Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-05

STREET REGULATIONS FOR PARADE pAY-KNroHrs
rKHPLAR on THEIR WAY 10 wAsHrSaroS-
BICYCLE PARADE AND IxHnrr1ox DRILL
NOTES OF THE GREAT EVENT.
Everywhere flags were futtering today. Not
only along the route laid out for the parade
Of Tuesday but on many other streets
throughout the city people were decorating
their houses. The decorations. too, are Of
more than usual elegance. The usual patriotic
emblems are pleasingly varied with Templar
and Masonic devices.
At headquarters the officers Of the triennial
committee. whose labors have practically been
finished, were besieged by callers on all kinds
of business.
Among those who were in Chairman Parker's
room was his guest, Mr.. Thos. A. McCammon,
barrister Of Dublin, Ireland, who represents
Grand lodge OF Ireland. Mr.. McCammon
is a member Of the Templar order and Is herald
OF the Great priory Of Ireland. Grand General
issimo Hugh McCurdy, Grand Recorder VIM. B.
Isaacs, Grand Senior Warden Reuben II. Lloyd,
and other officers of the Grand encamp-
ment have arrived. Grand Master Roome
did not arrive last evening, as was expected.
He will come at o'clock this afternoon and be
received by Chairman Parker. The COM
manderies from other cities will begin to ar
Communicates, which are expected about 8
o'clock.
STREET REGULATIONS FOR PARADE DAY.
To secure the maintenance of public order
during the parade of the Knights Templar on
October 8, 1889, and in compliance with the
request of the grand marshal of the day, the
following order has been issued by the Com
missioners:
"That from 9:45 Tuesday, October 8, until
after the passage of the rear Of the Knights
Templar procession marching west from LIST
street east, no person other than those partici-
pating in the parade shall be allowed within or
permitted to occupy or intrude with a vehicle
or other obstruction upon the line Of march,
which will embrace all the space between the
curb lines of Pennsylvania avenue from oath to
LIST street west; of 18th streetnorthwestf from the
north line of New York avenue to the south
line of Pennsylvania avenue; of LIST street, west
of the north line of B street northwest, south
line of B street southwest; of street north
and B street south, from LIST street east to LIST
street west; Of LIST street east between B street
north and B street south, and of X street north
west from Oath to 9th streets northwest
''That street cars of the Washington and
Georgetown railroad company going west shall
cease to pass west of 7th street northwest at $50
a. m. may run to It'll street northwest until 10
a. m, but not beyond Sd street northeast after
10 a M, until the rear of the parade shall have
left LIST street east Going east shall cease to
pass 18th street northwest at 9:45 am.
and oath street northwest at / pm.
That the street cars Of the Metropolitan rail-
road company shall not be run east Of New
Jersey avenue northwest on October later
than II am. until the rear division of the pro-
cession shall have passed west of the line of
that avenue; nor shall they run west on East
Capitol street later than 1890 am. That no
street car shall at any time approach nearer
than two squares to the rear of the marching
column. These regulations shall apply in
every respect to herdic coaches which traverse
any portion of the route Of the procession.
"That during the periods named in section
one on this order no person shall be allowed to
intrude with a vehicle or other obstruction
upon a street or public space within twenty
five yards of the line of march indicated in said
section except as provided in section six. That
the chief of police is charged with the execu-
| ton of this order and any contravention
of the provision thereof, or of his
orders in fulfilling the same without special
permission from the police on duty along the
line, will subject the offenders to the penalty
imposed by the acts of the corporation OF WASH
ington, approved October Is, 1885,"
THE EXHIBITION DRILL.
At meeting last night Of the committee on
exhibition drill, Chairman Robert T. Hleston
presiding, Mr.. E. B. Schafer was elected treas
urer, who will dispose of all tickets of admis-
| sion to the drill grounds. It has been decided
to place these tickets on sale at the leading
drug stores and at news stands in the hotels Of
the city. There will be no reserved seats The
seating capacity on the grounds will be from
eight t. ten thousand people.
A subcommittee, consisting Of Sir Knights
Cooper McGinn and E. G.. Schafer, was ap-
pointed to secure chairs for the grand stand,
to keep the crowd back from that portion Of
the grounds reserved for the drill exercises.
The following Communicates have signified
their intention Of entering the drill.
The chairman appointed the following COM
mittee on exhibition drill from among the
members of the local communicates:
Sir Knights H. d. Boteler A. NJ. Howard,
George H. Plant, jr., VIM. H. Rupp, Vim. E.
Colladay, John A. Schneider, Geo. b. Hansell,
J. Cooper McGinn. J. s. Tomlinson, O. w.
Davis, E. J. Daw, w. H. Griffin, Abram Frey,
John A. Harvey, A. s. johnson, Samuel E.
Shields, James X. Kerr, Z. G. Shafer, Morgan
Thomas, Duane c. Turner, Thomas J. Watson,
Frank L. Harvey and Frank N. Carver.
THE BICYCLE PARADE.
At meeting last evening of the committee
in charge of the bicycle parade it was decided
that the riders of star machines shall constitute
| the second division of local wheelmen and F.
Z. Camp was appointed its commander. The for
nation of the parade was changed as follows:
| Clubs from south side of Pennsy lvania avenue,
| from LIST to 3rd street west; League Of Ameri-
| can wheelmen, west of LIST street; local Wheel
| men, north side of Maryland avenue: tricycle.
| division, south side of Maryland avenue;
| boys division, in rear Of tricycle. division.
| The parade will form in columns Of fours the
chiefs of divisions riding on the asphalt blocks
between the car tracks. with the right and left
| flank of each platoon riding on each side Of car
| changed and is now as follows:
| After reaching corner of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 18th street. instead of going
up 18th street, the parade will pass from 18th
street, south of the Treasury department, thence
| up Executive avenue to the east gate of tho
| executive grounds, where columns of twos
will be formed and the riders will pass in re-
view before the President. After coming out
| upon the avenue through the west gate.
columns of fours will again be formed and the
| original route resumed.
HE WANTS TO DIE.