The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-28
Knights Templars' Meeting
Officially Opened.
Plttsburs and Philadelphia Working
for the Next Csnclaye.
A Basket of Fruit and a Bottle OF
Wine for Ladies.

TWAS shortly after $3.50 o'clock last even
Ing when the conclave was officially
opened at Masonic Temple Most emil
nent Sir Hugh McCurdy. Governor Green
halge, Mayor Curtis and Right Eminent
Sir samuel @. Lawrence proceeded TO the
temple, where they were greeted by q
large audience OF Sir Knights and Masons.
Sir Lawrence acted as master of ccremo-
niss and introduced Mayor Curtis, who
welcomed the Knights Templar To Boston
IN the following address;
''Most Eminent Grand Master, Officers
and Members Of the Grand Encampment--
1t Is with unusual pleasure that, in behalf
of the caty of Boston, extend you n well
come, for greet you as brethren in vim
culis frstsrnitatis' Be assured that the
proyerbial ooidness is but an outward
seeming, and even this we have endeav-
ored with all our powers to dispel with
our smiles Of welcome. The heart OF Bos-
ton Is warm today. You have seen the
mute but eloquent welcome waving in
brilliant colors upon our outward walls.
AS the darkness gathers, the welcome will
still be taken up, and in letters Of fire you
will read your greeting. Our welcome is
sincere and heartfelt"
To Grand Master McCurdy the mayor
officer of the great body of noble men,
saying: You have been placed In posi-
tiops Of the greatest importance, often by
the suffrsxss of those with whom you
differed In political views and theories,
but never has tho trust Of the people been
betrayed The best thought Of the present
day is looking forward hopefully to q bet
ter ora of citizenship. It Is with such men
of sturdy integrity that lies the realization
Of this hope.
Again, Nest Eminent Sir; again, Cen
tlemsn and Brethren, / extend to you Bos-
tons msst hearty greeting. Our doors,
the doors Of our hearts and our homes, are
wids opsn- We trust that whom you 60
away, ysur rssEes may ~ ~ ancere az Is
eur ploasuEp In ysur conaAng."
Maysrrcuftis thea introduced Governor
Ersssha$rp, whsspeks a. fellows: After
Whst has hnppensd today 10 would b
mperqneus for me to add anything
iurthfk. 1RtB ,yeloonc Is 20 great that the
sound wagss'TiA Garry love from Boston
10 San Ttansisoo and from Canada to
New Orl1aus. Events Of this sort bring
tpgsthes oltissps sf trus republic. one
people, ons purpase. one cause. The
pvent todsy has been On inspiring specta-
ole, inspiriAg In numbeSs, inspiring In
character AID inspiring IN Significance.
This oonelavs reprcsenes q nagnihoene
purpose. Tho lesson which has gone out
today win be needed In every state IN the
union"
In respsnse 70 the addresses Of welcome
trom Right Eminent Sir Samuel O. Law
rence, grand commander OF tho knights
Templar Of Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island, Mayer Curtis and Governor Green
halgc, Grand Master McCurdy, after
thanking them for their kindly expres-
pions. said Ia substance that he could not
better define Templar Treemasonry than
that, like tho Holy Bible, II is "a book OF
mon loung--it Is full Of faces turned to-
ward facea"
"Tho best Of all that will happen during
cur stay, be said, will Be that friend
will meet friend, and faces will look into
faces. We are Templars only that we
may b. better men, and have come to
-FOUR city, nVt merely 10 advance the In
tercsts Of our order, but to promote the
claims Of Universal brotherhood. In the
very forefront Of American common
wealths as the eloquent living exponent
Of this idca, stands your historic state,
state founded on faith In man, and, there
fore, suro to stand. To be welcomed by
men having an ancestry so noble as yours,
Is, indeed, an honor which as men and
knights Templar We most highly esteem,
and we assure you that we shall ever cher
lsh the memory Of your frsternal greeting
among the most treasured associations of
eur many joyful pilgrimagos."
At tho close of Sir Hugh McCurdy's ad-
dress, every one not a member Of the
grand encampmept Of the United States
was requested to withdraw, and the en-
nampment went into executive session.
No business was transacted further than
to declare the conclave open, and adjourn
mont promptly followed, the Knights dis
persing 70 their various headquarters,
which were at once thrown open TO visit
ors-
Evening Entertainments.
The Mecca of the grand officers Of the
grand conmanderies from all parts Of the
oountry last evening was the Hotel Bruins
wick, where the grand Communicates of
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island rendered
. reception to the members OF the grand
encampment, the officers OF the grand
commanderies and the counsils OF com
manderies. with their ladies.
The east parlors of the hotel where the
reception was held were beautifully deco
Eatcu WIN uONcre anu pot,eo pihnts anu
the Salem Cadet band orchestra was In
attendance. Many prominent Knights
from all sections of the United States
called during the evening. AT the Bruins
wick, also, several of the subordinate COM
n2nderics received their friends.
On one Of the main grand stands In
Copley square, near the Hotel Brunswick,
hiarshalrs Military band OF Topeka gave
q concert
Csliforsia oommandery No. 1 OF San
Francisco received at their headquarters on
Bosworth street, and distributed basket
of fruit and bottle Of wine, both prod
ucts Of California, 90 zach lady caller.
Hundreds of visitors shared the bounty of
tho generous westerners.
Most Of the rooeptioos wero not termi.
mated until midnight and until a late
hour crowds thronged tho streets near the
largo hotels and hurrying carriages
blocked the streets.
Tho Next ConcIsve.
There is q competition OF the most lively
sort bctHeen the Pitisburg and pbiIedpl