The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-24
THE TEMPLARS.
Their FOur-Mile Tramp in
st. Louis.
GIANT POWDER EXPLOSION
American Composer Arrested-salis-
bury for the Continent
StOrms-Not Known-Etc.
The knights Templar Parade.

| ST. LOUIS, September 23.-NotWlIh-
standing the fact that The morning
broke clear and warm, and that the
grand parade, postponed from Tues
day, was to occur at IL o'clock, the
crowds on the street this morning were
much smaller than on any previous
| morning this week. At O'Clock the
citizens and visitors began to emerge
| from their resting PLACES. All available
points of observation along the line OF
march, and in the vicinity of the places
| of rendezvous of the various SquadrOnS,
was soon occupied by a mass OF lnlpa-
tient and perspirng spectators. Last
nights and this mornings outgoing
trains carried many departing knlghtS
and visitors, although the exodus has
not been sufficiently large to make any
appreciable diminution IN the
crowds on the streets. Previous
to the parade there was but
little marching through the streets,
except so far as was necessary to place
the participant, in position, both muel-
ciens and Knights reserving their
strength for the fOur-mile tramp later
in the day; but little bret re was blowing
and the prospects for heat somewhat
discouraged those who intended 10 take
part in the procession.
At the Knights Templar grand en-
campment meeting yesterday, the pro-
ceedIngs of which were not made known
until late last night the regrets OF
Charleston, S. c., commandery were
read and the attention of the committee
on finance called TO the deplorable con-
dItion of their brethren in that city. A
proposition TO change the qualifications
! for membership in the order OF
Knighthood was laid upon the table,
An amendment to change the clause OF
the constitution empowering the grand
encampment to designate the time and
place of the next encampment by SUB
stituting, 1.-The encampment shall be
held in the city of Washington, ID. T.,
in the month of December at such time
il said month as the Grand Master
NAV direct" was voted down by large
majority, as was also proposition to
ABOLISH parades and make grand en-
campments purely business sessions.
ST. LOUIS, September pat IL o clock
the signal for the start was given, and
the procession moved. Scores of stands
have been erected on vacant lots, and
in front of buildings whose fronts were
some distance from the street line, and
these were crowded. The procession
was headed by q platoon of mounted
police.
The grand encampment met soon at-
ter the time announced for their as
sembly this morning. and transacted
but little business. At the morning
session the election of officers was the
first business IN order, after the
reading and correction of the
minutes of the preceding meeting,
Sir Knight Charles Roome. of New York
City, eminent grand master, was elected
most eminent grand master, and Sir
Knight John ?. S. Goblin of Lebanon,
Pennsylvania, was elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the formers promo
ton. Robert Enoch Withers, most
eminent grand master, was present at
the election, but his health permitted
him to simply surrender the ensignS Of
his office, without making 8 retiring
speech. A recess was then taken, in
order to permit the members of the
encampment to take part in the parade.
1t was 11.45 when the head Of
the procession reached the reviewing
stand in front of the Expos. ton BUILD
ing. The members of the Grand En-
campment were assembled in body.
1t was nearly 2 o'clock when the last
DIVISION pdSS6u, anu Gu6 OIdnU EuCdLup-
ment returned to its assembly rooms.
As the procession passed the reviewing
stand, various evolutions and motions
were gone through by the Knights and
bands, si1ty-two in number, which &C
companied them, and every skilful or
unusual movement was loudly ap-
plauded by the crowds which lined the
street and filed the fonr lows of win
dows in the capacious Exposition
Building. Long before the last divi-
sion of the procession had passed the
reviewing stands, the head had reached
the point of disbursement, at the
entrance to the grand encampment |
hall, and the members of the first |
division breaking ranks and joining |
with spectators packed the lawn sur
rounding the building, and rendered |
movement of any sort well nigh impos- |
sible, while entrance to the exposition |
building was entirely out of the ques- |
ton. The procession was fully three |
and half miles in length and even the |
most enthusiastic officers in charge of |
the arrangements were surprised at Its |
magnitude. Toe parade passed with
out any notable incident. and no casual |
ties of any sort were reported at its |
close and the participants dispersed.