Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-25
A GRAND SucrFSS

The annual meeting of the Sir Knights at San Francisco Is proving 6 grand sue cess. The bail given m their honor al
 the Mechanics Pavilion was one of the
 most brilliant affairs of the kind that
 mas taken place on the Pacific coast. A
 local paper says, "rhe whole city 3D.
 peared as if it had left its habitations to
 lend by its presence eclat to the festive
 occasion. The lamps were scarcely
 lighted before the thoroughfares grew
 almost impossible. Everywhere the
 penetrating rays of electric light re-
 vealed banners and pennants, minglipg
 Tn holiday profusion. Above the hum
 Of voices rose the ceRseless roll of car
 riages that moved continuously toward
 the distant pavilion, which looked like
 the culmination of spectacular effects.
 The white lights of the electric lamps
 showed the front of the great pavilion
 gay with wreaths and banners emblem
 atic of the Orders Of Templars.
 "From the north and south sides of
 the gallery depend four beautiful Amer
 ican flags and between these are placed
 the banners of the visiting Commender
 les, their quaInt devices forming @ strong
 contrast to the brilliant insignia of the
 Order, streaming Tn such profusion from
 the ceiling and covering the long walls
 of the Pavilion. At the east and west
 ends of the gallery the pendant banners
 are unusually beautiful. Just over the entrance and with a magnificent Ameri- can flag for background, is the beau,i- tnl banner of Oakland Commandery. No. H. On each side of this emblem l are banners of St. Bernard Command | cry of Chicago, Fl Dorado Commapdery and the banners of St. John Command | cry, Del, and the Grand Commandery of Illinois. The banners that hang from the southern gallery and interminele with the American flags. garlands and | gay insigna of the Order represented Stockton Commandery, Muskegon Con- mandery, Michigan; Paris Commandery, Waco COmmandary. Ivanhoe Command cry, San Felipe de Austin Commsndery, Cleburne Commandery, Palestine Com Colorado Commandery, San Antonio Commandery, Texas; Trinity Commandery, Pennsylvania; Boston Commandery, Nevada Commadery. Mon tana, ,Commandery Monroe Commandery. Dlnklrk Commandery, New York; Wooster Commandery of Massachusetts; JPur de Lion Commandery of New Brunswick, \. J.; Hermit Commandery 'f Lebanon, Pa. On the southern gal cry were hung the gay banners of Oro- 'ille Commandery, Pittsburg Command ( ny, Robbins C0mmandery of Falmouth, Ay.; Montgomery Commandery of Montgomery, Ala; Navy Commandery Philadelphia, South Carolina Com nandery, Baldwin Commandery of Cedar 'alls, Ia.; San Jose Commandery; Del 1 ware Commsndery of Port Jervis, NJ: ( ted Bluff Commandery; De Molay Com aandery of Fort Smith, Ark; Lancas- I CT Commandery of Lancaster, O.: Der s rand du Guesclin Commandery of Cam c len, Ark; Baron Commandery of Key c Vest, Fla; Ruthven Commandery of T iouston, Tex; Ventura Commandery of V ,alifornia; Toledo Commandery of t 'hio; Oregon Commandery of Portland, 8 IT,; Invisible Friends of Sherman, Tex; V Commandery; De Witt | is1-- --r'-'r,s9a-r h
 We are glad to know tnHt IL nus Q roved a success. Being classed among V he Pacific states and territories, We D ake a certain pride in everything which akes place "on the coast, and feel V roud of the Triennial committees 1ork. and rejoice with the people of t California that they have made It suc- ; ess.