The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-17
ODD FELLOWS VISIT.
Sovereign Lodge Delegates See
the City's Sights.
SOME ,NExPLIcABLE DELAYS.
The Eastern Excursionists Welcomed
Here and Go on-The Chief Busi.
ness They Will DO.


ness They Will Do.
The Odd Fellows on their way TO the sover.
eign Grand Lodge OF the World ~ Portland, Or,
arrived In this city At 10:45 yesterday morning,
being three hours and three-Quarters exactly
after the time that they were expected. AZ .
consequence the steamboat Flyer. which was to
have taken the visitors 70 Tacoma, went on her
regular morning trip. Returning she took the
strangers on board at O'Clock, and, to the &C
compartment Of . vigorous play from ten
streams BY the 6reboet snoqualmie as the Flyer
passed, steamed out of the bay aud sped away
70 Tacoma
1t was just lo:45 when the long ten-coaeh
train containing the Odd Fellows came up Rail-
road avenue. The cars were emptied in q
minute and all the 225 visitors gathered around
Mayor Ronald as he made one OF his character.
istic rough-and-ready speeches.
Ut 10 my privilege TO welcome you to this
city" said his honor. "We have met you and
are yours" Charles r. Fishback then spoke Q
few words, and told the strangers that it was
only question of time when they would all
come here to live anyhow, and that all he
wanted them to do was to come here aud look
around and then make their selection. 1--WE
have more than one town here" he said, "just
as there il Q St Paul and Minneapolis, Chicago
and St. Louis, q New York and Brooklyn
The travellers then took up the march to Front
and Madison streets, and taking the cars rode
out to Lake Washington. Here they boarded
the steamer Kirkland and steamed to the Yesler
avenue wharf Leschi park, the panther and the
sea lions were barely glanced at for the travellers
were In hurry and hungry. Coming back on
the cable line down Jackson street they reached
Pioneer square at l2:S0 Here they dispersed for
dinner about $50 going to the Arlington hotel
and the rest Gas you please" The rendezvous
was at the Commercial dock; but a number of
the excursonists had been informed that they
were to go by the senome from the City dock
ana there they had gone, along with the COM
mittee and most of the tickets Here half an
hour was spent Finally the tickets mysteri-
ously appeared, the Flyer began to load up and
at O'Clock the boat steamed out to the sound Of
cheers from wharf and deck. This ended a
very pleasant and agreeable, though brief, cpl
sode in the city's annals. The remark was gen.
eral that the excursiOnists were . nice, quiet
and refined set of people: and certainly the COM
pliment was well merited.
The Seattle committee charged with securing
the presence of the Odd Fellows in this city
consisted of J. r. Sweeney, William II. Level
Ign, Willis l. Ames, T. II. Dining, George F.
Meacham and Henry Leland. These gentlemen
say they were right royalty entertained by the
Spokane people on Thursday afternoon at the
public reception at the Spokane opera house.
The Portland committee arrived In Spokane the
same afternoon and 1t is said on good authority
one of their number endeavored to persuade the
Odd Fellows to come direct TO Portland, giving
the whole Sound country . wide berth. The
committee consisted of Hon. Philip Metchen,
state treasurer Of Oregon: DR.. Williamson, OF
the Oregon state asylum, and Dr. George II.
Chance, OF Portland. The Seattle committee
was not slow to present the matter otherwise
and succeeded in inducing the Odd Fellows to
come this way, though some of tho excursion
istu olvnr vri1 harn n
to Portland. The party left Spokane at 5 p. m.
on Thursday. Coming to Pasco Junction, they
were detained for ono hour and thrse-Q uarters
At various other places much nearer Seattle
they were detained for no particular reason that
any one could find out assign. At Black
River junction, Meeker and several other places
between Puyaliup and this city the snaiIs pace
seemed to be the fsvorite. The excuse of shot
box" so dear to the railroad man, was not even
suggested.
The transportation committee OF the excur.
sionists themselves was made up OF J. X.
