Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-18
PICNIC A MONSTER
Seven Thousand Persons Attend the
Second Annual Outing of the Ma
sons at Schuetzen Park.
INTEREST IN THE CONTESTS
Rock Island Wins the Baseball Game
by Score of % to 5, and the
Tug of War Also.

Seven thousand people, Masons and
their families. attended the picnic CIV
| en- by the Rock Island and Scott Coun-
ties Masonic Picnic association al
/ Schuetzen park yesterday. The pro-
gram began at l o'clock in the after
noon. when the Davenport Military
band, under the direction of Prof.
Ernst Otto, played several numbers.
AT 2:3O W. F. Fidlar. president of the
association. CO lied to order the assem-
blage for the invocation. Rev. F. H.
Burrell. of Doric lodge. of Moline, de
livered the invocation.
Then followed the address of vel
come by Harry W. Phillips, mayor of
! Davenport, who extended to the mem
| bers of the order hearty welcome i'll
| behalf of me city. He was responded
| TO by J. b. Oakleaf, of Doric lodge.
Moline Between the address of wei
come and the response a quartet COM
posed of c. A Hansen, Mrs. Lilli
! StibOlt-Hansscn Miss Elizabeth Mott
and q. H. Blanchard gave a number
| Mrs. Elizabeth Ames Griggs assisted
at the piano.
Maj. c. w. Halves, of Rock Island.
who was to deliver the address of the
day on the subject of "Fraternity,"
was unable TO be present. and in place
of it Louis Block gave a talk upon The
Meaning of Masonry" Then followed
solo by Mrs. LilH Stibolt-Hanssen,
who was rewarded with great applause
and forced to give an encore.
The address by Gov. S. r. Van SAINT,
of Minnesota, was not delivered owing
TO the inability of the governor to be
present. After the close of the pro-
gram the band gave a fine program of
eight numbers.
Rock Island Wins HALL Game.
During the entire afternoon there
were athletic contests and games. The
Rock Island Masons crossed bats with
their Davenport brothers and defeated
them by the score of % to 5. The of
fetal scorer became weary of watching
the intricacies of the exciting game
and could not give a more detailed ac-
count. A tug-Of-war between Trio
lodge of Rock Island and DOric lodge
of Moline resulted in the box of cigars
going to the team of Rock Island
Then came the races. and each one
was participated in by a large number
of contestants. The womonS potato
race was won bv Miss Grace Ewing. of
Moline, who received a handsome SOU
venir spoon bearing an engraving of
the Davenport Masonic temTiG. Miss
Ebcrly, o. Davenport, won decorated
plate by finishing seCOr1 i. and Mrs. w.
J. Sweeney. o. Rock Island a lace
handkerchief by coming i'll third.
The running lace for gil under IL
years of age was won by Mss Fanny
Koch, OF Davenport, who was reward
ed with a handsome opal Ing. The
race was entered by a large number
of contestants and had 10 he run off
in two heats. The boys ran a three.
legged race, and two Davenport boys
won. w. EbeIly and ]. Benson. One
, boy received a baseball ard the other
a catcher S nit,
Pit .Urc Exhibition.
In the evenirg an hoIIs exhibition
was given by means @. the Edison
kaleidoscope. MARI beautiful views
were prc5Cn ed Among the pictures
thrown on the screen OF in the park
were pho, Ographs o. prom ncnt Ma
sons and citizens Of the tine cities
Among them were c. E. Birchard
Charles Neal Nj. u. ROsenfieid. c. c.
Wilson, Chief of Police Hcrzog, Night
Captain Mullanc, W. f. Fidlar, and
| several others.
Dancing followed and was kept up
until late hour. On the whole, the
DAYS entertainments was very success
full, and the committee in charge is to
be congratulated for the admirable
way in which it handled the immense
crowd, one of the largest that has ever
| gathered in Schuetzen park. Every
feature of the program was a great
success and a source of much pleas
ure and amusement. Everybody pres
cnt entered heartily into the spirit OF