The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-08-19
DENVER GOSSIP:
Notes Of the twenty flfth Trlennlal Com
Clave,-How tho KniEhta Were
Entertained.


Dssvtn, August IS.
The only thing that any one thought 1t
necessary TO think of or talk about during tho
past week was the conclavc, We are not to
blame for this, because we have been mum
dated by crowd, the likes u which Denver
has never seen before. Brave Knights and
heir fair ladies from Dan to Beersheba have
swarmed down In the streets of Denver, and
the oldes. citizen hardly know whether this
WAS his town or theirs. But everybody, not
excluding the Oldest inhabitant quickly re-
gained his presence Of mind and ret about TO
earn an honest penny by renting spais room
or setting up refreshmcnt stand. II Ia
really surprising that some Of the visitors
didn't get left out in tho cold some night, but
but there was room for all. This might not
have been true II the lodging-house keepers
had not bestlrrcd themselves, and prepared
for squeeze, This they did by laying In
large stock of cots, and n week ago the most
common sight on the streets was wagon
load of these useful but not altogether COM
Portable pieces Of furniture. From statements
made by the railroads IL seems certain that
not less than 100000 people came Into Colo
RADIO and most OF them visited Denver
To ono unacquaintcd with Tcmplarism 1t
may be surprising TO know that out OF this
vast host Of Knights who attended the con
clavc, less than 300 are euthurlacd to actually
participate IN the business of the conclave.
The conclave opened on Tuesday md con-
cluded Friday night with grand banquet Mt
the new and magnificent Brown Palace hotel
The chief work performed during tho sess ion
consisted Of the election OF officers, the sclcc-
ton of place of meeting three years hence
and the adoption of new ritual. Boston OBJ
tained the coveted honor Of the
next meeting and Hugh Me.
Curdy Of Michigan was chosen
Grand Master, Tho rituals of the
Red Cross and Order OF the Temple degrees,
as reported from the ritual committee, were
unanimously adopted, The ritual for knights
Templar work will now be the same In every
commandcrs In the United States.
The parade on Tuesday was the great fea-
turc OF the week and constituted a pageant
long TO be remembered by the 10000 people
who witnessed H. Grand Master Goblin md
his associate officers, from review stand on
Capitol Hill reviewed the eight or ten thous-
and carefully trained and richly uniformed
Knights. The next day an exhibition drill
was given at River Front Park where the st.
Bernard OF Chicago and the mounted CON.
mandery OF San Francisco went through
graceful military cvolutions to the delight of
several thousand spectators, As Grand Mas
ter Goblin had forbidden them to drill for
prize the chamber of commerce impartially
bestowed on each commandery a silver tslck
as testimonial Of their skill
A bicycle parade vas arranged for the en-
tertsinmrhl Of the Knights on Wednesday
evening and nothing was n more attractive
feature Of the weeks rcvclry. Over thous.
and bicycles were in line, lighted and decor
ated In every conceivable way. The inventive
genius OF the cyclers was exhausted In devils
ing artistic and fantastic designs. Onc OF
the mos, nmusine was a miniature "prarie
schooner with horses attached, which bore
the ancient legend pixies Peak or Bus,n
On Thursday morning the city fire depart
ment made ereditab'e display of Its appar-
atus.
During all the week, with It's excitement
and crovdlng OF hotels and streets, tn. -.'os'
marked characteristic Of the ,-'"s was us
good nature AT ~ - INC etNets were III
.r,,,v ,omro, N great crowd OF people
who ..oowed ono another and stepped on
each others corns without getting mad. The
illumnatlons were on the most magnificent
scale, and twenty-five thousand electric lamps
united 10 turn night into day.
All the state delegations had commodlous
headquarters, and these were throngcd
every night by thousands Of visitors. Every.
one was entertained with a lavish hospitality,
and until late Al night the sound Of reyelry
w.s heard.
The resignation Of A. A. Blow as chief Of
the department Of mines has lcan secepted
and W. :. Ward Of Denwr, chosen In his
place
The races Al Overland Park during the past
two weeks were fairly good but the attend
anec was not large as people preferred to stay
In town and See the sights. PAUL READ.