Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-24
DENYING LETTER.
Knights TempIar Installation aud
Banquet
[Onr speelal corresp0ndenee

Banquet
Tour special Correspondence
The grandest banquet ever given in
the Territory was that given on the oo-
casion Of tho installation of officers OF
McGrorty Commaudery No. 4, Knights
Templar, last Saturday night. There
were eighty plates set on the banquet
boards each representing 500. Each
lady present wore a eorsage bouquet Of
lovely roses from Los Angeles Cal, and
was presented with a satin card sachet
as a souvenir, gotten up by the Elgan
Bank Note Company Of Denver, enclosed
in which were memento cards. The
banquet hall was situated in the Knights
castle, which is richly and elegantly fur
nished, the only decorations being those
which belong to the lodge DON From
the canopy on the east hung beautiful
bannerettes surmounted with emblems
ana notices Of tho Knights Templar.
The following named Grand Officers pre-
sided over the installation ceremonies;
NJ. E., Sir Kt. w. Berg, GLE. c.; Sir 1t.
Van Wagner, G. p; Sir Kt. A. B. Laird,
G. C. g.; Sir Kt. It. R. Heustis, G. Mar
shall; Sir Kt. B. Y. McKeyes, Recorder.
The following Sir Knights were installed:
Seamen Field, E. c.; j. P, McGrorty,
Generalissimo; N. A. Bolich, Capt. Gem;
VIM. II. Hudson, Prelate: Jno. Corbett,
IS. W.; Jas. A. Kinnear, J. W; j. j.
Quinn, Treas; L. Altman, recorders J.H
Tracy, STANDARD bearer; Robt. Pottol,
Sword bearer; Israel King, Warden; J.
Wog, Sentinel; Hugh A. Teel, Guard.
Toasts-Welcome, 1. King; All Sir
Knights, McKeyes; Past Commander
McGrorty; The Ladies, Van ngnan.
The affair as a whole was elegant and
s%umptuous aud one never 70 be forgot
ton by all present.
A. A. Chaplin, Of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
arrived here last Friday. He is making
a flying trip through the country taking
testimony Of witnesses in cases OF claim
ants under the Indian Depredations Act.
The case Of s. Lindauer was being heard
by the agent. It was a case Of losses
sustained 10 1885 through the maraud-
ing band OF Geronimo while Lindauer
was supplying beef cattle, under contract,
TO the Apache Indians at the San Carlos
Agency. The total loss was 3d. 10000.
Uncle Bob Miller n the Mimbres lie
here, also DESTROYS Of presenting proof Of
his losses OF stock in Texas during the
years Of ~1s71-72-73, His claim is for
$4,000.
Judge Norman, Ben Crawford and
VIM. Birchheld, Of Graham county, Ariz
are here as witnesses in the Lindauer
case. Adolph Solomon Of Ell Paso is
also here on business pertaining toclaims
for Indian depredatljns. Hon. S P
Carpenter, and Col. Fleming, OF Silver
City, have business on the same ac-
count
Jas. Colquhoun, Esq,, superintendent
Of the Arizona Copper Company Of Gift
WI feo'o0 'HAohbH OA HIS way uVuo
from New York whore be had been with
four tons OF low grade copper ore FOR
the purpose Of having the same reduced
by the teaching process. He stated that
The test waB a success and that four per
cent. copper ore can be- successfully
treated The company win put in n
plant immediately at theis works at
Clifton.
The Sierra county Worlds Fair com
mittee has offereda prize Of $50 for the
best essay on the resources Of Sierra
county
NJ. II Twoomsy, G. ". Miles and the
Misses Gaddis attended the knights
Tempiaf banquet at Doming.
There hes been considerable petty
thieving IN town recently. Some Of
these light fingered people may got a
surprise one Of these fine days.
The Supreme Court Of New Mexico
Is 10 session al Santa 10.