The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-21
THE HEPTAS0PHS ARE HERE SESSION OF THEE SUPREME CON-
 cLATE TO BEGIN FIBRE TODAY.

Sup eme offiOeYs Are at the New Haven ] House-session Will be Held at Har- monie Hal1-Program Arranged for the
 Four Days' Session.
 1 The twelfth regular and fifth bien- nial session of the Supreme Conclave,
 Improved Order Heptasophs, will con
 vene in Harmonic hall, Elm street, this
 noon. All day yesterday the delegates
 were arriving in this city and at night over 200 had arrived and wera lodged
 at the New Haven house and Tontine
 and Fremont hotels. All the supreme officers arrived early and put up at the
 New Haven house.
 A meeting of the committee on cre-
 dentials will be held at the New Haven
 house this morning and the session at
 Harmonic hall will begin at noon. All
 members of the order are entitled to
 be present. at these sessions as specta-
 tors.
 This evening, the Supreme Conctave
 will go to Meriden, by special tTaina for the purpose of participating in a public meeting for the benefit of the
 order in that city. The meeting will be held in the opera house, under the auspices of the MeTiden Conclave. All members of the order in New Haven are invited to accompany the supreme body on this occasion, excursion rates.
 Tomorrow noon the First Regiment of the Uniform Rank of the order will arrive from Baltimore, accompanied by the band of the Fifth Regiment Mary land state militia. They will make q short street parade, and will then march to their quarters in Banquet hall. To- morrow evening the Uniform Rank will give a complimentary reception, ex- hibitlon drill and concert to the Ss- prefne Conciave and the New Haven Conclaves, in Banquet hall.
 Thursday evening reception will be given the Supreme Conolave and Uni- form Rank, under the auspices of the New Haven Conclaves, in the Hy- perion. At 7:S0 to 8 o'clock there will be a. concert by the band of the Firth Maryland Regiment. This band has a national reputation for eccellency in concert work. At 8 o'clock sharp the regular program exercises of the even- ing will commence. His Fxeallency Governor Coffin will welcome the Su- preme Conclave on the part of the state of Connecticut; His Honor. Mayor Hendrick, on the part of the city of New Haven; and the Hon. George H. CoweI of Waterbury on the part of the New Haven Conclaves and the Hepta- sophs of New England These gentle men will be responded to by F. l.. Brown, supreme archon, of Scranton, Penn. The exercises will be brief.
 During the evening John w. Cruett, supreme organizer of Baltimore, Md, will tell in a ten minutes talk what are the purposes and objects of the or der. s. A. VIII, esq, of Pittsburg, Pa. past supreme archon, president of the Fraternal Congress, will devote ten minutes to telling of the "origin, pur- poses and benefits" of the congress. U. S, Trend, esq, of Pittsburg, Pa, supreme representative, will give a thirty minutes address on the theme, "A Modern Factor in Civilization" This will comprise the "talk" of the evening. In all occupying about one hour and twenty minutes. It is pro- posed to continue the exercises until 10:45 D. m thus leaving an hour and minutes for musical features. The musical portion of the program will be furnished by the Herbert John son quintet of Boston and the Wesleyan College Glee club and the Wesleyan College Mandolin club.