The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-06

IRE work Of the various secret organ
,xstsons in the city during the week just
r.as@a il given herewith:
independent Order OF Odd Fellows.
rae 18TH anniversary /. o. o. r. was
x,gsbrzted In d fitting manner by Wild
= Lodge, No. "a. Friday. April % az
psaek Diamond. The procession formed
4 le.9p and paraded the principal streets
= tie town and thence 20 the picnic
srnuqcg headed by the Black Diamond
sand The procession was large. and.
xeh the new regaIia the lodge recently
rsrchased, made grand display. yari-
as sports were INDUCED in during the
Ar, such as running races. climbing the
greasy pole. tug-of-war. the latter be-
ng easily won by this married men. and
,sfous other sports too numerous to
aeEtl0n. Probably the most amusing In
ss4sus OF the days sport was the boys
s!ndfolaea race. One little fellow. Mel
in Evans had not taken more than "A
szsn steps when he turned. almost
axht angie. INTO the woods. and only
ame to a halt when he went head first
wfo a brush pile. lee cream, temper
aace drinks and sandwiches were sold
En- the grounds Mrs. j. If. Phillips ard
Miss Edith Thomas had charge OF the
- cream and took in over $tfa. All
proceeds will be turned over to the wild
oxs OF Wildey lodge. The celebration
esneladef with a grand ball IN Black
diamond ball. which was crowded 20 the
door. The floor managers were Tailie
Evans. Joseph Upton. Charles Pool. Jo-
seph Bowen and n. X. Porter supper
sas served I'm Black Diamond hall Mat
oshm made an able aud efficient marshal
81 the day.
Golden Link lodge. No. 80 Is 10 be tho
narne Of the new lodge which will he in
sisluted here Wednesday. May Il. by
Grand Warden e. r. Williams. OF. Seattle
lodge. No T. This lodge Will start in with
twenty charter members aad have fifteen
or twenty applications for membership.
The loage VIII be instituted and the Off
GERS elected in the afternoon. and the fol-
lowing city lodges win confer the de-
grees IN the evening: Olive Branch lodge,
No 4. will confer the tnitsatory degree.
Lake Washington. No. So. the first degree.
&atrIe lodge. No. 7, the second degree.
al Mystic lodge No. 81 the third degree
aM Odd Fellows will have an opport unity
bee some fine degree work exemplified
n the several degree STATS. A very large
ssef,aance OF Odd Fellows IA expect cd.
and a banquet will be served during or
after the ceremonies. Olive Branch. No.
4 and Lake Washington. No. ~. are the
two leading lodges that competed for the
9rlze banner last February. the work be-
sg the initiatory degree, and was won
Lake Washington, No. N. and the
sork or tho beautiful second degree by
Seattle lodge, No. Z. IS too wsli known To
seed any comments. Mystic. No. n. VIII
also share the honors NY its work Of the
;hara degree The next two weeks viii
b. taken up 10y active drilling for the
occasion Tuesday evening Seattle lodge.
No. I. will drill In the second degree with
fun team under the captainshlp OF Past
Grand +. A. Johnson. "Wednesday night
hy olive Branch. No. 4, Thursday night
Nystie No 81. and Monday night by
Lake Washington No. 81.
Fraternity lodge. No S.. conferred TIC
third degree last Monday night and VIII
confer the first degree tonight.
olive Branch. No. 4. conferred the first
degree last Wednesday evening upon one
candidate
Rkfgeav R.bskah lodge. No. 6. initiated
one candidate last Friday night. and with
other routine business had the nonaiia-
zion Of officers for the coming term. Their
rsxs regular social will be Friday evening
MAY 10
rnsty F,ncanpment, No ?. will exalt
enc can,itaate 20 the royal purple degree
next Saturday evening. and also have the
ANIMATION OF officers for the ensuing
term.
Last Saturday evening Seattle Encamp-
nlent No II, had several Wishing pafriv
archs from snohomish Enca mpnnent. Ne.
= and Unity No. .. The visiting patF-
archs we're very pleasantly entertainer
ty the degree stan having practice driil
IN the work OF the patriarchal degree. ana
later on the patriarchs adjourned 10 the
banquet hall where a fine lnnch was
served At their next regular meentis
ne royal purple degree VIII be eNeinph-
asd and nomination Of officers 10 nero.
Fremont lodge. No. ~. conferred the
first degree last Wednesday evening. ana
Ill confer the second degree next We'd
taSsAy evening.