The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-10-26

K. Donnalley, past great incohonee of
the United States.
The address of Mr. Donnalley was
not more than twenty minutes in
length but it was fine effort and his
words were listened to with great in
terests by the large number Of people
who had assembled to witness the ex-
ercises. He told something Of the
great order of Red Men, how it was
organized first in the year 1913 and at
first was a political society but in the
year 1884 seven of the members got
together and organized the Improved
Order of Red Men and laid down the
great principles that the order stands
for today. He spoke OF, the great
charity of the order and said when a
member appeared to be going down
hill that the Red Men could be counted
upon to exert all their influence to
make him change, thus demonstrating
the brotherly love which is one Of the
first principles of the order. In elo-
quent terms the speaker spoke Of the
great work being done by the Red Men
all over the nation. He said it had
long been the boast of the Englishman
that the sun never sets upon the pOss
sions of Great Britain and this boast
he said could now be made by the
United States and the Red Men for he
declared wherever the flag of the
United States floats there will be found
Red Men"
The Red Men We're indeed fortunate
in getting Mr. Donnalley and those
who heard him were delighted with
his remarks. The programme was in
terspersed with selections by the Acme
male quartette and Fort Casweli band.
RED MEMS WIGWAM.
taken toward building a wigwam in
this city At that time a special COM
mittee composed of Messrs. w L.
Burkheimer, Sol Sternberger, E. P. H.
Strunck. F. K. J. Fuchs, w L. West,
J. F. Woolvin and Col. Walker Taylor
were appointed by Eyota tribe to take
the matter in hand and on the 10th of
that month postal CARDS were sent out
asking for expressions OF opinion from
different members in regard to the
move. 1t was found from the very
! first that it was popular move. Later
| Messrs. w. P. Gafford and James Wen
berg, of Cherokee tribe, and Messrs.
| w. B. Monroe and J. T. Turner, of
LaxipOlka tribe were appointed to act
! in conjunction with the above named
committee with a view to building a
wigwam. The handsome new home
Of the Red Men is on North Front
street near Red Cross and will be a
handsome three story building The
front of the building will be Of stone
and light buff Columbus brick, the
brick having been purchased through
Mr.. J. Wilson Wood. It will be one OF
the most attractive fronts in the city
On the first floor will be a large store
The second floor will be handsomely
fitted up into club rooms and the third
floor will be used for the wigwam
proper, and here the Red Men will
gather around their camp fires and
tell how fares their tribe and their
brother tribes in the great forests OF
the nation.
At o'clock yesterday evening a
delegation of the Red Men from the
local tribes went to Wrightsville
Sound with the visiting chiefs where
an oyster roast was enjoyed. The
Fort Caswell military band went along
and furnished the music. They went
to the beach on chartered car.
| After returning to the city the Red
Men went to the wigwam of Laxipolka
tribe where a reception was held and
the remainder of the evening was
spent in a most enjoyable manner.
| The steamer Wilmington has been
chartered today and all Red Men and
their families are invited to go down
the river. Special permission has been
got from the war department to visit
Fort Caswell and this in itself will
make the trip we'll worth taking. All
Red Men and their families can take
the trip free. The Wilmington will
leave at 10:30.