The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-07-14
BIG CELEBRATION.
The Oraneemen and Their Friends Royalty
Entertained by Yale Citizens.

The scene of the founding of the
Orange institution was located in the
north of Ireland and the time of or
ganization was 1895. All members
were protestants and they were bitter
ly opposed to Roman Catholic secret
associations. LII 1929 the Orange cele-
bration of the anniversary of the bat
tie of the Boyne, July II, caused
bloody conflicts. The professed OBJ
jects of this organization are the de-
fense of the reigning sovereign of
Great Britain, the support of the Prot
estant religion, the maintenance of the
laws of the kingdom, ETC., etc,
and is called so in honor of william,
Prince of Orange. Large celebrations
are INDUCED in in this country at the
present day and the parades are
marked with pomp and dignity, each
chapter having its banners and pen
nants and fife and drum corps.
1t was decided by the Orange districts
to hold their annual doings on July II
at Yale this year and great prepara-
tiOns were made for the event. but we
were not favored with good weather
and the 1900 people who were coming
to town dWindled TOT, 1000 or 5000, which
was altogether Il fairsiZed crowd for
Yale to hold but not enough TO make
away with the oceans Of TatiOns pro-
vided for them. Main street was dot
ted with stands. booths and eating
rooms from one end to the other prob
ably - of them, with many more on
side streets, all advertising their wares
with as much noise as possible. The
excursion and regular morning trains
brought crowds of people from sur
rounding towns and counties. One
train from the north deposited not
more than one hundred here, the rest
going on to London, Ont, where q
large celebration was being held and
where a large share of the Port Huron
contingent went. A free for all fight
was INDUCED in at London, an insult
having been offered the Canadians by
some drunken fellow which they nat
urally resented and which resulted in
tearing down the American flag and
a general mix-up followed.
The crowd at Yale was quiet and
orderly. Some good speeches were
listened to in the grove and all were
interested in the eloquence of the diff
ferent speakers. Those who addressed
the people were Daniel Mclean, of Bad
Axe; Rev. A. E. Miller, Yale; and Rev.
Wills, of Clio. The parade was in
terfered with greatly by the pouring
showers which seemed to come at reg
ular periods, dampening the attire of
the crowd if not its spirits, as all
seemed to take the wetting in good
part. Every place in Yale was thrown
open for the accommodation of its
guests on this day. AS far as the in
clement weather allowed, the streets,
business places, stands and residences
were all properly decorated and the
conclusion reached by the visitors was
that never before had they been treat
ed better, had better accommodations
offered them or been given better
time than at Yale, July IL, 1905, and it
is the general verdict of the Orange
men that the celebration should be
given to Yale next year and if the
posed and provide us a pleasant day
we will show them what we can do and
give them the best time ever.
The majority of the crowd left OH
the evening trains and by 10 O'Clock
the town was practically deserted eX-
cepting at the dance halls. Thursday
everything resumed its normal condi-
tion and Dennis is himself again.
NOTES.
Grand Master McCalum, of Cass
City, spent the fore part Of the week in
Yale helping the boys of Washington
Lodge to decorate the town and get
everything in readiness.
1t was impossible TO follow the line
of march planned on account of the
muddy condition of Yales streets.
Robert Ellar, the hustling secretary
of Washington LOL, has been busy |
for many weeks giving his time TO |
bring about a successful celebration. |
Had the rain kept off Bob certainly |
would have seen his efforts crowned |
with success.
The Port Huron Lodge which went |
to London showed their colors which |
are dirty yellow Had they come to |
Yale as they should a good time would |
have been given every one of them.
Sheriff Moore. Chief of Police |
Maines, deputies Radike and Windsor
of this county, and detective Baker of
Detroit were kept busy all day picking |
up the pickpockets. They housed five
dandies who no doubt would have
cleaned up on the crowd. These five
gave their names as August Jacobs,
Wnn. Haggerty, Geo. Jackson, VIM. +. |
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