The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-16
The frtenuta1 Conc1ave of the
Knights Templar.

OhACAdO, June 10.-F rom 8ll GOat
can be learned at this early day, Hi.
nois will be represented at the Trien-
NAL conclave by one OF the largest
delegations from the visiting States,
and recorder Barnard, who is in
charge of the duty of issuing certifi-
Gates to knights upon which to dem
onstrate their claims to Knightship
to railroads, gives it as his opinion
there will be from 500 to 600 from this
State. The st. Bernard Commandery
of Chicago, and Galesburg, OF Gales
burg, are the only communicates
which have definitely decided to 20
in body. Chicago and Montjoie
Communicates have had the subject
under consideration, but it is believed
that they will finally decide to 60
individually. They have had soEle
trouble in getting names, and if they
do go as cOmmanderies, Chicago will
not carry more than fifty men under
commander d. L. Richardson, and
the muster of the Montjoie will not
exceed twenty-five men under COM
mander Warren G. Purdy. Montjoie
is mounted commandery, and they
have made their arrangements to
leave on August 9Th, and will return
about the 3Oth. They anticipate CIV
ing special dinner to the Grand
Encampment, as Beauzant, of Balti-
more, did here in 1880.
Galesburg Commandery expects to
carry from 100 to 125 Knights. The
other Chicago Communicates are,
Chevalier Bayard and Apollo delega-
ton. From Bayard they will not ex-
ceed five or ten, and instead of going
to San Francisco the Apollo has ar
ranged to spend its vacation in trip
to Europe. Not more than two or
three Knights belonging to it will
attend the cOnclave. Their prepara-
tions for their oceanic trip are pro.
crossing very tavorably. They ex-
pect about 2OO Knights and ladies
will leave Chicago July 18th and sail
from New York on the City of Rome
July 18th. Detroit Commandery,
like the Apollo, will not attend the
conclave. They have mapped out a
summer excursion i,c.uu.ng Balti-
more, New York and Boston. The
Illinois Communicates, in addition to
st. Bernard and Galesburg, who will
attend the conclave, not as COM
manderies but individually, are the
Crusade, of Rockford; Evart, ofRock
Island; Joliet No. 4, of Joliet;
Ellwood Ne. 6, of Springfield.
and Cairo No. 13, Of Cairo.
have signified their expectation Of
being represented. The most ex-
haustive arrangements of any com
in Chicago are being made
by the st. Bernard. They intend a
grand exhibition. They hope to
carry 25O men under command of
Geo. M. Meulton, and will travel on
\ special train consisting of Pullman
palace sleeping cars, with dining
room, commissary and baggage cars
attached. The train will be oper-
ated by special time schedule, in
dependent Of regular trains. The
party will leave Chicago, via the
Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy Rail-
road, Aug. 10, going by the way Of
Denver, from which they make de-
our to Manitou and Pixies Peak.
From Ogden they make another de-
our to Salt Lake City and reach San
Francisco August Il. Returning
hey leave San Francisco August 26,
aud arrive in Chicago August 81.
The commandry is endeavoring to
mako this excursion a popular one,
md hopes to take in a great number
IF knights whose conmandries do
not go in, bodies. With that expec-
alton round trip tickets haye been
paid at from $2lO to $3.50, according
% certain regulations about meals
md accommodations. The conf
will be accompanied by Its
lrill corps of forty-eight men. st.
Commandry is also to act as
escort to the Grand COmmandry of
he State. This body will be repre-
,ented at the conclave by fewer men,
)ers than at first expected.