The Indianapolis journal., 1903-03-28
Big CLASS Of SHRINERS
LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS ENTER
TANNED By MURAT TEMPLE.
Band from Louisville Attracts Atten-
tiOn I'm the Parade-PersOnnel
of the Class.

| day at the Scottish Rite Temple, on South
| Pennsylvania street. The forenoon was de-
voted TO a business meeting of the Temple.
while the afternoon and early evening were
| given over to the initiation. At o'clock
| last night the annual banquet was held, and
| between eight and nine hundred Shriners
participated, making 1t one of the largest
| affairs in the history of Murat Temple.
To become a Shriner a man must be a
thirty-second degree Mason or a Knight
Ternplar. but the members of the class of
1903 were convinced before they had reached
the end Of the long and devious path they
were compelled to take yesterday afternoon
| that he must also be many other things, not
| the least essential of which is that he must
| be man of an iron constitution and steady
| nerves. The candidates had been promised
| many things, and early in the afternoon,
when they gathered at the Temple, their
faces wore worried looks-not that they
| feared that they would not get all that had
been promised, but that they surmised
revelations and experiences even more try
| ing than had been pictured to them. At
midnight last night they knew the worst
and the best-and they were footsore and
weary, but not detected The thought that
of succeeding classes buoyed them up, and
then the banquet was not an affair from
which anyone could depart in dropping
| spirits.
| VISITING SHRINERS.
The initiation yesterday and the banquet
| last night were made more notable than
usual by the presence of a large number of
visiting Shriners from other Temples. The
/ greater 10 hundred-
that sat down to the banquet were from
Indianapolis. and at least two hundred
| were from the smaller cities of the State,
but there was a delegation of seventy from
| the Louisville Temple and fifteen came from
| Decatur, Ill, while there were also visitors
| from New York, Cleveland. Detroit, Cincin-
| natl. Chicago, ST. Louis and other Temples.
| The Louisville crowd came in on a special
| car over the Big Four at IL o'clock in the
| forenoon, and went at once to the Grand
| Hotel for dinner. Early in the afternoon
the local Shriners turned out In a
body and headed by band marched
| Temple. A short parade was made Of the
downtown streets the line passing up Illi-
nois to Market, east to the Circle, north
| around the Circle to Market, east to Penn
| sylvania and south to the Temple.
| The Louisville delegation was headed by
band that was fearfully and wonderfully
| costumed and that rendered music of a
character in keeping with the costumes on
| instruments of a weird and ancient style of
architecture. The band was heralded as the
| "Besti-Mixo Militari Band from Wassagts
| Du, Kentucky, and it was composed of
the following artists, all of whom are SOLO
lists and insisted on playing solos with a
| fine scorn of all ensemble work:
Professor Alb Dull Hassan, band leader
| and battery; Shiek AL Campode Fusso, solo
Halibut and Jewsharp; Serf Del Millero so
| Fatti, solo Allegretti and Reptile; Rabban
| Du Hacketti. Fifth Andanto and Trompe-
ton; Shiek Sur Whitas, a POGO a POGO and
Sakbut; Sheriff Woe Rack, Pro Andantino
| and Camera, and Sab Same FL Merto, First
| Con Musso and Piccolo F1uto.
During the initiation, it is understood, the
band rendered selections that left the candi-
| dates no doubt as to where they were. This
| is hades," one of them observed, with the
accent on the verb, at the first discordant
| blast.
There great deal of speech-making
| at the banquet, but it was all of an i'm
promptu character. The guests spoke as
the spirit. or spirits: moved them. Potentate
| A. n. Thompson, of this city, presided, and
| the affair lasted until after midnight.
MEMBERS OF CLASS.
The members of the class of 1903 are as
follows:
Benjamin c. Booker, Zionsviile
Frank c. Buell., Rushville.
Edward Bridges, Wabash.
| Meeton NJ. Cook. Kokomo
Edgar G. Cottingham, Montpelier.
William G. Coxon, Kokomo.
David A. Cox, Evansville.
Henry c. Davisson, Hartford City.
Frank M: Cutsinger Edinburg.
William ]. Dean. Marion.
Charles l.. Davis, Shelbyville
Andrew j. Forrest, Geneva.
| Will G.. CASTOR, Sardinia.
Robert r.. Faulkner, New Castle.
Charles Braugh Fudge, Muncie.
John p. Goodwin, Brookvile.
William 7. Gibson, Morgantown.
Absalom X. Helton, Bloomington.
Joseph E. Kelly, Evansville.
| Benjamin L. Gregory, Zionsville.
James M. Graves, Brazil.
Edmund j. Lewis, Muncie.
Claude Legate, Edinburg.
Roy c. Kanouse, ST. Paul.
George G. Korb, New Albany.
Jacob M. Neely, Martinsville.
Charles z. Niece, Geneva.
Claude Maley, Evansville.
Valentine A Magenheimer. Waverly
Albert F. Rost, Richmond.
Burke Richards, Richmond
| Homer Pontius, Geneva.
Jacob s. RiZor, Peru.
William z. Showers, Bloomington
Elder F. Obenchain. Logansport
Ferdinand r. Stricken, Franklin.
Charles A. Sprys, Logansport
Shiloh S. Shambaugh Kokomo.
oliver w. Storer, Muncie.
Mac A. st. John, Seymour
Burton f. Swain, Shelbyville.
| Sanford F. Teter. Bloomington.
Charles c. Shopbell Evansville.
| Robert G. Wood, Franklin.
Gilmore Uhl. Logansport.
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| Carl E. Wood. Seymour
| William Z. Williams, Kokomo
John c. Wood. Franklin.
| Jesse WeSner, Hartford City.
James Nelson, Wabash
Lord B. Whitesides. Franklin.
| Frank Bowen, Logansport
l.. Jesse Burdge, Logansport.
| PRESLEY o. Colliver. Greencastle.
| Albert Garfield, Muncie.
Frank Schwartz, Marion.
Herman j. Schauffer, Terre Haute.
| Carrie p. Williams, Indianapolis.
Fremont Goodwine. Willamsport
George J. Low. Indianapolis.
| Frank SchuSsler, Indianapolis.
James Calvin Wood. Indianapolis
Charles c. York, Indianapolis.
Mahlon T.. Woody. Indianapolis
Thomas c. Whallon, Indianapolis.
William A. Walker Indianapolis.
William III. Watkins, Indianapolis.
Henry c. Uhlen, jr., Indianapolis.
Fred l.. Thomas, Indianapolis.
John NJ Spencer, Indianapolis.
Henry F. Stevenson, Indianapolis.
| Edwin w. Spencer, Indianapolis.
Charles b. Stevenson, Indianapolis.
Warren A. Sampsell. Indianapolis.
Frank II. Rupert. Indianapolis
| ]. w. Ridgway, Indianapolis
William Ritchie, Indianapolis.
, Charles A. Pfafflin, indianapolis.
Bert o. Leary, Indianapolis.
Alfred G.. Navin, Indianapolis.
Clifford III. Mayfield. Indianapolis.
Harry b. Mahan, Indianapolis.
Frank l.. Littleton. Indianapolis.
Ira ID. Lundy, Indianapolis.
Charles j. Langdon, Indianapolis
John w. Keepers. Indianapolis
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