Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-22
WORLDS NEWS BUDGET.
Knights Templar Conclave Debate In
House Of Commons
Lynching.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONCLAvE.
The Parade Abandoned on Account of
HEAVY Rain.

The Parade Abandoned ON Account of q
Heavy Rain.
ST.. LOUIS, September 21.-St. Louis had
arrayed herself in holiday attire for the
first day OF the Twenty-Third Triennial
Conclave OF the Knights Templar OF AM
erica. The city, its business men and pri-
vate citizens, have We'd with each other in
decorating their buildings and residences,
and the result was most pleasing along the
proposed line OF march OF the parade. The
fronts OF business and municipal buildings
were hidden with their decorations OF flags,
bearing appropriate inscriptions, emblems
and mottos, and various colored bunting
draped in q graceful and fantistic manner.
THE MOST SNOWY DECORATIONS
we're those about and upon the cou rt
house. This building occupies an entire
square all around which have been placed
at equi-distant points, poles twenty
feet high, trimmed and connected with each
other by garlands OF woven evergreens.
Each pole bears shield upon which is
painted the grand seal OF some State Or
Territory. Behind the shields and falling
from top OF the poles to the ground are
long graceful tri.colored pennants. At each
enstance to the building stands two i'm
mense pyramidical pillars OF evergreens.
CROWNED WITH MASONIC EMBLEMs.
Directly over each entrance are semi-circu-
lar sunbursts, constructed OF evergreens,
flags and buntings. The building presented
houses were tastefully trimmed. Washing
ton avenue and Olive street were gay with
auttering bunting. Pane, Chestnut and
Market streets had their share OF flags,
while less popular thoroughiares had flags
in every window, giving the street gala
day appearance. Flags and pennants were
SO thick on some OF the streets that view
ing them in every breeze seemed to set the
walks in motion. immediately in front OF
the main entrance to the Exposition
the reviewing stand had been
erected, and it too was elaborately deco
rated. The stand is about fifty feet square,
covered with canopy OF canvass from the
center OF which floats large United States
flag. Entirely around it had been placed
National flags and Knights Templar en-
blems, while from it's corners depend
streamers of many colors and bunting.
When the Knights Templars awoke this
had become overcast with dark clouds and
q damp northeast wind was blowing at
velocity. At o'clock cold,
steady rain set in. As early as $50 a. m.
squads OF companies and communicates,
many Of them accompanied by bands of
music, could be seen hnrriedly marching
toward their rendezvous. They who start
ed thither early in the morning were more
fortunate than their tardy brethren, who,
at $50, were proceeding to their appoint
ed places with dropping plumes and drip
ping uniforms. The early morning trains
we're all on time and deposited many COM
nanderies who have come to the Conclave
from points near St. Louis. and they pro
ceeded immediately to their positions. At
$50 the first gun directing the command
cries to form was fred, and the side streets
leading into the main thoroughfares were
alive With Knights who were to participate
in the parade, hurrying to their positions,
and soon afterwards all were ready to join
their divisions. As time passed on, rain
fell heavier and heavier till the streets be-
came sopping wet. At 9 O'Clock the
prospects Of it's soon clearing up
were not at all bright, and a few minutes
later j. H. Parsons, Cammander-in-Ch Chief
OF the eCommanderies, issued an order aban.
doning the parade. The order was com.
municated to the faithful Knights, who
had been standing in the rain.
The Knights broke ranks shortly, disap-
pointed at not being able to parade, Int
very willing to get in out OF the wet. The
at the abandonment of
the parade was immeasurable in every
quarter. The mere postponement would
not suffice, as the rules OF the Order per-
init the parade only as an escort to the
Grand Encampment, and as that body
must meet at the appointed time to-day,
the rain absolutely prevented a parade at
this Conclave. Said Commander-in-l hief
Parsons: sour disappointment is greater
than can express. Arrang' :lents were per-
feet to the minutest detail. We had pressed
into our service for the occasion the best
military talent in this section, and we were
assured OF something over &c, 600 men be-
ing in line at the strike OF the ap-
pointed hour, and had the state OF the
weather permitted the parade would
have been the finest ever known. As it
was, however, nothing was left but to
abandon it, and thus cut out one OF the
most prominent public features.