St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-09
Wild West Shows and Cow
boy Bands Chief Among
the Attractions,
And Refreshing Cool Breezes
Sweep Down From Snow
Capped Mountains.
Illuminated Streets Which
Present a Beautiful and
Unique Spectacle.


today, and still the rush continues.
Probably one-quarter of this number
were Knights; the rest were visitors at
tracted by the conclave. 1t was most
cosmopolitan crowd, and one that is sell
dom seen outside of New York or Chi
cago or the leading continental cities.
VI course, the majority were Ameri
cans, and all the principal cities of the
country were represented. There were
some Objectionable characters drawn
hlther by the cheap rates, but the most
were respectable, well-to-do citizens.
The scenes about the Union depot,
where Eastern and local trains arrived
about every fifteen minutes, were lively
beyond description. In many of the
trains numbers of passengers had stood
for hundreds of miles. They were
packed to the doors, but the Knights
were comfortable, for they occupied
special coaches and in many cases sps-
cial trains. They were accompanied by
their wives. daughters and lady friends.
The female folks in
Their Bright Costumes
added to the attractiveness of the scene,
and set OFT the SOmber costumes of the
Knights to perfection. The depot yards
and the streets Of the city were filled
with the strains of music and marching
Knights all day. the visiting COM
manderles were escorted to their head
quarters by the local Knights, and ban
ners and swords flashed in the sunlight
and gave the city gay appearance.
The crowds were well handled. and
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tons. The local Knights looked after
their visiting brethren. and the citizens
committee looked after other visitors
who were unfortunate enough not to
have friends here. They still have 5, 600
rooms to let, but they will probably all
be filled by Wednesday. There is still
IN reserve, though, rooms which will be
given up by private residents, only,
however, If absolutely necessary, for no
one who comes here will be allowed to
90 away disappointed. Although Den
yer is several hundred miles away from
the nearest Indian reservation, it bore
typical western appearance today. The
representatives of four tribes of Indians
who are giving 'Wlld West" exhibit
lions roamed about the city, while
Prairie Schooners
containing the families of ranchmen
who live in the suburbs and from so
to 200 miles away, occasionally passed
through the streets. These people we're
supplied with camping outfits and have
put up hundreds of tents III the out
skirts, where they will live during the
conclave. Then the picturesque Cow
boy band was on hand and caused a
sensation wherever they appeared
Their leader carried a Winchester i'll
stead of baton. and his commands
were given by the crack of this firearm.
Inns band was on escort duty all day.
During the day nearly 100 Eastern
and Western trains rolled in and
yer was III its glory. The decorations
in the business district were finished to-
Gay, and the eye is greeted OH every
side by Knights Tempiar emblems and
artistically arranged bunting and more
expensive cloths. Rows of incandes-
cent cOlored electric lights are strung
across the streets, attached to which
are all sorts of Templar designs, and
when they were illuminated tonight the
city presented beautiful and unique
spectacle. Tonight there were recep-
lions at the various clubs and headQuar-
tiers to the visitors, for Denver is
Keeping Open House
and the Knights are welcomed every
where. Those who arrived before noon
were treated to one of the rareSt of
Colorado mornings. 1t was warmer in
the afternoon, but towards evening the
cool ar from the snow-capped range
west of the city cooled the atmosphere.
and tonight the air is cool and refresh
ing, partially caused by shower of
rain, and the visitors will sleep as they
never did in the low lands In this sea-
son of the year. Denver is bound tn
become the convention city of the coun-
try. 1t never handled such a large
crowd before, and it was a little timid
about the undertaking, but it will
welcome all conventions OF a SINH
lar magnitude in future and will
know just how to handle them
Ascalon commandery, of St. Louis. Ell
Missouri tonight at Odd Fellows hall.
Gov. Francis, of Missouri, is com
mander, and the boys are proud of him.
The Massachusetts and Rock Island
Communicates attracted good deal of
attention during the day, and they
promise to make fine appearance at
the parade. New York city and Phila-
delphia commandments contained a dis
tinguiShed looking lot of men. When
ST. Johns No. 4. of PHILADELPHIA ia, ar
rived this morning from its trip around
the state :yith
Grand Master Goblin
Of the grand commanderv. the latter
was received with a salute of twenty
one guns. He was escorted TO the tenn
pie, where Grand Commander Carr. of
Colorado, made short speech of wei
come. Gen. Goblin responded III
charming manner. Shortly after he
learned that prize competitive drill
had been arranged. He expressed his
disapproval, and Commander Carr
contaminated the order for the drill.
ltwas rumored during the day that the
parade had been postponed until
Wednesday. This was denied by sew
eral grand officers, but there is some
uncertainty about the matter vet. The
Callfornians, one of the jolliest com
manderies here, have not let an oppor-
tunity pass to entertain their friends and
enjoy themselves. They are stopping
at the Oxford hotel, and this afternoon
Sir Knights c. Ii. Wilson and !. L. N.
Shetterly gave joint birthday party.
at which speeches were made and good
wishes exchanged. Honolulu was rep
resented by one delegate. Sir Knight
Williams. who was enthusiastically
greeted. A practice drill of the mounted
California drill corps was had this after
noon, and the men did themselves
proud. Taking this as an example, Cal
ifornia will be one of the notable COM
inanderieS in tomorrow's parade. The
DRILL corps were given a dinner this
evening by Sir Knight Boetticher, of
Denver, and later on the entire com
mandery attended reception given by
Mrs. Christie, of Denver. 1t is esti-
mated that there are nearly 10000
Knights in town. The communicates
which arrived today were:
The Days Arrivals.
New Haven commandery; Springfield,
Mass, commandery; Trinity n j.; Hugh de
Payen, Jersey City; New Jersey grand com
mandery; Ottawa, H.; Oriental, Kansas
City; Sotoan, of Illinois; Montrose and
Ouray. of Colorado; st. Joe, of St. Joseph,
Mo-; Gown. of Illinois; Englewood, of Chi
cago; Detroit of Detroit; Peoria command
cry; Topeka of Topeka, Kan; Gethsemane.