Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-16

to be discussed can and will be done in open
meeting. The routine proceedings Of the
Grand Encampment will only be minor attrac-
tion-the mere means to an end. Washington
will be most interested in the great mass Of
visiting knights and their thousands of accom-
panying friends-those who will have little or
nothing TO do with musty business, but who
will spend their time in viewing the beauties
of the capital city.
OoMMASDERIEs COMING.
The roster of those Communicates which
have made contracts with hotels is as follows,
but new names are being daily added to the
list and every indication now points to an at
tendance Of not less than 5000 knights. The
name of each commandery, its location, the
number Of knights who will represent it and
their local headquarters are here given by
states in the order named. The number of
persons in or accompanying each grand COM
mandery cannot be stated as vet:
CALIFoRNIA-Grand Commandery. Golden
Gate, No. Is, San Francisco, $50 knights The
Normandie; California, No, l, San Francisco,
100 knights, Johnson's; Oakland, No. IL, Oak
land, 40 knights and 20 ladies, Mrs. Colby's,
1925 street.
CoNNEcTIcUT-GrandC ommandery. Column
bian, No. 4, Norwich, l25 knights, National
hotel.
DELAwARE-Grand Commandery. st. Johns,
Wilmington, 100 knights; Ebbitt house.
ILLINoIs-Grand Commandery, 800 knights,
Wizards hotel. Chevalier de Bayard. No. so,
Chicago, 100 knights, Riggs house; Athelstun,
No. 45, Danville, Wizards hotel.
ISDIANA-Grand Commandery, Dunbarton
hotel. Raper, No. 1. Indianapolis. LIS knights,
National hotel; Terra Haute, No. 10, Terra
Haute, Dunbarton hotel.
IowA-Grand Commandry, 20 knights, the
Richmond
KANsAs-Grand Commandery, Mt. Olivet,
Wichita. 20 knights, Langham hotel
KENTUcKY-Grand Commandery, Maysville,
80 knights, Arlington hotel; Louisville, 80
knights. Ebbitt house.
MA1SE-Grand Commandery st. Albans No
8, Portland, 125 knights, Arlington hotel.
Observation-Disclosures Commandery, 300
knights. Riggs house. William Parkman. Bos-
ton. 100 knights the Maltby; Springfield. $50
knights, National hotel with the Springfield
cOmmandery are members of Berkshire, of
Melrose Connecticut Valley, of Greenfield;
Athol of Athol; Northampton, of Northampton,
and ST. Paul, of North Adams); Bristol North
Attleboro, IS knights, Lenox hotel; Sultan,
New Bedford. rs knights. Lenox hotel
MICHIGAN Grand Commandery, 40 knights,
Arlington hotel. Charlotte, No. 81, Charlotte
80 knights, Hamilton house: Jackson, No. 9,
Jackson, 60 knights. Arlington hotel Bay City,
No. 26, Bay City, 100 knights. Ebbitt house;
Detroit, No. /, Detroit, lbs knights, National
hotel; st. Bernard, No. Is, East Saginaw, 100
knights, National hotel.
MISSEsorA-Grand Commandery, Ebbitt
house. Zion, No. 2, Minneapolis, IS knights,
Ebbitt house; Darius, No. Z, Minneapolis, rs
knights, the Windsor.
MIssoURI-Grand Commandery, st. Aldemar
St. Louis, leo Knights, Mrs. Stockham, 922 14th
street.
New HAMPsHIRE-Mt Horeb, Concord, 100
knights, Metropolitan hotel annex.
NEW JERsEY-Grand Commandery, Riggs
House. Damascus. No. 3. Newark, 80 knights
The Richmond; Ivanhoe, No. IL, BordentOwn,
40 knights, Congressional hotel; Corson, No. 15
Asbury Park, 80 knights, The Webster; Cyrene
n Etnier lax-,o, Del
tine, No. 4. Trenton, IS knights, Langham
hotel; Hugh de Payens, No. /, Jersey City, so
knights Rochester hotel.
