The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-08
1IoNoLULU,s KNIGHT.
Has a Grand Time Attending the
Conclave.

v
THE OXFORD,
Denver, Colo, Aug. %, 1892
The Knights Templar Conclave
in Denver and the "Shrinc' meeting
of the Imperial Council in Omaha,
Neb., are both over I attended
them both; had a most enjoyable
time. Both cities did all they could
to make it pleasant for their visitors.
Honolulu" and the Hawaiian
Islands" were quite novelty to the
people of both cities as well as the
thousands of visitors.
| was spotted by most all of them
and was in great demand, they all
wanted to exchange cards and Com
mandery badges with me. Some
were not able to find me and left |
notes at my hotel Others oven wrote
to me after they had returned home,
enclosing their card and asking for
mine. viii inclosp you Il card and
badge.
| came on from San Francisco with
| California Commandery No. !, on
their special train. We had a very
enjoyable trip. Perhaps you have
already read about it in the 5. f.
Chronicle, as that paper wrote up
our trip and our reception here. 1t
makes mention that | was enthusi-
astically received. We had some re-
captions along the road before we
arrived here.
We arrived here Sunday, and Mon
day morning my picture was in the
Rocky Mountain News, with little
mention of Honolulu. There have
been several personal notices about
me in both the Denver and Omaha
papers.
went to Omaha to attend the
meeting there and, after spending a
few days, returned to Denver to
finish sightseeing in Colorado.
Have met some old acquaintance
and made many new ones. Met w.
G.. Peacock and family here, they
left yesterday am. for Salt Lake City,
they expect to return. to Honolulu
per Monowai.
Denver is lovely city, it is hard
work for me to leave it, it has nice
climate, some magnificent residences
and grand large buildings from 6 to
10 stories high. The Equitable Life
Insurance building is one of the
finest, it has 10 stories and runs
+ passenger elevators, and there is a
who watches them and starts them
y This building like many others is
strictly fire proof, believe all the
r wood it has in it is the doors. Have
!, distributed the Paradise of the Paci
=, fic wherever have been, every one
-. is glad to get hold of them. Have
: reserved some of the papers to take
- East with me, the remainder is il
the Chamber of Commerce for fre'
distribution, they are going fast
Had some of the large picture
- framed and presented to the Cham
-. Der of Commerce and some TO tn
70 hotel.
The California Commandery AM
T myself had our headquarters in tn
= Chamber of Commerce building
10 Denver was very prettily decorate
,r and elegantly illuminated with 200
u 600 colored electric lights across tn
40 streets. The illuminated emblem
h were very pretty.
no. The parade on August 9th W;
- grand; California Commandery va
= mounted on black horses and ON
- Boston Commandery was mounted
:. the balance walked. The Gran
10 Marshal offered me any position,
T., wanted in the procession but |
- said he would be pleased to have II
~ on his staff with the grand officer
80 so ! rode behind him at the head
NJ the procession ON fine large bla'
,of horse, best in the procession.
-, | Joined the California Comman
os cry drill corps and we gave an exl
- bition drill mounted at River Fro
IN Park and we got the first prize viii,
,Ir was silver brick worth 5000.
ave At Omaha we had nice para
all in the evening, there were four cal
ass els and three donkeys in the proc'
.i sion.
Mt cannot begin to tell you VIII
ha good times we had, everyone, DO
ladies and gentlemen, were very :
his cial and made things as pleasant
ion possible for each-other,
of | have been rushing about all I
ssh time, have not been able to acce
to half the invitations I've had. Ha
ma had invitations to visit people
no over the States.
ink Expect to finish my visit in Co
me RADIO next week, and go ON
ned Chicago; will finally get Ei
the expect to attend meeting