Rock Island Argus., 1899-05-03
ENTERTAINMENT FOR DELEGATES
Pleasant Affair Given at the Theatre Last
Night.

Pheasant AHair Given at the Theatre Last
Night.
A fitting close to the first days ses-
sion was the entertainment to the
grand lodge provided at the theatre
last night by the local arrangements
committee. The house was filled
from top to bottom by Workmen and
their friends. j. l.. Freeman pre-
sided over the exercises. The audi
ence Joined in the singing of the
opening ode, which was led by Prof.
E l.. Philbrook Prayer was offered
by Rev. G. o. McCulloch, ID D., pas
tor of the First Methodist church.
The Dominic quartet, composed of K.
G. Maui. &. A. Wendell, +. III. Smith
and f. l.. Philbrook, sang lin Alb
sence." Other musical numbers were
a vocal solo. "A Song of JOY" by
Prof. Philbrook; n beautifully rem
dered violin number. The Bird on
the Tree" by Prof. Franz Zedeler,
and vocal solo, Sweetheart. Sigh
no More" which was so sweetly and
artisically done that the singer, Mrs.
+. b. Reidy, was obliged to repeat
the third verse There was also a
fine reading, The Honor of the
Woods" by Mrs. Penrose, and an
other song. Little Cotton Dollies," "
by the Dominies.
The address of welcome in behalf
of the city was made by Mayor Will
liam McConochie. He said all Cit
iZens would do their best to make the
visit of the Workmen to Rock Island
a pleasant one. He referred to the
Il ength and popularity of the order in
Rock Island. Here was the birthplace
of the first lodge instituted in ILL
nois, and Rock Island had motherly
feeling toward the whole jurisdiction
and was glad to have a chance to en-
tertain the delegates. Mayor Nc
Conochie referred to the many points
of interest hereabout, excluding the
arsenal and Tower, which he hoped
the visitors would see before return
ing to their homes.
Grand Master Workman John W
Santis delivered happy response, in
which he thanked the mayor for the
hospitable words of welcome, and
dwelt briefly upon the benevolent
work accomplished by the Workmen
order in the state since its organiZa-
ton.
Mr.. Conneny's Remarks.
B. ID. Connolly, in an address in be-
half of the Rock Island Club, said:
Since the grand lodge of Ancient
Order of United Workmen first as
sembled in Rock Island the cycle of
the seasons has made 10 turns In
that time your organization has be-
come one of the foremost in the
United States. spreading its gospel of
charity, beneyolence and fraternity
from within the sound of the mighty
Atlantic to the shore of the peaceful
Pacific. And what a gospel. Next to
the saving of souls, mankind knows no
higher duty than the dissemination of
those principles which tend to elevate
humanity, to lift us to n higher plane
short, to lessen the distance between
God and man. Such are the teach
ings of your order. Great is the
good you have done.
I'm the same period OF time our
own city has imbibed somewhat of
the spirit of progress. We have a
population of 10000. the three cities
of Rock Island, Davenport and Moline
forming one of the fairest clusters in
the Mississippi valley While we are
each jealous of our individual advan-
tages, yet we are broad enough to feel
pride in the success of our neigh bors-
As an earnest of that feeling we trust.
while you are in our midst. to show
YOU the beauties of this locality, the
business centers of a population of
S0,0 900 souls, the island of Rock Island,
enc of natures garden spots, beloved
by the red man when vet your ancient
order was unknown. Especially in
teresting is this npw. for when this