St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-20
TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE.
Thousands Of Knights Templars Arriving
in st. Louis for Their Twenty Third
Triennial 0onclave.
The City Rapidly Downing Its Sunday
Clothes to Give Them Cordial
Southern Greeting.
California's Delegation, 700 Strong,
in Town With Two Bands and
Grizzly Bear.
The First Number of the Weeks Pro-
gramme Given Before an Audi
ence of 1000.

TWenty-Third Trienntal COnciaVe.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 19.-Early last evening
the local Knights Templars went into quar-
tiers at the union depot to act as a reception
committee and escort the arriving Knights.
Upon the arrival of trains this evening,
however. they had little to do, but few
communicates putting in an appearance in
body. Every train, though, brought its
quota of visitors to the twenty-third trien-
NAL cenclave, and it was estimated that by
5 o'clock fully 1000 Knights were already
in the city. and large additions to this
number were made when the evening
trains discharged their cargoes. Despite the
threatening weather, vast amount OF work
in the way of decorating streets and buildings
was done during the day. but many of the
finer and more perishable displays will not
be exposed until Tuesday morning in order
to preserve them from the elements. The
event of the day in the matter OF arrivals
was the appearance of the California dele
CATION which came n on thirteen trains.
With their ladies they numbered about
seven hundred. They were accompanied
by the First Infantry aud Second Artillery
bands and a grizzly cub which attracted
even m ne attention than the bands. The
in commanderies, and comprised, besides
representatives of many others,
THE FOLLOWING CoMMANDERIEs:
California No. l, 100 knights and 60.
ladies; Golden Gate No. 1, 100 knights and
IS ladies; Sacramento No, 2, 33 knights
and ladies. Nearly every cOmmandery in
the state was represented by one or more
members. The visitors were escorted to
their hotel. the LaClede. by Ivanhoe COM
manderv No. s (mounted), of st. Louis,
and the march from the depot to the hotel
was the chief street event of the day. At
$3.50 this afternoon the first number OF the
weeks programme was given in the devo-
tional exercises held at the Exposition
music hall. An immense audience, num-
boring 1000 people. including fully LOCO
knights, was in attendance, and hundreds
were turned away. The services were
from the ritual and conducted by
Very Eminent Sir George G. Bolts,
grand prelate OF the grand
encampment. assisted by Right Eminent
Sir John Denile and interspersed by an
unusually fine musical performance in
VIII oh several local soctieS participated,
forming grand chorus of 600 voices The
work of the conclave will not begin until
Tuesday. The day tomorrow will be de-
voted to the reception of visitors, the ma
jority of whom are expected TO arrive be-
fore to morrow night. In the evening the
city Communicates will hold receptions at
their respective headquarters. The meet
ing of the grand comnlandery will be held
in the small hall of the Exposition building.
which has been appropriately decorated
with einblems and banners for the occasion.
The stage setting has been specially pre-
pared.
THE SCENES ARE HISTORICAL
and emblematic OF the Masonic order. The
committee having in charge the arrange
ments and conduct OF the cOnclave held its
final meeting this afternoon, and at the
conclusion announced everything complete
and working without the slightest friction.
Nothing is now needed to make the con-
clave success but good weather, and the
outlook in that regard is excellent at the
present time. Among the Communicates
which have arrived and reported are the
following in addition to those from Cali
fornia previously mentioned:
Nebraska No. IL, Hastings, Neb., 20; Swords,
Demolay No. (mounted,) Grand Rapids,
Mich, 20; Wheeling No. /, Wheeling, w. Va.
Is: Terre Haute No. l6, Terre Haute, Ind,
45 Lebanon No. 2, Lebanon, NJ, 10; st. John
No. 10l, Centerville, Ia, IS; Reauing, Read
ing, Pa, ~; Palestine, Paris. Ill, u; DamaS-
GUS Keokuk. Ia, lot Sacramento No. 2, Sac
ramento, Cal, %: Eldorado. Placerviile, CAL.
IL; Detroit (aud Fourth Regiment band), los;
Cyrene, Eureka Springs, Ark, 25; Malta. 9th
man. Ia, rs; Temple No.4, Des Moines, Ia., rs;
Anderson. Anderson. Ind 35; Maysville, KY,
So Maryland No. l, Baltimore No. 2, Monu-
mental No. 3. Crusade No. 3, Beausant No. s,
all of Baltimore. 100,
A large number of the Knights are ac-
hx,t 10. tba, n
already present a crowded appearance. The
st. Louis club. which arrived to-day, has
travelled between five and six thousand
miles having visited California, Colorado,
the Yellowstone valley and other points of
interest in the far West since starting on
their pilgrimage about two months ago
Trains will arrive Tonight bringing add
lions to the ., 900 Knights already on the
VTDiIu0.