The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-16
Grand Lodge of 1900 Begins Its
Session Tomorrow.
MANY DELEGATES TO ATTEND
Reception to visitors on the Even
ing of First Day-Competftive
Drill for Grand Lodge Banner
One of the Strongest secret Or
ders in the World. with n Menu
bership of GOO, OOO-Many Here.

The greater part of the present week
will be occupied by the session of the
Grand Lodge Of the Good Templars which
meets for four days, beginning tomorrow
in the Masonic temple at the corner or
Second and Pike. Between 800 ana 4e
delegates and visitors from all parts Of
the state and neighboring Grand lodge
jurisdictions will be in attendance.
The session will nomnally begin tomor-
row afternoon although but little will be
done besides the examination of creden-
tials and other preliminary business incl
dent to the session. The Grand lodge de-
gree. however, will be conferred on such
candidates as may present themselves.
tomorrow evening there will be a grand
public reception given at Plymouth
church.
Wednesday will be almost entirely taken
up by the regular business of the Grand
lodge.
Thursday morning will be the election
Of the Grand lodge officers for the ensu-
ing year In the afternoon there Will be
a special session Of the International STU
preme Lodge and the degree incident
thereto will be conferred.
Friday morning will be the closing ex-
ercises Of the session.
An interesting social programme has
been prepared as an accompaniment to
the session. Tuesday evening there will
be a public reception given to the visitors
at Plymouth Congregational church, at
which addresses OF welcome will be made
by representatives of the various Seattle
organizations. These will be responded
to by the grand chief templar and others
after which refreshments Will be served.
Wednesday afternoon drill teams from
the different lodges will compete for the
banner offered by the Grand lodge for the
best team work in the initfatory drill as
laid down In the ritual. During the past
year the banner has been held by Seattle
Lodge No. 6, having been won by them
at the last session of the Grand lodge.
Thursday afternoon will be devoted to
an excursion on the waters of the Sound.
Leaving Yesler dock 1t will proceed 20
Port Blakeley, remaining there one hour
and thence to the navy yard at Bremen
ton.
Friday morning the delegates will enjoy
a bicycle run over the Lake Washington
path.
The strength of the Good Tempiars is
fact. one of the strongest institutions of
this kind. 1t has a membership in the
world Of more than 600 600. 1t has grand
lodges on every continent and in nearly
all civilized lands, and over. forty In the
United States alone Both American and
English warships carry fully equipped
and active lodges. The crew of a large
circus recently in this city also carried
a travelling charter.
In this state the order has member
showing 4.974. besides over 1000 in the
Juvenile temples. The second highest Of
flee in the international Supreme Lodge
Is held by George f. Cotterili. of this
or the local committee OF arrangements
for the Grand lodge session Alison w.
Steers IL chairman, Orville Espey. treas
urer. and Roland w. Cotterill. secretary.