The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-10
Those Of Montana Will Attend the
Cpnclave in Denver in Good
Numbers.
Will Have q Special Train Of
Pullmans and the Best
There Ia.
List Of Those Who VIII Attend-Who
Win vots for thu S~tats--skctoh
Of Helena Com \

Montana will be fully represented in the
meeting, and her delegates have engaged q
special train OF Pullman alespers. The Pull.
mans will be at the disposal of the Mon
tana knights for ten days, and they will be
used for sleeping quarters while the party
IL in Denver. One car will be reserved e.
pecially for ladies. The sleeping ca.
charges for each person for the ten days
will be $l4. and the railroad fare from
Helena to Denver and return will be 1856. 8b,
II IL expected that a number Of gentlemen
and ladies will accompany the knights and
thus make up = large delegation from Mon.
tsna. The northern and eastern Montana
knights and their friends will leave Hslens
Saturday. Aug. G. The Montana people
will concentrate at Butte, from which point
the special will start. They will leave Butte
at seven p. M. Aug. 6, arriving in Salt Lake
Aug. 8 at four a. m. Sir knight +. V. Maze.
general agent of the Union Pacific at Butte,
will have charge of the Montana train,
The headquarters of the grand command
cry OF Montana will b. on the ground floor
OF Browns Palace hotel.
Several months ago the grand command
CRY of Montana named as a committee ia
arrange FOR the trip of the Montana knigh II
Sir A. L. Babcock. T. G. No. s. grand gen
eralissimo; Sir Edw. d. Neill, Jr., p, G. No.
2, grand oaptain-general; Sir Michael @.
Riley, P. @. No. 8. grand senior warden.
Sir Neill was made chairman and = strong
number OF Montana knights 90 to Denver.
There are now 1862 Knights Templar in
Montana, and of these the following have
signiied their intention of going to the
twenty-hfth triennial conolave:
Virginia City No. l, of Virginia City
Henry Filing.
Helena, No. 2. of Helena-Ed. D. Neill,
Jr, I. L. Webb. Q. Hedges, G. B. Nolan.
j., j, Hindson, r.. H. Klainschmidt, II, Nj.
Parchsn. A. J. Fisk. A.. j. Davidson, VIM.
Gaddss, Jno. A. Featherman, J. W. Barker,
NJ. M. Hotter, @. l.. Howard, f. D. Jones,
Geo. W. King. r. Lockey. Geo. W. Shaw.
Malone. F. Baird
Montana, No. 3, of Butte-M. G. Riley,
H. s.. Clark, Jas. H. Montsith, o. +. Blain,
G. W. Newton, +. o. Akin, JAS. A. Hyde,
4. H. Barrett, Jas: Boyoe. Jr., Geo. H.
6 6.,iS y wv %od Rs'i +. !? f. Hssi y W@. T +; a!Ssa,
J. Z. Van Gundy Alfred Whitworth. Ohas.
3. Warren, W. j. Alexander. B. L. Calkins.
Damascus, No. 4. of Glendivs--C. H.
Gould.
Aldsmar. No. 5, of Billins-H. H.
Mund.. 1. 1. Babeook. James D. Finn. o.
ct. Bernard, No. 6. Livingston-C. e.
A. j. Campbell, g. H. Eaton. H. Roberts,
Joseph swindlehurst and j. W. Baker.
st. Elmo, No. 7. of Dillon-P, Z. Poin-
dexter. John +. Bishop.
p. Rolfe, W. E. Chamberlain. John A.
Hall. r. Klepetko, L. Gunderson.
Montana will ave eight votes in the
grand encampment at Denver as follows:
Fisk, Barrett and Davidson, past grand
COMMANDERS; Wright. past deputy grand
Aiken, deputy grand chancellor: Babcock.
grand Reneralissimo; Neill, grand captain
general.
TIT first commandery organized in Mon
a n was that at Virginia City, the second
being the one a. Helena; Thu latter was
1859, and chartered in 1871. There were
ten charter members as follows: James Il.
Boyce, ST., James r. Boyce. jr., E. &.
Brooke, A. G. Clarke. B. f. Crocker. J. Z.
Henderson, Thos. l.. Gorham. T. H. Klein
schmidt, G. w. Mather and John Potter.
six members.
The grand commandery Knights Templar
OF Montana has among its officers some of
the best known men III the state. The
list IL:
X. +. q. G., 9. 7. Peterson, of Livines-
g. Generalissimo, A: L. Babeook, OF Bill
lings; Z. g. G. G., Edw. D. Neill, jr., Of
Helena, E. G. p. Rev. F. 4. Webb, of
Helena; r.. G.. s. w., NJ. G.. Riley. of Butte;
E. G. Jr: W., W. b. Norton. of Glendive.
i. G.. Treasurer. r. o. Hickman. of Viz
Rinla City. Mr.. Hickman ia also the treas
urer of the state of Montana and the pres
emit grand master Of the grand lodge of
Masons of Montana.
MI. Hedges has held his present office ever
since the organization of the Montana
grand c~ommandery. He ia also the score
tary of the grand lodge of Montana and of
the grand chapter.
=. g.. Standard Bearer. c. A. Dewar. of
Billings.
E. G. Sword Bearer, H. j. Haskell, of
Glendlve, attorney-general of Montana.
+. q. Warden, W. H. McCann, of Hell
L. G. Sentinel, A. L. Love. of Living
Grand Marshal. E. s. s~taokpole, of Deer
Lodge.
The Helena Commandery has furnished a
large number of the past grand masters OF
the Grand Lodge of Montana, as follows:
James X. Boyce, ST., II. II. Comfy. A. J.
Davidson. j. ". Hathaway. VIM. A. Clarke,
L. W. Frary and j. A.. Hyde.
Tho Montana knights who 20 to Denver
will wear az handsome badges as any OF tho
visitors. They were designed BY F. S.
Jones, of the Helena C~ommandery, and
were made by p. D. Bedichiner, of Phila-
delphia. They are of coin silver. Each
commandery will have a badge of its own,
in addition to the Grand C~ommandery
badge. This latter bears on its face the
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