Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-15
Sc. PAUL TEMPLARS.


for Chicago yesterday afternoon. There was
full attendance, and the Knights acquitted
themselves in = superior manner.
The evening train on the Chicago Omahs
road last night carried out the baggage of al
the Sir knights who will attend the triennial
eonelave. It filled baggage car as closely as
it could be packed. Esch package was labeled
with the owners name, and indicated the room
in the Sherman house TO which it should be
conveyed. Two healthy coiored porters ae
companied the truck" charged with the duty
of seeing that each article is properly cared fol-
and properly placed 10 the hotel, thus leaving
she Knights care free as far as the bag gage is
concerned.
The train for Chicago leaves the depot st the
foot of Waoouta street at O'Clock this even
ing. It will consist wholly of Pullman palace
coaches, he best on the line. 1t will be under
charge OF Sir Knight William s.. Kemp and
Sir Knight J. Fl. Hiland as far
IS Elroy, when they will take their place with
their associates of Damascus commandery and
participate ho:h in the grand parade of Tues
day and competitive drill of Wednesday.
The party will be distinguished one. The
commandery will muster about eighty five
swords, including some of the Oldest Sir
Knights in the State. Norman W. Kittson,
John L. Merriam, Hans Mattson, L. Z. Reed.
anG mauy others VINO nave ot
late been only nomirsliy identified
with the order. have annopnced their intention
of being present. President h. IL. Porter, OK
the St. Paul & Omabe road. will also acoompa-
nv the commaudery 10 Chicago. About thirty
ladies, the wives ald daughters of the Sir
Knights, will also grace the occasion by their
presence. Tb5 Great Western consolidated
band, pumbeftng thirty-two pieces, under the
leadership OF Prof George Seibert, will fur
nish the music along the route and in the
rraad parade NJ Chicago.
The following general order from Eminent Sir
ID 4. Moufort, will give the Sir Knights all
ne official information they will require FOR
to-day:
PILGRIMAGE TO CHICAGO.
Special Order No. l.
HEADQUARTERS DAMASCUS CoMnANpgRy No. /,
x. T., SF. PAUL. Aug II, lS80.-A,i members
OF this Commaudery and ali Sir Knights who
expect to accompany the ComDandery to
Chicago, will report at the a<vian of this COM
utndesy IN full dress at 80 p. NJ. sharp on
Sunday Aug. Is, 1880, for the purpose of par
tidpating in a rempiars' religious service IN
dsr'the conduct of Rev. SLr Samuel G.. Smith.
ladies OF the families of Sir Knights are co1r-
5eoUsly invited to attend By order of
.. A. MoNPonr. Eminent Commander.
A. M. 2. CONVEY, 40 uteut
at the elSlse OF the TX rcises at the Asylum
the comm eAceEy will pioeeed at cnce TO the de-
got, preceded by the Great Western band where
.hey will be assigned TO their quarters for the
trip. Tha invited guests who accompany the
commGndery will then be cared for, and after
wards the general pubic who may elect TO go
on the special train.
The st. Paul quartette, consisting OF Messrs.
Geib, DeLacey, Buckelew and Clarke (the lat
ter substituted for Prof, Wood, who, by reason
of domestic affection, unable t. ELL his
engagement) will furnish music on the train
H.. . l. Al
From the we'll knoT IN attachments of these gen.
Iiemen it may be expected that there will be
some excellent music.
The train which will carry the party will be
elaborately decorated. The locomotive, one of
the most powerful in the service of the COM
pany, will be profusely decorated with the
National colors, and win the emblems of Tenn
plarism, the center piece being fac simile of
the standard of Damascus commandery. With
in will be displayed a number of elaborate
banners that have been prepared for the com.
mandery headquarters at Chicago. Conspicu-
Gus in the collection will be mammoth NAL
tese Cross, foot square, made of fine metal
and FURNISHED with gold, the gift to the COM
Enaudery of Sir Knight w. F. Bailey. This
will be displayed over the door of the COM
nlauderY headquarters in the Sherman house at
chicago. The designs of some of the banners
are exceedingly appropriate, and they will bear
comparison, in an artistic point of view, with
any that will be seen in Chicago.
The train will make fast time all along the
line. At Saltwater junction a halt will be
made, where the grand officers of the grand
oommandery of the State of Minnesota will be
received with due honors. Bayaru Commando
~, forming the escort of the grand officers,
will here Join their fraters of Damascus, and
thus reinforced the train will start for its des-
tination. Short stops will be made at Hudson,
Eau Claire, EIroy. and Camp Douglas, and
No.. E.On H., lie l.
called at Harvard j0nction. Here break
fast will be served, and an hour
devoted tn drill. both Damascus and
Bayard Communicates participating.
Every preparation has been made ut Harvard
for the accommodation of the guests. A special
building has been erected for ablutory pur-
poses, aud the railroad hotel has made arrange
ments to supply all WHO come with first elias
meal. The grounds where the drill will take
place have been carefully levelled, and there
will, no doubt, be an excellent display.
From Harvard To Chicago there are but a
few hours. At the depot in Chicago the com.
msnderies will be met by the Darins and Zion
Communicates of Minneapolis, who will escort
the grand commandery to the Grand Pacific
Hotel, whence each organization will repair to
the quarters assigned TO tnem, Damascus and
Bayard taking up their quarters at the Sherman
House.
Sir h. G. Munger who has been assigned to
the command of the Seventeenth division In
the grand parade of Tuesday, has been perfect
ing himself in Workmanship during the past
two weeks. He will command all the com.
manderies hsiIing from Minnesota and Kan
sas. comprising nearly six hundred Sir Knights.
In the competitive drill on Wednesday he will
take his place in the ranks of the drill corps OF
Damascus commandery.
Probably five hundred uf the citizens OF st
Paul, aside from those who go on the specis
train, will be in Chicago during hedemonstra
tiOns, and will take lively interest in the for
tunes of the home commsndery.
First-Grand display piece, Welcome to tn,
Templars of the World"
Second-Ooa of arms of Apollo command
cry, No. I, Chicago.
Third-Coat of arms Of Chicago command
cry, No. 10, Chicago.
Fourth-Coat of AIMS of st. Bernard com
msndery, No. 35 Chicago.
Fifth-Coat of arms of the grand command
cry of the State of Illinois.
Sixth-Mounted Sir Knights.
Sixth-Seal and coat of arms of the grant
encsmpment of the United States OF America
During the evening and at this time there
will also be burned seven hundred one ant
s-hslf pound rockets, thirteen maroons, twelv
saucissioDs, twelve fsnfunades, fifty coloreI
Bengalos, one dozen extra large volcanoes
cOlOred; one dozen batteries of four colors on
dozen rockets, six pound, plain; one and a-hal
dozen Blk pound rockets, extra colored one ant
a-half dozen four pound parachute rockets ant
two dozen parachute rockets, six pound