Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-15
FORKsTERs BANQUET.

A Great Success-Largely Attended,
 Many speeches Made-Mayor sar-
 gent Compliments the Order-Fer-
 esters Delighted-Beautfes of the
 Elm City's Surroundings.
 A complimentary banquet was rendered to the officers and representatives of the Supreme court of Connecticut, Ancient Order of Foresters of America, and invited guests, by the A. O. F. of A. association of New Haven, at Warner hall last evening The guests, about 300 in number, sat down to the feast about g o'clock An sle- gant course dinner was served by Caterer Disbel, which was greatly enjoyed by all present. At coffee, speech making was in erder, P. B. O'Brien, the president of the New Haven Foreatsrs association, acting as toastmaster.
 Mayor Sargent was the first speaker called upon. He responded cefully with few well chosen remarks in which he complimentsd the Ancient Order of Foresters on the strong men in it-as men who will in the future rule the destinies of the country.
 He was followed by W. S Elliott of Chicago, the prosecuting attorney of Ill | nois. who spoke in part ss follows: "I feel charmed and delighted st the re- ception we have had here in New Haven. I have been delighted with our etay in Connecticut and New Haven. Some of the brothers have shown me about the suburbs of your forest oity, as I might call 1t. And as I went up and up still higher | and higher, felt much as our Lord must have felt when he was carried up into an | exceeding high mountain and shoun all tue kingdoms of the earth. Oh, glorious is the view from Ess. rock; thsre under the shadow of that great granite pile ! which commentaries the victories of free | dom. I hope that there will be \ fact that Connecticut has this time been denied her request. We are with you and you with us, and those who have withstood | the kindnessss of Connecticut will go to their respective homes with @ greatly in- creased zeal for the order"
 W. A. Kttts of Brooklyn, NY. was next called upon and he made An excellent sd- dress, especially dwelling on the educs- tional principles of the Foresters. Lewis Thorne, the ewly- elected supreme chief ranger, of Los Angeles, Cal, was the | next speaker, and he was followed by J. J.
 Mcdonald of Waterbury, L J Smith of
 Massachusetts, N. J. Dyer of New Hsmp- shire, Aessrs. Mahonsy and Vessels of New Jersey, Ernest Rowden of
 New York, Dr. NJ. 8. Clark of
 Youngstown of Ohio, William M. Kay of
 Ohio, Thomas J Ford of Pennsylvania, P.
 F. Kin Sin of Rhode Island, J Hogan
 and J. J. Ward of this city, and Dan Smith
 of Bridgeport.
 The banquetting broke up early this | morning. The Second Regiment orchestrs
 discoursed pleasing selections throughout
 the evening.
 MANY INITIATED.
 l At nesting of Sanctuary Elm City American Order of Shepherds. held at 76s
 Chapel street at o'clock last evening
 about fifty of the delegates to the Foresters
 convention were initiated into the order ir
 order that they thus may propagate tht
 order In their home towns and cities. YESTERDAYS BUSINESS.
 At the Foresters' convention yesterday {
 rule was adopted making the highest
 amount of insurance possible in the order $1 ,000. At the afternoon session the new | ritual was discussed and approved with
 few slight changes.
 1 Lewis Thorne, the new ranger, is forty
 years of age, gentleman of fine appear
 snce and a hustling Californian. He is tn,
 secretary of building and loan association
 in Los Angeles, and popular citizen. Ht
 is devoted to Forestry, having been con
 nected with the order twelve years. H'
 wrested the first California court from tn,
 English order and has always been an i'm
 portant leader In the state court. He |
 past chief ranger of California, suprem,
 representative to two conventions, chair
 man of the committee on laws at tn,
 Brooklyn convention, and Is now deput,
 chief ranger of California and supreme
 representative Of the Companions of th, | Forest.