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

gor Chlcago yesterday atecrnoSu. Inere was
full attendance. aud the Knights acquitted
themselves in superior manner.
The eveaing train on the Chicago Omaha
road last night carried out the baggage of al
the Sir knights who will attend the triennial
conclave. Il filed baggage car as closely as
it could be packed. Each package was labeled
with the owners name, aud Indicated the room
IN the Sherman house to which it should be
conveyed. Two healthy colored porters ae
eompanied the truck" charged with the duty
of seeing that each article is properly cared for
and properly placed in the hotel, thus leaving
the Knights care free as far as the bag gage is
concerned.
The train for Chicago leaves the depot at the
foot of Waconta street at o'clock tnis even
ing. It will consist wholly of Pullman palace
coaches, the best on the line. II will be under
charge Of Sir Knight William 8. Kemp and
Sir Knight J. a.. Hiland as far
IS Elroy, wneu they will take their place with
their associates of Damascus commandery and
participate both in the grand parade of Taes-
day and competitive drill of Wednesday.
The party will be distinguished one. The
oommandery 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.. & Reed.
and many others who have of
late been only nominaly identified
With the order, have announced their intention
Of being present. President 81. b. Porter. of
the st. Paul u Omaha road, will also accompa.
ny the commaudery to Chicago. About thirty
ladies, the wives and daughters of the Sir
Knights, will also grace the occasion by their
presence. The Great Western consolidated
band, numbering thirty-two pieces, under the
leadership of Prof George Seibert, will fur
nish the music along the route and in the
grand parade at Chicago.
The following general order from Eminent Sir
D. a. Monfort, will give the Sir Knights all
the official information they will require for
to-day:
PILGRIMAGE TO CHICAGO.
Special Order No. |.
HRADQUARTERs DAMASCUS OoMMANDHRY No. /,
KIT, SP PAUL, Aug II, IS80-All members
Of this Commandery and all Sir Knights who
expect to accompany the Commandery to
Chicago, will report at the asylum of this COM
mandery in full dress at 4 80 P. N. sharp on
Sunday Aug. 10. 1880, for the purpose of par
EEoipating in Templars' religious service un-
der the cnndnc5 of Rev. Sir Samuel g. Smith
Ladies of the families of Sir Knights are cour-
teously invited to attend. By order of
d. A. MoNFoRT, Eminent Commander.
4. II. P. COWLEY, Adjutant.
At the close of the exercises at the asylum
she commsn0ery will proceed at once to the de-
pot, preceded by the Great Western band where
ehey will be assigned to their quarters for the
trip. The invited guests who accompany the
nommaudery 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
Leib, DeLacey, Buckelew and Clarke (the lat
ter substituted for Prof. Wood, who by reason
of domestic affection, was unable to fill his
eugsgement) will furnish music on the train
whenever it will be agreeable to the party.
From the well kno Hn attachments Of these gen.
4emen it may be expected that there will be
some excellent music.
The train which will carry the party will be
e9laborately decorated. The locomotive, one of
the most powerful in the service of the COM
pany, will be profusely decorated with the
National oOlors, and with the emblems of Tenn.
plarism, the center piece being fac simile of
the standard of Damascus COIN mandery. With
IN will be displayed a number of elaborate
banners that have been prepared for the com j.
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
mandery of Sir Knight W. f. Bailey. This
will be displayed over the door of tho COM
msnderY 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
The train will make fast time all along the
Zine. At Saltwater junction halt will be
made, where the grand officers of the grand
0ommsadery of the State of Minnesota will be
received with due honors. Bsyard cummaude-
ry, forming the escort of the grand officers,
Will here ioin their fraters of Damascus and
thus reinforced. the tram will start for its des-
tination. Short stops will be made at Hudson.
Eau Claire, Elroy. and Camp Douglas, and
about $50 on Monday morning a halt will be
called at Harvard junction. Here break
fast will be served, and an hour
devoted to drill. both Damascus and
Bayard Communicates participating.
livery preparation has been made at Harvard
for the accom- modation of the CUES g. special
building has been erected for ablutory pur.
pOses aud the railroad hutel has made arrange
ments TO supply all VITO come with first clss
meal. The grounds where the drill will take
place have been carefully levelied, and there
will, no doubt, be an excellent display.
From Harvard to Chicago there are but q
few hours. At the depot ia Chioago the com
manderies will be met by tbe Darins and Zion
communicates of Minneapolis who will escor,
the grand commandery to the Grand Pacific
Hotel. whence each organization will repair to
the quarters assigned TO tuem. Damascus and
Baysrd taking up their quarters at the Sherman
House.
SIR r. @. Munger, who has been assigned Il
the command of the Seventeenth division il
the grand parade of Tuesday, has been perfect
ing himself in Workmanship during the pas
two weeks. he will command all the com
manderies hailing from minnesota and Kan
sas. comprising nearly six hundred Sir Knights
In the competitive drill on Wednesday he vii
take his place in the ranks of the drill corps o
Damascus cOmmapdery.
Probably five hundred of the citizens of 81
Paul, aside from those who go on the speoia
tram, will be in Chicago during the demonstra
tions, and will take lively interest in the fol
tunes of the home com msndery.
First-Grsnd display piece, Welcome to tn
Templars of the World"
Second Coat of arms of Apollo command
cry, No. 1, Chicago.
Third-Coat of arms Of Chicago command
cry. No. 10. Chicago.
Fourth-Coat of arms of st. Bernard CON
nandeIy, No. S5. Chicago.
Fifth-Coat of arms of the grand command
sry of the STATE of Illinois.
SIxth-Mounted Sir Knights.
Sixth-Seal and coat of arms of the gran
-sncampmeut of the United States Of Amerlc,
During the evening and st this time, ther
will also be burned seven hundred one an
a-han pound rockets, thirteen maroens. twely
saueissrops. twelve fanfonades, fifty oolore
Rengalos, one dozen extra large volcanoe
coiured; One dt rem batteries of four coiors OF
dozen rockets six-pound. plain; one and aha
duzeu SIX pound rockets, extra colored one sn
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