The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-27
CONCLAVE OPENS.
Boston Streets Will Be Filled With
Marching Masons.
FORMAL OPENING WILL OCCUR
AFTER THE PARADE.
Jollity Reigned Last Night and the Sir
knights Entertained Lavishly-Many
Delegations Arrived Yesterday and the
City is Crowded-The Programme for
Today.

Delegations Arrived Yesterday ana the
City is Crowded-The Programme for
Today.
Boston, August 26.-This has been the
busiest day yet among the Knights Iem-
plar, and the air has been constantly niled
with music of the bands with visiting
Communicates as they marched from the
various railroad stations to their respec-
tive headquarters. The street car service
has been sadly demoral1zed, owing TO the
frequent blockading of cars. The side
walks have been crowded with sigh tseers
and slight idea was gained OF the I'M
mense crowds that may be expected TO-
morrow.
Poughkeepsie and Roundout, New
York Communicates arrived this ALTER
noon with about one hundred in the par
ty. One of the largest delegations TO ar
rive was the one from the Chicago COM
mandery, which came on the Portland
boat this afternoon. They have come by
the way of Montreal, and had an exceed
ingly pleasant trip. Including ladies
there were about one hundred and fifty
in the party. Their headqu rters are at
Hotel Huntington.
Washington Commandery of Washing
ton, Ind, also arrived via Niagara Falls.
and large delegation from South Da-
kota loomed up in large proportions late
in the afternoon. The latter comprising
! five or six communicates from various
L.,
sections of the state. Besides the arrivals
| from distant points many commanderles
| from the remOter sections OF New Eng
land put in an appearance, out the larger
portion of the New England comma D.
deries will come in late tonight or early
tomorrow forenoon. Vermont's delega-
| tion, five hundred strong, came IN tnls
afternoon, including the entire state,
representation, except from Newport
and..St. Johnsbury.
| Portland. Maine, Communicates have
sent three hundred Knights. who are
quartered at the Victoria. The party
is in charge of En- Commander George
E. Whitney.
| The headquarters of the visiting
knights tonight are the centres of jolly
gatherings and receptions, everyb body
| keeping open house and dispensing hos
pitality with lavish hands. At the Cali
fornia headquarters the visitors have
wine and luscious California fruits at
their command, and almost everything
else that they had mind to ask for.
To the general public the big parade
tomorrow is the feature of Conclave
| week. 1t will, without shadow of a
doubt be magnificent and brilliant
affair, but it is really but the prelude to
| the important business Of organization.
When the grand parade is over, another
procession will be formed in Adams
1 cs-t of
division, headed by the grand commander
of the grand commandery of Massachu-
setts and Rhode Island and his entire
staff, and by them the grand master Will
be escorted from the Adams square to
the Masonic temple, where the conclave
will be formally opened 1t is doubted II
much important business will be tran
sacted at this opening, but it is probable
| it will be quite late in the afternoon De-
| fore the procession is ended, but there
must be formal opening tomorrow.
| The members of the Grand Encampment
and the Grand Encampment o11cers VIII
proceed Immediately to Corlnthlan nan,
where the temple, is accompanied by tne
governor and mayor with the formers
staff and probably several high civil au
thoriUies. The parade is advertised tt
start promptly at ten, and it is officially
announced that the order to march VII
be given on the minute, SO there snoule
be no delay in starting. 1t will take tnt
parade between five and six hours tt
pass given point The route OF the
procession is from Commonwealth ave
nue. at the junction of Berkeley, street
to Arlington, to Boylston, through Cope
ley square to Dartmouth street to Colum
bus avenue to Massachusetts avenue tt
Washington street to Adams square
Reviews will be in Columbus square by
Most Worshipful Edwin r. Holmes
Grand Master of Masons in Massachu