Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-01
SHRINERS RECEIVE LEADER
Royal Welcome Extended to Imperial Po-
tentats b. O. Akin.
TANelER TEMPLE GLORIES IN HIS HONOR
Met at station by Enthusiastic
Mobiles and Escorted to Masonic
Temple TO Receive Com
CALCULATIONS.

Ceionei Henry G. Akin, who was madc
imperial potentate Of the Ancient ARABIC
order of the Mystic Shrine at the Imperial
,e,,neiI In San Francisco June II, reached
the oasis Of Tangier Monday evening anu
was royalty received by the MOBILES Oh MS
home temple. A delegation OF the loiIoN-
ins nobies went from Omaha to Lincoln
and escorted Imperial Potentate AKIN 70
this cityi Judge Gustav Anderson M a.
Hail. Cadet Taylor, b, e. WILCOX NJ +,
Funkhouser, A, NJ. oleson.
Al Lincoln Colonel Akin had been met
nv members OF Sesostreus temple the
narent lodge OF the Omaha temple anu
given a cordial greeting. A reception was
held at the Lincoln hotel. where many
sbr,nevs met the distinguished head oil their
order. A banquet was served In the even
ing before the party left for Omaha
Colonel Akin was accompanied from Cali
eornia by Mobiles b. F. Thomas, Charles r.
Tracy and J, Y. Teetzel and their wives
Thirty Carriages in Line.
II required thirty carriages to accommo-
date the reception committees ana tne'r
guests from the Burlington station IN
omaha. The procession was headeu Dy d
hand and the Arab patrol guarded the Ioui-
finland which bore the Imperial potenua'e
from the depot to the Masonic temple at
sixteenth street and Capitol avenue.
There was a loud demonstration at the
dsnot as the frst glimpse was caught OF
CoIonel Akin. A vast roaring crowd,
pIumed with the red fez, fairly took pos
session Of things and before the venerable
notentate could offer resistance he was
soaring at arms length Of about a dozen
sturdy mobiles who bore him aloft from the
interior Of tho station to his carriage.
Procession TO the temple
The procession marched from the station
M Tenth street to Farnam as far as Four
teenth, down Fourteenth to Douglas, on
Douglas to Sixteenth, thence to the temple
on Capitol avenue. The reception or the
evening was held at the Masonic temple
Colonel Akin was besieged with Shriners
and their ladies, who heaped congratuIa-
lions upon him informally before the regu-
lar reception began. 1t was a most en-
thusIastic gathering and there was abun-
dance OF evidence that Omaha mobiles hailed
with greatest delight the member Of theil
temple upon whom the highest honors OF th'
Imperial Shrine had been conferred.
TIT lodge court presented a brilliant
scene. Numerous banners and emblems o.
the order swung from conspicuous places
and the whole appointments were attrac'
tive. Seated along the sides of the hal
were Shriners and their ladies, with mobiles
At the doors, in the corridors and ever!
other available place.
Imperial Potentate Enters.
As the orchestra played the star
spangled Banner" Imperial Potentate AkiI
entered the court. His entrance was thu
signal for hearty applause. He was pre-
scented by Judge Anderson, who made a yer!
happy speech, saying that at the recen
imperial council Of the greatest social or
der Colonel Akin had been distinguishes
rs the leader Of Shriners and had there
tore brought to Tangier and Omaha a grea
distinction.
Mid pleasures and palaces though W
may roam, there is no place like home,
said Colonel Akin. in beginning his brie
remarks He told his associates Of tn
splendid receptions he had met on all hand
In the golden west, but said that his pleas
ure was not complete until he had reache'
the oasis Of Tangier. He spoke with grea
feeling Of the high honor conferred upol
him and Of the distinction given Oman
and Tangler temple. He said that Tangie
was among the greatest temples Of tn
United States, there being but three Il
lts rank.
Speeches of COngratuIatiOn.
NJ. A. Hall spoke Of the shriners o
North America and said he hoped the tim
would come soon when the order that ha
done so much for charity would be world
wide.
D. z. Green, a noble OF Sesostreus Of Lin
coin, conveyed the sentiments OF his tempt
In cordial words and recalled the fact tina
sesostreus was the parent Of Tangier, addin
thai therefore the honor bestowed upon tn
younger temple was all the more appre
ciated by the Lincoln shriners.
Following the addresses everybody ex
tended congratulations TO Imperial Poten
tate Akin and then partook OF refresh
ments.
Building Permits.
Building permits have been issued as foI
lows. o