The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-18
ITS MECCA
IS HAWAII
Mystic Shrine Making
Ready To Come.
HONORS FOR THE ISLANDS
A Temple To Be Instituted in This
City by Imperial Potentate
Reed.

In the Fraternal Record of Washing
ton, ID. c., appears the following con-
corning the proposed pilgrimage to
Hawaii of the Mystic Shriners:
GRAND RAPIDS, Dec. 24-On the
25th of February, 1901, "a special train
will pull out of the train shed in this
city, the destination of which will not
be reached until the Pacific Coast Is
sighted. 1t will cross the great West
by one route and return by another,
and all the way there will be at least
two cars in the train bearing the label
of Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad"
thus giving prominence to the starting
point-Grand Rapids.
This special train will be that cnar-
tered for the Honolulu pilgrimage of
Imperial Potentate of the Mystic
snrlners, Lou b. Winsor, of Reed City,
and his escort, Saladin Temple, of
Grand Rapids. Since the granting OF u
dispensation by the Imperial Council
for the formation of a new temple or
the Mystic Shrine in that newly ac-
CURED garden spot of Uncle Sans DO
main, Hawaii, the resident mobiles of
Honolulu have perfected their organ
ization and have requested the honor
of having the Imperial Potentate insti-
tute the new temple in person, which
he has consented to do, granting Sala-
din Temple the distinguished honor of
acting as his escort.
The following committee has charge
of the details of the trip: Mobiles Geo.
+. Sinclair, Charles Il. Fink, Thomas
W. Strahan, Joseph C. Herkner, Lucien
Z. Wood, John A. Wolcott and Charles
b. Quigley. They have worked uili-
gently to obtain the best that could be
procured in the way of accommoda
tions, both going and returning, with
the result that they have arranged the
4 irar fnr five. nlyS' B,
as has never before been equaled in
the history Of the Mystic Shrine or any
other order. They have gotten up, had
published and distributed over the
whole Shrinedom, a handsome booklet,
containing, besides full Information
concerning the pilgrimage, u large
number of beautiful engravngs of
points of interest along the routes to
be traversed including scenes in the
Hawaiian Islands and descriptions of
the towns and people. An important
part of the book is several pages de-
voted to the city of Grand Rapids
where the great pilgrimage starts, with
views of it's factories, business blocks
and streets, parks and resorts, together
with a necessarily brief but compre-
hensive historical sketch of the Furni-
ture City, showing it's growth and
progress of fifty years. Five thousand
of these handsome books have been
and Grand Rapids, the home of Saladin
Temple, will be given more prominence
thereby than through any other means
yet attempted.
The Pilgrimage, as finally arranged,
covers a distance of 11,324 miles of
travel-7,124 by rail and 1920 by water.
"A special train of solid vestibule Sleep
ers, with dining cars attached, has
been chartered from Grand Rapids to
San Francisco, running through with
out change. The train, as it leaves
Grand Rapids, will be composed of two
combination coaches, which will be
fitted up as the commissary depart
ment of the train, and two or three
Pullmans. The commissary cars will be
stocked for the entire trip in this city,
and all Mobiles joining the pilgrimage
will have free access to them. The
Imperial Special" as the train will be
calico, will proceed direct from this
city to Chicago, where other Pullmans
will be added to accommodate the No
bles who join the party in that city.
The accommodations of the special are
limited strictly to 100 persons, and the
personnel of the party will be confined
exclusively to Shriners and their ladies'.
Meals will be served la carte. The
cost for the round trip has been Sc
cured at $3.50, which will cover all ex-
penses, except meals en- route from
Chicago to the Coast and return, and
hotels wherever necessary.
1t is the intention of the Imperial Po-
tentate, to inspect, officially, together
with his imperial escort, all of the
temples enroute. During the short So
journ at Chicago the caravan will be
under the protecting wing of Medinah
Temple. The next stop will be at Des
Moines, Iowa, where the infant Za-ga-
Zig Temple has promised ito do some
thing" Malta Temple, of st. Joseph.
Mo-, will next greet the imperial
travellers. Abdallah Temple, OF Leav
pay homage to his imperial majesty
and escort. At Kansas City Ararat
Temple will be inspected. Here the
Imperial Council will meet next June,
and the Ararat Mobiles will have an OPP
portunity to practice on the imperial
pilgrims for a few hours. There will
be no other stops urtil the special
reaches Dallas, Tex, Here the cara
vans will rest and be entertained on
Hella Temples oasis. There Will be
long jump from Dallas to Phoenix.
Ariz., where the sojourners will be the
guests OF I'll Zarlbah Temple, another
oasis where true Western hospitality
abounds. Next the caravan viii be
tied up at Los Angeles, Cal, where
there VIII be rest OF a day or two as
Al Malaikah Temple has spoken for
two days TO show the imperlalists it, |
numerous points OF interest, From Los
Angeles the journey VIII be direct TO /
San Francisco whore the party viii be |
received by Islam Temple with It's Col. |
den Gate wide open,
~ San Francisco the ocean pilgrim
ago begins The elegant steamship |
spnoma, ~ the Oceanic Steamship .
rompnny's line, has been secured Tor |
lhe trlp 20 Honolulu. The shrlners will I.
own the ship There VIII be no steer /
age paFsenRorH They have access 10 /.
all parts ~ the noatlnE pnlaca, save 1
those occupied by the officers ana |
times ~ tho day and night a pro .
gram ~ entertainment VIII be- HrTanR .
~ f0r tho evenings during The nCean .
voyage. Ia which thr ladies VIII taka .
an active pan While nn Tho Islands /
fnlrnulnmenlH n an hnda Will be ihs .
order The new ieWplr VIII hn lnsil F.
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