Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-19
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. PRIZE DRILLING. Knights Templar Com peting at Chicago. NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS. A Governor Nominated by
 Reclamation. CHAIRMAN JEWELL ON HAND, No Truth in the Resignation
 Rumor.
THE WEST.
Illinois.

The Prize Drill-Maneuvres Of the Conn peting Commanderies-Par Overcome by the Heat-A Lack Of Ae- commodatfOns.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 1S.-At the Knights Temp lar prize drill to-day the Detroit command cry, which won the prize at Cleveland in S77, appeared and gave an exhibition drill, but refused to enter the competition. Their movements were almost perfect. The first commandery to appear in the competition
 was the Monroe of Rochester. It's move
 ments were excellent and it was enthusiasti- cally cheered. Eminent Commander George
 F. Loder immediately after the drill suc-
 cumbed to the heat and considerable effort
 was necessary to revive him. Superintendent
 of Police Dixon, of this city, was also over-
 come by the heat. After the Monroe drill
 came the Reed commandery of Dayton, Ohio,
 the Roper of Indianapolis, the Damascus of
 St. Paul, the DeMolia of Louisville, the De-
 Molia of Grand Rapids (mounted), and the
 Ivanhoe of St. Louis, also on horseback
 The arrangements at the park were not suf-
 ficient for the forty or fifty thousand who
 went there and the greater number left be-
 fore the drill was completed, which was not
 until p. m.
 The drill committee held meeting to-
 night and received the report of the judges
 At II o'clock they gave to the press the fol- lowing award of prizes: First prize award
 ed to the Roper commandery of Indianapo- lis, who scored SIS out of a possible $50.
 The judges considered thirty five movements, perfection in each being marked 10. The sec ond prize was given to the Demolia com mandery of Louisville, which scored 267: the third prize to the Reed conmandery of Dayton, which scored 256, and the fourth prize to the Damascus commandery of St. Paul, which scored POS 2-1O The St. Louis commandery failing to appear, the Demolia of Grand Rapids was the only one competing on horseback, and was awarded a special prize of two guidons and gold bugle. The following official note was insert ed in the report of the committee Monroe commandery of Rochester, strong in num- bers, presenting generally fine appearance performing many movements with precision, but failed entirely to comply with the rules and regulations established by the committee to regulate the drill, hence the judges found it impossible to make any score for them. The prizes will be awarded at II a. m. to- morrow at the camp.
 The following are the prizes: One grand prize consisting of an ele- gant sword and belt for an eminent commander, to be the property of the commandery winning it. an extra special prize to accompany the first prize, gold cross valued at $1,OOO. One grand prize consisting of a ibatun set (25 piecss) quad ruple plate of fine silver, with the coat-of- arms of the Apollo, Chicago and St. Bernard communicates, goblets gold-lined, valued at $500. One grand prize, consisting of a full set of commandery jewels, II pieces, solid silver, finely engraved with the ''E'' Commanders jewel of gold with dia- mond setting. One grand prize, con- sisting of a banquet case embracing six dozen pieces of granite, glass and silver ware sufficient to dress table for seventy two persons. One grand prize consisting of a set of robes for red cross council. One special prize for mounted communicates, consisting of two elegant silk guidons and a finely engraved gold bugle. One special prize for grand communicates, consisting of a fine gold grand commanders jewell with ruby and emerald setting, to be the property of the grand commandery win ming it.
 The grand encampment held two sessions to-day, but did nothing of public interest Tomorrow the triennial off cers will be chosen. The grand pyrotechnic display which was to have taken place to- night was postponed.