The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-12
MANY ARE COMING
BIG DEMANDT0R QUARTERS DURING
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONCAVE.


knights in Full Uniform Will be in the
Grand Parade Tuesday--At Least Four
Bands VIII Also be in it, Including
MarshaI's of Topeka and Holidays of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Will March in
Oriental Costume--Grapd Reception,
Hop ank Concert at Night.
The local committee of the Knights
Templars are deluged with letters
every day from knights all over the
state asking them to find quarters for
them. There have been already 500
letters received and many more have
been written to the commandry officers
that the local committee know nothing
about.
The conclave will open Tuesday morn
ing and the indications now are that it
Will be the largest in the history of the
state.
At $50 O'Clock sharp the grand COM
mandry will be escorted from the Ho-
tel Carey to the Asylum which will be
in the court house. This Will be an i'm
posing procession in itself, but moth
ing compared to the parade in the af-
ternoon at 2:30 when 1.500 knights in
uniform viii form at the Carey hotel
and march to the grounds on Tenth and
Main street. In the afternoon the
Knights will march in their full uni
form and viii present an imposing
scene. In the parade there will be
from three to five bands including Mar
shal's military band of Topeka and that
splendid Kansas musical organization,
the Hutchinson band. Probably ten
l-fac
the drill including Wichita. Hutchin-
son. Newton, Wellington. Anthony and
Emporia. AS the prizes are large the
lest efforts of each will be put forth.
10 say nothing of the local pride that
is a stake.
During the day the grand commandry
will be in session at the court house
and about 400 Knights will participate
in this.
At p. n. the Knights and their ladies
will be rendered a reception at the au-
ditorium. y hop will also he a fea-
tUre OF the evening. as well as a con-
cert by Marshars band.
This band has some special music
for the occasion and the concert is
looked forward to with great antic-
patton. The auditorium will be deco
rated deliberately with plants. flowers
and the cOlorS Of the knights Templar
1t is expected also that
the citizens Will decorate their places
Of business and private houses. To-
peka never decorated for the Knights
and that is one of the reasons that the
conclaVe will be held here this year
The Knights Templars colors can be
purchased in the city at cost price so
that il viii not be much Of a burden
to decorate from a standpoint of eX-
pense.
One of the enjoyable public features
Df the conclave will be the Shriners
parade Tuesday night. For this pa
rade the Knights will be dressed in
cri ptal garments including the Turk
sh fez, which is one of their distin-
gushing marks. The Shriners degree |
will also be conferred during the con-
lave on 100 candidates. For this pur-
lose Peerless hall on the corner Of /
Main and First streets has been Sc
;ured.
The following is a list of the COM
nittees:
Reception committee-W. s. Corbett. |
:. l.. Bleckley. A. j. Applegate. James
T. Dorsey, c. NJ. Jones. e H Hunter. /
Finlay Ross. @. NJ. Dickson, c. II. J
Brooks. T. l.. Griffith. G.. V. knOor. @.
). Barnes, c. \. Walker, Murray Mey- !
rs, J. =. Allen, G. l.. Pratt. c.. +.
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