Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-12
BRILLIANT STREET PARADE
Knights and Daughters Of TabOr ~Rssplendent
in the Uniform Oslors,
CARNIVAL OF FUN At HlBsELEEs PARK
Long Procession Files BACK In the
Evening for Installation Ceremo-
mics, which Were
Impressive.

Not since the order met here a dozen
years ago has Omaha seen so resplendent a
parade as that OF the Knights and Daughters
of Tabor, which left the African Methodist
Episcopal church at Eighteenth and Web
ster street shortly before 1 yesterday
afternoon and traversed the principal busi-
ness streets before disbanding, to take cars
to Hibbeler's park, where there we're exer-
cises and carnival contests.
This order is the especial pride Of the
colored people, and they have not stinted
themselves in providing paraphernalla.
The grand presiding prince. c.. NJ. johnson.
wore a uniform that would back Nelson A..
Miles clear into obscurity. He was at the
head Of the procession, except for the
mounted police, and behind him and the
ba~ndwagon, drawn by four white horses,
came Grand Drill Master w. O. wlgley.
Past Grand Drill Master Ed Henderson and
Grand Inner Sentinel James Thomas, all
mounted and scarcely less impressively cos
TUNED than the leader.
Maids, Pages aud Children.
Then came the maids and pages Of honor.
colored children in white frocks and suits,
each with head pieces significant Of the
order. They occupied a carryall.
The pedestrian contingent included the
Princes of the Royal House Of Media, the
Palatine Guards and the Uniformed Rank,
knights Of Tabor, to the number Of sixty.
Swords. sashes. medals, badges. pIumes-
they were so abundant that in comparison
that ancient spectacle of the Assyrians who
came down like a wolf on the fold, their
cohorts all cleaning with silver and gold,''
must have been anne indeed.
In the fourteen carriages were the
crowned and g~arlaned grand officers, In
GLIDING the grand queen mother. the chief
preceptress, the chief mentor and past
chief mentors, the chief grand mentor and
chief grand preceptresses, Chief Grand
Mentor J. z. Hereford of the Missouri jur-
isdiction and Rev. w. L. Grant Of Kansas
City, Kan, the orator Of the day. .
Those In carriages drove out Farnam to
Thirty-seventh street and then across to
Hibbeler's park, but the marchers broke
ranks at Sixteenth and Howard streets and
boarded cars, taking the band with them.
installation of Omcers.
The coronation Of the king may as we'll
be called of. 1t stands no chance now.
The installation of the grand officers Of the
international Order Of the Knights and
Daughters of Tabor at Hibbler's park last
night eelipsed 1t even as the sun eclipses
the glow worm. Sir Frank Wilson, chief
grand mentor. may never have the pert
typhlitls. Even II he had It he would prob
ably think he was suffering from the stom-
ach ache, but he knows how to wear a
chapeau. how to throw his shoulders back
to show. of his gold braided e~paulets to the
best advantage and how to fash the jew
eled badges from his manly chest. And
there were others there whose special brand
OF pomp and circu-astance was scarcely sec
ond to his. And the women! They were
queens to the manor born. They wore long
trailing robes of pink and mauve, laven-
der and purple. glittering with a thousand
jewels and resplendent with fur lining and
shot with satin cores and puffs. Upon their
heads were coronets and In their white
gioved hands they carried scepters, en-
blems of sovereignty.
r. Ceremonies Begin.
AT a signal from the leader the band
struck up THE Tale OF the Bumblebee"
and the pageant moved. matestioally about
q hollow square in the big dance hall, made
by placing four long benches end to end.
The column was made up Of the newly
elected officers and included the following
Sir Frank Wilson, Kansas City. Kan, chief
grand mentor; Daughter Emma Gaines, To-
peka, chief grand preceptress; Sir ID. l.
Taylor, vice grand mentor; Daughter Bessie
Hall, Fort Scott, vice grand preceptress;
Sir A. W. Hopkins. Leavenworth, CHIEF
grand scribe; Daughter Sarah Williams
Lincoln, chief grand recorder; Sir William
Core, Topeka, chief grand treasurer; Sill
@. @. Tucker, Omaha, grand presiding
prince; Daughter Eliza Scott, Leavenworth
grand queen mother; Sir Allen Gamer, Cot
f~eyville, Kan, chief grand orator; Daughter
- ANohNoAn nhtaf URQnf
priestess; Daughter Maggie Mack, Kansas
City. Kan, grand inner sentinel.
After marching about the hollow square
four times they entered the Enclosure
where the oath oil ONCE was administered t.
them severally.
After the installation. which lasted nearl!
an hour, the band was martialed again an
there was more dancing. The park an
dance hall were crowded all the evening