The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-22

III" hnighi- i"mpIar Forced 4" Nbnn
d"n the uarch Ibroush Hntn.


d"n the uarch Through Unin.
81 luui-, sept. ~. The city is IN
holiday attire to-day. this being the
ur-l dny "f the twcuty.third tricnninl
couclnVr ot the knights rcmplnr of
Am'ricn The city, its business mcu
aud private citizens have wed with
! each other In decorating their hmld- .
/ ihgs. nud thc result In most pleasing .
I Along the line oi march of the pnrudr
/ the fronts ui stores. houses aud muni. .
I clpM bindings are hidden with deco. .
mliuu- FIng-. hearing appropriate
| Inscriptions. 'mhlvm- aud muttur,.
aud Nnriuus oolurrd bunting are
| drnpcd ~ u graceful aud fantastic
muunrr he most showy dccura-
| uuut HrC thu-c about aud upOn the /
courthouse. THIS buildiug occupies F.
/ uu entire square, al around winch
have been placed, ut equally distant
| points, poles TWENTY-FIVE irrt hiph, /
| trimmed aud connected with cAch |
! Other hN Rntlnud- woven ut eyrT. /
greene. Each pole bcnrs Ii shirld upon
| of the poles To me Biuuuu ~, 'D..~
graceful coiurud pcumauts. Al each
entrance io the building stand two
Immense pyrMmidnl pillars oi ever.
prrcu crowned with muHuuIc en-
hlcn- Directly over each entrance
nro -ctnirtrCu'ar sunburHtS Cunrttuc
ted or evergreen nngs aud bunting.
The building presents brilliant ap-
p,nruucc Immediately in front of
ihr main cutrnucc to the CNpUhiiiOn
building "A review my stand has been
erected and IL is also claburatcly dec
fI o.
the clonr SKY ui lat evening had be-
come over cn-t with dark clouds anu
n damn northeast wind WAS blow ing
with considerable velocity. Light
oyrrroata are not nt all unrumiOrta-
bic and the cooling drinks pr0vidrd
Tor the anticipated thirsi OF the
marchcfs are entirely supcrllnous
AtS O'Clock cold steady ram
set in aud the parade would have
b been marched through lh'
mud had not the strcctB along whlcl
the paraic passor been thoroughly
swept aud cleaned this morning. ~
early ~ h.aO squads Of companlc
70 aud cOnmAnderieH many OF thonl Hc
compnnind by bands Of music cnul'
% have been ,ocu hurriodly marching T.
their rendezvous. The early morning
D.. trains wore all ON time aud dischl
hHrl,cd many cOmmanderi0a who hay
come 10 the runclavO from points hcn
~. luuis, aud they proceeded lminr
~ diatcly TO their position. Al hall pa
~ ciuht the first gun directing the con
III mnndcricA TO form wHs fired, aud III
IL side rircot- leading into the MAJ
'u thurOughiHrcs were alive WIN VI
l' 10000 knights who Will march III u
h- parndo, hurrying to their position
~ mud soon after nil were ready 10 Jol
~ their divisions. AH the time passt
rr the rain became hcay ,cr aud steAdl'
until the streets became sOpping W'
l'ntil . O'Clock the prospects tot clca
, ing up were not Ht Nil bright io
y minutes later j. Il; PursOns, cOmm'
=" dcr-iu.Chici Oi the COminhndcrit-,
'' -urd Au order abandoning the pnrnd
The order was communicated To u
"N faithful knights who had been stan
'H' ug la the rain Tchdy to march, nj
y" who broke rank greatly di-appolhi
y" nj not being able to parade, hat No
w" willing to get In out of the wet
At the time set for the departure
tho members OF the grand ehchh
.... mcnt from the rendezvous lot the
"h onmpmcnt hall, IL was deemed lhn
',,n vi-Able to not furnish any escort, n
's, the local commandories which Il
"" been held IN readiness TO act IN Il
,n'I capacity were permitted 20 diSper
r and mombcrs OF the encnmpn'
wrrn taken 10 the hsll In csrrlag
the grand oncampment began
o. session at 1890, being presided o'
by sir knight ChRs. Roomo, Of y
I ork city K. r.. G., NJ, In the absent
II. ~ir knight Robert T.. Witherr, NJ
nan, H., VI, who was too III to leave
"". hotcl, In opening the public m'
Ing. the Mayor David II, francls
.,u iycrcd au adircss Of welcome In
.'m- halt ol the uty, which was rcspoh'
i'n tu hy Sir Knight Jas. >. Br"
,Iir GrAnd Commander, aud which
n,.O briefly responded to by Dep
Grand Master Roomc. At the O.
cluIon Of these preiminaties Mt
,icb ,'rluck, the eurampmcnt met ~ Te'
lie ,a-4luu to listen TO the addresses
Toad reports of ullicer-