The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-14

Preparations for the National Catno-
lie Total Abstinence Union convention
are now complete, and from all indi-
cations it will be an event of its KIND
such as Scranton seldom before wit
messed.
The attendance of delegates promises
to be quite as large as at its conven-
tions of recent years in larger and more
centrally located cities, and judging
from the official programme the enter
tainment with which they will be pro-
tvided will evoke from those who come
the biblical exclamation: 'It is good to
be here"
Tuesday the officers and delegates
will commence to arrfve. They will be
recei&u by committees of the laity
and clergy, the latter being entrusted
with the entertainment of their breth-
ern of the cloth. Rev. A. +. Doyle, of
the Paulist fathers. general secretary
of the national union, will arrive Tues
day morning from New York. and will
open headquarters at Hotel Jermyn,
where a melting of the national board
of government will be held when all
its members have arrived, which 1t
is expected will be Tuesday night The
ways and means committee of the local
union, of which J. c. Gallagher is
chairman, will open headquarters in
St. Thomas college hall Tuesday, and
will be established there during the
whole course of the convention.
Wednesday morning at o'clock the
convention will be called to order by
Rev. James NJ. Cleary, the national
president. At 10 o'clock adjournment
will be made to st. Peters cathedral,
where a high mass with special music
by an augmented choir and Bauer's
orchestra will be celebrated especially
for the delegates. The sermon will be
preached by Rev. N. j. McManus, Of
Holy Rosary church, Providence, at
one time spiritual adviser of the union.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
The convention will re-assemble at
2 o'clock D. m, to be welcomed by
Mayor Bailey. Routine work will fol-
low this, and at 1880 o'clock the dele
gates will be taken on a visit to the
steel mills.
Business sessions of the convention
will be held morning and afternoon,
Thursday. In the evening at $3.50
o'clock there will be a public rally at
the Lyceum, at which prominent tenn
will attend, the more prominent of
those to serve as honorary vice-presi-
dents of the evening. Rev. E. ]. Mel
ley, spiritual director of the Scranton
diocesan union will open the meeting
and Hon. P. P. Smith will preside. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by Rev. P. j.
McManus, of st. Pauls, Green Ridge;
Rev. James NJ. Cleary, president; Rev.
A ID -
| ton ]. Logue, organizer, and other
national officers.
| The closing business session of the
convention will be held Friday morn.
! ing, commencing at o'clock. At
o'clock in the afternoon the delegates
will be taken on sightseeing tours
and at o'clock in the evening, they
will be entertained at st. Leos hall
North Main avenue, by the West Side
societies, the Father Mathews, st. Leo's
Battalion, St Pauls Pioneer corps and
st. Cecilia's Ladies' society.
Saturday will be spent at Farview
the delegates going at o'clock a. m
Other trains will run later in the day
for the convenience of those who dc
not desire to go over so early.
THE NIGHT RALLY.
Preceding the Thursday night rally
there will be a grand illuminated pa
rade, which will move at 7.30 O'Clock
p. m. The column will be made up O.
delegates, tourist clubs, which custom
arily come from various points to thes
conventions, the societies of Scran
ton and it's vicinity. Timothy A. Nc
Coy will be grand marshal, and Franl
L. McLain, chief of staff. The aids t
the grand marshal will be William
Quinn, NJ. S, Lavelle, James Murphy
NJ. j. O'Toole, Luke Haran, p.
Walsh, Peter It. Mccoy and It. j. Dona
hoe.
First will come the officers of tn
union and invited guests, and follow
ing them the first division, commando
by Michael ]. O'Malley, with Jane
Fox, Miles j. McAndrew and Williar
Daniels as aids, and composed of tn
delegates and tourist clubs.
Samuel j. Connors, of Wilkes Barre
commander, and j. j. Lally, Il. N
Conniff and Thomas McHale. aids, wi
have charge of the second division
This division will be composed of tn
societies of the diocese outside {
Scranton.
The third division will be command
ed by John II. Devine. ]. ]. Sweene!
Patrick ]. Murray, John Regan, Charlie
: Haskins and Edward George will /
aids. The Scranton societies will con
pose this division.
The first division will form on Wye
ming avenue, right resting on Mulberr
street; the second division, on Viz
street, right resting on Wyoming av,
nue.; the third division, on Washinl
ton avenue, right resting on Wiz
street.
The line of march will be from Mu
berry to Spruce, to Franklin, to Lacl
awanna, to Jefferson, to Linden,
, Madison, to Olive, to Adams, to Lii
den, to Washington, to Gibson, coun
ermarch to Mulberry, and thence v
Wyoming to the Lyceum theater
I. Sunday afternoon at o'clock Il
! final meeting of the ways and mea,
! committee will be held in college ha
7 on Wyoming avenue.
! ENTERTAINMENT OF LADIES.
! A number Of ladies met at the hon
\ of Miss Jennie A. Kenney, on Adam
7 avenue, last evening to plan for Il
\ entertainment of the lady delegates
\ the Catholic Total Abstinence conve
! tion next week. Representatives fro
\ the various societies of tie city we
\ present as follows:
7 st. Pauls society, Green Ridge-Ml
J Dana, Miss Hennigan, Miss Early.
\ st. Irene's society, South Side-Mi
Z Jennie A. Kenney, Mrs. Edgar Come
= Miss Durkin, Miss Katherine G, Maho
! Miss Julia Whelen, Mrs. Madden.