The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-10

upper stretches of the river have been
festooned with thousands Of electric
lights both over and under the water
and myraid water craft will appear in
the wonderful Venetian display. This
water carnival on Wednesday after
noon will be preceded by drills by Wis
iting patrols from at least 100 Temples
of the Shrine.
Some of the musIcaI organizations
with the visiting Temples are unique
and noteworthy. The San Francisco
Temple brought a Chinese band. Ev-
cry musician is slant-eyed Celestial
and is CARRIED in his oriental dress.
The Lu Lu Temple of Philadelphia
has its famous band of G2 pieces on
the grounds and there are no less than
ten Indian bands from Western Tenn
pies. Thursday afternoon concert
will be given by massed bands of over
/ 900 musicians.
Thursday afternoon the feature will
be the dscharging of hundreds of
bombs especially made in Japan for
the convention. Each bomb contains
a large American flag and these ban
ners of silk will be released far above
the city when the bombs explode.
The city of Rochester has hurried
work on its new $2SO,0O0 Exposition
park and every building there has
been turned over to the Shriners.
The longest trip to the convention
was made by the Shriners from Ia
coma, Washington, who came in a
special train. The Shrine from Los
Angeles also came in special train
attached to which was car load of
oranges and a carload of wine, besides
a special section of horse cars for the
transportation of the famous black
horses on which the members of the
Temple are to be mounted.
Baltimore, Maryland: Portland, Ore
gon; and Los Angeles are striving for
the next convention of the Shrine and
each city has sent a great delegation
with souvenirs by the hundreds to i'm
press the delegates with their quail
fications as entertainers.
Saladdin Temple of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, arrived here in the best
style. The excursion was made in a
special train that for elaborate and
luxurious appointments has never been
equalled in this country. Ten magni-
ficent parlor cars make up the train,
with two of the finest dining cars ever
built and supply car freighted with
every Epicurean deliCacy. One draw
ing room car was fitted with rich vel
vet carpets, richly tapestried sofas, a
grand piano and pipe organ. This
car will be used by the women men,
bers of the party as a reception room
and for series of concerts and en-
tertainmentS.
One of the most unique features of
this train will be a car fitted up as a
complete printing office. in wrich a
daily journal edited by some of the
most distinguished literary men of
Michigan, will be published. The pa
per" will be printed upon white satin.
The White Satin Daily" will be dis
tributed as a souvenir Of a tour when
has no parallel in the history of
American raiiroading.
here. The entire party came from
Toronto by boats. These Canadian
Nobels have pitched their tents IL
Maplewood park. Here they are camp
ing in true outdoor luxury. The Can
adam bunch are dispensing open
house and have brand of hospitality
all their own. The Stars and Stripes
and the Union Jack fly on separate
poles over their camp.
Among the distinguished guests in
the city for the convention are Presi
dent Taft, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
Governor Dix. nearly the entire Cabi-
net membership from Washington, no
less than Is governors of as many
states and hundreds of men high in
civic and military honors.
1t is estimated that there are -, 600
wearers of the red fez in the city to-
day. This number of guests is al
most doubled by the Shriners' wives,
who accompany their husbands.