The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-13
WILKES-BARRE ELKS
COME ON A VISIT
rendered a Social Session by Their
Scranton Brethren.
"OUR BEN" WAS AT THEIR HEAD
After Reception and Luncheon, the
Singers nnd Speakers and Funny
Men from Among the Guests and the
Hosts Furnished Entertainment
Until an Early Morning Hour.
Dan Hart Presided.

A herd of Wilkes-Barre Elks, num-
bering over eighty, came up last night
to pay fraternal visit to the Scranton
Lodge. They brought along AleXand-
er's band and band wagon full of
| jollity. They were met at the Della
ware & Hudson station upon their ar
rival at o'clock by the local Elks and
| Bauer's band. and escorted to the
Scranton organizations quarters on
Franklin avenue. Here they We're well
! coined by the entertainment committee,
f. C. Hand, j. X. Cohen and George
Gunster, and after general handshak-
| ing in the reception rooms they were
escorted up stairs, where a bountiful
! spread awaited them.
! While the company, numbering nearly
800, partook of the good things under
which the tables groaned, music was
rendered by the two bands and the
! Scranton Elks' orchestra, stationed in
| the balcony. At 10 o'clock, when every
! body seemed to have their ''nuff,
Chairman Hand, of the entertainment
| committee. mounted the roStrum and
| opened the second feast-singing and
| speechmakinS, and story telling and
| the like. Dan l.. Hart, the inimitable
| Wilkes-Barre wit and general all-rOund
| good fellow, was announced as chair
man, and the announcement was met
with cheers. Ben Dilley, exalted ruler
of the Wilkes Barre Ellas, and +. w.
| Martin who holds q like position in the
local organizatiCS, sat on either side of
! him.
SPEECHES AND SONGS.
After happy opening by Chairman
| Hart there was song by Quartette
of Wilkes Barre Elks, comprised of r..
ID. Williams, Joseph =. Burns, Fred
X. Smith and j. c. Atkin, which won a
| hearty encore. Then there We're speech
es by George Kirby. City Treasurer c..
! q. Boland, Frank Carlucci, Attorney
j. T.. Ross. Hon. John Il. Barrett
School Controller f. l.. Wormser, Hon.
C. =. O'Malley. and Ben Dilly. There
We're solos by Joseph p. Burns and j.
G. Atkin. of Wilkes Barre; VIII Wat
kins, of this city; AL. Hyman,o of Wilkes
Barre and r. ID. Williams, of Wilkes
Barre. HumorOsities were furnished
by Mr. BoswartZ, of Baltimore; Frank
T.. Iladen, of the Pete Baker company.
and Con Carbon, young Irish come
dian of Wilkes Barre. who bids fair
to become second Rolling Mill Kelly
Every one present wore on the lapel OF
his coat celluloid portrait of Ben
Dilley with the inscription Our Ben"
which was gotten up as little sur
prise by Alex Dunn, out of compliment
to the visitors and their widely es-
tcemed exalted ruler.
A telegram containing regrets and
extending congratulations and best
wishes was received from Roland Reed.
THE WILKES BARRE ELKS.
Those who comprised the Wilkes
Barre party We're: Ben f. Dilley, II.
B. Brundage, j. c. Atkin, Charles NJ.
Nelson, Charles \. Brmenthal, Colonel
S. ii. Sturdevant, Ed. II. Long, Will
liam O'Malley. Daniel l.. Hart, Thomas
Waddcli, j. Gross Myers, Charles p.
Campbell. Chris Stegmaier. Joseph *.
Weitzenkorn. |. BlatneryFred II. Smith,
George W. Hill, DR.. J. N. Warner, w.
G. Emo, John Hughes, Burton Voorhis,
Levan o. Hoover f. r. Raife DR.. T..
S. Sweeney, David T.. hyars, Joseph L.
Burns, al. d. Haynan. of New York
Lodge. No. l; Frank p. Meekins, w.
u. Beers, II. G.. Merrill, Louis Casper,
H. w. Cooke. of Syracuse Lodge. No.
81; Colonel w. j. Harvey, G. Taylor
Griffin, +. =. Langfeld, Professor j. /.
Alexander 4. c. Mullalley. Andrew
Mutter. William Walter. f.. o. Kcm-
merer, Harold p. Jordan, r. w. Will
liams, Ben Davey, jr., $. II. Morgan,
r. Webster Clause. Benjamin Turkcs.
G. d. Simpson. Fred Sengfelder j. G.
Williams. Samuel T.. Innes. b. X.
Burgunder, James j. Sweeney. of SUM
NIT Hill, Carbon county; Henry Bod
mer, Frank Deitrick, T.. a. Warner, r..
ID. Williams, M. F. Whalen. Louis F..
Boyer. II. NJ. Posten, ]. NJ. Burdick,
Fred Schneider, +. l.. Olds. John
Schneider, Phil. Farve, Ellwood FL.
Hunt, George Weaver, John A. Reding-
ton, j. f. Montanye, John A. Sweeney,
A. j. Dlley, w. +. Doron, George ID.
Kinsley Hon. c. Ben Johnson, Thomas
Il. Jones.
The Wilkes .Barreans left for home
on a special train over the Delaware
and Hudson at 11O this morning.