St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28

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of staff, with nine aides.
Eminent Sir Walter Cutting, grand
captain general of the grand COM
mandery of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, was chief of Division Four;
Eminent Sir William E. Wilcox as
chief of staff and five Sir Knights were
his aides Twenty communicates of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island COM
posed the main party of the body.
New York, Virginia and Vermont
We're represented in the fifth division
Eminent Sir Arthur Macarthur, grand
captain general of the grand com,
head as chief. Eminent Sir John w
Sisson acted as chief of staff. with
twenty-four aides from the command
cries of New York city.
Eminent Sir John Hatch, grand gen,
eralissimo of the grand commandery
of New Hampshire, led the knights of
New Hampshire and Connecticut,
which made up the sixth division. En-,
of staff, was attended by ten aides.
WESTERN COMMANDERIES.
The Western states. We're represented
IN the seventh division. Ohio and
kentucky We're in line with the grand
commandery of Maine. Right Emil
nent Sir Jonn A. Warner, grand COM
mander Of Ohio. was chief of this di,
vision, attended by Eminent Sir James
Pettibone and seven aides.
Ohio sent seventeen communicates
and Kentucky three. Right Eminent
Sir Edward B. Spencer, grand COM
mander of the knights of Pennsyl-
vania, was chief of Division s, and
Chief of Staff Winslow Kuhen was as
sisted by twelve aides. The grand
com mmandery of Pennsylvania had the
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Washington
and Texas We're represented.
The commanderies of Michigan alone
made up Division No. 9, of which En-
sword bearer of the grand command
cry of Michigan, was chief. Right EN-
1nent Sir G. B. Brown was chief of
stan an. OF this division, with five aides:
state of Illinois, led by Eminent Sir
Henry H. Montgomery, composed the
tenth division. Eminent Sir Augustus
NJ. Webster, chief of staff, was accom-
panied by eight aides.
The eleventh division was led by En-
lnent Sir Harrison Dingman, of Wash
lngton, and his chief of staff, Eminent
Sir Simon H. Merrill, who was assist
ed by five aides.
Right Eminent Sir Simon Marshall
led the twelfth division. Eminent Sir
James III. Frame was chief of staff
assisted by nine aides.
ST. Louis No. l, of st. Louis, had the
right. of line, followed by fourteen com
manderieS from Missouri Iowa Min
nesota and Alabama
The thirteenth division was led by
Eminent Sir Henry G. Jordan, of the
Massachusetts and Rhode Island com
manderies. The chief of staff was EN-
1nent Henry S. Rowe, and he was as
sisted by eleven aides.
Besides Kansas commanderies there
were bodies frore Baltimore, Nebras-
ka, West Virginia Colorado, South
Dakota, North Carolina, Montana and
Wyoming.
BROTHERLY RIVALRY.
the head of the line reached the re-
viewing stand at Blackstone square at
IL: :45. At this point the carriages con-
Vey1ng Most Eminent Sir McCurdy,
grand master, and the officers of the
grand encampment dropped out Of the
line and the occupants joined Gov
Greenhalge in the reviewing stand,
where for five hours they viewed the
marching Knights. The first division
as it passed was by far the most at
tractive and picturesque and contained
the greatest variety of features. Wash
ington commandery,. of Washington,
d. c., was preceded by the most pic
uresque body Of musicians, the Mount
Pleasant field band, of Washington.
composed entirely of young boys dress
ed as zouaves. Columbia command
cry, of Washington, had seventy-five
men in line, all mounted, and led by a
mascot, the eight-year-old son of Sir
Knight Ryder, mounted on a tiny
black pony and in complete regalia.
The Boston coInmandery was the
strongest in number, having 500 men in
line. They were followed by Detroit
commandery, which delighted specta-
tators by continuous exhibition Of
fancy marching. Every one Of the
eleven commanderies in the second di-
vision, which included 1,50O Knights,
was headed by a band, and this was
likewise the case in the Third division,
which comprised 1,500 men. Apollo
commandery, of Chicago, which led the
tenth division, made up Of over 1850
Templars from Illinois, attracted the
most attention in their division, and
applause greeted them on every side,
The California delegations, in the di-
vision Immediately following the ILL
nois Knights, were among the most
conspicuous in the entire procession.
The cinnamon bear, the mascot of the
California commandery, of San Fran
cisco, was a special object of interest
The Tennessee communicates were out
with full ranks and their steady march
ing elected cheers. The New Jersey
delegates were we'll supplied with
bands and made an excellent appear
ance.
CHEERS FOR WESTERNERS.
The Twelfth and Thirteenth divi-
sions were greeted by the tireless spec
tators with as much enthusiasm as the
first delegation. The states of Mis-
souri,, with st. Louis commandery at
its head, Iowa and Minnesota all
made brilliant displays and We'd with
each other in the variety of their
marching movements and music. Lou
isiana and Alabama's grand command
cries were prominent In the Twelfth
division. At Ais the last division pass
ed the reviewing stand.
Many women and children were
overcome in the dense throngs, and
some of the Knights who had start
ed on the four and a half mile tramp
dropped out Of the line. The ambu-
lances from the police stations and
the emergency hospitals were busy all
the time. The most serious accident
was to Miss Lillian Dudley, sixteen
years old, who was crushed in the
crowd at the corner of Hanover and
Washington streets. Her spine was
seriously injured.
Immediately following the parade the
opening ceremonies of the conclave
began. In response to addresses of
welcome from Right Eminent Sir Sam
uel C. Lawrence, grand commander of
Knights Templar of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island; Mayor Curtis, and
Gov. Greenhalge, Grand Master Nc
Curdy, after thanking them for their
kindly expressions, said that he could
not better define Templar Freemason-
ry than that, like the Holy Bible, it
is a book Of men-loving-it is full of
faces turned toward faces. 1.-THE best
of all that will happen during our
stay" he said, will be that friend
will meet friend and faces will look
into faces. We are Templars only
that we may be better men, and have
come to your city not merely to ad-
vance the interests of our order, but
to promote the claims of universal
brotherhood. In the very forefront of
American commemorative as the