NEW YoRK-Grand Commandery II knights
Riggs house; Palestine, No. Is, New York city,
$50 knights. Ebbitt house; De Witt Clinton No
u. Brooklyn, $50 knights, Metropolitan hotel;
Central City, No. 25, Syracuse 125 knights, Me-
tropolltan hotel st. Omer, No. 10, Elmira, 125
knights, fremont house; st. Augustine, No. 49,
Ithaca, 60 knights, Temple hotel; Hugh
dc Payens, No. 80 Buffalo, 85 knights and
band of 20 musicians Myers hotel: Cyrene, No.
80. Rochester, so knights, Rochester hotel;
Monroe, No. IL, Rochester, 100 knights. Will
lard's hotel; Poughkeepsie, No. 43, Poughkeep-
sie, 60 knights, Wormley's.
EOHIo-A number of Ohio Communicates,
known as the Ohio battalion, comes with the
Grand Commandery. Their total strength will
be about 500 knights, and they will be divided
up among the Windsor, Solaris, Langham
hotel. St James hotel, Harris house. The Buck
ingham Chamberlin's. Franklin hotel and the
Webster hotel. st. Johns, No. 20, Youngstown.
20 knights, Wizards hotel; Oriental No. II,
Cleveland. 100 knights, The Maltby; Holyrood,
Cleveland, 100 knights, Welcker's; De Molay,
No. 9, Tiffin, 125 knights, Strathmore Arms
Hanselman, Cincinnati, IS knights. Langham
hotel; Norwalk, No. Is, Norwalk, 50 knights, on
special train of Baltimore and Ohio sleeping
cars. -
-PENNsYLvAN1A--Grand Commandery, Ebbitt
house. Mountain. No. 10, Altoona, $50 knights,
Belvedere hotel; Baldwin, No. 22. Willmsport.
so knights, Langham hotel; Reading, No. AZ,
Reading. 100 knights. Riggs house; Pilgrim,
No. IL, Harrisburg. $50 knights. Howard house;
Pittsburg, No. l, Pittsburg, 100 knights. Hotel
Johnson; Tancred, No. As, Pittsburg, 100
knights. Wizards hotel; st. Adams, No.
AZ. Philadelphia, GO knights, The Arno;
Philadelphia, No. 2, Philadelphia, $50 knights
The Arno; Mary, No. SO, Philadelphia, $50
knights, Riggs house; Chasseur, No. SO
(mounted). Philadelphia, 100 knights, Riggs
house; Kensington, No. 81. Philadelphia, l25
knights, Belvedere hotel St. Johns No. L.
Kadosh, No. 20, Philadelphia, 100 knights,
Randall hotel; Allen, No. 2, Allentown, 100
knights, Congressional hotel; st. Johns, No 8,
Carlisle, 30 knights, Glenmore hotel.
RHODE ISLAND AND MAssACHUsETTs-There is
but one Grand Commandery. and 800 of its
members will be on and will stay at the Riggs
house. Calvary, Providence, 10 knights, the
Clarendon: 81. Johns Providence, 12O knights
Metropolitan hotel; Nsrragansett, Westerly, 40
knights, Hamilton house; Holy Sepulcher
Pswtucket. rs knights, Hewes house; Woon-
socket, Of Woonsocket, rs knights, Lenox
hotel.
vIRarNIA-Grand Commandery, Richmond
No. 2, Richmond. Is knights Mades' hotel St.
Andrew, No. ID, Richmond, 30 knights, Ameri-
can house.
WISCONSIN, Grand Commandery, Gersten-
berg Reuters.
number of the Grand Communicates will
have headquarters at other places than at the
hotels where they may be stopping. The Ohio
Grand Commandery has made arrangements
for entertaining friends at the armory of the
Washington Light Infantry. The Indianians
have engaged the National Rifles armory for a
similar purpose.
Saturday Smiles.
The motto Live and let live'' is very good
in its way, but it does not do for the battle
field.-BostOn Courier.
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