The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-12
C0uORED MEN ON PARADE
Creditable Showing Made by the Mem.
bers Of the G. U. 0. Of or.
LIST or OFFICERS ELECTED
Scranton Men TIonOred with Positions on
Committees - Pittsburg Selected as
tho Place for the Next Convention.
Resolutions Of Thanks Adopted.

The state convention Of the colored
Odd Fellows re-convened at 3 o'clock
yesterday morning In the Central Re-
publican club rooms. 1t was expected
that all the business of the convention
could be gotten through with at the
morning session, but this was found
impossible, and two more sessions had
to be held. one at 2 and the other at s
o'clock.
At the closing session the officers
We're elected and committees appoint
| ed. s. A. Jordan, Of Carlisle. was
elected district grand master. and J. A.
Morris, Of Williamsport, district grand
secretary. Executive committee ]. NJ.
Stafford. OF Marietta: w. II. Cross. OF
Williamsport, and j. B. +. Curry. Com
mittee on credentials. Robert j. Nelson.
of Reading: Il. l.. Patterson. of Will
Transport; II. J. Howard, John NJ. Green,
of Harrisburg. and Thomas Williams,
of Philadelphia. Widows and orphans
committee. c. Bair Of Columbia: l.. f.
Morton. of Scranton; Robert Jordan
delphia. and F.. III. Peterson. Committee
on insurance, C. II. Nicholas, II. 4.
Throckmaton, of WilkesIBarre; j. Il.
Sewell, Of West Chester; j. ii. Palmer,
l.. V. Van Dyke. Committee on appeals,
Clifton Jones, of Harrisburg; c. II. Ty-
Ter, of Scranton; 4. II. Williams, of
Philadelphia; j. W. Green. of Harris
burg. and j. NJ. Askins. of Pittsburg.
Finance committee. w. j. Tam, j. +.
Compton, A. w. Williams. Newtown; ],
II. Organ of Pittsburg, and III. A. Pat
terson, Of Scranton.
Pittsburg Is the Place.
Pittsburg was selected as the place
of holding the next convention. The
time set Is the first Tuesday In Septem-
ber 1896. Resolutions We're adopted
thanking the mayor, the committee Of
arrangements, the members of Sos
themes lodge. the members of the
Household of Ruth, the Central Re-
publican club and the citizens of Scran-
ton in general for their kindness and
hospitality.
The parade occurred in the interim
between the afternoon sessions. Sos
themes lodge. of this city. and Anthra-
cite lodge, of Wilkes-Barre, the latter
with the Ninth regiment band, formed
the nucleus of the procession. These
with the delegates made very credit
ible showing. both numerically and in
appearance.
The chief marshal was NJ. Tinker.
His aids We're James Foster, Frank
Thomas, NJ. V. Howard. f. Nelson.
Harrisburg lodge. The line Of march
was as follows: Lackawanna. to
Adams, to Spruce street, to Jefferson
avenue, to Vine street, to Washington
avenue, to Gibson street, countermarch
to Spruce street. to Wyoming to Lacka-
wanna.
There was a general turning out OF
the colored people of the city to see
the parade, and many came up from
Wilkes-Barre and other adjacent
towns.
Address by Rev, G.. A. McGec.
Last evening Rev. c. A. McGee de-
livered an address to the delegates on
the benefits of the Odd Fellows organ
ization and after that the convention
was brought to a close with a dance
at Music hall.
Patriaichs lodge No SO, gave drill
during the evening. and was warmly
applauded while going through the
various difficult and intricate move
ments of the fancy drill. The dele
gates will leave for home today.