The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-19
soIERI0N 0HAND LODGn.
The Election of Onioers for the Ensuing
Year.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Sept. 1s.-The
| business session Of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd-Fellows reassembled this
morning In Lookout Convention Han.
ihe question OF the next place Of meet
ing came up. Washington city had a
determined set of delegates working for
her but they were In the minority and
Atlantic city was chosen. Among those
who favored Washington there is great
deaf Of dissatisfaction. They say that
me wires were pulled by the hotel men At
Atlantic City
When the election of officers for the en-
suing year came up. Representative Nor
RS OF hentucky, nominated Deputy Grand
the oihce Of Grand Sire. and he was
unanimously elected For the office OF
Deputy Grand Sire Representative Mus
son nominated Herman Block. of Iowa.
lJr. w. II. lzard OF New Jersey, WAS
also placed In nomination. representa-
tive Humphrey nominated William =.
Carlin, OF Illinois, and further nOmna-
Iions were made In the persons Of John
-. NOOdWyn, Mayor Of Atlanta. Hon.
Fred Carleton. Of Texas Alfred 5. Pinker-
Ton, OF MASSACHUSETTS, General II. VI.
sloan. Of St Louis
The nominations then ceased and the
frst ballot was taken. resulting as fol-
lows: Carleton, 81 PinkertOn. 81. Block,
a; lzard' 2' Carlin. 10; Goodwin, 10,
Second ballot: Pinkerton. 40; Carleton,
81; Block, 81 lzard, l6. Total. lG5 Carle-
ton, Of Texas, was declared elected.
Theodore, Ross. Of New Jersey. was
unanimously reelected as grand secre-
tary. and Isaac sheppard. of Penusyl-
Vania. was unaninousIy reelected grand
the meeting adjourned.
THE GRAND PARADE.
The grand parade was an hour late I'm
moving. The column reached the corner
of Ninth and Market streets at o'clock
Never before was the main street of
the city so packet and Jammed with
humanity. At the corner OF Eighth ana
Market a grand lriumphal arch had been
erected and just completed this morning
barely ia time 90 permit the removal or
the scanOldiDg before the parade moved
The structure Is the most artistic and
costly thing OF the kind ever erected in
the South. 1t Is built In the manner of
construction used on the World Fair
buildings, and closely resembles marble.
Emblemdtic figures Of the orlev decorate
it's several sides. The arcn f. really three
arches i'm one. the tallest being sixty feet
from base 10 top. Three hundred mean
descent lights illuminate II at night. IN
der this arch one of the most cre1itahle
parades of the kind ever seen IN Chatta-
nooga passed headed by the Chattanooga
police force. state militia and two bands.
Ii was AN imposing spectacle. The fea-
lures OF the parade We're cisui cupichhic
floats 0f the order.
These. i'm well-arrangod manner, rep
resented Daughters of tchckah,' Ihe
Sea of Life Jonathan Before kinS
pie Of Truth" "Odd-Fellowship Encircles
The Earth" "Rebekah at the " ch,' and
AN l. O. O. r. Home
AT MISSIONARY RIDGE.
After the parade the visitors Were
driven ever Missionary Ridge % Bragg
old headquarters. and. owing To- the tx
ceptlOnally fine weather of the afternoon.
the drive proved much more enjoyable
than the one the day previous 10 Chlcha-
maugd.
Tonight a brilliant reception and re-
union iu honor OF the past 1ran. repre-
sentaUvcs is being held i'm the fiGat bap-
list church auditorium.