The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-19

along an uninterrupted course be-
tween two walls of humanity. Some
slip in the arrangements, however, per-
mitted several cars to reach Lacka-
wanna avenue from the West Side af-
ter most of the parade had passed,
but the cars were held at the corner
Of Penn avenue until the last Pythian
had marched by.
THREE DIVISIONS.
While the display was inspiring and
excellent In every way it did not con-
tain over a third of the organizations
which had been assigned places In line.
There were three instead of the fiVe
divisions announced by the programme.
The line of march was: Down Lack
awanna avenue to the West Side, down
Main avenue and to Lackawanna ave-
nue. again, to Adams avenue, to spruce
street and to jefferson avenue, via
which thoroughfare a circle of the low
er hill district was made, thence 10
Washington avenue, to Linden street,
around court horse square, west on
Linden street to Wyoming avenue and
dismiss. The parade started at 3
O'Clock and lasted about an hour and a
half.
John G.. Hodgson was marshall and
his chief of staff was George Okell. The
aides were: Nicholas Betzhold, Gus.
Wenzel @. II. Malott, Chas. levin,
T.. Il Lord, John Benore, George w.
Evans, John ]. Reel, Frank b. Nc
Intyre, Fred. Struening, George Nlchol,
ir., j. NJ. Kohnstamm. Following them
were the officers of the Grand lodge
in carriages and who preceded Major
General James i. Carnahan, Of the
Uniformed Rank, and his staff.
The Uniformed Rank appeared in the
first division which contained, in the
order named: Sixth regiment. Colonel
Scott Dibert commanding, of Pitts
burg: FIRST regiment, Colonel l.. Z.
Thomas, of Latrobe; Second regiment,
Colonel w. II. Farber OF Williamsport;
Charles Drexel company, of Philadel-
phia; Fifth regiment, Major w. S. Der
sinner, of Wilkes-Barre.
LOCAL LODGES.
In the second division were the fol-
lowing lodges: Scranton, No. "63; Sher-
idan. No. 21O, of Peckville; Lackawan-
ia, No. 151, of Olyphant; Panooka, NO.
3OS, Of Providence The third division
contained: Dunmore No. 167; Far
view, No SG9, CT Petersburg; Hyde
Park, No. 3Oe Of Scranton; Roaring
Brook, No. 40!, of Scranton; Comet,
No. 4S1 The bands in line were the
Smoky City, of Pittsburg; Bauer's, the
,.Eermania, Guth's and Crumps bands
of this city, and the Patriotic Order
Sons of America Drum corps.
The knights of Khorassan, Cash
mere temple, No. 81, of Reading, had
a parade in Arabic costume followed
by a ceremonial session and banquet
in College hall which had not ter
minated at 2 o'clock this morning
Nearly a hundred members regaled In
costumes of as many colors as had the
proverbial Josephs coat marched sim
gle file before and behind the Smoky
City knights of Pythias band. OF
Pittsburg. They started from Excel
sior hall at $3.50 o'clock and went dowr
Wyoming avenue, to Lackawanna, tC
Franklin, to Spruce, to Penn, to Lin
den, to Wyoming, to the starting
point. There they disappeared from
view and the only evidence of theil
further doil.gs was the noise emitted
from the place after late hour.
In the language of a Khoraasar
Knight this is what happened: The
Ceremonial degree was conferred
upon fifty or more tyros who were
taken over the burning sands of thu
desert and made votaries of Cash
mere temple, No. 81 All of thi:
means that a pack of sociabl anC
fun-lovng Pythias were initiated int
the secrets of the order and rode tn,
camel!
The team which performed the ini
tlatory work was composed of: Ven
cradle shiek, John d. Frederick; roya
vizier, f. A. Stoeckel; grand Emir
Charles W. Gearhart Mahedi, Ira NJ
Becker; secretary, c.. A. T.. Griesemer
treasurer, John d. Werner; Mokanna
Calvin ]. Bonawiz; Joe, William H
Warner; attendants, f. j. and H. A
Gable; keeper of the royal brute, NJ
F. Hoffman; mental, c. w. Copp; Sa
hib. Harry Foreman.
Among the notable Arabs presen
were c. M. Deem, an officer of Cash
mere temple and imperial nawab o
the Khorassan Palace; Charles f
'Linde, the incoming grand chancello
of the grand lodge and imperial basht
of the Palace; Grand Chancellor Dun
mel, of the grand lodge, and delega
tion from Lalla Rookh temple, No. Al
of Philadelphia:
The officers of Cashmere temple are
Venerable shiek, c. 7. Fox; royal vi
zier w. II. Warner; grand Emir, c. w
Copp; Maheda, S. ID. Dibert; secre
tary, c. A. H. Griesman; treasurer, w
A. Griesman; menial, c. w. Gerhart
Sahib. Allen Houck.