Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-07

The bright RED, white and blue uniforms oi
the Marine band we're seen at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot early this morning in READINGS,
to escort the Charlotte, Michigan. commandry
No. 50. The Marine band alone attracted large
crowd who thought the presence Of that band
was signal for the arrival of some large com
mandery. Long before breakfast time the
eepot was crowded with members of the re-
cepaou committee and citizens lookine
for friends and relatives. mister, what time
does the Cincinnati train conner and similar
questions annoyed the railroad men until many
OF them we're cazed
The buzzing Of voices in the depot made il
almost Impossible for the crier to call out
baltimore, Philadelphia and New York ex
press now ready" aud the consequence wss
tnat many persons going away missed the trains
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
The members Of the reception COMMITTEES
who appeared this morning were Sir Edwarc
Baldwin, chairman, and Messrs. Judge Thomas
T. Miller, Louis D. Wine, F. ]. Heiberger
Robert Ball, A. 7. Longley, J. F. Allen, J. b
Littiewood, John e. Hood, J. n. Jochum, c. Il
Nutze, J. B. Spaulding and E. c. Winter.
coMMANpERY WITH a BEAR.
Golden Gate commandery, with Q large
quota Of ladies and grizzly black bear, were
quartered in q train Of handsome coaches out
side OF the depot this morning. They
had arrived during the night, but the
tram remained on the outskirts until thus morn.
ing when it was pushed into the depot The
members Of the Golden Gate com.
last evening and Donche's band wa,
at the depot to meet them, and waited for them
until midnight This morning the band
was at the depot bright and early sno
waited for them until O'Clock. when they
entered the depot and we're escorted to the
HOfai Norman H.. o,I a
feature and attracted considerable attention
FROM MISSOURI
The next commandery to arrive was the
Tancred commsndery of Moberly, Mo. They
brought large number of knighis and ladies
and were escorted to their quarters at No. l22t
l4th street northwest.
BIG TRAIN FROM MICHIGAN.
At 10:l5 O'Clock an immense train Of Michi
gan knights arrived. The Communicates rep
resented were the Detroit, No. L, of Detroit
Peninsular, No. 8, of kalamazoo; Jackson, No
., OF jackson; Ann Arbor, No. l3, of Ann Arbor
and Charlotte, No. 81.
In all there were between $50 and 800 knights
and probably 100 ladies. The great western
band Of Detroit was on the train. The fine
Communicates formed procession and were
escorted to their various stopping places by
Columbia commandery, No. 2, the Marine
band taking the lead.
The Charlotte commandery went TO the Ham
ilton house; Detroit, National hotel; Peninsu
lar, Nos. 1928 and 1886 I street; Jackson, Ar
llngton; Ann Arbor, No. 725 18th street. With
the Michigan train were two cars of knight.
from Grand Rapids who did not come as
commandery. They went to the different no
tells.
CHANCE FOR THE BAGGAGE MAN.
At about 1880 o'clock the depot was almost
cleared of the vast throng Of people, and tn,
baggage smashers were given a chance to show
their ability to handle car loads of trunks in
shorter time than it would take q smash-up Oh
the road to destroy them.
two policemen were stationed at the depot Il
keep order, but their services were not needed
except to clear passageway through th'
crowd when the visiting Knights arrived
LOOKING FOB DELAYED ouEsTs.
The members of the reception committe,
were kept busy answering and giving informa
tion. Many persons called to inform them tha
their promised boarders had not yet ap
peared, and wanted their houses regis
tered on the hotel list. In many in
stances the failure was due to the fact thai
trains were behind time as nearly all of the
trains now arriving from any distance are from
one to i've hours late.
THE RAILROAD MEN.
The railroad people had their hands full al
day. Superintendent Alveys looks like a mar
who has not slept for q week. He is completely
tired out, although he still remains at his post
The Inauguration, he said, Taught the men
how to handle trains and the business is so sys-
temat zed now that there is no trouble.
There are, he said, many trains on the
road now as there were just before the inaug-
uration, but he did not think there were az
many passengers.
And not a single accident?" ventured the
reporter.
mo sir" answered Mr.. Alvey, and We don't
propose to have one. We are not here for that
purpose.
BRAVE KS1aHTs AND FAIR LADIES FROM THE QUA
KER CITY.
st. Johns commandery, No. 4, Of Philadel-
phia arrived at 80 with l25 knights and nearly
one hundred ladies. This command
cry is one Of the largest visiting
Communicates that has yet arrived and
bring with them several handsome banners.
They are accompanied by the first regiment
drum corps and the Ringgold band OF Reading,
in all As pieces.
Columbia commandery, No. 2, with the
Marine band, acted as q special escort and
marched with the visiting commandery to the
Hotel Normandie, where quarters have been
engaged for them.
About 1880 o'clock the depot was again filed
with persons awaiting the arrival Of friends
and knights and the pretty girls were there in
large numbers. Where the girls are the BOYS
are bound to be and the consequence was that
it was impossible to look over each other q
heads, and many persons missed their friends.
The members or Crawfordsville, Ind, COM
mandery, No. rs, played in good luck in having
their sleeping car remain in the yard near the
depot, while many Of their friends were left on
tracks at lexington.
POST OFFICE WAS EsrABIIsHED
= Al n
nate q postmaster and the members of the
committee were obliged to act as postmasters.
A large batch Of letters. programs, &c., ar
rived and were sent out to the persons TO whom
three dozen letters we're sent to lexington, but
only one OF the persons was found
The balance were returned to the dead
letter" office. On the track in the freight yard
is an inspection car which 10
4 THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
In this car are several operators who keep
the committee informed about the trains bring
ing in the visiting knights
commandery arrived. but there we're
three bands on the regular trains
They were the famous SiIty-ninth reg
iment band from New York, with BILLY"
Baynes as leader. They came TO act a. escort
for the st. Bernard commandery Of East Sagi-
nav, Mich. The other bands were the An
napolis Naval academy band with the Craw-
fordsville, Ind, eommandery, and Beck's Phil.
adelphia band to meet California command
cry.
THE "HANpKKRcHIEY NAN"
appeared at the depot this afternoon with
a valise 6lled with linen ? handkercaiefs.