The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-10
ELKS COMING BY
THE THOUSANDS
Antlere6 Herds Are SWsrminy
into Salt Lake.
BUSY TIME FOR RAILROADS
BETWEEN OGDEN AND OMAHA
TWENTY TRAINLoADS.
BUSY TIME FOR RAILROADS

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part of the west. is swooping
down upon Salt Lake The advance
guard of this rush of travelling uopu-
lace arrived yesterday. when trains of
special cars unleaded within the citv's
gates more than 100 Elks and many
times that number of Knights of
Pythias
From every secr1on of the country
trainloads upon trainloads Of EIxs and
Pythians are moving in this direction.
The former viii take possession of the
| city for their annual convention. while
the latter will stop over and travel on
. 70 San Francisco. Five more train
loads of Elks will arrive today and
several trains of Pythians viii pass
through.
The crowds that are now being
hauled over the roads to this city are
greater, perhaps, than were ever
handled by western roads before. Even
now there are twenty special train
loads of visitors travelling over the
! mon Pacific between Omaha and Og-
! den. carrying 5000 or more EIlxs. and
still they come Other traintoads are
! coming. or preparing. 10 come. from tina
west, north and south.
Zion will be a great metropolis for
a week. It's broad expanss will be
| filed TO the limit and it's strests will
no doubt be streams OF moving hui
mainly. The local ElkS have bsen
: counting upon hosts OF visitors, and
the indications are that they will not
be disappointed. Everything has been
: gotten in readiness for the reception
<of the army of visitors, and thu city
viii receiTe them with the heartiest
welcome
| Grand Officers Arrive.
The special train bearing the grand
: lodge officers and their party cana
over the Illinois Central and Union Pa
ciic. arriving here at 2:15 yesterday
: afternoon The train was about eight
| hours late, occasioned by an accidant
near Council Bluffs, whRre the tender
/ Of the engine jumped the track while
| the train was making a speed OF about
forty-five miles per hour. The prompt
| action OF the engineer in applying the
| air brakes and bringing the train TO
a serious wreck
; The special train of nine cars arrived
\ in Ogden yesterday morning, where the
grand lodge officers were met by q
/ large representation Of the Ogden
/ lodge and bid welcome into Utah. The
| train was also met by delegation OF
! officers and members OF the Salt Lake
| lodge. The committee of officers who
= | met the train were Exalted Ruler Har-
, ~ +. Dearborn Past Exalted Ruler
l | Lester Freed, Jules BaIuaux. and "a
= number Of other lodge members
After remaining in Ogden q short
| time, the visitors we're escorted on to
/ this city. where they were met by
| local EIks. The visitors were received
/ with the heartiest welcome. and with
/ strains of lively music by Hsld's band
Carriages were provided for the grand
/ ! lodge officers and they were escorted
\ directly from the train TO the knEtS-
= ford hotel, where they were provided
with rooms for the coming week Tie
: reception COMMITTEES was on hand to
look after the comfort of the visitors
= and tender them the keys Of the city.
Prominent People Here
| The party is composed of represent
| tative men from every quarter of the
! east and south. and there are many IN
the party who are prominent IN pup
lie and political life In fact, the con-
2 | ventiou promises to be one of the most
representative gatherings ever hefd in
| the west. The grand lodge officers are
| more than pleased with the reception
! which they received, not only IN SAT-
Lake, but all along the line OF their
! travel and they express Their conn
deuce that the coming convention VIII
, be one of the most successful ever held.
. The grand lodge officers who arrived
: Yesterday and are now CHARTERED at
= the Knutsford are as follows;
= Charles E. Pickett, grand exaIted
ruler Waterloo. Ia. No. zS0-
William B. Brock, grand esteemed
knight, Lexington. Ky. No 80
George a. Reynolds. grand secretary
Z Saginaw, Mich, No A.
Joseph Z. Hennings, grand tileTa An
derson, Ind, No 209.
y John D. O'Shea, chairman grand
, trustees, Lynn, Mass, No III.
Il Joseph T Tanning. secretary grand
s trustees. Indianapolis, Ind, Nc. 10
Henry NJ. Mears. board Of grand
d trustees. Baltimore, Nd, No. :.
d Besides these officers, there are
s large number of past grand exalted
, r11Iers and prominent officers Of various
?. lodges Of the east and south in the
r party. A large delegation of women
o also accompanied the officers
Grand Exalted Ruler Talks.
- Grand Exalted Ruler Pickett was
very favorabIy impressed with the
1 showing made by salt Lake lodge and
the preparations made for the great
convention. He expressed 1t as his be-
lief that no better place could have
bee. selected for the convention than
: Salt Lake and freely discussed the
prospects for the success of the con-
vention-
I'VE have come together" said he,
in our annual session. sno oeileNe
that the attendance VIII be one OF the
largest ever witnessed upon ike oc-
Il casion. The delegations will be COM
posed of men of prominence from every
]. section of the country All have been
: looking forward To the meeting mere
4 With the most pleasant anticipations,
d and we feel that they Will be reallzsd-
Al THE business to be transacted by the
d order during this convention IS purety
k routine matter in connection with the
: order and know Of nothing particular
/ that is to come up The election OF
- officers for the ensuing year VIII, or
y course be one Of the big features. out
Al in this connection there Is ndIai5 any
n doubr INT that George Cronk Of OLna-
o Ia. who IS a prominent Elk, will be
elected TO succeed me by reclamation
I wish to say that our opening
meeting in the tabernacle VIII De .
D1IbliC meeting. which every one may
= ATTEND. and we hope 10 see the build
70 ing flied with the people Of Salt Lake
r That session will be the only one thaI
N viii he public The other sessions viii
II | -, so..-e+ n11r We vrOpJOSe to appoint A.