The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-11
VISITORS Are THERE
FROM MANY SECTIONS
Clad in Fee and Turban and Flashing
Uniforms of Barbaric SpIendor,
With cIankine Swords and Glitter
ing Insignia. -
Hearst News Service.

Of. raul, MILL, July ll--Sidu Ill
fez and turban and flashing uniforms
of barbaric splendor, with clanking
swords and glittering insignia, the,
hosts of the nations Shriners have to-
day taken possession Of the Twin
Cities and will begin their annual con-
clave tomorrow. From all over this
country and Canada, and even from
crossing their imaginary desert
wastes in special trains of palatial
splendor, the Mobiles have come to rear
their shrine at the oasis of st. Paul.
Reception committees from Osman
Temple, accompanied by bands, met all
the incoming trains and gave the WIS.,
itors royal welcome. Throughout the
coming week the lavish program or en-
tertainments arranged by the mobiles
tertainments arranged by the local
Shriners, assisted by the mobiles of
Minneapolis and Duluth, will continue
without intermissioM The merchants
of the Twin Cities have added by car
rying out-a decorative scheme such as
has never before been witnessed in
this city.
The program will begin tomorrow
when services will be held for the bene-
fit of the visitors in all the churches
of st. Paul and Minneapolis.
For Monday there have been ar
ranged steamboat excursions up the
Mississippi river to Fort Smelling
where the visitors will be entertained
at the officers club. In the evening
there will be a grand ceremonial SEES
sion of Osman Temple at the St. Paul
Auditorium. This great amphitheater
seats 10000 persons and has stage
of 10000 square feet. 1t is so arranged
acoustically that the faintest voice can
be heard in every corner of the audi.
forum. This immense stage will be
the scene of three sections, the finest
that Osman Temple has ever arranged
Theater parties wifi be arranged fol-
the ladies on this evening. The open
ing session of the Imperial Council will
be held on Tuesday. For this the st
Paul Auditorium will be entirely trans
formed. Side trips have been arranged
for the ladies on this day, including
launch trips up and down the Missis
sippi and Minnesota rivers.
Tuesday evening there will be the
Shriners' grand electrical parade il
which all Arab patriots, bands ant
other visitinf parade features will par
ticipate. The streets of st. Paul will
be gorgeously Illuminated on tn,
Way of Light" The night parade Il
expected to surpass anything that ha
been yet attempted and there will
probably be between $4,000 and 5000
Shriners in line, each wearing the fe
/ and the full dress uniform of the order
Every division will be directly Il
l charge of imperial officers, represent
atives and potentates from all part
1 of North America
The visiting patriots will give exh
/ bition drills in st. Paul ball par
\ Wednesday. 1t is expected that Their
4 will be over twenty contestants and /
addition drills by visiting ladies' pr
4 trolls. On this afternoon there will ais
\ be steamboat excursions up the Mi,
\ sippi to the Minnesota Soldier
Home and the romantic Minnehah
Falls, made famous in Longfellow
beautiful poem. On Wednesday Their
\ will international automobile race
at the State Faf grounds which hav
an area of APT acres. The track is on
of the fastest in the country and tn
most noted international drivers wi
\ take part The Arab patriots, band
I etc., will parade on Nicollet avenue, tn
most beautiful street in Minneapolis
The parade win be followed with
banquet and reception at the MINI
sofa State Capitol
i Thursday will be Minneapolis da,
4 The officers and members of Imperi
I Council will be the guests of Zura
Temple. There will be ride abol
4 the city and trip to Lake Minnetonki
\ On the evening of this day Noble &c
hard Bohn will tender a reception
\ the mobiles and the visiting ladies. Or
hundred Of St Paul's young wome
gowned in white. will serve refresl