St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-10
WELCOME. SIR KNIGHTS.

were placed i'm red flowers. In the cen
ter of the room, on a mass OF pOtted
plants, was q hauberk in red and white
immOrtelleS, supported by two crossed
swords, worked i'll the same flowers.
Over the mantelS on each side of the
room were Maltese cross, a shield and
two other Insignia Of the TemplarS'
order made of red immOrtelles. The re-
ceptiOn began at $50 o'clock, and was
to have lasted until II; but, owing to
the great thrOng that deSiled 10 shake
the presidents hand, it. was consider
ably after that time before the last
Knight passed through the line. Thou
sands of Knights and their lady friends
were received. The gates were opened
at S:15, and the long line of
Knights that were patiently waiting
marched to the door. The reception
committee then entered, and forming in
the corridor, were presented to the
president and party, who came down
stairs promptly at $3.50, as the Marine
band stationed in the corridor played
Hail to the Chief" The president
then took his stand at the entrance 20
the Blue room and
THE HANDSHAKING BEGAN.
The president was assisted by all the
members of the cabinet except Secre-
tarieS Blaine and Proctor, and by Mrs.
Harrison, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Window,
Mrs. RuSk and Mrs. Noble. The pre-
sentatiOns were made by Eminent Sir
Knight MyrOn NJ. Parker, OF this city.
The knights, generally accompanied by
one or more ladies, passed quickly
through the Blue room and thence to
the East room. After lingering here
short time, they descended by way
of the stairs of the Green room into
the garden below. Although there was
no delay, the number in line was so
great that at 9:30 there was still in wait
ing a line of people two deep, stretch
ing from the door of the White house to
the gate nearest the state, war and navy
department building. thence down the
avenue to the western end of the treas
ury building. AT the close of the re-
ceptiOn the guests walked about the
grounds awhile and witnessed a beauti-
ful display of fireworks in the White
lot. The exhibition drill of Knights
Templar communicates at the capital
base ball grounds this morning, was
witnessed by more than 1000 people.
The gay attire of the knights was con-
SpicuOuS among the crowd, while the at
tendance of ladies was very large.
The day was bright and breezy.
As each cOmmandery marched on
the ground it received liberal applause.
The Apollo cammandery, of Utica, n.
Y, the first TO appear, executed the pc
cullar evOlutiOnS Of the Knights Tenn
plar with grace and precision. Louis
vile, KY, cOmmandery followed and
showed the spectators the perfection it
had attained i'll the
VARIOUS DIFFICULT EvOLUTIoNS
which they executed. De MOlay COM
mandery, of Louisville, Ky. came next
and its execution of the hollow square,
Maltese cross, called forth rapturOuS ap-
plause. This cOmmandery was especial
lp smooth and perfect in its marching
maneuveTs. At the conclusion of their
drill Grand Commander Ryan, of Ken
lucky, on behalf of Mrs. John A. STRAIT
ton, of Louisville, presented the De
MOlay cOmmandeTy with handsome
basket of flowers. The Detroit COM
mandeTy, sixty members, came next and
for so large a body of men did excellent
work. Its marching and cOuntermarch-
ing and other maneuvers of like charac-
ter, were executed in manner that
elected admiration and applause. But
1t was 1.-The BOYS" who carried the day
by storm. When "The Little Com
mandery" from the Masonic home at
Louisville, KY, came upon the field,
accompanied by the De Molay and
Louisville communicates, with their
bands playing "Old Kentucky Home,"
the spectators cheered Vociferously.
The boys executed the most difficult
maneuverS known to the Knights Tenn
plar manual drill and the various figures
with such perfection in detail that it
was difficult to discover a flaw i'll any
movement. The applause that followed
fairly kept the boys drilling to the sound
of constant cheering.
To-day'S spectacular feature of the
grand encampment Knights Templar
was the parade of the Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine. The procession formed
near the treasury building and marched
thence to Fifteenth, K and Ninth
streets to Pennsylvania avenue to the
capitol, c0untermarching thence to the
place of starting. Owing to its novelty
and the air of mystery surrounding the
order, the affair attracted considerable
attention, and the pavements along the
line of march were thronged with spec
tatOrs. Lulu Temple, of Philadelphia,
turned out over 200 Mobiles. nearly all in
the regulation uniform and was alto
gether the most notable body in the
gathering. At its head marched the
Shrine band, of twenty pieces, the only
one in the country. Their uniform was
81 the fancy dress ball order.
osMAN TEMPLE, OF ST. PAUL,
Mlnn.. caused much amusement among
the spectators by carrying the