The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
EASTERN KNIGHTS.
Tho are Going to the Conclave.

Who are Going to the ConclaVe.
Chicago, 13.-From all that csn be
be learned at this early day of the trien-
NAL Illinois will bs represented st the
conclsve By one of the largest delegations
from the visiting stAtes. Grand Recorder
Barnard, who has in charge the duty Of
issuing certificates to the knights upon
which they demonstrate their claims to
knightship to railroads, gives it as his
opinion that there will be from 500 to 600
from this state. ST. Bernard Command
ery, Of Chicsgo, and the Galeaburg, Of
Gslesburg, are the only commsnderies
which rave definitely decided to go in
body. Chicago and Monjoie Com
manderies have had the subject under
confederation, but it is believed that they
will finely decide to 20 Individually.
They have had some trouble in getting
names and if they do go as Communicates
Chicago will not carry more than fifty
men under Commander l.. L. Richard
son, and the muster OF Montoie will not
exceed twenty-five, under Commander
Warren g. Purdy. MounGoie is a
mounted commandery, and they have
made their arrangements to leave on
August 10th and return about the 30ih.
They anticipate giving a special dinner
to the grand encampment, SIS the Besu-
zant Of Baltimore did here 10 1880. She
most extensive arrangements Of aDy COM
mandery in Chicago are being made by
st. Bernard. They intend to make
grand exhibitions. They hope to carry
$50 men under command of George M.
Moulton. aud will travel on special
train consisting of Pullman palace
sleeping cars, with dining room, COM
missary and baggage cars attached. The
train will be operated by a special time
schedule, independent Of the regular
trains and The party will leave Chicago
UiG the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad on August 10Th, going by way
of Denver, from which they will make q
toar to Manitou and Pixies Peak. From
Ogden they make another tour to Salt
Lake City and reach San Francisco on
the 18th Of August. Returning they will
leave San Francisco on August 26th, and
arrive in Chicago on August 31st. The
commandery Is endeavoring 10 make
this excursion q popular one and hopes
TO take in grand number of knights
whose comnanderies do not GO in bodies.
Round trip tickets have been placed 1T
AVN DAAO W pow oCCOECibk w OIthAu
regulations about meals and accomoda-
tions. The commandery will be ac-
companied by its drill corps Of forty
eight men. ST. Bernard commandery is
also to act es an escort to the grand COM
msndery OF the state. This body will be
represented at the conclave by fewer
members than WAS at frat expected.
Gslesburg conmAndery expects to carry
from 100 to 125 knights. The other Chi
oago Communicates are the Chevalier
Bayard and Apollo. The delegation
from Bayard will not exceed FIVE or ten,
and instead of going to San Francisco the
Apollo hiss arranged to spend its vacation
in trip to Europe. Not more thar. two
or three knights belonging to it will at
tend the eonolave. Their preparations
for their oceanic trip are progressing very
iavorably. They expect to be about 200
knights and ladies and will leave Chi
csgo on July 18th, and sail from New
York on the City of Rome on July 18th.
Detroit commandery, like Apollo, will
not attend the conclsve. They have
mapped out summer excursion includ-
ing Baltimore, New York and Boston.
Illinois Communicates in addition to st.
Bernard and Galesburg, who will attend
the coh clave, not as Communicates, but
Individually, are the Crusade, Of Rock
feTd, Evart of Rock Island, No. 4 Of
Joliet, Elwood No. of Springfield, and
Cairo No. .13 Of Cairo. There are no
others which have signifed their expec-
tstion Of beipg represented.