The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-16
THE FORHSFER MIDDLE,
Perplexing Action Of the
High Court in Du
Rancey's Case.
GRAND PARADE OF THE ORDER.
News Of the Various Secret Organ
izations Throughout the
Country.

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pursued by the High Court in dealing
with the Durancey case. As stated ex.
clusiveiy in the Sunday morning edition
of the JERSEY CITY NEWS last
/ month. the Executive Council OF
the Grand Lodge OF this State directed
the deputy to order Court Jersey
/ City to drop 6. Thomas Dnrancey. who
was convicted Of completely in the cleo
ton frauds. Court jersey City refused to
| obey the Deputy. claiming that as Du-
rancey's case was IN the Court Of Errors
and Appeals no action should be taken In
the matter until that court had rendered
! its decision.
/ Tie Court went further and elected
/ Durancey delegate to the High Court
| When the Executive Council of the
Grand Lodge learned Of the rebeilfous
spirit in which its mandates had been re-
ceived, it directed the deputy to suspend
| Court Jersey City, which the deputy lost
no time in doing.
The Court then appealed to the High
| Court which conveyed in Brooklyn dur
ing tile past week, aud went to
the convention prepared to maintain
/ The High Court admitted Durancey as a
delegate and the court imm eGiately con-
cludt d that IL had won victory. The
| Granu Executive Council thought so TOO,
for it Is said that an effort was made in
their behalf to Withdraw the documents
relating TO the suspension Of Court Jer-
sey City from the High Court officers
| But the High Court disposed Of that mat
ter by referring 1t back 10 the new Exec
utive Committee OF the Grand Lodge
Thus 1t has come about that the Court
has claimed that it bias won the victory
In the convention, and the friends Of the
| Grand Executive Council claim that the
victory percbed upon their banners.
FoREsTERs' DAY.
Foresters' Day was celebrated yester
day with the largest parade in New York
which the order has had since iG cut loose
! from the parent organization in England
4 three years ago. There we're 1900 men
in line. The procession started from
Union Square under Grand Marshal
Adam Brown. It passed along Four
teenth street 70 Broadway. up Broadway
to Seventeenth street. through Seven
teenth, east, up Fourth avenue 10 Nine
teenth street, through Nineteenth street
to Fifth avenue, to twenty-thlrd street
Broadway, TO Thirty fourth street, thence
| west through Thirty-fourth street to
4 Eighth avenue, up Eighth avenue
to Fifty-fhird street. At Eifty-third
street paraders looks the elevated
railroad to One Hundred and Twenty fifth
| street and paraded through several streets
OF Harlem. On the north side OF Union
SQUARE WIS placed the reviewing stand,
on which were many prominent men who
were there to review the parade. Among
them were Mr.. Cornelius Van Colt, John
HI. v. Arnold, President Of the Board of
Aldermen; Justice Lachman, Justice
Clancy aud many others. All the divis-
ions OF The parde salnped as they passed.
The procession was led by a platoon of
New York's FINEST looking spick and
span, and they were followed by the band
OF the Fighting Sixty-ninth" under
Leader BayBe. Then came Grand Mar
shall Brown with his mounted staff, son-
sistin1 of Past Supreme Adjutant ack-
/ sou, Past Supreme Master-at-Arms, 20 IL
Hinman, First Sergeant Charles Ri1g .
First Assistant Grand Marshal RI
| Knight McDermott. Second Assistai t
Grand Marshal NJ. Price, First Orden J
B. b. Levy and the following staff aids;- .
/ O'Connor. o. H. Jefiries, g. Gormley,
j. Nj. Collins and J. Mclaughlin
After these came Sir Knight-D. NJ Nc
/ Coy. captain of the visiting cOnclaves OF the
Knights of Sherwood, and following him
were the eonclaves themselves. including
Empire Conclave No. z, Lafayette Com
cIaye No 90 and Harlem Conclave No. IA.
Then followed in carriages tine supreme
officers of the Knights of Sherwood For
est. They were captain of visiting con-
claves, Sir knight D. W. Mccoy; assist
aut captain, Sir Knight NJ. Collins. Con-
claves- Empire Conclaye No. Z, Layfay-
ette Concfave No. IA, Supreme Con-
Adjutant O. Cronkhite. supreme Pay
master Baxter, Master-at-Arms Young
They were under the escort OF various
visiting eonSlav from Boston San Fran
CISCO. Hoiyoke, Fall River, Providence,
Paterson aud other cities In the juris-
dictien.
The spectators were greatly interested
in the next portion of the parade This
consisted of carriages containing men,
beers Of the fourth branch OF the order,
1.-The Companions Of the Forest TheY
received great applause, because they
We're all women, LOOKING as bfigns anu
handsome rs women do. They were es-
corted by Martha Washington Circle and
were followed by carriages containing
the following officers:-Supreme CnieI
Companion I. E Robinson. Supreme
Secretary Edwin Wrench and Supreme
s. G. Z. Hcliowitz-
The second degree OF the order-the
Ancient Order of Shepher, s--was reDre-
scented By Supreme Officers George
Rausch W s. Drake and J. J. McDer-
mott. ms closed the preliminary por-
ton OF the parade. The eight divisions
followed after The first WAS notable be
cause il contained the supreme officers OF
4 INC <AAe-CA-~ O-e~~- - = - -NN~-- -
ca.
The latter rode in four carriages and
were loudly applauded. Supreme CHIEF
Ranger kits came in for large share Of
ID. He has made = most excellent head
for the order and is popular everywhere.
Then came the Foresters in this ORDER
Fist Division Captain OF Division
Aids, G. NJ Blauyelt; Lieutenant or
| Division Aids, George Glass; First Divl-
sion Aid, o. J. Mendel: Assistant Diyi-
sion Aid, w. J. NJ. White, Robin Hood.
| a. Cos, Court Aid j. j. Seery; Lafayette,
| g. G9S, Court Aid A. Goodman, Republic.
5..788, Cont Aid r. w Bryant: Mid
Marian, 5927; General Sherman, 1888
Court Aid L. Armstrong: Siegfried;
First carriage. supreme Chief Ranger
William A. King; c. A. Backnan, Su-
preme Sub-Chief Ranger; z. L Schultz,
Supreme Treasurer; e. NJ. McMurtry,
Supreme S. p Secretary. Second car
riage, Daniel. Lanigan. Supreme
Senior Woodward, Philip #,
Ogler, supreme Junior Woodward
/ O. II. Hagenmuller, Supreme Senior
Beadle; j. B. Taylor, Supreme Junior
Beadle; third carriage, Supreme Trus-
iees. Conrad Muller. Thomas McCabe. NJ.
d., Duncan McInness and Past Supreme
High Chief Ranger. Joseph Edwards:
j fourth carriage containing Past Or
Ulcers aud Officers Of Grand.
! Court of STATE OF New York.
Second Division.-Second Division Aid,
r. K Senior; Assistant Division Aid. X.
Il Porter. Court Rlcomiugdale. 9. z02