Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-02
TRAIN LOAD Of
JOLLY sHR|NERS
Indiana Delegation
Stops Over in San
ia Fe
TRAVELLING IN SPECIAL TRAIN
Visitors Remain From Early
Evening Until Midnight.
Have Good Time.

Los Angeles is the Mecca Just now
OF Mystic Shriners all over the Uni.
ted States. Some two hundred of
these nobemen of Masonry. wearing
the emblematic red fezzes, swooped
down on Santa Fe yesterday evening
and remained within the city's gates
until midnight when they reboarded
their special train and resumed their
journey westward to California. the
visitors comprised the Indiana dele
CATION and We're mainly from lndianap.
oils There We're number of women
in the party.
The Hoosier delegates TO the Mys.
|tic Shrine gathering which will be
held in the city of Los Angeles begin
ming next week occupied the first of
the special trains to be run to Los
Angeles for this purpose over the Ach-
ison. Topeka and Santa Fre Railway.
In making arrangements for the ex.
curson he railroad officials made
provisions in the schedule for side
trip to Santa Fe that the tourists
might spend several hours viewing
the eldest and most picturesque city
in the Southwest Other special
trains to follow it is said will also
include Santa Fe in their itinerary
On the outward bound trip
The Indiana crowd is travelling in q
solid vestibule train composed of
six standard sleepers and baggage
car which left Indianapolis the first
of the week via the Big -Four to st.
Louis, thence over the Wabash to
Kansas City and from there by way of
the Santa Fe. 1t is due to reach It's
destination Saturday A stop of half
day will be made at the Grand Can
on.
Unique Exhibition Drill.
In addition to first-clasS brass
band the Indianans have drill team
which will be hard to beat when IL
begins TO perform in the competitive
drill at Los Angeles in connection
with the big conclave. The team gave
an exhibition drill shortly after ar
rival here in front of the New MeXi-
can office which was witnessed by a
large crowd and went through the in
tricacies without single hitch. The
series of maneuvers consumed half
an hour and the different changes
were loudly applauded by the specta-
tors. The men taking part have evi-
IDENTIFY spent much time in practice
before the complicated movements
were mastered with perfect clock
like precision. There were few spok-
en- commands, most of the signals be-
ing given by whistle.
The musicians had intended giving
concert in the Plaza during the eve
ming but the night air was little
too chilly for them and they compro.
missed by rendering several selections
in the lobby Of the Hotel Claire.
Most of the visitors We're fed at the
Claire Cafe which had been notified
in advance of their coming but the
crowd was larger than could be ac.
copodated at one sitting there and
the remaining ones secured their sup
pers at other eating houses.
Local Fraters Entertain Visitors
Local Mystic Shriners organized
themselves at once into a reception
committee and invited the visiting
fraters to the Masonic rooms where
they We're informally entertained Elk.
Governor L. Bradford Prince also
kept open house and at one time or
another during the evening nearly all
of the visitors enjoyed the hospitality
of his home. Had it been known even
only few hours in advance that the
vanguard OF the Mystic Shriners was
coming here last night more elabor-
ate entertainment would have been
planned but they came unheralded.
During the few hours that the vir.t-
ors were in the city they left behind
good-sized bunch of money The ho-
tells and restaurants were not the only
ones benefited by this unexpected
squirt in business After appetites
were satiated there was a rush for
souvenir post cards and curios. The
livery firms also received slice OF
the patronage as some Of them hired
conveyances for sightseeing tour OF
the city.