The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-23
HEPTASOPHS AT WORK
ROUTINE BUSINESS TRANsACTED
 AT sEC0ND BATS SESSION.

be Present.
 To-day will really be the most i'm portant of the present session of the supreme conolave of the Improved Or der of Hsptasophs now being held in this city. At to-day's session the su- prene officers will be elected, and it will also be decided where the next meeting will be held There fs already a lively but thoroughly harmonious contest among the rival candidates for office and also over the selection of al place for holding the next biennial con- vention in 1897.
 The sessions were continued yester- day, the principal portion of the day being taken up with the report of tho committee on laws The balance of the day was taken up with the reports of the other committees, and this will be resumed at the morning session today It is expected that the election of officers and the selection of the place for hold | ing the next convention will take place this afternoon. Among the cities all. ready mentioned as likely to be selected are Boston, Pittsburg, Louisville, As bury Park, N. J., and Altoona, Pa. ! Last evening the Uniform rank, I. l o. H., gave complimentary reception drill and concert to the supreme con- clave and New Haven conclaves at Harmonic hall. The hall was well filled and the concert was much enjoyed The concert was given by the First regiment band of Maryland, and the following program was rendered ana much enjoyed by all present: March--Ta -Tannhauser. .,...... Wagner renade-Twilight Shadows. .Peckham March-Belle of the Fair. ,Lafferty Selection-Remembrence of Naples.
 ......................... Bennett Cornet solo--AlIiance Polka. .Cogsweli
 J. Wesley Lafferty. Rustic dance,-In the Village Tavern.
 ........................ .Laurendeau March--Colonel Carter. ....... .Lafferty After the concert an informal dance was enjoyed by the members of the order and their friends.
 This evening the public exercises will be in the Hyperion theateE These ex- ercises will be extremely interesting, and already every seat in the house has been secured and large attendance is in consequence assured. Governor Coffin and many prominent state off1- cials will be present and take part in the exercises, as win also Mayor Hen drick and other prominent officials rep resenting the city. The full program Is as follows:
 Band concert from 7:s0 to p. m. by the First regiment band, U. R. I. O. H. J. Wesley Lafferty, band master. March-Harlem Wheelmen. .Lafferty Se1ection-Squeegee Polka (descriptive)
 ..,........s..-........C Casey Blower Song--Where the Pretty violets Grow. French March--Amerlcan ... ,..... .Lafferty
 Exercises at o'clock.
 Temporary Chairman--Walter S.
 Compton.
 1-Introductory address by the chair
 man, Judge Livingston w, Cleave-
 hand, past archon, Yale eonciave. 2-Address of welcome by His Excel lency Hon. O. Vincent Coffin, governor
 qf Connecticut.
 3-Rddress of welcome by by His Honor
 Albert c. Hendrick, mayor of New
 Haven.
 4-Address of welcome on the part of the conclaves of New Haven and the Heptasophs of New England, by Hon. George H. Cowell, past arcllons Waterbury conclave. 5-Response to address of welcome, by F, [. Brown, supreme archon Ecran- ton, Pa.
 6-Wesleyan songs. ..Davis
 The Glee club. -Quartet-The Old Oaken Bucket-.--
 Ladies' quartet. S-Address by John w. Cruett, supreme organizer, Baltimore, Md.-The Ob- 1ects and Purposes of the Improved Order of Heptasophs. 9-Fairy Dream. .. .Gragfani Walter
 The Mandolin club. by $. A. WEI, esq, Pitts burg, Pa, past supreme archon, president of the fraternaI congress- The National Fraterna1 Congresss It's Origin, Purposes and Benefits. 1.-The Star of Bethlehem ..... Adams 2-selection--Rec of War.
 First Regiment Band. .3-Address by s. w. Trent, esd, of Pittsburg, Pa, supreme Fepreselftia- tive.-A Modern Factor in Civiliza- tion.
 4-The Grasshopper on the Sweet Po- tato Vine Ca tragic cantRta9 ......
 
 -Quintet-Popular airs of the day.. ..! ...... ...........,..........M Miss
 Quintet Club. 6-F'irentinella. ..... ........ .Bellinghl
 The Mandolin Club. 7---Contralto solo-The Broken Promise
 Miss Russell. 8--March-The Glee Club Natal 9-Duet-Love's Golden Dream. Miller
 Miss Cooke and MT. Johnson
 The Glee Mandolin Club. --Quintet-Golng Home. ...... Miss
 Quintet Club. 2--Grand march, First Regiment Band The First regiment of the order, with ts own band, arrived from Baltimore t noon yesterday and paraded up Ieadow street to Church, to Chapel, to ,oIlege, to Elm, to Church and the city all and were reviewed by Mayor Hen rick. The regiment halted in front of he city hall and oheered the mayor and hen proceeded to its headquarters in he Insurance building.
 RIYERSIDE PARK.