Omaha daily bee., 1892-08-05
DENVER'S KNICHTLY GUESTS
Already Oommanderies Are Arriving and
Every Hour Swells the Crowd.
THEY ARE ALL GlvENA WESTERN WELCOME
Grand Master Goblin and His Escort Make
short visit and Leave for Tour
OF the state-Notes and
Gossip.

9"'u croWu seen AT the union depot In this
city as blocked the gateways and platforms
thls morning, Sundays, when the excursion
season Is on, were not q marker to IT. The
polce had TO force an entrance through the
crowd in order that women and children
might pass. Those who witnessed that crowa
are wondering what will be done when the
cal crowd begins 20 get hero.
Tho Burlington road brought In St johns
commandery, occupying a large train, and
the Iowa local pulled in nine coaches loaded
to tho roof. Train No. came in with two
loaded sections, bringing In 500 people, be-
sides those accompanying the ST. Johns COM
mandery. The Rock Island regular train
| came in two sections of seven cars each, all
loaded with delegations from the Missouri
river, each section containing 300 people, and
the train that will arrive tonight is spinning
| across the plains in two sections also. The
Santa Fe No came in IN three sections OF
seven cars each, all loaded, and tho regular
trains OF tonight are fully rs large and are
bringing as many people. At 6 O'Clock to-
night the Burlington will have two sections
| arrive, all loaded
| These are the regular trains that have ar.
| rived so far, and many are wondering what
| the jam will look like when the special trains
| simply be impossible to got through the
crowd that will be landed at the depot.
| Grand Master Goblin and HIS Escort
Denver was briefly visited at an early hour
this morning by the klngliest knight Of all
the Templars, General j. p. 5. Goblin, grand
master of the United States knights
Templar. A special traih OF six Pullman
palace cars brought the grand master and staff
hot, o.
of Philadelphia, into the city on the Bur.
lington road at o'clock. This was the frat
commandery to arrive. The venerable knight,
Leighton Coleman, grand president of the
grand encampment was one OF the tourists,
and attracted much attention and was ten
dereu manv tokens of esteem and respect.
Eminent Commander Gilroy was taken
suddenly i'll enroute and had to be left at
Buffalo, but he recovered rapidly and over
took his party at Chicago.
AT S:l0 a. m. Rio Grande special train
bore away st Johns commandery and tho
grand master on their trip through the state
before The opening of the conclave. Colo
RADIO Springs was reached at IL u. M, and
after short stop, the journey was resumed.
AT SaIda the knights VIII take the Narrow
Gauge and make the trip over Marshall
Pass. Silverton will be reached Saturday,
and Ouray will be visited by stage coach.
The party will spend Sunday at Mantou,
and be escorted to Grace Methodist Episco-
pal church at Colorado Springs by Pikes
Peak Commandery No. g.
Grand Preate Coleman will deliver the ad-
dress. On the afternoon of Sunday Pike's
Peak will be assembled and all the points of
interest OF Manitou VIII be vi isited
AT q. m. Monday the commandery will
take the train for Denver, arriving at 10 a.
m, when they will be met formally and in
brilliant official fashion by the most distn-
gulshed members OF the great order.
Triennial Conciavcs VIII Not BE Abandoned
General Goblin said Jhls morning that there
would be no radical changes made by tho
conclaye next week. The whole order OF
business was outlined in the official sum
mons sent to each member and there was
little likelihood that other matters would be
brought IN. A few knights have suggested
the abandonment of the triennia conclayes
but General Goblin expressed himself strongly
In favor of their continuance. The move
ruent has been started before, but IL failed.
There are now about 10000 knights in the
United States, a remarkable increase since
the last conclave.
General Goblin is commander OF the Third
brIgadc, Pennsylvania National Guard, and
has been on duty at Homestead, ranking
second to General Snowden. He thinks
there Will be no further trou OLE
St. Johns commandery has engaged tho
famous Cowboy band" of Pueblo, which
will joiE the party at that city. This COM
mandery stopped at Cleveland on july 81.
and Forest City Communicates to its hotel, and
later on to the Trinity cathedral where the
grand prelata conducted the services. This
commandery never travels on Sunday, and, IL
possible, holds services in some church. The
Itinerary Of st. Johns covers a total OF 5,2l2
miles.
Communicates and Their Quarters.
Jasper commandery No. 81 of Carthage,
Mo-, twenty swords, will arrive In Denver
Monday, the Sth. Headquarters Lindell
hotel.
jackson, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo com
manderies of Michigan will reach Denver
over the Union Pacific at p. m., the Sth
Nine Pullmans.
Raper No. Of indianapolis, Ind, eighteen
strong, will arrive tomorrow AT 8.
Grand Commander james II. Goddinp of
Pennsylvania will be located with Mrs. God
ding at The Brown Palace hotel.
Monteioie commandery of Chicago will ar
rive the Sth with thirty swords.
The Springfield, H., commandery will ar
rive forty-two strong; quarters at the Al
bert, corner Seventeenth street and Welton
Past Grand Master j Q, u. A. Fellows of
New Orleans will arrive in this city Sutur-
day, August u, and be quareered at 1851
Grant avenue.
bert Edward Preceptory of Winnipeg,
Man, will arrive Sunday, August z. This
commandery has oeen assigned to the
Michigan and Mississippi. " saeniE IN,
The New YORK battalion arrived In Den-
yer AT q p. IN. tonight The majority will 90
on at II D. IN. for a trip around the Itio
Grande circle. Monday they Yll stop at
Colorado Springs, arriving in Denver at u a.
m. August o. &o ~
Tne Boston commandery of Knights
Tempar, comprising seventy-rine Sir
knights, forty-three ladies and accompanied
by band OF twenty pieces, passed through
Grand Junction today on a trip through the
state priur TO the cOnclaye at Denver a
The Brown Palace hotel will bo thrown
open Saturday, August q, for tho acconmo-
dation OF guests, Everything win be in
readiness by that time and one OF tho hnest
hotels In tho west will greet the visitors
eyes. s.gr- 5.y
Death of Sir Knight Stoweli. ,!g. 80.
Calvin S. Stowell past grand commander
and generalissimo OF the Knights Templar
fIom Olean, N. Y, who was visiting here to-
day, died OF heart failure. He was In charge
of the Oean commaudery, and, together with
some of mis- friends, INDUCED In a soda bath.
Upon entering he Immediately plunged into
In o water ana the shock killed him lie mad
been suffering from weakness OF the heart.
She Ussd "a Razor. go '"
Lulu Martin, an inmate OF resort at 903
Capitol avenue, cut another inmate across
the abdomen with razor yesterday A
physician was called and the wound dressed,
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