St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-24
THE BRAVE AND CHIVALRIC
KNIGHTS TEMPLARs LEAVE
FOR BOSTON.
AND PGLEDlN COMMANDERY,
FIFTY STRONG. WITH a NUMBER
FROM OTHER PARTS OF
THE STATE,
TAKE THE SPECIAL TRAIN
over the Northwestern, Michigan
Central and New York Central
via Niagara Falls.

About eighty Knights Templar of
Minnesota last night stepped aboard
special train on the Northwestern
road, and amid a swelling cheer from
the st. Paul knights left behind, de-
parted for Boston to attend the tri-
ennial conclave, which begins there
Aug. 81. The majority of the dele
cation is composed of members Of
Paladin commandery, Of st. Paul,
there being about fifty from this one
organization Of the other thirty,
ten are from Duluth and the re-
mainder from Winnipeg, Red Wing,
Winona and other cities in the state.
A number of ladies accompany the
delegation, several of the members
taking their wives along.
The knights from outside the city
came in yesterday, only few arriv-
ing the night before. At 6 o'clock
last evening the entire delegation as
sembled at Masonic temple, where
Damascus commandery, headed by
the Great Western band, formed an
escort and all marched TO the depot.
There a special train of four Pull
man sleepers, a dining car and bag
gage car was in waiting. On the
sides of the cars were cloth signs:
Duluth Commandery of Minnesota"
"Grand Commandery Of Minnesota,
'Paladin Commandery," etc. The
train was boarded after the dele
gates took leave of the large num-
Der of friends who went down to
see them off, and song had been
rendered by Paladin commandery
quartette Then Damascus COM
mandery gave a ringing cheer, and
the train pulled out promptly at Z
o'clock
The trip will be made by way Of
the Northwestern to Chicago, thence
over the Michigan Central, New
York Central and Boston & Albany,
by way of Detroit, Niagara Falls
and Albany. None of the delegates
expect to start for home before the
last of next week, and some of them
will remain in Boston and vicinity
longer, as the time limit on their re-
turn transportation will be extended
for those who desire it. Some of
them intend to go to Nantucket
Beach to attend the annual meeting
of the imperial council of the Mystic
Shrine. They will al use their own
pleasure as to the route and time
they choose to return. Following
are the names Of those in the party:
Paladin Commandery-W4 H. S.
Wright, past grand commander; J. w.
Chamherlin, commander; F. e. Rice,
past commander, and wife; Jules H.
generalissirno; c. F. Phillips, captain
general; Il. w. Topping, II. L. Benz
and sister, II. Orme, wife, son and
daughter. ", Tibbils. Joseph v. Nor
ney, F. a. ingalls,, H. c. Hope, J. D.
ConGit, W. n. Couch, George ". Free
man and Miss Ollie Freeman, S. s.
Snowden and wife: W; Q: Duston and
L. Mccormick, past grand command
er, and wife; Charles Bowiby, George
Hunsaker Jean Fischer, John Cope
land, z. S. Baldwin and Others. H. E.
Whitney, grand commander state of
Minnesota; B. F. Farmer, grand gen
eralissimo; D. NJ. Baldwin, past grand
commander, and wife; J. P. Harrison,
commander mounted eommandery,
commander, and wife; L: L. Wheelock
past commander. and wife; e. S. Bas-
sett and ]. R. Smith, Henry Nupson
Preston and others. Duluth Com
mandery-T. W. Hugo, grand past
commander, and wife; w. E. Richard
son, commander w. w. Lavanway,
NJ. NJ. Gasser, ]. E. Myers and wife,
]. W. Miller and wife, Charles G.. Mil
Ter and wife, c. NJ. Johnson, Frank
Ross, H. B. Moore and others OF
Winnipeg-W. G. Bell, past grand
commanmer; Grand Commander Hall
and wife. Past Commander Haddock,
Sir Knights Petrie, Bennett Adams
and others. Also Paladin quartette,
consisting of John F. Merrill, first ten
or: John Nj. Williams, second tenor;
Sidney Farwell, first bass; Charles De
Lacy, second bass.
Accompanying the party are George
McCrea, of The Omaha road; Walter
Wyand, Northwestern passenger agent
of the Michigan Central, and Supt
Shearson, of the dining car depart
ment of the Omaha, and c. S. Bunker,
Frank Clifford and F. H. Hill went
with them to Chicago.