The herald., 1897-10-18
INVASION OF |. o. O. F'S
THE NORTHERN CONTINGENT
WILL ARRIVE TODAY
Opening Ceremonies at Turnverein
Hall-The Grand Encampment
at Ninth and Hope Streets

of the l. o. o. F. arrived from the north
yesterday by steamer, to attend the
forty third annual session of the grand
encampment, the real invasion will begin
today. A committee composed of Broth
ers Herzog, McCreary, Cole and Over
holzer, and Sisters Benjamin and
Wright, leaves this morning on the s
o'clock train for Saugus, where they will
meet those members coming down over
land from San Francisco and the general
northern district, the party arriving at
the Arcade depot at 80 in the afternoon.
The decoration committee, consisting
of w. T. Curl, Miss Fanny Benjamin and
James Booth, was buSily engaged the
best part of yesterday in decorating the
memorial and fraternity halls with smi-
lax and date palm leaves. The idea of
the decorating committee has been the
outlining with smilax in the halls Of two
tents, symbolical of the grand encamp-
ment; a white dove, emblematical of the
Rebekah degree, descending from the
apex of the tents. The memorial hall
will be used almost exclu1ively for the
day sessions; the fraternity room being
turned for the time being into the re-
freshment parlor. Until Wednesday
morning the general information depart
ment will be in charge of Mrs McFeeley,
who will be at the office in the building g
at 22O South Main street during the
afternoons and evenings of each day.
Canton Riverside, No. 25, will arrive at
II o'clock this morning and in company
with Los Angeles canton, No 27, will
act as escort to the other uniformed de-
tachments arriving in the afternoon
from the depot to Camp Colfax, at the
corner of Ninth and Hope streets, where
fifty tents for their accommodation have
already been erected.
The principal event of tonight will be
the public reception to the grand en-
campment at the Turnverein hall, on
South Main street, at 8 o'clock, when
Mayor Snyder will give an address of
welcome on behalf of the city and Grand
Warden w. A. Bonynge will welcome
the visitors on behalf of the members
of the order in Southern California, to
which Grand Scribe w. H. Barnes of San
Francisco will respond.
The following program will then be
rendered.
"The Parting Kiss - Angeles Quartet
consisting of Miss Rosita Rosin, j. II.
Fink, II. B. Ferris and r, P. Sklling).
Recitation, 1.-THE Chariot Race" from
ben Hur')-W Elmer Booth
Vocal solo, Hearts Del.ght'-Delphine
G. Todd.
Recitation, "Of the Cumnock School,
Ldia s. Scott.
mpromptu-Grand Scribe w. H. Barnes.
Selection-Lowinsky's Orchestra.
The entertainment committee consists
of Dr. W. M. Boyd, W. A. Henry and
Miss Fannie Benjamin.
Among those members who arrived
yesterday via Redondo and Santa Mon
lea are Grand Treasurer Lemont, Gen
Crosett, Department Commander c. c.
Sherman and Grand Senior Warden
Harris and family. Grand Patriarch j.
T. Doran of San Jose ard Grand High
Priest o. w. Erlewine will be among the
notables who will be met by the commit
tee from here at SaugustoGay, arriving
in the city at 1880.
Commander Sherman, when seen last
evening expressed himself as being de-
lighted al the way things were runnir G,
and was quite enthusiastic over the
camp and parade ground at the corner
Of Ninth and Hope streets the general
appearance of which gives the neigh
borhood a military aspect. He thought
that there would be about 200 of the cam
tons of Patriarchs Militant in camp and
not less than 1900 in the city at the low
est calculation. Each morning at $50
there will be a guard mount. and dress
parade at 4:3O each afternoon.
General Crosett, who has been Com
mander Sherman's right hand in all af
fairs up to the present time, predicts one
of the most successful encampments
ever held.