The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-05
Iowa Kniehss rsmplar---oshsr Note

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The Davenport Democrat says YEA
Ii 10 altogether likely that besides the
Knighte of st. Simon Commandery. fully
two hundred Davenport people will go to
Chicago to witness the encampment and
conclave Of the Knights Tempiar of the
United States. week after next, and these,
and many mere. are interested in whatever
Information is given concerning the great
event.
Numerous invitations to the social fete
of the knights in the Exposition building
have been received 10 this city. The In,
ter OCEAN says that nothing can give a
better idea of the immensely which will
characterlze everything connected with
| the fete than the fact that 60 900 Invita-
tons have been printed. One-half OF
| these, or 5000, remain in boxes secur
| ing reserved seats, as il were, to the Wis
| iting Sir Knights. OF the other 80 900
as many as 10000 have been sent out all
over the country to addresses recon-
mended by the different command
cries in the State. That leaves $4,000 to
be distributed in Chicago upon recommen-
datiou of local Communicates, About
| 10000 of the last division have been al.
ready delivered to Chicagoans, Admis
sion to tho hall as heretofore announced.
will BE- by ticket only,
1t has been decided that Templar uni
forms will not in themselves admit to the
grand reception. AS reason for this. it
would be hard to determine what consti-
| tutes Templar uniform for reception
occasions. The baldric will doubtless be
considered by the majority as too cumber-
some to wear, while the belt and fatigue
cap alone might be too easily initiated,
| Again, different Communicates wear diff
| ferent kinds of costumes. The idea that
any deception or other improperly may
be practiced is an unpleasant one, but to
speak of it may obviate greater unpieas-
antuess hereafter. The tickets have been
sent gratuitously to holders, and anyone
offering to sell them does not appreciate
the value of the occasion or the courtesy
due the hosts, and all people should refuse
to purchase.
Certain reports that tickets to Exposi-
ton Hall for the evening of Aug. IL bad
| fallen into improper hands have been
hunted down at the command OF SIR
Knights and utterly disproved.
The full list of Iowa Communicates
which have replied to Grand Recorder
Parvin's request concerning attendance q.
the trlennial conclave. is as follows:
| DeMolay. No. /, Muscatine; Palestine.
No. 2, iIowa City; Temple No. 4, Des
| Moines; Damascus, No. S. Keokuk; De
Payments, No, 6. Oskaloosa. ST. Simon OF
Cyrene. No. Q. davenport; Holy Cross,
No 10, Clinton; Beauseant, No. IL, De
corah: Excahbar, No. l3. Boone; st.
Bernard, No, IA. Belle Plain: columbian,
No. Is, Sioux City: Pilgrim, No, 20. Clar-
india; Oriental. No, %. Newton; Constau-
tine, No. %, Osceola: Askalou. No. 25,
Waterloo; Apollo. No 25. Cedar Rapids:
| Patmos, No. 81, Marionr Bethany, No. 90
| Crester; St. Aidemar, No, 80. Marshall
town; Malta, No. 81 Ottumwa: Bruce. No.
81. Red Oak Ammans. No. 35, Jefferson.
Mt. Olivet No. So, Anomosa; Northern
Iowa BattaIlion-Siloam, No 3. Dubuque:
Baldwin, No. IL. Cedar Falls; Trinity. No
l6, Monticello: Kenneth, No. 80, lniepen
dence; Nazareth. No. 80. Manchester.