The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-10
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

The Delegation from Baltimore which will
Participate in the Demonstration of the 18th
Instant.
The preparations for the grand demonstration of
the Knights Templar which Is to take place in this
city on the 10Th instant are in active progress not
only here but elsewhere. The Sir knights OF Balti
more have for some time been actively engaged in
making arrangements for participating, and will
leave in body some $50 strong on the afternoon OF
the 14th, by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad. Whilst in Philadelphia the Baltimore
delegation will be Quartered at the Continental Hotel
and Girard House. They will be met at Wilmington,
Del, by delegation from st. Johns Commandery,
and on arrival in this city will be escorted to their
quarters by the entire commandery
The Baltimore Sir Knights will all appear in the
rich and imposing uniform Of the order, and having
been in constant drill for some time, Will doubtless
make very creditable appearance. The delegation
Will be accompanied by Captain PICKS Brass Band,
and will consist Of Maryland Commandery, No. /, L.
II. Shultz, Eminent Commander, And. E. Warner,
Jr., Generassimo ii. /. Emmons, Captain-General,
with j. f. Whiting and Wesley stevenson as aids;
baltimore COmmandery, NO. z, emanuel Corbett,
Eminent Commander, Hiram ID. Musselman Gene
ralissimO, John A. Hilberg, Captain-General, and
General r. N. Bowerman and Colonel II. w. Nc
Comas as aids; Monumental Commandery, No. 3,
Francis Lincolnf, Eminent Commander, Thomas G.
Morrow, Generalssmo, and b. Holmes as Captain
General with Colonels Lewis Turner and Henry
Snyder as Aids; Crusade Commandery, No. under
dlspensation, being a new eommandery recently
lormedl william E Hanna, Eminent Commander,
DIR. j. Fars Moore, Generalissimo, Charles W. Hat
ter, Captain-General, with William McClymont and
Colonel Charles ii. Mann as Aids; jacques de Molay
COmmandery, No. 4, Of Frederick, Nd, George Il.
Hanson, Eminent Commander. The Baltimore dele
CATION expect TO De JOlneu ny the washington,
Richmond, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Comman-
deries, numbering some 200 men.
THE OLD MANS HoME.-This evening the fourth
anniversary Of the Old Mans Home will be celebrated
inl the Baptist church, northwest corner OF Broad
and Arch streets. 1t is meet that large audience
should be present, and such VIII be the case. or all
the many charitable institutions in this city, none
appeals more toucmngy and intimately to the heart
than the Old Mans Home. After some five years or
successful and gratifying progress, the building IN
which the enterprise was first started has become
too small for the increasing number or applicants lot
admission has been found inconyenent and put Ill
adapted to the uses Of such an institution. Conse-
quenty the managers, relying, and with good reason,
upon that public which has so generously supported
them in the past, have determined to erect new
and far larger "Home," upon plot OF ground Whch
they have already purchased, adjoining the former
site, at Thirty-ninth street and PoWelton avenue.
To this end il Is designed to raise the sum OF 100000
Already one munihcent gentleman has promised
them a subscription of $1,000 in case the remainder
OF the amount can be secured. At the anniversary
this evening, addresses will be delivered and the
claims OF the "HOme" presented by Revs A. A.
Willis, Phillips Brooks, G. A. Kunkleman, and
Others.