The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-08-27
TELEGRAPHIC.
After the de-Competitive Drill of the


CHICAGO, Aug. 17.-After the parade |
had terminated so abruptly and disas- |
trously TO some of the spectators and the |
Sir Knights, triennial meeting was held |
mt the asylum on lake front. The session |
was secret and it is only known that the |
usual committees were appointed, that |
the reports of the financial officers show |
the order to be in good condition. the |
dues from the grand commander in three !
years having been $7,021. Three hun
dred members were present Mt the meet |
ing exclusive of the grand officers who
number eleven, the junior warden being
dead.
This is by far the largest attendance
since the organization of Templarism,
the next largest being in 1877 at Cleve-
land, when there were $500 present.
1t is estimated that besides 10000 la
dies there were 10000 Knights in line to-
day.
Several cases of sunstroke or prostra-
tion by heat were reported, the sufferers
all being of the procession. None of
them were serious.
No accident of any kind occurred to
mar the pleasure of the day.
The exposition building was in bril-
| liant dress tonight to welcome the guests
who attended the ball. The spacious
| hall was more than double the dimen-
vention, and was so completely filled
that walking about was attended with
| difficulty. Thousands were unable to
gain admission, and the doors were
| locked TO the applicants for entrance
carly in the evening. The heat inside
was insufIerable, and those who were in
were glad to get near windows, or TO
leave altogether. The toilets were unus-
ually elegant, and every feature was
Il,
| Music was furnished for dancing, but it
was only possible to form few sets.
The only exercises in the building was
an address of welcome by Norman Il.
Gasette, chairman of the triennial COM
mittcc, and a response on behalf of the
Apollo, Chicago and Fort Bernard
Communicates, by Wylie NJ. Agan, who
explained that Sir Grand Commander
Morse and Grand Master Hurlbert were
too i'll to attend, owing to fatigue of the
day.
Curo&Go, Aug. 17.-By o'clock thi,
morning the tide of travel sat rapidly to
ward Central Park, where the competi
tive drill of the Knights Templar takes
place today. Everything of convey
ance was pressed into service, and many
thousands went by street cars. The
. weather was oppressiyely hot when thu
, drill commenced. The $4,000 people
who had assembled were impatient a
= the delay and the incompletion of the
} arrangement. The drill did not begiI
until nearly noon, although $50 was tn
hour set. The crowd did not, however
; stop coming, and will, doubtless, be in
: creased rather than diminished.
: In the afternoon the following com
manderies were participating:
Iyanhoe, of St Louis, mounted; Demo
: IL, Grand Rapids, Michigan, mounted
I | Monroe, Rochester n. Y; damascus, 81
Paul; Roper, indianapolis; Oriental
Cleveland; Demoli, Louisville; Reed
Dayton, Ohio, and Bayard, Stalwar
), MINI.
:, All these bodies present fine appear
ance, and as they appeared on the Ell
closed grounds of Jockey club parE
: where the drill occurs, they were re
f ceived with cheers.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19-The first militar
display was made by the Monroe con
II mandery, of Rochester, and its evOlI
tions elected hearty appreciation fror
. the watching thousands. The Rec
. commandery, of Dayton, Ohio, next al
/ peared, followed by the Raipier con
n Gus, of ST. Paul, and the DemOlia, {
: Louisville and Grand Rapids.
This completed the drill, and IL
:: Judges retired for mature considerable
I
-e as to the award of prizes.
The commandments drilled thirty NH
utes each The prizes are swords an
a, belts, drinking sets, snd commander
j. Jewels Several of the participants
If the drill were very much affected by Il
the heat, but none were Frustrated.
The Ivanhoe, of st. Louis, did n
I'd compete, its organization not being cor
IS plete.
If During the day there were rumors
=, the death of Sir Knights from the hea
III and some two hundred were under trea
ment in their tents. A number we
oF temporarily de lirious. The only ca
reported is that of George Firth,
u Coldwater Michigan, a member
I? Jacobs commandery No. 10. He W
IN Frustrated by heat and dysentery whit
5s he arrived, and died early this mornin
His body was escorted to the depot
Is Apollo commandcry, of which he was
id, prominent member. Tonight all Il
,ir theaters gave a free entertainment to Il
Knights and ladies and were filed
their utmost capacity. After the the
IL tiers closed an open air concert of O
as hundred pieces, and at the close of tn
10 a grand display of fireworks r
pyTotechnics were given on a larg
On scale than ever before attempted in I'll
gn city.
~ CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-The following
-, the only business transacted by the {
ennial conclave, which is made publ
Oh Benjamin Dean, of Boston, was elect
rat most eminent grand master; r. f. Wi
ers, of Alexandria, Virginia, depu
grand master; Charles Roome, of N,
ast York. grand generalissimo; John H.
he Gavin, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, gra