St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-01
ILLUMINATED,
A Grand Electric Display to
Be Made for the Knights
Templar.
Thirty-TWO Thousand Inean-
descent Colored Lamps to
Be in Place.
The National Cowboy Tourna-
ment and Bieyclists to Aid
in Entertaining.
Thousands of People Are Pre-
pairing to Visit the Colo
RADIO Capital.

DENVER, July 31.-As the time for
the great knight Templar conclave APP
proaches the different committees of
the local TemplarS are hard at work
completing the details for the reception
and entertainment of their visiting
brethren. At a meeting Of members OF
the blue lodges of the city and the Den.
yer chapter or the order it was decided
to form a reception committee of sixty
men for each day during the arrival Of
the guests. That will begin next Sat
urday and Will be on duty at the Union
depot. AZ the Masonic headquarters
committee of twenty-siX will be divided
into shifts of four hours each,
taking in the entire twenty-four
hours. Every Mason. and each
man on these committees especially,
will furnish Information as to the diff
ferent points in the city, and will act as
guide to all visitors, whether MasOnS or
not. Upon the arrival of visitors, the
blue card will be given them. On this
card will be printed all the head
quarters, all hotels. and all principal
streets. Chairman Harp. of the hotel
committee, will also insert the card in
the Knights Tempar guide, which his
committee is about to issue. There will
be $4,000 of these cards printed. At the
present time the hotel committee has
About 5000 Rooms.
at its disposal which have not been
spoken for. The list will be turned
over to the Blue lodge Masons, so that
strangers, whether MaSons or not, may
be accommodated. The headquarters
will also be for the use of all pers ons
whether Masons or not. A feature of
the conclave will be an enormous parade
Wednesday evening, Aug. 10, of the
bicycle clubs of the city. III which many
wheelmen from the surrounding towns
will participate. 1t is estimated that
1900 wheelmen will be in line, and that
many ladies will add bea -ty to the pro-
cessiOn by taking part in it. Prizes will
be given for the finest decorated
wheels. and also for the most
fantastic and weird make ups
which the wheelmen may devise.
Beginning Aug. and continuing
through the conclaye week, the ma
tiOnal cowboy tournament, in cOnJunc-
ton with DR.. W. Z. Carver's Wild West
show, will give performances daily at
River Front park. Eastern people will
Western cowboy in his element, sub
DUNG the wild Texas steer, and the
various bucking brOnchOs. A band of
fifty Indians from the Jicarilla reServa-
ton will lend reality TO the scene.
Among the Indians are CamilO, the
oldest Indian in America. and the ia
nous chiefs, Garfield and Vincent.
Decorations of the streets of the city
are assuming shape. That furnished
by the means of electric lights will
probably equal anything of the kind
ever attempted in the United States.
In addition to $4,000
Incandescent COlored Lamps.
which will represent the different en-
blems of the TemplarS. numerous cleo
trio search lights will be placed at adj
vantageOuS points, and these in them
selves would suffice to make the city as
bright as day. The committee on decor
ations made a report of their finances,
which shows an excellent condition Of
affairs. The itineraries of many of the
Communicates are being received.
Cyrene Commandery. Camden, n. j.,
will arrive on August Z, at p. H.. over
the Rock Island. with fifty knights and
thirty ladies. 1t will have quarters
OH cars, Elkhart Qnd.) Com
mandery will arrive OH next
Friday. with sixteen knights. 1t
will have quarters OH the cars.
Trenton (Mo.) commandery, will come
with Oriental commandery, of Kansas
City, and will have quarters at the
Hotel Henshaw. 1t will be represented
by twelve knights. St. Johns Com
mandery No. 4, of Philadelphia, escort
to the grand master, will hold recep-
ton on Monday and Tuesday OF con-
clave week, from to II p. m, at No.
1889 Champs street. John Jay Gilroy
is eminent commander. California
Commandery No. l, of San Francisco,
will entertain at the chamber of com
merce for five days. 1t will have car
load of fruit and another of wine for
each of the five days. On Wednesday
of conclave week the cOmmandery
will give a reception. Yesterday an
orchestra of thirteen pieces was secured
for that occasion. Mount Hebron Com
mandery No. II, of Kearney, Neb., Sir
r. E. French eminent commander. has
sent out the itinerary of its trip to Den
yer. The commandery will be Joined
by Mount Lebanon No. 6. of Grand
Island, and Palestine No. Is, of North
Platte. The start will be made from
Grand Island next Sunday, at = a. M,
and from Kearney an hour later. The
Boston commandery will arrive next
"Wednesday and spend the time until
the beginning of the conclave in visiting
Colorado resorts.