Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-14
WILL BE LAID TODAY
Cornerstone Of Pythian Castle to
be Laid in Position
WITH IMPOSING CEREMONIES
dress. Many Visiting Pythians to
be Present. The Line
WITH IMPOSING CEREMONIES
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Everything IS in readiness for the
laying of the Pythian Castle corner
stone this afternoon, and it is expected
that several hundred Visiting Pythans
WIZ attend the ceremonies, as it will
undoubtedly be the greatest event in
the history Of PythianhOod on the Pc
ninSulA.
rrhe ceremonies will open at $3.50
o'clock with a parade consisting Of the
members of the Uniform Rank and the
visiting Pythinns. as we'll as the local
lodges of Pythians.
The visitors are expected to arrive in
Hampton at 3:15 o'clock. and as soon
as they can be gotten into line, the fo:-
Towing line Of march Will be taken up,
the column forming on King street near
the Barnes Hotel:
From King street to Queen, down
Queen no Locust. out Locust to Full
ton, up Fulton TO Marshall. out Mar
shall to Mallory avenue. up Mallory
avenue to King street. down King 10
Queen. up Queen to ArnIistead avenue,
down Armistead to Holt. up Holt to
jefferson, down jefferson to Jackson.
up Jackson to Lee. out Lee to Armi-
stead avenue. up Armistead avenue to
Queen street and down Queen to the
Fythian Castle
The makeup Of the column in the
parade follows:
Mounted police
Snrythe's brass band
First regiment, Uniform Rank * Of
f. :.
Band OF music.
Kecoughtan Lodge, NO. 90, X. of =.
Warwick Lodge, No. -, X. Of P, of
Newport News. e
Carriages containing speakers.
Grand lodge officers and chairnlen of
committees.
Carriages containing prominent Wis
itors and citizens
Arriving at the Pythian Castle the
column will be halted. and. forming a
semi circle, the grand lodge officers will
each pass through the passageway on
to the Platform erected for the guests
Of honor When this is completed the
gathering will close in and the program
Which has been arranged for the occas-
ion will be carried out
After the stone has been properly ad-
justed' and received by the building
! commit tee, Hen. D. &c. Richardson, the
speaker on the occasion. will then be
introduced. MIR. Richardson is one Of
the best speakers in the State, and as
he is an honored member of the Pytn-
ian order his address today will be all
the more interesting. Mr.. Richardson
Will arrive in Hampton on the 1870
Chesapeake and Ohio train. He will 1e
met by a special COMMITTEE and will be
escorted to his hotel.
The First Division of the Uniform
Rank Of Pyrllians will arrive at 3:15
O'clock and will be in charge of Com
mander BARLEY, of Portsmouth. The
division is made up OF lodges from
Norfolk Newport News, Berkley,
Portsmouth and Hampton. Command
er Bart1ey will be accompanied by his
staff officers, and the parade will be
under his charge.
The special committee, of which
Captain H. N. G. Carson is at the head,
will meet the visitors from across the
water AT Old Point, and they will take
special cars over the line Of the street
railway for Hampton. Arriving in
Hampton. Captain G. NJ. Richter will
take them in charge and assign each
division to its position.
'tAll the Grand Lodge officers are eS-
pected TO he present, With the excep-
'tion Of Grand Chancellor Catlett, OF
Lexington. who is detained owing to
mis- court being in session Vice Grand
Chancellor Charles Bland, Of Ports
mouth, will be master Of ceremonies
during the laying of the cornerstone.
Mr. Thomas Jones. Of the special lodge
committee, is to be master of ccremo-
MES throughout the day.
kecougthan Lodge will meet at its
hall promptly at 2 o'clock and every
member is urged to be present at that
hour. They are also requested to bring
a cane, bearing the colors of the order
red, yellow and blue. BY this the local
lodge can 'be distinguished from the Wis
itors. The Uniform Rank will also
meet at the cosl1pnlandery at 2 o'clock.
When the cornerstone ceremonies are
completed all THE visiting Pythians
will be invited TO ArmoIy Hall, where
a sunlptuous luncheon will be served
by the local lodge, the Ladies' -Auxil-
larry of the Y. M. C. A., having the
matter in charge.
las a souvenir of the occasion each
Pythian will be presented with but
ton on which viii be found a picture Of
the castle as it will appear when COM
pleted. II,
ROBERTSON ACQUITTED.
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