The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-16
IRELAND
1T HOG sIGNo WIN cEs
The Trfennal conolave CT Knights TsmpIar
at Chicago.

CHICAGO. Aug, I6,-Tho first day of
the triennial eonclaYe of Knights Templar
y. s., opens bright and cool with every
prospect of pleasant weather throughout,
Trains with excursion parties are arriving
at the depot every hour crowded to their
utmost capacity with Knights and other
visitors. The streets present a scene of
unusual animation. especially along the
line OF march, where ornamentation is
most profuse. and in the vicinity of Lake
Front, where the tents are pitched and
arches erected. The crush has been con-
tinuous since yesterday morning, Except
for few hours after midnight. here, the
throDg Is almost impenetrable at times
and the enthusiasm is increased with
every fresh arrival of q commandery. The
various depots are supplied with escorts
for sll incoming Knights, who are shown
at once to their quarters. Trains arrive
late on account of the numerous special
and excursion trains which are running.
The brilliant display made by isolated
bands otlK lights which occasionally march
through the streets, is but a small
indication of what the magnificent body
will be when narshalled together
and the subsequent drill Yesterday
three thousand people came into camp,
bat owing to the failure of most of them
to announce their arrival, some inconven-
fence was experienced in settling them.
The influx OF thieves, pickpockets and
burglars is very large. and they began
operations yesterday by capturing some
uniforms from tents. The police have
been instructed to arrest all known bad
characters or even suspicious ones, and
lock them up during the celebration, but
being numerically unequal to the heavy
task imposed. General Torrenoe, briga-
drersgeDeral commanding the First Bri-
gade Illinois national guards, has issued
an order detailing AS men to be stationed
at the Camp DeMolai. Over one hundred
newspaper reporters have arrived, repre-
senting the principal papers in the coun-
the bands being for the most part
late in arriving, but the streets are well
supplied with musicians, whose appear
ance always attracts the crowd and elcits
hearty applause.
Among to-days arrivals are comman-
deries from st. Paul and Minneapolis;
Palatine, of Ills, Louisville. lvanhoe.
(Ps;) Reading, Indianapolis; Monroe,
Mich.s Detroit. Cyrene, Ills: Monroe n.
Y. jackson, Tenn; Colorado, Oil City,
Pa; Albany. Woodstock. VT. Rebecca,
Pa; Philadelphia: Portsmouth and Nor
folk Va; Columbia. Tenn. and Galena
Ills. At noon about one third of the l 300
tents on lake front were occupied, and $50
of the 368 commanderies which are ex-
pected had arrived. The Beausant Com
mandery. of Baltimore gave. V. L, Hurl-
but, NJ. e, Grand Master. lunch, at
which several toasts were proposed.
CLEVELAND, o.. Aug. l6.-Oriental
Commandery knights Templar, in all 125
men; Holyrood, So men, of Cleveland, left
at Sis this morning for Chicago Gu an
elaborately decorated special train of
twenty coaches, filled by Knights and
friends. Each commaBdsry has Il fine
band of music. The Oriental is designat-
ed as the escort of The Grand Comman-
dery of the United States.