Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-11
Thousands Upon Thousands of PEG
pie, Knights and Not Knights,
Filling the City.
Reception Committee vi Colorado
Iemplars Has It's
Hands Full.
Eastern Del, gatIvns Flucking Ia
Prospects Tor d Most Sue
ceSsfui Gathering.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 6.-The work OF
the reception committees of the
knights Templars began in earnest
Saturday with the arrival of some of
the Eastern delegations. According to
the plans laid out some time ago all the
Colorado comman leries were present
to assist in the work. and there were
none too many to properly attend to
things. The Denver commandery was
divided into five sections and they took
upon themselves the hours when the
work was thought to be most arduous-
Beginning at o'clock in the morning
they were on hand at the east end of the
depot, ready to receive those from
Colorado points. On account of the
multitude from the East taking cir
cults around the State preliminary to
coming here many of the outside State
Communicates were somewhat delayed
In coming. They had to stay home
and look out for their own visitors.
The Denver men had their hands full,
and as each commandery came in it
was taken in charge and escorted to
quarters with bands playing and colors
flying. The knights went on foot and
nearly all the ladies were provided
with carriages.
Durango and Georgetown command
cries were first to arrive, having come
in yesterday afternoon and this morn
ing. The rest of them came in ready
to report for reception committee duty.
The full list includes: Colorado Com
manderY No. 1, Denver; Central City
No. 2, Central City; Pueblo No. 3,
Pueblo; Georgetown No. 4, Georgetown:
Mount Holy Cross No. 5, Leadville;
Pixies Peak No. 6, Colorado Springs;
Mount Sinai No. 7, Boulder; Gun
nison No. s, Gunnison; Canon
City, No. 9, Canon City;
Greeley No. 10, Greeley; Ivanhoe No.
II, Durango; Longs Peak No. IL, Long
mont; Aspen Mountain De Molay No.
10, Fort Collins;Rio Grand del Norte No.
Is, Alamosa; Ouray No. 16, Ouray;
Salida No. II, Salida; Oriental No. IS,
Trinidad; Montrose No. 10, Montrose;
Glenwood Springs No. 20, Glenwood
Springs; Palestine No. %, La Junta;
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City Fast Filling Up.
When the California knights arrive
they will help in the work which will
be completed Monday morning. The
crowd of outsiders is constantly in
creasing, each train arriving in the
city swelling the throng to proportions
far beyond anything anticipated thus
early. Hotel and other places of ac-
commodation are rapidly filing up.
Frankfort Qnd.) Commandery, with
twenty-five knights and twenty ladies,
was the first delegation to come in from
the East this morning. They were
taken in charge and escorted to their
quarters by the Denver men. The
commandery from Beatrice, Neb.,
came in about 10 o'clock and was
likewise cared for. Full commander
les are here from Augusta, Ill, Fort
Worth, Texas, and Worcester, Mass.
The Elkhart, Ind, commandery
stopped here a few hours last night
and then went for mountain, trip,
with the intention of returning Mon
day. A few scattered delegates have
come in from Ohio, Nebraska, Canada
and Texas, but the big rush is not yet.