,
Mont; w. Zwickey, osman temple, St Paul,
MINI.
Most of the mobiles marched from the Occi-
dental hotel to Pythian hall, with heads covered
with the red fez of the Orient. The ceremony
at the hall of initiating twenty five pilgrims of
the desert to the mysteries of the Mystic Shrine
was opened by Noble Brown, of Portland, at the
organ, rendering an appropriate musical selec-
ton. Vocal music was furnished by quintette
composed of Mobiles Hare, Hayden Morrison,
Leayenworth and Ostrander. The following
noyices were passed over the burning sands:
Tacoma. c. Weathered, Z. s. Barlow, Abe
Gross, NJ w. Lawrence, r. B. Mullen, S. H.
Hart, Nelson Bennett and NJ. Swamp.
Seattle: A. W. Doran, E. F. Schaffer. John F.
Miller, M. A. Baker, II. c. Bigelow, A. z. Has
kin, Jesse Cochrane and Thomas Johnson.
Aberdeen: r. Fl. Evans, John g. Lewis,
George d. Allen, Alex Poison, Thomas S. Few
and John ". Farquhar; f. F. Williamson, of
Olympia A. B. Lggett, OF Ellensburg, and Y.
c. Blalock, of Walla Walla
1t was after II p, m. before the peculiar cere-
mony was finished. Then the mobiles assembled
the mountain for the distance of one flight of
stairs to the Elks' hall, where the feast was
spread, Illustrious Potentate F. B. Gault pre-
siding as the POSTMASTER. A number of senti-
ments were responded to extempore, the BAN
quet having its usual intellectual features.
There are now fifty-nine temples of the Mystic
Shrine in this country, with about Is 900 mobiles.
The order was introduced to this country from
the Orient by the actor, w. J. Florence, in 1872
General Lew Wallace, ex-minster to Turkey,
was very prominently identified with its limo
walton here. Mecca temple, at New York, was
the initiatory temple. and New York; has ever
since been the American temple 1t is purely a
social order, but none but thirty degree
Masons and Knights Templar can belong to it.
Its work is an adaptation OF Arabic elaboration.
Mr. Mark Wilzinski has gone TO visit friends
in Portland. While there he will attend the
races.