The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-09
DEMONSTRATION AT
HAZLETON MONDAY
Members Of the Scranton Diocesan
Union Will Parade There.
OBJECT OF THE CELEBRATION
II Is in Honor of the One Hundred
and Seventh Anniversary of the
Birth of Rev. TheobaId Mathew,
the Great Apostle of Temperance.
Extensive Arrangem ents Are Being
Made Mt Hazieton for the Event.

Sunday Is the one hundred and sew
enth anniversary of the birth of Rev.
Theobald Mathew and in consequence
the annual parade with which the
Catholic Total Abstinence union of the
diocese of Scranton celebrates each re-
curing year. Oct. 10 will be held on
Monday. Hazleton is the place select
ed for the demonstration, which prom
ises to be a very large one.
More than half the societies of the
city will participate in the parade with
almost their full quota of members and
there will be delegations from nearly
all the remaining societies. The soci-
cites of Carbondale decided not to par
ticipate in the parade, but that city
will send good-sized delegation to
Hazleton, nevertheless. Many of the
societies in the valley between Scran-
ton and Carbondale will take part in
the parade.
The arrangements for the event that
are being made at Hazleton are ex-
tensive, as the following from the
Hazleton Sentinel shows:
The parade on Monday promises to be
one of the largest seen here in many
years. Those embraced in the Total Abb
stnence and Benevolent societies are
among the representative citizens of Lu-
Zerne and Lackawanna counties and the
of any city. 1t is an honor to Hazleton to
have these men come here in annual pa
rade, and ii is the duty of our citizens to
show their appreciation. Extend to them
a hearty welcome and spare no pains to
make the stay of the visitors pleasant
one
COOPERATION ASKED.
The people can best show their welcome
in a general way 10y decorating their res
licences and business houses, and all who
have flags or bunting can aid the local
societies materially by hanging these 1t
will be gala day for the city, but with
out the hearty cooperation of the peo-
pie in general the day will not be COM
plete. Get out your flags, banners and
lanterns, and demonstrate that Hazleton
hospitality will not be behind other
places when compared The societies
coming from Wilges-Barre alone number
| three thousand men. There are as many
more in this district, and these in addi-
| tiOn to the Scranton organizations, and
| intermediate points will form process
sion that is well worth long journey to
| witness.
No event during the year is of so
| much Importance to local Father
Mathew men as the anniversary of the
| birthday of the great apostle of tenn
perance. Rev. Theobald Mathew.
| Since the inception of the Diocesan
| Union of Scranton, the day has been
| fittingly observed in some place OF
| places designated by the representa-
tivcs of the societies in the annual
conventions by a parade and literary
exercises.
This year the general parade will
be held in HazeltOn and Monday morn
| ing the societies and their friends
from CarbCndale, along the whole val
ley will leave their respective places
on special trains via Delaware and
Hudson and Lehigh Valley railroads.
The train leaves here on Monday morn
ing at 7.+0. The fare for the round
trip is only$1.25 the lowest rate ever
obtained by any organization here
abouts going the sama distance.
The following tribute to Father