The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-30
ODD-FELLOWS AND KNIGHTS.
Sovereign Grand Lodge OF Odd
Fellows at Boston-FiguPeS
from the Reports.
Great Aggregation of Knights Templar
az St. Louis-The Parade and
the Drill.
knights Templar.

There was an enormous attendance upon
the iriennial conclave OF the Knights Tenn
plar IN ST. Louis. The grand parade was
TO have taken place Tuesday, September
Il, but rain caused postponemeIt to
Thursday. The city was gorgeously dec
grated for the occasion. Some of the
decorations along the line laid out for the
parade were magnificent" says a cores
pendent. Public buildings and business
blocks were bright with parti- colored bunt-
ing. Flags and pennants beloved and
futt red from their fronts, and high up al:
the tapering peaks of their lofty fagstaffs.
Masonic emblems and notices, fanciful
figures, wrought out of bunting by the
decorators Skill and wreaths Of beautiful
evergreen adorned the streets. The great
Count House was surrounded with garlands
Of evergreen suspended from high poles,
hearing the coats OF aims of various
States, from each of which graceful tri-
colored pennants streamed to the ground.
Immense pyramnal pillars of evergreen,
crowned with Masonic emblems, stood on
either side of the entrances TO the great
building, and directly over the entrances
We're fixed semi circular sunbursts of bunt-
ing and evergreens."
One of the events of the conclave was
the drill and concert at the fair grounds,
which was witnessed by $1,000 people. The
communicates PARTICIPATING were: Detroit
Mich No. l; DeMolay No. l3, of Louis
vile; Rlper No. /, of Indianapolis St.
Bernard No. 30, of Chicago; Louisville
Ky No. l; Zion No. 2, of Minneapolis
o,,I Toclyeo1, No Of Jocl-cn, Mich
The city was brilliantly illuminated
Wednesday night. The Flambeau Bat
TALON gave parade and exhibition on the
most prominent thoroughfares of the West
End. Ivanhoe Commandery Of st. Louis
held formal reception, which was largely
attended, and proved a brilliant affair,
while all the local and visiting commander
les kept open house. 4 notable reception
was gwen by Oakland Commandery of
California, at which thousands of callers
We're entertained III tire most magnificent
style. Among the noted communicates
which called in bodies We're: St. Bernard
of Chicago, 200 Knights and ladies'; Apollo
of Chicago, 100 Knights; DeMolay, Louis
vile, $50 Knights and ladies'; and the Mary
Commandery of Philadelphia"
The Ancient Arabic Order Of the Mystic
Shrine, one of the highest orders of
Masonry, of whose members 1850 were in
attendance upon the conclave. initiated 200
candidates at midnight of Wednesday, the
close OF the Arabic year. The ceremonies
were conducted by the Medina Temple of
Chicago, assisted by the Imperial Potentate,
Samuel Briggs, of Cleveland. Ohio. The
elaborate costumes. rich jewels, mystic
emblems and rites rendered the services
most inn r-ssive.
Previous to the ceremonies the shriners
paraded the principal downtown streets,
each temple accompanied by band. The
costumes ard uniforms were of many vari-
cites, the only articl. worn in common be-
ing the red fez. The two temples which
attracted the most attention and received
the most generous applause were those of
Baltimore and Gu csgo-the former APP
pearing in full evening dress, the latter in
regular Turkish costume. fsz, crimson bag
trousers, jackets, etc.