Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-21
THE TEMPLAR CONCLAVE.
for the Great Demonstra-
tioa-News from Headquarters.

A call at the Office of the corresponding Sec
rotary OF the triennial committee demonstrates
that when October comes Washington will
see the greatest Templar parade ever wit
messed in this country. Applications by mail
and by committees are still coming. and yet
the committee on hotels and quarters find they
have plenty of room to accommodate the
knights and their ladies. Quite a number OF
citizens were found handing in memorandums,
showing their desire to provide for parties
of twenty-five and upward
Under date of June Is Sir VIM. @. Bell.
prov. grand prior of the Sovereign Great
Priory of Canada. writes that COMMANDMENTS
from Winnipeg. Man.; Crookston. MINI. Grand
Forks, Fargo and jamestown. Oak. and some
OF the communicates from Montana. will
come as a body under the name of The Great
Northwest Delegation of knights Templars.
numbering 200 and more swords" He has
been advised that they will be specially well
come.
Mt. Calvary Commandery, No. /, Omaha,
Neb., has, by the kindness of Sir Knight l.. C..
Williamson, been located at No. 735 18th street
northwest
Sir Knight Stowell, of Olean. y. Y, is in the
city after quarters for fifty knights Of ST. Johns
Commandery, No. "a and Sir knight w. o.
Crosby is looking for a suitable place for the
SIR knights of st. Johns Commandery, No. 81,
OouueNliit, AoWd- Or hnlRnts george ana
Plnckham, of Haverhill, Mass, made q flying
visit to the city a few days ago and secured
satisfactory location for as knights of Haver-
hill Commandery, No. IL, at 1895 l. street
northwest Information has been received at
headquarters that Garfield Commandery. No.
lc, Mcpherson, Kansas. and La Nalette Com
mandery, No. H. Nashville, Tenn, will be
located in Pullman sleepers, but will have
headquarters in the city to receive their
friends, and in this connection reports have
been received from c. p Chapman, Grand
Commander. Wisconsin, showing they will
have 400 sir knights quartered in twenty
sleepers at lexington station. on the Baltimore
and Ohio, and 100 other knights at the "Glen-
more" on 18th street.
En-. Com. George W. Brown, jr., of C9ur de
Lion Commandery, No. %, New York city. was
at the committee rooms yesterday looking for
information. The commandery has the honor
of having on its rolls the name of the present
grand master of Templars, Gen. Chas. Z.
Roome, and if they come to the conclave they
will offer their services to act as a body-guard
to the grand master. At headquarters a STAR
reporter read an interesting letter from a WELL
known eminent commander OF one of the best
Communicates in the United States The emi-
nent sir knight lis an ex-M. c. and great
friend of the District lie writes Il expect
to come down at the head of Detroit Com
mandery with 100 men in line. i shall not feel
that am IN strange city, for when l land in
Washington always find friendly greeting
before have had time to unpack my grip.
The boys are looking forward TO a great time,
and there is no possibility of their being dis
appointed. No man who has fair intelligence
and sentiment ever visited Washington without
experiencing sensations of pleasure and de-
light"