Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-02
TN BUSINESS SESSION.
While Delegates Are Laboring Wis
iting Knights Take Elk
CurSiOnS.

Boston, Mass, Aug. 29.-While the
bulk of the visiting Knights Templar
gave themselves up today to excursions
by rail and water and to entertaining
their friends at their headquarters, the
delegates proper to the grand conclaye
settled down to business. Among the
questions on the agenda for today are
the proposition to suspend any knight
Templar who remains for six months
unaffiliated with any Masonic lodge, the
question Of instituting a new and dis
tinctive badge for the order, and the re.
vision Of the constitution.
The grand competitive drill of the crack
communicates of the United States-Co,
lumbia of Washington, d. c., Apollo
Commandery Drill Corps of Troy, N. T.,
''The Little Commandery' from the Ma,
sonic Widows and Orphans home, Louis,
vile, Ky, st. Bernard of Chicago, Min
neapoiis knights Templar Drill corps
and Detroit of Detroit, Mich.-w2S held
at the south end baseball grounds. EX,
cursions almost without number to the
various harbor resorts and historic points
near by att. cted thousands. At 10
o'clock the steamer Cygnus started down
the harbor with merry party of 120G
Sir. Knights and ladies. The boat passed
most of the resorts and went out as far
as the lightship The Cygnus returned
about 1 O'Clock and at 3 o'clock started
out again Oh the same course with all
other party.
De Molay commandery of Boston
chartered a boat and took several visit
ing communicates out for q sail Park
man commandery of East Boston provid-
ed similr entertainment for York com
mandery of New York city, their special
guest for the day.
Several communicates held all day re-
ceptions Hugh De Payens' command
cry of Melrose had the Hugh De Payens
of Little Rock, Ark, and the grand com
mandery of Arkansas as guests; the
grand commandery of West Virginia had
hundreds of visitors at Hotel Brunswick,
while the California communicates at
the Parker house and Grand Army hall,
Boston commandery at Horticultural hall
and Apollo commandery Of Chicago at
the Parker house continued their recep-
lions of yesterday end last night.
Grand Recorder Isaacs' Report.
In the table of comparison in his report
Grand Recorder Isaacs submitted the fol-
lowing concerning the growth of the
knights Templars: There were Sl3 sub
ordinate .comnlanderles in 1852 under the
grand commandery; % subordinate COM
manderies under the grand encampment;
1857 knighted in gfand commandcries;
964 knighted in subordinate commanders
les. Total membership of communicates,
S7.724.
In 1892 the number, Of subordinate com
manderes' under the grand scommandery
were $50 and 30 under the grand en-
.campment; IS, S64 knighted in grand COM
manderies; $50 knighted in subordinate
communicates; total membership, 81, 7S1.
There were 961 subordinate command
cries under the grand commandery i'll
1895 and So under the grand encamp-
ment; p, 531 knighted in grand com
manderies; 7S3 knighted in subordinate;
total membership, 106.770.
The financial report gives a comparatiye
statement eight years back In. 1887
So, $3.50 was received from the grand
Communicates, which sum was supplant-
ed each year until it reached S5,12S.6C
in 1895. There was 1896 received from
subordinate Communicates in 1887, which
increased year by year, reaching S52S in
1885,
Grand Treasurer II. Wales Lines re-
ported balance at last settlement Of
$2O99; receipts, S17,S49; expenditures,
$15,459; balance $2988; net cash Ee>
sources, $50. 1908.