Powers, chairman, Cedar Rapids. Ia; DR.. Will
lam II. Lizard, coroner OF Camden county, New
Jersey, and J. 7. Stewart, of Portland. Or. Mr.
Powers said Of the meeting:
This 10 the assembly of the highest body in
Odd Fellowship. This Is, indeed. the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of all the Odd Fellows of the
S World; 10 Dc sure, there are Independents
tYalia, England. Germany and Switzerland.
They have independence As to ritual internal
prsscribes to the whole Odd Fellow world such
matters as the annual travelling pass word for
the whole globe the secret words, etc, of the
order This year the Grand Lodges OF Germany
and Switzerland were organized by Herman
Block, of my own lodge-No. 80, In Cedar
Rapids, Ia-who was special commissioner of
and spent four years abroad for the purpose OF
extending the order there. Brother Block would
have been here had he not been hurt by an ac-
no national sessions Of Rebekah lodges such as
were held during the conventions at Columbus,
O.. in 1889 and Topeka, Kan, in 1890
The principal changes In the fundamental
law Of Odd Fellowship proposed and to be con-
sidered this year are what known az the
"eighteen-year amendments" and the saloon
sition to reduce the age OF admission to Is years
instead of u, as at present The second is a
proposition hereafter to exclude from Odd
Fellowship all men who sell intoxicants, except
druggists. This means as we'll tho man who
keeps q so-call,d ''frst-class' hotel. as the man
who keeps a corner groggery. do not think,
year, since such changes require three -fourths
vote OF Sovereign Grand Lodges
Following are the names of the delegates and
their friends who were in the party:
DR.. E. II. Ashcroft aud wife. coudersport,
Pa: Mise Florence rancost. Camden, N. j.;
Miss Emma Isz.rd; Camden. N. j.. Z.
nton and wife, Waterbury. Conn; Mss
Katherine Hamilton, Waterbury; Miss C. C.
Green, New Caste, Pa; Charles A. Uil-
rich and wife. Philadelphia, Pa; Dr. ID. II. Is
card, Camden. n. j.: +. J. King, Nor
witch, Conn; A. Is. Pierce and wi,e New.
ARK n j.: q. II. Howell, Waterbury
Conn: DIR. r r. Biackwood and wife, Camden.
n. j.: 4. Grossman. Hoboken. n. j.; J. r.
sanders, Yonkers. n. y. Dr.. E. W; Cooper.
Camden, Del: J. II; Appleby. Whining.
ton, Del: A. Guthrie, H0ckessin, Del
q. C. Morton. Wilmington. Del: j.
Dilcher and wife. Buffalo. n Y. Mra NJ
/. Marks Davenport, Ia; C. A. Cooley ard wife
Waterbury. Conn: j. Barton Smith and WIFE
Camden. n. j.; NJ. ]. Horton, POuituey, Va: j.
". GooGseu. Burlington. VI; n. n. Pufer
and wife, Bennington, VT; W. J. Fernoid
Concord, n, H.: n. z. Plummer and wife,
Portland. Me-; a. r Junkius and wife, Ports
mouth, y. H; W. A. Austin and wife. North Ber-
WICK. Me-: D. 4. Perkins aud wife, Hyde PARK
Mass A. c. Griffith, Newport. r. l.; K
Q. Dieer. Belfast, Ma; W. L. Car
and Miss J. Barr. Jerseyville III:
Thomas Clifford, Gorhan, " H.: +. J. Templar
and James A. Davis. Pawtucket, K l.;
J. w. Boutlet and wife, Concord, n. H;
II. A. Cutter, Nashua, n. H.: Z. e.
Rgerton, Mortified, Vt; N. g. Pe.tei
Waldo, Fla; II. C. Weaver, Huntsville,
Ala: C. A. Robbie. Augusta. Ga; F. Bard,
Gainesville, Fla: ; ~ Kane and vile, Rochss-
ter, Pa: H. sturuagsi. Pittsburg, Pa.
Frank Ellis. Troy, o; G. HosSins ANA wife,
Jackson, Miss; W. W. Owen. Muskegou
Aich. ID Cruiekshnns Charlavasr