The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-21
correspOndeaee Baltimore County Caion.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
Tho Grand Display In Chicago Accompa.
MED with Some Drawbacks-The Bal
more Bank Forgers-A Strange
Story-Poiitics, etc., etc.
BALrIMonE, August 18th, 1850.

Story-Poiitics. etc. ot.
BALrtsonR August 18th 1880
Many will remember with pleasure the Knights
Tempiar parade In this city in 1871. but the pro.
portions OF the meeting Of that wear contracted
with the one now in progress in Chicago seem
pismy- like. although then m. eyent wa. eon.iI
cred a memorable one In the history of the Order
Our Western peopIe however. in the displav Of
their hospitality a. In their business enterpriscs
show q vim and Wholesale and whole. soul hearth.
ness and zeal which nut 10 shame any Eastern
competition. Doubtless there 10 no other city on
this continent which could entertain such an army
as IL assembled this week In Chicago. Conceive
Of the Eruption Of 200 900 people into any other
place and tho panic which might DO expected,
the advance In hotel accommo dations and the
general discomfort and crowding which would
ensue, whereas this great centre Of Western ener.
gy only felictates itself having beat all creation
aud applies itself 10 the practical work Of feeding
lodging and amusing its innumerabie visitors.--
The accounts telcgrAphcd to some Of the papcrs Of
the preparations scem like reports Of Brogdigna-
gan feasts, as for instance for the grand banquet
TO which some say one hundred thousand invita-
tons have been issued. We are gravely informed
that one hundred taions Of coffee can'be deliver.
cd every seven minutes and thirty barrels Of po-
tatoes boiled In twenty minutes In the great Ex.
position which seems TO be n headquarters for the
general gathering and 10 contain an immense
restaurant for feeding the knights who are Gu
camped In the thousands oftents on the Lake shore
Yesterday was the great day Of the occasion
when the parade took place, and IL was observed
Ne general holiday. All the public Offices, the
exchanges. railroads and most Of the wholesale
houses suspended business entirely. and the crowd
upon the line OF the march was Of itself q stupen.
dous spectacle. The decorations Of the city are
reported as being Of the most profuse and costly
character, but the immense amount Of money ex.
pended upon them and In other directions for the
entertainment OF it, guests will be returned
hundred fold In the liberal expenditures they will
make there. No doubt some calculation Of this
was entered into before such lavish preparations
for welcome and entertainment were made; yet
to do the Chicagoans credit. there IL said 90 DO
signs Of u present, and the hear,ncss u the
sion 10 marred by no ittleness or impositions so
apt TO crop out under such circumstance. From
all the dispatches there Is evidently warmth and
generosity In all the greetings of the strangers,
which could come from no hopes Of cent per cent.
returns. and which show aud deserve recognition
as coming from big hearts which take something
Of their nature from the big lakes and big praircs
which surround and affect Western men.
Yet when II came 10 the details. the arrange
ment and smooth working 81 which j. just rs
necessary to the success of the whole is u CON.
Prchcnsive general plan. IL appears that even
Chicago discovered and was bound 20 confess that
she had undertaken too big job. The crowds
from the surrounding and PARKWAY country ex-
ceeied all imaginable expectations. and the esii-
mate 10 that the city yesterday contained u mil
lion Of people Unfortunately. no iorethought
could have provided for such = host. and many
man went into the parade who had not broken his
fast. and as many, probably more. were lcft din.
nerless This impaired the effect % the spectacle
NJ the ranks gradually thinncd and collapsed. the
close columns which began the march being sadly
disintegrated towards the end Of the route. So
the grand ball and banquet IN the magnificent
Exposition building was = crush and jam which
gave much discomfort aud no pleasure. Invita-
tions in excess Of its capacity had been Issued.
aad so great was the rush that hundreds. perhaps
Thousands, could not get even To the outer doors.
The confusion and presence were 20 great that =
number Of ladies tainted and many scenes Of dis
order were witnessed. In the scramble for the
banquet many were ~ disappointed in then feast.
ing as earlier in the day. bu, II iso be hoped this
disappointment vas uniformly and cluitably dis
tributed. These things. however. are only incl
dents Of the great throng and do not ds,ract from
the intention or the fulhilnent Of Chicago hnspi
table wishes.
Our Baltimore bank representatives, have not
yet succeeded In securing the transfer To- Mary
checks made % heavy a haul upon their vaults
But new chapter in the ro'naneei' now reported
:" ."s capture W p'ocA"a!' "ah ""oss name u