Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-27
VISITING KNIGHTS OF HoNoR.

The visiting Knights of Honor from New Jersey arrived in this city on the steamer Continental yesterday morning. They were met at the steamer by about forty Knights of this city, who, headed by the American band, escorted the visitors to Lincoln rink, where they sat down to an informal break fast. The New Jersey visitors brought with them Voss' band of Newark, the entire party numbering about two hundred. Among the prominent Knights with the party were Ma
 jor Samuel Klotz, grand dictator of New
 Jersey and recently appointed internal reve-
 nue collector of the Fifth New Jersey dis
 trict; Grand Assistant Dictator R. J. s.
 White, of Montclair; Supreme Representa- tive Oscar Wiener, Grand Reporter J. M. Mayer, Grand Sentinel Joseph E. Balevre, Grand Guide W. H. Neefus, of Elizabeth; Grand Vice Dictator and Supreme Representative Chickering, of Rhode Is land; Dr. w. J. Cadmus, State medical examiner, of Jersey City; W. E. Kimber, P. G. D., Brooklyn; J. H. Murphy, P. G. D., Newark; Louis Hannoch of the Newark Call.
 The following gentlemen were on the local reception committee: From Mercantile lodge, Carlos Smith, l.. D. Chidsey, F: A. Newton; from Roger Sherman lodge, Colonel J. G. Healey, J. A. Latham, Hon. J. D. lodge, William F. Sternberg, Charles Speigel and John H. Ruff.
 The Newark committee of arrangements consisted of P. Purcell Baker, chairman; J. M. Mayer, secretary; J. A. Broadwel, treasurer. The colonel in command was Captain Charles Champlin of the First reg iment.
 With the New Jersey visitors on the boat were ex-Senator Plunkett, General W. F. Sternberg and Carlos Smith, the committee sent down from New Haven to meet them ill New York.
 On arriving at the rink they were received by Supreme Dictator Sloat, the highest off cer in the United States. Herbert B. Ben ton, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, was also present; also Grand Dictator w. H. Stannis, of Meriden.
 After breakfast the Knights were escorted about the city and vicinity, visiting different places of interest, their time being occupied in this way until noon. Many of the promi- nent guests were taken in carriages. They visited the City Hall and police building where they were shown the police and fire apparatus and the different public offices, all of which much interested the visitors. They were also shown other public buildings and were taken over East Rock Park, one and all finding words insufficient to express fully tu0lT O1 bLO BAdAS4 VIEWS lO OS had from the eminent places along the Far nam drive and on the top of the Rock and speaking of the Park as & grand thing for the City of Films, a thing of beauty and joy for ever. There were about dozen carriage loads of the visitors and in the carriages were B. F. Nelson, supreme reporter, St, Louis, Mo; J. A. Cummings, editor of the Knight of Honor Reporter, Boston, Mass; General F. D. Sloat, supreme dictator, New Haven; Oscar Wiener, supreme eplesentative, New Jersey; Past Dictator Thomas Betts, of New ark; J. A. Broadwell, Newark, of Dun's agency; P. Purcell Baker, Newark, chairman of the committee of arrangements; Captain Charles Champlin, in charge of the Newark men; Messrs. Chickering and Carpenter, Rhode Island Walter Browe, gas fixture manu- facturer of Newark Louis Hannoch, of the Sunday Call, Newark; Adolph Eisele, New ark, prominent shoe merchant; Grand Re porter Mayer and his sen Charles, Newark; Dr. J. Cadmus, State medical examiner: Messrs. Green and Souther, Vineland, N. J. lin the extreme southern part of New Jersey); G. Feldman, Newark, and about forty more gentlemen.
 Messrs. F. B. Farnsworth and J. A. Latham of the New Haven Knights had charge of one party, Mr. S. B. Oviatt of another, Mir. l.. D. Chidsey of another, while General Sloat provided a coach for others.
 Shortly after 12 o'clock the visitors and their New Haven brethren assembled at the rink preparatory to the short street parade. The order of procession was as follows:
 Squad of Police, B. Herman in command.
 American Band, 20 pieces.
 Grand Marshal Colonel John G. Healey.
 Assistant Marshal c. R. Speigel.
 New Haven Knights of Homer, 75 strong.
 Voss' First Regiment Band of Newark, IS pieces.
 New Jersey Knights of Honor, 16o strong. Church, to Elm, to State and to Chapel streets, and then marched into the Green, where it was dismissed. When passing City Hall Mayor Holcomb, members of the city Supreme Dictator Sloat and | many prominent citizens reviewed the parad- ! ng organizations. carriage near by where l ihe Mayor stood was occupied by Carlos | Smith and Major Klotz.
 The lodges represented among the visitors | were the following: Alpha, Atlas, Centenni- | Il, Passaic, Columbia, Newark, Enterprise, l Essex, Northern, Phil Kearney, Goethe, | Aurora, Steuben, Lincoln, Americus and | Schueler, of Newark; Germania of Jersey 1 Jity, Protective of Hoboken, Excelsior of Valley of Bellville, M ontclair of | Harmony of Caldwell, Onward 1 # Elizabeth, and Mutual of Vineland l
 At one o'clock the visitors and their New | Haven brethren took horse cars in waiting | It the corner of Church and Chapel streets | Or Savin Rock, which was reached in due l ime. About quarter-psst ? o'clock the l | with a will. They were escorted ] o Howes' rink where three tables were spread 1 attending the entire length of the building. 1 An ample shore dinner gotten up in Howes' l pest style was provided for the Knights, to l which they did ample justice. Notice was | ,iven that the cars would leave on their re- urn at o'clock and after dinner the time l vas passed in wandering about the shore, -isiting the grove and listening to the alter | ,ate concerts by the two bands in front of l he Hotel Sea View. On the return to the | ity the time was passed in any way that to | he Knights seemed best until 8 o'clock, | when the literary part of the days enjoyment | vas to commence at the Lincoln rink.
 THE EVENING EXERCISES.
 The exercises at Lincoln rink in the even ng were of g most interesting character. | The band stand was assd for the speakers, while the two bands were stationed at the l arther end of the rink and during the even ng between the addresses discoursed some of heir choicest selections, Ex-Senator Plum ett presided in pleasant and happy man Ter, his happy little speeches on introducing he speakers being much appreciated | ,y... the audience. Seated on the platform were number of prominent officers of the rder, Mayor Holcomb and the speakers of with a selection by the American band, fol owed by brief introductory address by President Plunkett, who said: I would like o have seen more of the visitors and more # the Key Haven Knights present, but as t is I think We will manage to pass very pleasant evening. It is not my purpose to o into discussion of the principles of our rder at the present time. The duty as- igned to me was to call you to order. It is 1y duty then to greet you and extend that hand which is recognized all over he country. To you of aeW Jersey say hat hope your visit to New Haven has cen as pleasszst to you as it has to us and s Itbelieve it has te our citizens. I now ave the pleasure to introduce to you Grand Dictator Stannis of Connecticut. Mir. Stan is on being intsodpced said it afforded him I reat pleasure to welcoms the brothers from I lew Jersey to this State. He hoped that at ome future time this fraternal visit may be sturned by the Knights Of Connecticut to heir brothers in New Jersey.
 Past Supreme Representative Baker of lew Jersey was next introduced and said: l o you who are members of the order in 'onnecticut can say that this isit of the Knigata of New ersey has been a great pleasure. It as been great pleasure to us to take by the and the commander of our ship who car jed us through the breakers last year and Tho steers the ship another year General