St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-29
,coLUMBlA's GRAND SHOW
APOLLO, MINNEAPOLIS AND DE-
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THE EXHIBITION.
EXCURSIONS ON THE HARBoR.
knights TempIar Divide the
Hours of Day and Night in
Business and Pleasure.

afternoon, from an authoritative
source, that a canvass of the grand
encampment shows that the next
triennial conclave of the Knights
Templar will be held at Pittsburg,
Pa. The matter is now in the hands
of the committee on time and place
and the vote on time and place will
be taken tomorrow. The business of
the knights Templar was begun in
earnest today by the grand en-
campment, while the round of pleas
ure was resumed by the great body
of the Knights with lively en-
thusiasm. Sessions of the grand en-
campment were held both morning
and afternoon at Masonic temple.
The grand competitive drill of the
crack communicates of the United
States-Columbia, of Washington;
Apollo commandery drill corps, of
Troy, N. Y; 1.-THE Little Command
cry from the Masonic widows and
orphans home, Louisville, KY; ST.
Bernard, of Chicago; Minneapolis K.
T. drill corps, and Detroit, of Detroit
base ball grounds. The drill drew the
largest crowd to the grounds that
was ever within the enclosure. A
few minutes after 10 o'clock Column
bia commandery, of Washington,
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 maneuvers
which have no military significance,
but were arranged with a view to
effect and complication. The climax
of Columbia's exhibition was superb
Coming down the field in perfect
alignment, the men suddenly broke
ranks and formed three simultane-
Gus tableauX, representing Attack, I"
defense" and Defeat" Apollo
commandery, of Troy, N. Y, then
took the field. The feature of this
exhibition was the formation of
words on the ground by arrange
fiient of swords In their different
maneuvers the words apollo"
'sTroy, N. Y" and Boston" were
shown.
THE LITTLE FELLOWS.
1.-THE Little Commandery,' from the
Masonic Widows and Orphans home,
of Louisville, furnished a unique drill
Although small boys, they marched
perfectly and performed a series of
maneuvers in a circle around their
stands which was extremely difficult.
Not a single mistake was made and the
little fellows received a storm of ap-
plause. st. Bernard commandery, of
Chicago, holds the banner which was
awarded at the last competitive drill
and their magnificent work and dis
cipline today showed them to be able
to defend it strongly whenever chal-
lenged. The Minneapolis Knights
Templar drill corps followed the Chi
cago men and aroused great enthusi-
asm, executing several original feat
ures. The last on the field was Detroit
commandery. Their exhibition was
one of the features of the day. Their
alignment was perfect and every move
ment was made with a precision which
showed careful practice and a perfect
knowledge of tactics
Many of the grand subordinate COM
manderies kept open house all day.
while excursions almost without num-
Der to the various harbor resorts and
historic points near by attracted thous-
ands. At 10 o'clock the steamer Cyg-
nus started down the harbor with a
merry party of 1900 Sir knights and
ladies. The boat passed most of the
resorts and went out as far as the
ightship. The Cygnus returned about
1 o'clock and at 3 o'clock started out
again on the came course with another
party De Molay commandery, of
Boston, chartered boat and took sew
eral visiting Communicates out for a
sail. Parkman commandery, of East
Boston, provided a similar entertain
ment for New York commandery, of
New York City, their special guests
for the day Several Communicates
held all-day receptions. The grand
commandery of West Virginia had
hundreds of visitors at the Hotel
Brunswick, while the California COM
manderies 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 ofyes-
terday and last night.
BUSINESS.
The nesting of the grand encamp-
ment at Masonic temple was largely
attended, over 200 members being pres
ent. After roll call devotional eX-
ercises were conducted by the grand
prelate, Very Eminent Sir Joseph
McGrath, and then Grand Master Most
u,
his triennial address, and Acting Re-
corder William B. Isaacs Jr., of Rich
mond, Va, submitted his report. The
report of the grand treasurer, II.
Wales Lines, of N1eriden, Conn.,, was
also submitte'.
THE NEXT ENCAMPMENT.
.jThe afternoon session of the grand
encampment was called to order at 2
o'clock. The matter Of time and place
for the next triennial conclave has
been referred to a, committee composed
Of the following members. D. w. E.
Carroll, Pennsylvania; H. H. Mont
gomery, Illinois; H. E. Whitney, Min
nesota; A. H. Holt, Washington, D. c.;
NJ. J. Houk, Ohio; E. S. Lippett, Cali
forhia; s. E. Deut, Idaho; r. H.
Thomson, Kentucky. The principal
business this afternoon was the discus
zion of the matter of time and place.
During the day committees were ap-
pointed on credentials, charters and
grievances. At tomorrow's session
the election of officers will be held, and
if the bailoting is completed in time
the place for the next conclave viii be
decided on. Tonight the. conclave and
it's attendant cee1noni% were in full
blast. Everywhere receptions are be-
ing held and the Sir Knight who was
venturesome enough to attend them
all would find himself heavily laden
with souvenirs. The members of the
grand encamp1nent are all busy prepar-
ing for tomorrow election of officers,
and private meetings for consultation
are frequent. The streets are still
.taronged with people, and considering
the fact that Boston returned to bust
ness today, this shows the enormous
number of visitors that have come to