Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-09
DENFER'S MASONIC PARADE.
COMMANDMENTS FROM MANY STATES
HOLD A DEMONSTRATION.

rain of yesterday afternoon, while 1t
rather spoiled the beauty of the decora-
tions, cooled the air greatly and made
life more pleasant for the thousands of
visitors in the city. Shortly after noon
the showers commenced and by 6 p. IN. it
was cool ond pleasant; before it had been
hot, dry and very uncomfortable.
Preparations were going on all the time
for the grand parade this morning. The
chief marshals office was busy place.
All the positions had been assigned long
ago, but it was impossible to tell just
what Communicates would be on hand to
take the positions assigned them. Orders
were issued to be in place at 8 o'clock
and at the time they were all ready.
After waiting an hour three guns
were fred and the head of the procession
began to move. Just at the same time,
Grand Master Goblin and his escort st.
Johns Commandery, of Philadelphia,
started from the Brown Palace Hotel for
the official reviewing stand at Sixteenth
and Logan avenues.
The line of march of the procession be-
gan at Fourteenth street, crossed over
Court Place to Sixteenth street, then UP
Sixteenth avenue past the reviewing
stand to Race street and then returned
to the business section again.
After several miles of marching the
parade broke up at the Masonic Temple.
The fourteen divisions formed on as
many sides and took their places as the
line moved along AS the start was made at
10 o'clock with %, 600 men in line, the
rear was hardly in motion two hours
later. The column formed and marched
in the following order;>
Platoon OF mounted police Sir Frank b.
Hill, General Marshal; Sir j. b. Bissell, chief
of staff; staff of fifty aides and fifty surgeons.
First division, Right Eminent Sin Byron l..
Carr, grand commander. Colorado, commando
ing; Very Eminent Sir A. A. Burnard, chief
of staff; Fifty aides; The twenty-three Colo
RADIO Communicates. Second division, Right
Eminent Sir Robert II. Chamberlain, grand
commander OF MASSACHUSETTS, commanding
six aides from COlOradO; Washington, ID. e.;
Potomac cOmmandery of Georgetown; Dem
CLAY cOmmandery Of Washington; ST. Johns
cOmmandery OF Providence; Boston COM
mandery OF Boston; Worcester commandery
of Worcester; DemOlay cOmmandery OF BOs-
ton; Haverhill cOmmandery OF Haverhill
Woonsocket commandery, of Woonsocket r.
l.; Narragansett commandery Of Westerly, X.
l.; South Carolina commandery Of Charleston,
sc.
Third division, Right Eminent Sir George +.
handing; seventeen comanderies from New
York; three Communicates from New Hamp-
shire and three from Connecticut. Fourth
! division, Right Eminent Sir Huntington
| Brown, grand commander Of Ohio, command
| ing; twenty-five Communicates from Ohio;
Kentucky Communicates from Louisville,
Frankfort, CovingtOn and Maysville.
Fifth division, Right Eminent Sir Joseph =.
Wright, grand commander Of Pennsylvania,
commanding; twenty-five Pennsylvania COM
manderies; Sixth division, Right Eminent J..
i MANNING GRAND
commanding; thirty-fvo Indiana commander
les; four Communicates from Texas.
Seventh division, Right Eminent Sir $ c.
Randall, past grand commander of Michigan,
commanding; thirty Michigan Communicates;
one commandery from Mississippi and others
| from Manitoba. Eighth division, Right Emil
nent Sir s. o. Spring, grand commander OF
Illinois, commanding forty Illinois command
cries. .,,.
| +. Sumner, grand captain general, OF Caltor-
mia, commanding; four California command
cries; six from Iennessee three from Georgia;
/ seven from Wisconsin and nine from New
Jersey. Tenth division, Right Eminent Sir
! John r. Parsons, past grand commander
Missouri, commanding; twenty Missouri
/ Communicates; three from Alabama and
/ three from New Mexico.
Eleventh divisions; Right Eminent Sir w.
| f. Cleveland, grand commander, OF Iowa,
commanding; fifteen Communicates; eight
| from Minnesota. Twelfth division. Right
/ Eminent Sir r. G. Culp, grand commander, OF
/ Kansas, commanding; twenty Kansas COM
Thirteenth division, Eminent Sir A. V. s
| Saunders, of Nebraska. commanding; ten
| Nebraska communicates; five West Virginia
Communicates three from Arkansas, and one
! from Oklahoma Fourteenth division. Right
| Eminent Sir David NJ. Holmes, grand com
mander, North Dakota, commanding; two
/ Communicates from North Carolina; twC
| from Oregon; two from Washington; one
| from Montana; two from North Dakota; tw'
South Dakota; two from Wyoming, and one
| from Arizona.
There were thirty-fve thousand knights
in the procession. The regular business
of the conclave will open at this after
noon at the Masonic temple. The full
staff Of officers consists of: John p.
Goblin, Lebanon, Pa, grand master
Hugh McCurdy, Cornalich, deput.
grand master; W. Larus Thomas, Dan
Vile, Ky, grand general; H. Lloyd
San Francisco, grand captain general
Henry b Stoddard, Bryan, Tex.
grand senior warden; Nichola
r. Ruckle indianapolis, gram
warden; H. Wales Lines Meriden
Conn, grand treasurer; William b
Isaac, Richmond, Va, grand recorder
George NJ Moulton, Chicago, gran
standard bearer; Myron NJ. Parker
Washington, grand standard bearer
Hugh NJ Aiken, Knoxville, Tenn, gran
, warden; Francis Z. White Plattmoutl
Neb., grand captain of the guard.
The most important matters to be col
sidered include plan for making Wasl
ington, d. c., the permanent meetin
place of the encampment. 1t is ais
suggested that magnificent temple
(. erected in that city, which will be
monument to the orders prosperity an
grand organization. The location Of Il
next conclave will also have to be d
cided.
Cincinnati Boston, Louisville an
= Milwaukee are in the field with repor
5 of energetic templars, who are all dill
& gently advancing the claims of the
y cities. Big sums of money have bee
r pledged by these municipalities, and Il
4 fight for the mammoth prize will be
:. pretty one.