The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-19
HEAP BIG CHIEFS
AND MANY SQUAWS
Prominent Red Men and Delegates Of
Degree OF Pocohontas Here.
STATE CONVENTION OPENS TODAY
win Continue Until Wednesday Night
and viii Have as Its Main Features
Public Reception, an Entertain-
ment, Session of Degree Work,
Business Meetings and Ball.
Local Committee and List Of state
Officers OF Both Orders.

About two hundred Daughters of
PocOhontas and officers of the Improv-
ed Order Of Red Men, are in the city
in attendance upon the annual State
convention at Great Suns Council of
the Degree of Pocohontas, which opens
its sessions in Music hall at 8 o'clock
this morning.
The delegates and visitors began
arriving yesterday morning and con-
tinued coming in until the last Of the
early morning trains. They were met
at the stations by local committee and
escorted to the convention headquart-
ers, the st. Charles.
On the committee We're A. A. Ayers,
of Peckville. Representative of the
Grand Council of the United states,
and the following assistants: Mrs.
John Littlejohn, Mrs. Mary Keeney,
Old Forge; Mrs. Alice Trumbower, Mrs.
Ida Eldred, Miss Lizzie Darsey Mrs.
Cassie Willard, Mrs. Eliza Gardner,
Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver, Mrs. Norma b.
Wheeler, Mrs. Julia Sterling. Miss Liz
zie Howell, Miss Williams, Miss Jenk-
ms. Mrs. Marcy, Mrs. Shiffer, Mrs,
Sarah b. Archer. and Mrs. William
Diehl. After being provided with
quarters the delegates were shown
about the city and made acquainted
with its many interesting points,
STATE OFFICERS HERE.
Among the state officers who have
arrived are: Great prophecies, Mrs
Bessie Hauser, Philadelphia; great
pocohontas, Miss Emma r. Deiner,
Pottsville great wenonah, Mrs. Emily
Keck, Allentown; great minnehaha.
Mrs. Addie l. Tyler, Hallstead; great
keeper of records, Pauline De Baufree,
Philadelphia great keeper Of wampum,
Mrs. George NJ. d. Bellows, Philadel-
phia; first great scout, Hattie Evans,
Weatherly; second great scout, Miss
Krause, Bethlehem.
The chiefs of the great council, and
state officers of the Red Men who are
here to participate in the convention
are:
Great sachem, DR.. Walter r. Rogers,
Philadelphia; great senior sycamore, Je-
rome Hite, Steelton; great junior saga
more, Joseph Allison, Philadelphia; great
prophet, Walter b. White, York; great
chief of records, Thomas X. DOnnally,
Philadelphia; great keeper of wampum,
George w. Kreamer, Philadelphia; great
sannap, A. c. Holland, Philadelphia; great
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great guard of wigwam, Charles Schme-
ger, Philadelphia; great guard OF forest,
William T.. Macferran, Philadelphia;
chairman of standing committees -
Finance, Randolph NJ. Trout, Philade-
phia; law and usage, Frank G. Knipe,
Philadelphia; state of the order, Thomas
ID. Tanner Easton; returns and reports.
George w. Chapman, Philadelphia; board
of appeals, ID. Hanley stone Philadel-
phia.
The convention will open this morn
ing with a reception at Music hall, at
which Bauers orchestra will discourse
music An address of welcome will be
delivered by Secretary r. j. Beamish
for Mayor Bailey and patriotic speech
will be delivered by Rev. j. b. Sweet.
of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal
church. There will be brief business
session also in the morning.
In the afternoon there will be an
entertainment and in the evening the
degree team of the Minnehaha council,
No. g. of Easton, will eXemplify the
newly revised unWritten work
Wednesday, there will be two ses-
sions given over entirely to routine
business and Wednesday night there
will be ball in honor of the delegates
at Matters hail. Alder street, under the
auspices of Nay Aug tribe, No. 14O,
Improved Order Red Men.
There are $4,000 Red Men and 5000
members of the Degree of Pocohontas
in PENNSYLVANIA and in Lackawanna
county there are 1000 of the former
and 300 of the latter.