Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-02

senting 10000 men of high standing OF
this large number 10000 knights will be
here, together with 125, 900 visitors of the
Masonic order. The General Reception
Committee, composed of several hundred
members of the Colorado commandery has
made arrangements for the accommodation
of 200, 900 people.
Quarters of the Pennsylvanians.
Pennsylvania Communicates have bee n
assigned quarters in Denver as follows:
Grand Commandery, of Philadelphia,
Browns Palace Hotel; Philadelphia Club,
Windsor Hotel; ST. Johns, Philadelphia,
cars and Warren's, No. 1879 Champa street;
Mary, Philadelphia, cars and at 1856 Court
Place; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, cars
and Nicholas & McMinn, No. 1545
Champa street; Club, Reading, cars; Tan
cred, Pittsburg, cars; Ascalon, Pittsburg,
cars and at 1888 Court Place;
WilIiamsport, cars; Meadville, cars;
Philadelphia, cars; Oil City, cars;
Jacques de Molay, Washington, 1927 Ire
mont street; Dieude Vent, Wilkesbarre,
cars; Kadosh, Philadelphia, cars and at
1742 Lawrence street; Melita, Scranton,
ing Valley, Pittston, cars; Northern, To-
wanda, cars; Temple, Tunkhannock, cars;
Mt. Olivet, Erie, cars.
The true Western hospitality has already
been extended to the visitors and during
their weeks sojourn, making laws to gov
ern the State commanderies, the knights
will go on many excursions from the beau
tiful city and its balmy, bracing climate.
The session of the conclave will be held
in the new Masonic Temple grand and
imposing structure of brown sandstone
1t is in great contrast with the first Ma
sonic building in Colorado which was built
in 1859. 1t was then nothing more than a
log cabin containing door and window.
The Reception and Decorations
A subcommittee will be sent out of the
city to meet each of the incoming trains
bearing the knights. After they shall
have arrived at the Union depot the men,
bers of the committee will meet them and
drive them in carriages to their respective
quarters. Most elaborate plans have been
laid for the decoration of the city and the
illumination of the streets
All commanderies have been preparing
themselves for the drill parade by acquaint-
ing themselves with the pretty, new mill
tary maneuvers The drill squads will be
composed of 36 men each, and the go, 900
u
distinguished. 1t will be the grandest
rompatic display of military pageantry
ever seen in the West.
The festivities are to be solely Templar,
while those at Omaha the succeeding week
are to be tor Shriners, SO that there will be
no clashing of interests This was arranged
by the Imperial Council of the Order of
the Mystic Shrine at its annual session held
at Niagara Falls last year. The Mecca
Temple and New York battalion of knights
Templar pilgrimage, which will comprise
both Templars and ShrIners, will go pre-
pared TO take active part in both. AS
Templars in Denver they will be provided
with their uniforms and parade under their
respective grand commandery banners. In
Omaha they will don the fez and claws
En- route their caravan will be royalty re-
ceived.
One Break in the Arrangements.
But there is storm brewing among the
Shriners. They made arrangements to en-
ter the street parade without first having
consulted the imperial potentate of Gin
clnnati. As soon as this dignitary heard
of their intentions, he issued a mandate in
structing the Shriners to take no part in
the Templars procession. and positively
torbidding the Shriners to appear in body,
either by themselves or in connection with
the Knights
The Templars' Ritual Committee, con.
sisting o: one representative from each Of
the grand Jurisdictions, will hold a meet.
ing few days preceding the conclave. Al
the Denver meeting a general ritual fol
fhe use of the order will be adopted. The
ritual will be submitted by the committee,
and with its adoption a question that ha.
caused much trouble in the order will be
settled Each jurisdiction will send in its
recommendations on the ritual by the first
of the month.
There are now over A grand lodges,
comprising about IL, 600 subordinate orders.
The Masons now stand prominent among
the institutions established for the i'm
provement of mankind for their benevolent
purposes