Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-09
CITY FULL OF THEN
The Knights Tempiars Invade
Denver.
FILLING IT TO OVERLOOKING
The Decorations Are Psofuss snl
Cossiy-The Neat Grand Commando
10 Be hush MocaIdy.

pESyss. Col, Aug. s.-Stiii the
crowds continue 20 pour into the city.
They came Ia today at the rate of ,ooo
an hour and the streets of the city
were ]snned tonight Everybody -
out weaving the lllumlnAtsons, TIE
electric lights having been turned On
for the Iiret time tonight. There are
ioo, 900 Inosndescens isehle - ell w.
rieties and arranged m all sorts of de-
slgns. notably the knights fempiar
and Masonic emblems. These are es-
peeialiy unique and heautlful. The
oommsnderles are stlli rapidly arris-
ing and the last Of them viii not come
tlu tomorrow mornIng, hut al expect
TO be on hand for the parade. This
viii he the feature Of the week There
will be 8. 900 uniformed knights in
line. OF these California No. I Will
make one of the most striking sp-
pearances. They wall have lao men
ali mounted on black horses, the con-
tract to supply thls part of their dis-
play having been signed year ago and
the agreement belDg 10 furnish any
number of horses not exceeding 2ou.
The psrsde WI! begin At 10 O'Clock 10
morrow morning and will not he con-
ciuded Tor over slx hours.
A Gessiae a.ssday scene.
There will 10 500 hands IN the line
aud all the best bsnds.in the country.
for all the conmanderIes PRIDE fheui-
selves on this feature of their bstsliions.
Tonight they are giving concerts IN
different parts of the city, notably al
state and club headquarters. 1t is u
genuine holiday scene which the streets
present tonight. There were two dis
appointing things 10 many today. Tho
shower ia the afternoon Was n sad blow
10 many of the decorations. The streets
are all paved with asphalt aud scrubbed
clean, however, and this prevented any
mud OF slush IA the streets aud the
marching OF the hosts continued. The
other disappointment was 10 those
who had counted on taking part
IN the competitive drill Nednes-
day. IL WAS an order from Grand
Master Gobln, directing that the drill
de declared off. TINS is in the interest
of harmony exclusively and MAS at tbe
suggestion Of knights Of promlnence.
The handsome silver prlzes which are
will not be kept. They viii go Go come
drill squad. IL may he decided during
the parade tomorrow and it may be
Thursday. In any event the prize will
he bestowed at q time when 10 IL not be-
ing especially contested for. The ex-
hibiton dnll will be gwen Thursday
and ali will participate.
Grand Comm.aasry Meesise.
The Grand Commandery of the
United States will meet at O'Clock TO-
morrow and the day following. Tho
officers for the year will be elected.
Hugh McCurdy. The present deputy
grand master, Will be made grand
master. lie is everybody's. choice.
Then Will come the contest for the
place OF holding the conclsve in 1895.
Boston and Cincinnati are competitors,
and they are strongly represented. IL
10 pretty even fighL
The UNION depot has been crowded
all the time for the past few days x1th
city people waiting the arrival Of the
trains watching for friends. IL ls es-
tImated that fully eighty more trains
will arrive by tomorrow morning. The
specisi trains are not only crowded
with knights Tempiars bui others who
do not belong 10 the order
and II seems as II the crowd
of outsiders does not diminish.
Standing In lie on either side of the
main entrance TO the depot n . crowd
Of thousand or more pereons af all
times eagerly scanning faces Ne the
crowd from the unloading trains pass
out. IL - estimated from tho number
of return tlckcts that are f<ing handled
| 10y the scslpers that ~ least
10000 or 2o.oco have come
with the intention OF remaining
in the state. Many .tecisre mat
they have come for the purpose of
obtaining better health aid Others 10
secure employment with toe intention
OF remaining permanently. The finest
train which has yet srilves is that Of
| st. Johns OF Providence. u L.. which
arrived this evening. fIepciemsn of
| Cincinnati came an st the eawe time
with Governor Mckinley on board.