The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-29

ONE noADn1D nsionrs rENrhA".
a Party of visitors FROM rittshurg In the
City aud = ,icttaiued b, Richmond bfeth-
ren~A B.nqnct st the Temple.


and VIII remain lh TIE Guy NHtN tv-4"vlloN
evonine % O'Clock. Half oi thcm are mem
bers of r.usburg Commandery. No. !. Of
Knights Tcmslr Tie other half are fan
women O. cnnsylyania
10 was about O'Clock yesterday afternoon
when committee AZ ten rom - andrew
Co man3efy. - tits c.'y. boarded the good
tu-. the Smith Petit 90 tic Ariel wharf and
with right good speed won't putting down TIC
James o. meet iAc Ariel ON her home"afl
trip. Those comp sing the party were
Blcssrs. J.. j.. Ecker. Fred Peasants J.. G.
Walthail. George ~. Poe. Reuben Sherit 3.
John X Charlton W s.. Martnaln. lillian
II. Sands. George /. street.
Down the river the tug ploughei IT'S way
and tie party aboard looked with eNpecIau
ewes Tor tho ariel The monitor were pa,sea.
a happy party oil excursionists waYee tAe'r
hand1erchiels. fishing parties told OF their
lack aud tho Sir knights cOmplacenty occu-
lel tine tug aud watched. Just rs Marwick
iaIk was reached the Ariel came around the
bond and She and the tug were exchanging u
Iot Oi whistle signals. On her dccHs nc
happy looking Pitts urgers watched the
movements Of The ldclmoAders and in 10"
moment. tnis city's representatives, were De
in introduced 20 the officers OF the PlttsDurg
COmMaudery.
THE oEEFrINos.
Happy and fraterual were the greetings:
though tle visitors were somewhat fallg
from travel. After attending the state Con
clave IA Philadelphia Tor two days theY IeiI
the Quaker City on Wedn ssday a. 2.30 CLOCK
in parior cars Soon they We're in the national
capital and the steamer was immediately
caught for Norfolk The Knights of the CITY
OF tho Sea entertained them right royalty u
Their accounts be true A tug was put al
their disposal and the points OF interest auout
tile harUOr were visited Ascension day ser
vices were attended. after which the Nor
folk brethren rendered their visiting brothers
"a banquet. 4 parade also took place on
that day. The next day was spent M slght-
seeing and the pittsburgers in the evening
Teciprocated IN royal style. They gave re-
ceptlOn % their Norfolk friends and thea
packed bag and baggage Yesterday morn
ing az e. u clock they boarded the Ariei ana at
o'clock Yesterday the Richmond delegation
met them Somewhat iatgued were they,
bat were M the best Of spirits and Iul on
JO.lity. Their personnel IL splendid, cuued
Ms it's from the most prominent merchants
OF Pittsburg. As "a company they are dis
tingushed body of men. and reject indeed
great credit on tho city and state they repre-
sent Many fair ladies' also accom- any the
party and received much attention from the
Richmond delegation.
When the Arels wharf was reached carri-
sges aud other cOnveyances were waiting,
aud the procession soon started 10 Ford
Hotel. Rooms were assigned and other gar
ments took the place Of travelling sUits. and
soon the party gathered IN the parl0rs. Ihere
Dit. William II. Sands ID neat speech vel
coined the visitors g. the city. telling them
that they would ever find warm and respOn-
siye hearts IN Richmond Eminent Grand
Commander Lee ). Smith made a happy re-
ply. thanking Mr.. Sands for his kind words.
FOR SUPER.
The party then adjourned for supper and
Ford hOstelry supplied them with very
palatable meal Chief Clerk Mcdowell and
Clerk Cuihgan did AL ia their power 90 see
that their guests were made comfortable and
every one was looked after IN that happy
style peculiar TO Old Virginia hospitality.
After tea the PIttsbuTg COmmandery assem-
bled IN the lobby of the hOtel in full dress
uniform. excepting the sword They were
commanded by Past Eminent Commander
Wright. Ia short time the beat of drums
were heard, and the st. Andrew Commandery,
commanded by Captain red. Peasants with
the past officers. came down Broad street
They were headed by the Blues band After
salute and counter salute the line WAS
formed, and the two bodies # Sir Knights
headed by the band. marched mp Broad street
T. the Masonic Temple. Arriving there re-
treshments were awaiting them, and an
hour or 80 was spent ~ looking at
the many beautiful rooms that have been but
recently furnished. All of the visitors ex-
pressed themselves as greatly pleased with
the building aud many were OF the opinion
that kchmond's temple is a much prettier
place both inside and out than "a certain one
In Pennsylvania that cost some thousands
Of dollars more than the ono in this city.
IN THE BANQUET HALL
Soon supper was announced and in twos
the assembled lemplars marched 10
the banquetlng hall There splendid
banquet served IN mastery style by Caterer
Krouse awaited them. The service was au-
mirable. Course after course followed each
other with that succession which is some
times most painfully conspicuous az en-
tertainments Of like kind and the tables
were 50 arranged that the grand officers oc-
cupied one table while the visitors and resi-
dents We're happily intermlngied The la
dies Of the llttsburg party, being tagged out
from travel did not attend, consequently IL
was stag affair m every respect.
The Richmond Icmplars who escorted the
visitors from the hotel 80 the Temple. and
who broke bread with each other were az fol-
lows. Eminent Commander j. T. Ecker.
Generahssimo Fred Fieasants, Captain Gen
eral John III. Powell. Senior Warden j. y.
English, jT., Junior Warden John WRIGHT
standard Bearer q ". Macfarland. Sword
Bearer r.. ii. NJ. Harrison. Warden }. NJ. lay
Tor, First Guard William Ryan. Second Guard
W. \. Workman. THIRD Guard John Charlie
ton, Captain OF the Guard Junus A. Cosby.
Treasurer George -. Steel Recorder George
q. Jefferson. Right Eminent William H.
lsaacs Right Eminent j. y. BidgoOd Past
Commander j. j. Wright. T.. G. Walthan,
George W Poe. Parker I. Conrad. J.. +.
Christian i. G. Ebel Sir Knights Mann j.
Valentine Jr.. Ii. Theodore Lllyson. Everett
Waddey. Il. A. Jacob. James f.. Tyler,
George Street. r. ID. Taylor. o. l. Cottrell,
T. 4. sutton. Charles H. Workman. Keu-
ben Sher.is. Alfred Non \. Rosenegk. James
Il. Vaughan. James i. Tyler, Walter J.. Grant.
Il. A. shuttle. Lewis ID Crenshaw, +. b.
Taylor Charles >. Anderson, William III.
Sands. ". = WORKMAN.
After the battle OF knives and forks had in
the main ceased. Mayor j. Taylor Lllyson
welcomed the guests 10 the city IN that happy
. manner ever characteristic ol him. lie sad
many pleasant things that were literally APP
plauded.
Atthe conclusion Of Mayor Ellyson's speech.
Past Eminent Commander Lee =. Smith, OF
Pennsylvania. made most betting reply
aud thanked in weil-chOsen phrases his fraters
OF Virginia His remarks elected enthusiast
tic applause from tho Richmond contingent
Addresses OF a iraternal character We're also
delivered by Grand Secretary W H. lsaacs.
knight w. H. Sands and others. In the wee
sma' hours the fraters adj ourned
The visitors will attend divine worship at
the churches to-day and this afternoon will be
driven about the city IN carriages This even
ing the Sir Knights viii attend Ascension
day services, and tomorrow they Will wit
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