The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-31

The sir knights and brothers of the
knights of Sherwood Forest. attending
the 18th biennial supreme convention of
the supreme conclave of the world,
either in the capacity of delegates to
the convention or with visiting con-
claves, We're given a royal welcome by
Worcester Conclave at the opening OF
the convention in this city, yesterday
The occasion had a double significance
to the local members of the Knights of
Sherwood Forest and the Foresters of
America, of which the knights are the
uniformed rank, as it was the first BIZ
ennial convention that that order has
ever held in a Massac husetts city. The
local conclave was aided in its endeavor
TO present the welcome and liberty of
the city by its chief executive, Mayor
Rufus B. Dodge, Jr After being well
coined to the heart of the common
wealth, the visiting eonclaves. delegates
and the local courts paraded the streets
Of the city and passed in review at the
city hall.
The reviewing. party was made up of
the mayor and the heads of the various
city departments. Following the review
the Cut-of-town visitors were conveyed
to the lake in special electric cars ana
thence to QuiDSigamond park by the
steamboats,, where the day was passed
in sports.
The visiting conclaves and delegates
to the convention continued to arrive
Throughout the day. They were met at
the Union station by Interrogation COM
mittee and escorted TO Foresters hall,
109 Front street. Newport Conclave and
the Providence Conclave, the Continent
tai Conclaye, We're delayed in Provi-
dence by. reason Of their participation
in parade in Providence before coming
here They arrived shortly after II
O'Clock and were followed by the Boston
and New Bedford conelayes. A tele-
gram was received from the Charleston
conclaye 1t failed to reach the terminal
depot in Boston in time to catch the
train for this city, owing to AN accident
to the electric car into Boston.
In the meantime the hall was rapidly
filing with delegates. who arrived in
groups during the day. They We're at
tracted to the ForeSberS hall building
by its profuse decorations which gave
it a festive appearance. The hall inside
was decorated simply and effectively.
The convention opened at 11.30 and at
once went into secret session and ex-
amined the credentials Of the delegates
which were submitted to Supreme Adj
jutant General B. Fogarty.
Upon the arrival of the mayor he
was escorted to the platform by Grand
Chief Ranger Daniel f. Fitzgerald. The
doors We're then thrown open to the
public, and members of the various
courts of Foresters thronged the hall
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tables of the order, including: Su-
preme Commander D. T. MCGOWAN of
Newport, Past Supreme Commander
Samuel B. Morriss of Fall River, SUI
preme Adjutant B. Fogarty of Newport,
Supreme Inspector-Gen. William Nc
Closkey of New York, Supreme Pay
rnaster-Gen. John ]. Kavanaugh of
Taunton, Supreme First Assistant In
spector-Gen. P. r. Condor of Newport,
Supreme Second Inspector-Gen. j. B.
Finn of Providence, Supreme Quarter
master Gen. f. j. Heingartner of New
York, Supreme First Officer of the
Guard Hugh A. Mcclellan Of Boston,
Supreme Second officer of the Guard P.
Sheehan of Newport, Supreme Trustee
Thomas Nolan Of Brockton, Supreme
Auditor James Goldie of Newport, Su-
preme Auditor p. w. Good of Newport
Supreme Trustee j T. Nelson of Fall
River, Supreme Trustee Thomas Clynes
of New Bedford, Supreme Surgeon-Gen.
]. w. Thompson, M. D., of Brooklyn,
and Supreme Assistant Surgeon e. w
Dehn, NJ D., of New Bedford
Chief Ranger Daniel f. FITZGERALD
was chairman Of the meeting, and
made a short address of welcome, in
which he paid his respects to the chief
executive of the city, and in a neat
speech introduced the mayor.
Mayor Rufus B. Dodge in his address
spoke as follows:-
Visiting Friends of Other Cities and
Fellow-C Citizens; 1t is one of the privi-
leges of the mayor of a great city like
this to visit gatherings of this kind, ans
by his, presence to lend the sanction Of
the city to them. / suppose that pri.
marily the mayor Of city was appoint
ed to see that the city was protected
from the hostile hordes Of strangers
that would invade the city. The Gus
tom is different now. AS the chief ex
ecutive of this city, l give my sanction
TO you to walk the streets as you will
in uniform or otherwise, and, in fact
to do as you please.
I'VE will try to make your brief so
journ in this city as pleasant as it i
within our power. We will show 20,
some of the historic places with whicl
this city Is 80 rich. You have seei
Concord, Lexington, the historic spot
Of Boston and other places, but we cal
point you out places of equal interes
and value. On the lower step of tn
City hall you will find a small plat
showing where the first declaration 0
independence was made on New Eng
land soil. Here we have some of tn
Oldest meeting houses in the state, an
this is the home of the great historian
Bancroft, and the home Of that grea
statesman, Senator Hoar (cheers), on
Of the ablest men in the country Thi
city has furnished the state with som
Of the greatest statesmen, and wher