The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-11

kins, will leave this city Tor Springhelu'
y" .ha middle of next week 20 attend
....naa meeting of the Sovereign
= - Lodoe Grand Representatives
- a.. n.l.an ana Perkins will go by
tee way of Worcester 70 Rotterdam juno
tion and thence by the West shore and
Michigan Central railroad. They VIII
start Thursday evening. Grand Repre-
sen tatiye Mackinnon will join the New
York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Washington representatives and go 10
railroad. They will all oongregate In
Philadelphia, Friday morning Both
trains will arrive in Springfield Saturday
evening. Rhode Island representatives
will all be quartered at the Leland Hotel,
the headquarters of the Sovereign urand
Lodge. The meetings of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge Will DO hold In hepresen-
tatives hall at the Capitol.
Ihe program arranged for the entertain
ment of visitors and representatives Is as
follows:
Sunday. September 10. special services
will be held in the Central Baptist
church. Monday September 20, public
reception in the Capitol Mt a. m Ad-
dresses of welcome by Hon. John X Ian
ner governor Of Illinois; Hon. Loren +.
Wheeler, mayor of Springfield and NOM
ber of Springfield Lodge No. 465; Hon.
George 4. Rankin, grand master; Hon.
j. ID. Murphy. grand patriarch, and Mrs.
Mary ID. Stone, president of the Rebeksh
Assembly of Illinois.
Response by Hon. Fred Carleton of
Austin. Texas, grand sire.
In the evening, reception to the visitors
and members of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge and their ladies' at the Executive
Mansion, by Governor and Mrs. Tanner.
Tuesday, September q. at p. m. pa
rade. followed by prize drills Of patriarch
militant at the State Fair groun1s.
AT SPIN, Past Grand Representatives
reunion in the First Methodist church,
addresses by Grand Representatives W.
Il. Nye of Minnesota, Luctus ii. Fuller
of Connecticut, and Stillwell +. Russell
of Texas.
Also the exemplification of tho degrees
Of the encampment by the staff of Decatur
Encampment No. 81 Decatur Illinois, at
Armory hall. and of the Rebekah degree
by Past Noble Grand Staff of Chicago in
Fero's hall.
Wednesday. Sept. o2-Continuation of
prize drills of patriarchs militant at the
Fair grounds.
In the afternoon. trolley ride to the
Fair gronds to witness prize drills. and
TO the Lincoln monument. where
souvenirs will be presented to members of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
In the evening, exempliflcation OF the
initiatory degree of the subordinate lodge
by the degree staff of Cook County Lodge
No. 2i0, at Armory hall, and of the Re-
bekan degree by Electric Rebekah Lodge
No. 33l, of Marshalltown. Iowa, at Fero's
hall.
The grand decoration of cavalry will be
conferred in front of the State Capitol
and awarding OF prizes to successful COM
petitors.
Thursday. Sept % In the afternoon.
excursion to the Odd Fellows Orphans
Home at Lincoln, 20 miles north of
Jpringileld. Dedication of girls dorml.
tory and presentation of souvenirs to
wives and daughters accompanying mem
bers of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. at
the Home.
In the evening at $3.50, at Chatterton's s
Opera House, o theatre party in honor of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge. Special en-
gagement of Charles Frohman's Com
pany. in "Never Again.
The session will be brought to close
ON Saturday afternoon and by Sunday
morning all the grand representatives
will be homeward bound.
Missouri has some rich lodges in her
jurisdiction. Wiidey Lodge. No. |, reports
assets amounting to S54. coo; ST. Louis,
No. 8, sl43, 1877; Missouri, No. Il. s32, 200;
Excelsior. No. Is, S35, 800; Wyandotte No.
3a S35, 500; st. Francois, No. Is, $50. $40.
Three cities would be pleased TO have
the Sovereign Grand Lodge session next
year. They are Boston who takes especial
pride in the fact that the next grand
sire will be Massachusetts man, Alfred
:. Pinkerton of Worcester, and for that
reason the Hubbites are of the opinion
that tho in staliation should take place on
Massachusetts, soil. The other cities that
are desrous of extending hospitality are
Detroit and Richmond. The latter city
promises TO do everything possible To
make the visit memorable. Detroit
affirms that it has 70 peer as a convention
city.
Grand Master Martin has accepted an
invitation for himself and his official
family TO attend the 25th anniversary
celebration of Westminster Lodge which
Is TO take place the latter part of this
month. He has also accepted an invita-
tion 20 attend the annual harvest festival
of Reba Rebekah Lodge of Bristol early in
October
The grand master has scheduled official
visits for the month of October as follows:
Westminster Lodge, Oct 4: Mount Pleas
ant Oct IL; Mount Vernon, Oct 20;
and Rhode Island Lodge of Newport,
Oct. 25
Grand Secretary w. H. Il. Moseley will
start on his annual vacation next Mon
day and he will be absent from tho Wey.
bosset street Office perhaps two weeks
LhtfEtDl DuHlUsSS Will De htttnutu I'd DY
Past Grand Master Lindsay Anderson
who will be in tho grand seuretary's
office during tho noon hour each day.
Grand Secretary Moseley is going 20 take
a sea voyage TO Norfolk ana Baltimore,
and while he Is in that section Of the
country he will probably take in all the
sights famous in history and story.
The grand master and his board Of
grand officers had delightful oil cial
visit TO Amity Lodge of Warren last We'd
nesday evening. The work as exempli fled
by the grand representatives was particu-
larry interesting To the largo number of
members present which included dele.
CATION from United Brothers Lodge Of
Bristol. After the usual official formali-
ties there was a social hour and tic yis-
sors were the recipients of Warren good
cheer and red hot chowdyr which was
served by the members OF Celestial Re.
beknh Lodge
According 10 the report OF the grand
secretary which will be rendered bcfors
the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Springfield
a week from next Monday, there has been
a great loss in the encampmont branch.
The gain in subordinate lodge member
snip has been the smallest since 1885.
The total Is about 100 The Rebakah
branch has maintained its former pros
perity by "a net gain Of more than $4,000