The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-27
THE MIDSUMMER CARNIVAL
BLUE CHURCH WILL COME OUT
WITH A FLOAT.
siiss Feart Presented With a State
Pin-The Queens Bail-Chicago
People Axe Coming.

An interesting spectacle in the mid.
summer carnival parades will be tins
Blue Church float, ON which a public
initiation of candidates will take place
The local officials of the order have
been in correspondence with the su.
preme president upon this subject foq
some time past, and have finally beer
autnor1zed to give pantofnime exem-
phncatlon of the initiation ceremony in
pubic on this occasion. The following
caolegram was received yesterday:
Cairo, Egypt. June g.
Josh Davis, President Blue Church. Our
! Lodge No. 999. 46 East Second South
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, U. s. a.
By the authority vested in me. YOU are
| hereby granted a special dispensation for
| the purpose of conducting a public mi
tiation of candidates for membership in
| the first degree of our lodge at Salt Lake
CITY, Utah Y. ). A, during the midsum-
| mer carnival.
This special dispensation is granted on
! the express condition that the initiation be
carried out in pantomime, none of the IN
| written work of our lodge being uttered
| With fraternal blessings upon all MEM
bers in your jurisdiction, l hereby sub
scribe my signature and attach the great
! seal OIL the order.
MATsU GIMELSOCK,
| Supreme Grand High President.
| Immediately ON receipt of the foregO-
ing, President Davis issued tine follow
| ing proclamation:
Salt Lake City, Utah, June g.
70 the Officers and Members of Blue
Church Our Lodge No. 500.
Having received a special dispensation
from the supreme grand high president
of our lodge, authorizing the holding of
a public initiation of candidates during
the midsummer carnival, you are hereby
ordered to appear at the headquarters of
the Blue Church Our Lodge. on the sum-
init of Ensign peak. at sunrise on the
morning of Thursday, July 2, 1896 at
which time you will receive official in
structions concerning your respective du-
ties during the carnival Later the mem
bers will form in procession and march
to the foot of State street, thence coun-
termarching to ths position assigned them
in the parade following the Blue Church
float, on which the public initiation of
candidates will take place.
In order to defray the extraordinary
expense incurred on this occasion, Spe-
cial assessment of $40 is HEREBY levied
upon each member in good standing, said
amount being payable to the president I'M
mediately All members failing to pay
the assessment prior to july l Will be
expelled from the order and prohibited
from marching in the parade. Govern
yourselves accordingly.
President Blue Church Our Lodge No $685.
Workmen are now busy in the con-
structfon of the Blue Church float,
which will carry all of the implements
of torture and secret paraphernaha
used in connection with the weird
initiation ceremonies of the order. Sew
erai applications for membership are
now awaiting initiation and they viii
receive the first degree in public during
the carnival Those familiar with the
workings of the order predict that the
public will enjoy this novel feature.
Miss Vi1ate Peart. who will represent
erUtah'' in the tabieau scenes at the
great concert i'm the tabernacle, yes'teT-
day received from E. J. Swaner a sego-
lily hairpin, made of native Utah silver
and appropriately ennbellished. In re-
ply he received the following:
Dear Mr.. Swaner:-I thank you for your
kind remembrance and assure you that |
highly prize the sego lily 1t is beautiful
and l shall take great pleasure in wear
ing it, not only during the carnival. but
at other times. Very truly yours,
VILATE PEART.
The queens ball and other carnival
features at Saltair Beach will take
place on Friday, July g. instead of the
days issue There will be no raise In
the rate of transportation to the beach
on that day, notwithstanding the un-
usual number of attractions provided.
Fifty cents will secure a ticket for the
round trip, and everybody will be en-
titled to take part in the queens ball
in the evening. No passes will be
honpred on that date.
The crown to be worn by the goddess
of liberty CMrs. Harry L. Jennings) ON
July 4th. will be a beautiful piece of
artistic work 1t will be made of Utah
silver, entirely covered with sparkling
Utah topaz gems, about $50 stones be-
ing required All of the work of manu-
facture. including the cutting and pol
iSlling of the gems, will be done by II.
A. Miles. of this city
The headquarters of the executive
committee is a lively place these days.
The committee holds two regular sPs-
sions daily. and the various sub-com-
mittees are busy night and day in
looking after the details requiring at
tention. The preparatory work is all
we'll in hand. however. and those in
charge of the multitude of features
premise that the entire programme
will be carried through without a hitch
or delay. There will be a place for
everything and everything will be in
Its place.
The midsummer carnival draws like
a nrustrad plaster. Butte, Denver ard /
points will be well repre-
sented in the throng of visitors to Salt /
Lake city next week, while a letter re-
ceived from Chicago yesterday stated
that a. party is being formed there to /
visit Zion during the big statehood I
The writer of the letter
said that the people coming not only
wanted to battle in Great Salt lake, bur /
are anxious to see how the Moa1nons
look in their Fourth of July clothes"
This should be a. pointer to citizens to /
look their prettiesit.
The work of decorating the exterior /
Of business houses has begun i'm
earnest, several stores having already /
been decked out in guady array and |
several elaborate illuminating designs
placed in position. During the next |
two or three days the appearance of |
the business streets will be trans
Formed from its usual somber hue into /
one of the liveliest pictures of red.
white and blue ever witnessed. This
will be the peoples holiday
and they Will decorate in proportion
10 their patriotic enthusiasm.
Photos of Carnival Queen.
Cabinet size 15o Daniels e1. 1c--oo