Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-11
THE TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE,
Knights Templar Entertained By
Mrs. John A. Logan.
THEY HAVE FOLDED THEIR TENTS
The Session of 1880 is Ended and
Everybody Is Getting Ready to
Dcpart-The Next Meet
ing in Denver.

Thousands left the city to day and to-
night and nearly all of those remaining will
leave tomorrow. BY Saturday Washington
will have assumed Its normal condition.
The one hundred brass bands which have
paraded the streets for four days and nights
are departing, and there is less noise and
more music. Late tonight there were the
usual scenes presented around the city of
marching Communicates, many of them ac-
companied by ladies, all going from head
quarters to headquarters singing songs,
waving hats and handkerchiefs, and having
great, good time. II is conceded that this
has been one of the most pleasant and sue
cessful conclaves ever held. The attend
ance of the knights who participated in the
parade is as near twelve thousand as can be
computed. Outside of this there vera
probably two thousand who did not
participate in the capacity of knights.
The largest number that has attended any of
the copclaves heretofore is estimated at
5000, so that there were 5000 more at this
conclave than any of those in the past. Fully
twice as many ladies have accompanied the
sir knights here as were ever in attendance
upon n conclave before. There were quiteas
many ladies here as knights Templar, and the
number of visitors who do not belong to the
order was probably twice the number of
knights and their ladies, making in all in the
neighborhood of sixty to seventy thousand
visitors. This is the most careful cOmDuta-
tion of the number of visitors IN Washington
that can be made and is not in excess of the
number actually present.
As usual the California knights Templar
have achieved great laurels and attracted
unusual attention during the conclave. Their
headquarters at the Normandie have been
Ant- md inht Sin thnty nrrix-n
Sunday. The luscious things of the Pacific
slope, fruits, wines, etc, have been on tap
constantly, and a bounteous spread prepared
by the best caterers IN Washington always
greeted the visitors who called at their head
quarters They capped the climax this after
noon by visiting Newspaper Row with loads
of the most delicious California raisins, figs
and other fruit. They handed out the boxes
with the injunction that The proof of the
pudding is in the eating thereof and de-
clared that there was no better advertise
ment for anything than sample OF the ar
ticle itself. The hospitality of the Calfor-
mans has only been eQualled by the natural
products of their cline.
THE NEBRASKA KNIGHTS.
Nebraska Knights Templar are greatly
pleased over the selection of Denver as the
place for holding the next triennlal conclave
1ney worked u BODY ana IKE beavers rur
the city in the Rockies. In fact there was q
combination OF the entire section of the
Denver, but that city had more support from
the outside in the Nebraska commanderles
than from any other source. 1t was a great
victory for Denver to overthrow the unani-
nous report of the committee, which de-
clared in favor of Louisv lie. Many of the
knights from Nebraska called at The BEE
bureau this evening to express their gratifi-
cation and the Nebraska headquarters has
been heartily congratulated generally and
thanked by the Colorado Communicates for
fha bnD t,y and ,hatn tinl ,Nrtr ral
The time selected, the second Tuesday in
August. is regarded as the most pleasant.
1t will be presidential election year. how
ever. The climate of Colorado in August is
at it's prime.
Grand Commander James Fl. Peabody, of
Denver, made the speech which captured
the grand encampment and secured the VIC
tory. Commander Peabody is one of the
prominent citizens of Denver, and he grew
fairly eloquent in praise Of the ability of his
city and the people of the state to entertain
the visitors amid the picturesque
and pleasant natural surroundings
the state affords The vote on
the first ballot stood Louisville 79 Denver
scattered between New York, Boston, Mil
waukee and Chicago The second ballot re-
suited: Denver 104, Louisville SO, with
some scattering votes.
Nebraska's headquarters will not be aban-
doned until Friday afternoon, although
many of the Sir knights and their ladies
will leave to. night and to- morrow morning
for various points en- route home. 1t is
enough to say that no knights have enjoyed
themselves more than those from Nebraska,
and none have made more lasting friends or
better reputation at the national capital
The last Of the visitors from the state will
go out of the city on Saturday.
The knights from Iowa and their ladies
are leaving Washington, and will be on their
way home within twenty-four hours. They
are reinstated, and have their old standing,
although they are reprimanded for having
abandoned the old ritual and taken up the
new before they were authorized to do so.
However, the grand commander recognized
the new ritual as better than the old. This
the Iowa knights regard as practical en-
dorsement of their action
Grand Commander Varnum, in speaking
to-day of the disposition Of the Iowa case by
the grand encampment mentioned elsewhere,
said "The action of the grand
encampment is happy solution of the veXed
questions which have been raised II is in
the nature of compromise. The intentions
the best interests of Templar Masonry
To-day's Post, in speaking of the Nebraska
headquarters and the knights from that
state says: "The rooms which are being
used as headquarters consist of two large
and handsomely furnished parlors and
large dining room, where the members en-
tertain their guests in the most sumptuous
manner. All the Nebraska Communicates
HHc UUultS VI men, VINO TcpTtSCub alUluSU
unlimited wealth and influence in their own
state. Mr. Korty presented his commandery
with its magnificent banner, of which it is
justly proud. The figures on the banner, the
cross and crown, and other emblems were
worked with needle by hand while all the
gliding, both the battering and the heavy
frInged border is of pure gold. The banner
is regarded by the commandery as one of its
most precious treasures. 1t was on exhibit
ton yesterday at headquarters ana was
greatly admired by every one who visited
there Mount Herman commandery, of
Beatrice, has also a very handsome
banner which is being exhibited at
headquarters, but compared TO the magnif-
cence OF Mount Calvary banner it dwindles
into insgnifcance
"F. IL. White, who represents Plattsmouth
in the Nebraska legislature, is with Mount
Calvary commandery. A. b. Smith, general
freight agent of the Is. g. NJ. railroad is also
member. G. w. Lininger, of the irm of
Lininger & Metcalf, manufacturers of agri-
cultural implements at Omaha, Is one of the
wealthy members Of the grand encampmeat.
Z. n. Dletz, another wealthy member is a
leading lumber merchant Of Omaha. Deputy
Grand Commander Lewis NJ. Keene is a
banker at Fremont, while Victor White,
senior warden Of Mount Calvary com
mandery, is one OF the leading attorneys of
Omaha.
"The grand eommandery sent last night TO
each of the grand communicates in the city
small silk banner bearing on it the arms of
Nebraska and Of the cOmmandery, together
with handsomely printed roster of the