Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-29
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS.
The Business of the Twenty-Sixth
Triennial COnclave Begun The
Round of Pleasure Resumed With
Enthusiasm.

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the twenty-siXth triennial conclave OF
knights Templar was begun in earnest
to-day by the grand encampment, while
the round OF pleasures was resumed by
the great body of the Knights with
lively enthusiasm. Sessions of the
grand encampment were held both
morning and afternoon at Masonic
Temple; the grand competitive drill of
the crack Communicates of the United
States, Columbia, of Washington, d. c.;
Apollo Commandery drill corps, OF
Troy, n. Y: "The Little Commandery"
from the Masonic Widows and Orphans
Home, OF Louisville, Ky; st. Bernard,
OF Chicago; Minneapolis X. I. drill
corps, and Detroit, of Detroit Mich.
was held at the South End base ball
grounds; many of the grand and subor-
dinate commanderies kept open house
all day, while excursions almost with
out number to the various harbor re-
sorts and historic points nearby at
tracted thousands.
At 10 o'clock the steamer Cygnus
started down the harbor with a merry
party of 200 Sir Knights and ladies.
The boat passed most OF the seashore
resorts and went oCt as far as The
lightship. The Cygnus returned about
l o'clock, and at O'Clock started cut
again on the same course with another
party.
De Molay Commandery, of Boston,
chartered a boat and took several Wis
iting Communicates out for a sail.
Parkman Commandery, Of East Bos-
ton. provided a similar entertainment
for York Commandery, of New York
City, their special guests for the day.
Several Communicates held all day
receptions. De Capiens COmmandery,
of Melrose had Hugh Depayens, of Lit
lie Rock. and the grand commander of
Arkansas. as guests; the Grand Com
mandery of West Virginia had hun
dreds of visitors at the Hotel Bruins
wick. while the California commander
les at the Parker House and Grand
Army Hall. Boston Commandery at
Horticultural Hall, and Apollo Com
mandery. of Chicago, at the Parker
House. continued their receptions of
yesterday and last night.
The drill drew the largest crowd to
the base ball grounds that was ever
within the enclosure. A fw minutes
after II o'clock Columbia COmmandery,
Washington, D. c., marched onto the
field. headed by the Germania Band.
The Knights marched and counter
marched. wheeled by company and by
platoons. and then executed many ma
nouevres. which have no military sig
nificance. but are arranged with view
to effect and complication.
As the number of the knights and
their ladies turned toward Mechanic
Hall this evening to attend grand
reception rendered Grand Master Most
Eminent Sir Hugh McCurdy, by the
Grand Commandery of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, fully 5000 couples
we're presented by General Samuel c.
Lawrence. Grand Master of the Com
manderv. 10 the hOnored guest.
The Hotel Brunswick was ablaze
with lights in honor OF the functions OF
the Grand Commandery of West Nir-
cinia. Eminent Sir Knight w. ID. h.
Holswade. assisted by charming and
efficient corps Of ladies, received the
visitors.
An Associated Press representative
learned this afternoon from an authorl-
tat.ve source that canvass OF the
Grand Encampment shows that the next
triennial conclaye of the knights Temp
lars will be held at Pittsburg, Pa. The
matter is now in the hands of the com
mittee on time and place and the vote
of the Encampment will be taken to-
morrow.
The meeting of the Grand Encamp-
.mert in Masonic Temple was largely at
tended. over 200 members being pres
ent. After roll call, devotional services
We're conducted by Grand Prelate V.
En- Sir Joseph McGrath, and then
Grand Master. Most En-. Sir Hugh Nc
Curdv. delivered his triennial address.