San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-19
ELKS IN REUNION.
Their National Convention Begins
in Detroit Today.

in Detroit Today.
DETROIT, June l9.-The national
convention of the Benevolent and
Protective Order Of Elks will begin
in Detroit today, and will last the
entire week. The Detroit Lodge
has made extensive preparations
to entertain the visitors, of which
there will be a small-siZed army.
The order has been growing at
rapid rate of late years, and the
annual session of the grand lodge
in Detroit this year is expected to
make an extraordinary showing of
members and friends. Commit
tees for the care and entertain
ment OF the vast herd of Elks were
appointed months ago, and they
have been steadily at work ever
since. They have held meetings
two or three times a week, and
have completed every detail for
the entire six days of the meeting.
The event comes in the form of a
reunion, and there will not be less
than $1,000 men in attendance, all
members of the ordor. In addition
to this, there will be hundreds of
visitors, wives, sweethearts, and
friends of the members, all going
to swell the great throng that as
:embles here.
The grand lodge headquarters
will OF thn pnccn11 HnnSn Tho
Louisvill Reading, Dallas, Amster-
dam, n. Y, Harrisburg and Find
lay lodges will also locate at the
Russell House. The Hotel Cahillac
will entertain the Buffalo and
Jackson lodges. The Cincinnati
lodge has received Accommodations
at Richter's. At the new st. Clair
Hotel, which was finished in time
for the reunion, will be lodges
from Cleveland and Chicago. The
Philadelphia lodge will stop at
the Wayne. The Edwin Forrest
Club, composed of the New Eng
land delegation, will also be at the
Wayne. In this delegation will
be lodges from Boston, Worcester,
Salem, Springfield, Lawrence,
Providence, Newport, New Haven,
Hartford and Portland. They will
come in a special train over the
Fitchburg, West Shore and Grand
Trunk railroads.
AS far as the programme has
been arranged this morning and
afternoon will be devoted to re-
ceiving and registering members
at the auditorium. In the even
ing at the Lyceum theatre there
will be grand gathering, and the
visitors will be welcomed by Gov
ernor Rich and Mayor Pingree.
Tomorrow morning the grand
lodge will organize at either Phil
harmonic Hall or the Scottish
Rite Cathedral. The parade oc-
ours tomorrow afternoon. John
Mclaughlin will be chief marshal.
Detroit lodge will be escort and
John r. Stirling and John Grant
will be special aides. This lodge
will appear in black cutaway coats
and trousers and white vests, ties
and gloves and silk hats,
The best drilled and best appear
ing lodge in the parade will be
awarded a prize. Visiting and
serenading will be the order Tues
day evening. The grand lodge, will
resume business Wednesday morn
ing, and in the afternoon there
will be band tournament on
Belle Isle. A social and banquet
will be held at the Auditorium in
the evening. President Cleveland
and Vice-President Stevenson have
been invited to be present. Boat
racing on the river will be the pro-
gramme Thursday, and on Friday
the visitors will say their adieus.
A large number of them will go di-
rect to Chicago from here by
steamboat.
Among the men who will be re-
ceived with especial honors are:
f.. B. Hay, of Washington, to
whose efforts the reconciliation
with New York Elks is due, and
who will probably be again elected
Grand Exalted Ruler.
Frank Z. Wright, one of the
leading officials, heads the Toledo
delegation. He is termed the most
popular Elk in the United States