Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
KNIGHTS EN- ROUTE.
Pilgrimages From the United States
Bound to Washington.
LOCAL COMMANDERIES GOING
ALI Arrangements Made for the Grand
Conclave and Parade.
PENNSYLVANIA is HIGHLY HONoRED

| the trlennial conclave IN washington mex
week, and out of the nearly 5000 knights
Templar in this State few but will be er
route to the modern Mecca tomorrow
Pittsburg Sir knights are to receive an un'
usual attention in the grand parade Of
Tuesday, owing to the fact that Pittsburg
Commandery, No. 1, will lead the Pennsyl
vania cohorts as the escort of Right Emf
nent Grand Commander T. G. Ripple, an
honor never before secured by Pittsburg
Knights Two eminent Pittsburgers, Lee
| S. Smith and Colonel I. j. Hudson, are tc
act as aids-de-camp. This, with the spe.
cial effort that both Tancred and No. are
making to have in line all their members,
will enable Pittsburg to show up brayely.
Allegheny commandery's ranks will be
swelled by the members of Ascalon,
so that the sister city's Knights will be
strongly represented.
WHERE THEY WILL STOP.
In the matter of accommodations No.
has secured the whole of Hotel johnson as
headquarters. The hostelry is located al
the corner of Thirteenth and E streets in
Washington. Tancred Commandery will
share Willard's Hotel with the Illinois
knights Templar. Allegheny Commandery
will be domiciled at the Arlington and Ma
tional Hotels. The local Communicates
will be arrayed in regulation uniform and
will all carry their handsomest banners.
The knights from Beaver, Beaver Falls,
Kittanning, Brownsville, Monongahela
City, Greensburg and surrounding cities
will march with one or the other of the
local Communicates.
The special train of seven Pullman cars
which will convey Pittsburg No. 1 to WASH
ington over the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road was run into the depot yesterday to ale
low decorations to be applied. Bunting
fesUoons all the cars and K. T. emblems
have been placed on every available inch Of
outside Space. At the corner of each car
flies pennon upon which is inscribed
"Pittsburg No. l." Upon the middle car
is q 60-foot streamer with "Pittsburg Com
manderv No. u as the inscription. The
train will stop at McKeesport, Connellsville
and Cumberland, dinner having been ar
ranged for at the latter place for the Sir
knights and their ladies' Upon arrival in
Washington a special escort from Columbia
Commandery will escort the commandery to
the Hotel johnson, the ladies being mean
time cared for byt he Triennial Committees
OF Washington ladies. The remainder of
the conclave programme is the parade. in
which the Athletic Military Band, of Phil
adelphla, will accompany the commandery.
The exhibition drill will be on Wednesday,
and the receptions by President Harrison
and by local communicates will be in the
evening. Pittsburg Commandery No. 1
will call in a body upon Mrs. John A.
Logan, widow OF the great "Black jack
Logan" who was an eminent Mason. The
train will leave from Washington for trip
over the Fredericksburg branch to the
wonderful Luray Caverns in West Vir-
ginia, the arrival in Pittsburg being on
Friday evening.
PENNsYLVANIA's QUOTA.
The following is the roster of the Penn
sylvania Division No. 6.
Right Eminent Sir Terrence C. Nipple, Com
Vice Eminent Sir John J. wadsworth, Chief
Of Staff.
Eminent and Reverend Sir w. Henry Platt
Right Eminent Sirs George w. Kendrick. Jr.,
Leo 8. Smith. Eminent Sirs Joseph 8. Wright.
James 81. Cadding, Charles c. Baer, Irving P.
Wanger, NJ. Richard Muckle, Charles E. Meyer,
John A. Vanderslice, Samuel s. Yohe, Daniel
b. Else, Harry o. Chapman Edward B. Spen-
Ger, Henry q. Kuhn, Colonel Thomas ]. Hud-
son, Fred b Keller, Harry M Van zandt
follows: Pittsburg Commandery No. l. Pitts
burg; Philadelphia No. 2, Philadelphia; JaQues
De Molay No. 8 Washington; St. Johns No: 4,
Phladelphia; St. John No. 6 Carlisle; De
Molay No. 9, Reading; Mountain No. 10, Al
toona; Pilgrim No. II. Harrisburg; Jerusalem
No Is Phenixville; Northern No. l6 Towan-
da; Allen No. 20 Allentown; Baldwin u No.
Mt. Olivet No. 80, Erie; Ivanhoe No. 81, Tam
aqua; Hutchinson No. 30, Norristown; Alle-
gheny No. 35, Allegheny; Mary No. 36, Phila-
Z;
No. Al, Pottsville; Reading No. 42, Reading;
Dieu Le Vent No. As, Wilkesbarre; Hospitaller
No. 46, Lock Haven; st. Albans No. AZ, Phila-
delphia; Tancred No. As, Pittsburg; Corintbian
81, Philadelphia; Chester No. 66 Chester.
In the parade order Pittsburg Com
manderv No. 1 heads the column of the
sixth division as escorts to the Grand Com
mander. Then follow the aids de camp and
then the communicates.
Pennsylvania is one of the few States
having a complete division, an honor de-
served, as by reference to the most recent
report, it will be seen that the Keystone
State heads the list of States in the number
of knights Templar, Pennsylvania having
$500. New York and Ohio come next in
gross numbers.
GREETINGS EXTENDED.
Mr.. James S. Mexican is selfexplanatory:
GRAND CoMMANDERY OF ILLINOIS,
HEADQUARTERS TRIENNIAL COMMITTEE.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, October 2, 1889.
Sir James s. Mckean, No. l, Pittsburg-
DEAR BROTHER The Illinois knights
and commaudery, and will be pleased to have
you call at their headquarters at Wizards
Hotel during the Triennial Conclave of the
Grand Encampmept.
CoUrfa0uSlv
TRIENNIAL COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
HENRY S. TIFFANY, Cha irman,
JAMES P. SHENoNI, Secretary.
Messrs. Lee S. Smith and James j. Bu-
chanan, of this city, go to the conclave with
an added dignity. AT the meeting of the
Supreme Council Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite, held in New York City on September
ed SD Degree Masons.
Tancred Commande-y, of Pittsburg, has
made elaborate preparations for its journey
to Washington via the B. & o. Railroad.
Drillmaster Captain Lew Brown, now East
on his bridal tour, win meet the command
ery in Washington on Tuesday morning,
and will conduct the evolutions during the
parade. In this connection the general or
ders state that only at certain portions of the
parade will evolutions be permitted.
HOW THEY WILL TRAVEL.
In the trip over the Baltimore and Ohio
there will be three sections of seven cars
each. Tancred goes first with Travelling
Agent Jos. T. Love, of Wheeling. in charge;
Pittsburg Commandery will be piloted by
Division Passenger Agent E. d. Smith,
and Allegheny will be handled by City
Passenger Agent c. E. Gregory. Eighty
two Pullman carloads leaving over the
Baltimore and Ohio alone from Chicago
will pass through Wheeling to-day and to-
night, run in fast following trains of seven
or eight cars.
Among the communicates passing through