The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-01

o; O. f. hall where a banquet was
An zen masse'' Initiation of candidates
such as was presented last night is some
thing extraordinary in this part of the
realm of Maccabeeism. and last night
marked banner occasion in the history
OF the lodge in this state. The knights
and ladies from the various tents of the
state began to arrive by special trains
yesterday morning and the day was
spent taking in sights of the city and
attending an informal reception rendered
the visitors at l. O. o. Z. hall by the local
tents. 1t is estimated that 1000 or more
Maccabees came to the city from out
side places. Ogden. Bingham. Park City,
American Fork and other places being
largely represented. The candidates for
every place where tent of the order
has been established
Care for the Guests.
Salt Lake tent No. of knights, and
Banner hive NO IL, Ladies of the Mac
cabees. took charge of the exercises of
the day and looked after the comfort and
pleasure of the guests in the city.
At o'clock in the evening all the cam
didates for the degree of sir knight
they We're put through the ceremonies
necessary to become members of the
der The lower floor of the building was
filled and there was no lack of enthuSi-
asm among the candidates.
The eXemplification of the degree work
was done by the degree team of Salt
team were Sam Kroeger, commander;
William Shonert, past commander;
Thomas Lewis, DR.. Dalton and soldiers.
supreme commander of the state, +. NJ.
Budrow, and his assistant, DR.. Hanchett,
supervised the work of initiation.
The degree team, dressed in costumes of
ancient times, appeared upon the stage
and presented brief sketch of the story
of Judas MaccabeeuS, and the war be-
tween the Assyrians and Jewish people,
that gave birth to Maccabeeism. The
three
senting the decree of the Assyrian king
that the people of Judea should forsake
their old customs and religion and ac-
cept the customs and god of the Assyri-
ans The second scene presented the re-
fusal of Judas Maccabeeus to obey the
decree, and the beginning of the war with
the AsSyTians. The third and last scene
presented the conquering of the AsSyri-
ans and The freedom of Judea, the whole
manner possible Judas patriotism and
faithfulness to his God. upon which
principles the order is founded
Put Through Ritual.
After these scenes the candidates were
called upon to rise and were put through
the secret ritual of the order, which led
up to comforting of degrees of sir knight
upon all the candidates After these eX-
ercises Supreme Commander Budrow
made a short address to the knights and
he was followed by the Rev. P.W. Pink
crton, a newly initiated member, with a
brief and appropriate address.
The new members then formed in
double column in front of the theatre
and headed by Held's band marched to
State street, thence north to First South,
thence west to Main and down Main to
the /. o. o. T. hall. The parade was over
two blocks long and was participated in
by almost all the local and visiting
knights.
In the meantime the Ladies of the
Macca bees had met at Odd Fellows hall
and the initiation of the state class of
ladies was held. The ceremonies were
performed by the degree team of Banner
hive No. il, and about fifty ladies were
initiated into the order.
About 1890 the knights arrived at the
hall and light luncheon was served to
All the local and visiting knights and
ladies by the local tents of both branches
of the organization. The visitors took
their trains for home about L a. m.