St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-27
BOSTON BRILhIAuT
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND OF
KNIGHTS TEAIPLARs REACH
THEIR DESTINATION,
VAST ARMY OF VISITORS.
CITY DECORATED AND LIIrMyN-
ATED IN HONOR OF THE
KNIGHTS.
twill BE A GORGEOUS PARADE
st. Paul and Duluth Commander
les Established in Their Head
quarters.

81. Pauk and Duluth Command en-
les Established in Their Head
| quarters.
/ BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 26.-Boston
| has surrendered to an invading
army, and tonight is in the hands of
| 25,0e0 Sir Knights Templar. These.
with the ladies recommending them
and the immense throng Of visitors
attracted to the Hub by the con-
: clave and low rates of railroads.
have swelled the city's population to
| such an extent as to cause one to
| wonder if all the inhabitants of
Greater Boston have been forced in
side the city's limits. All day long
communicates have been arriving
from North, South, East and West.
BY hundreds and fifties they have
| come IN coach, parlor car, sleeper and
| special, until tonight there is as
| sembled here an array the like of
winch IN splendor and good fellow
| ship has never been seen before in
! Boston. The entire city has donned
a holiday dress, and on every hand
hags, banners, gaily colored stream
| ers and flashing lights greet the eye.
immense numbers of incandescent
| lights have been arranged to repre-
sent every known Masonic emblem.
Inc Masonic temple decora lions are,
| of course, the most elaborate. the
nrlnpln5I fQ9 tj1ra
line cross Of colored lights, covering
almost the entire front of the build
ing. The Albion building is not far
behind, and all along Newspaper
Row the occupants have extended a
welcome to the Sir knights in a blaze
of light.
THE GREAT PARADE.
The weather clerk says there is no
cause for alarm, and every one is
expecting a, glorious sight tomorrow
morning, when the thousands of
| knights parade. Many grand stands
have been erected, and today the
/ building inspectors closely examined
every structure, and condemned
many as unsafe. All these have
! been placarded with an official notice.
and no one will be allowed to occupy
them. The different hotels, where
| the large communicates are making
their headquarters, have been
damned to the doors. Each COM
mandery is keeping open house and
"a constant stream of humanity in
black and gold regalia has been
pouring in and out since early morn
ing. The principal reception of the
day was at the headquarters of Bos-
ton commandery in Horticultural
hall. Two tables stretched from one
end of the long hall to the other
loaded with eatables, while attend
ants dispensed punch from enor-
nous bowls. A general invitation
was extended to visiting Sir Knights
| to- make themselves at home, and
there was no formality. Tonight ev-
erything is well settled, and the
preparations for tomorrows pageant
| are being completed.
Among the arrivals of the day at
the union station were: st. Louis
No. 1, seventy Knights and ladies;
Sterling and Galesburg, ILL.,; Mont
rose and Calumet, of Michigan, forty
Knights; Dakota, of Deadwood, S.
D., eighteen Knights; Mount Arbor,
Of Fremont, Neb., twelve Knights
and five ladies; Wheeling, of West
Virginia; Mary, of Tennessee; Peoria,
of Illinois; Calvary, of Defiance, o.;
Reed, of Toledo, O.; Palestine, of
Oswego; st. Bernard and Occur
d'Alene, of Kansas, and Muskogee,
of Indian territory. Ascalon Com
mandery No. 16, of st. Louis, Mo-, are
spending merry day at Nantasket.
The following communicates ar
rived at the New York, New Haven
& Hartford station: Memphis, of
Tennessee, fifty Knights, seventy
five ladies; South Carolina, of South
Carolina, twenty-five knights and
ten ladies; Grice, of Virginia; st. AL
bans, of Pennsylvania, fifty knights
| and twenty-five ladies; Old Domin-
ion. of Virginia, fifty Knights and
twenty ladies; Richmond, of Vir-
g1nia, seventy-five knights and forty
ladies; Columbia, De Molay and
Washington, of Washington, D. c.;
Georgia, of Georgia. Among the
comanderieS that came over the Bos-
ton & Albany railroad were: CORN,
of Indiana; Mount Vernon, of Ohio;
Vincennes, of Indiana; Salem Town,
of New York; Terre Haute, of Indi-
ana; Forest City, of Ohio; Knapp, of
Pennsylvania; Dunkirk, of New Jer-
sey; Wisconsin, of Milwaukee,; Ivan
hoe, of Wisconsin, and Lafayette, of
New York
A telegram was received at the
headquarters of the triennial COM
mittee today that st. John command
cry, of Providence, had reconsidered
its determination not to parade to-
morrow, and that it would positively
I appear in line with full ranks. 1t was
stated that the whole affair resulted
from misunderstanding.
HEAD OF THE THIRTY-THIRD.
Henry l.. Palmer, M. P, sovereign
grand commander of the supreme
council of the thirty-third degree,
Scottish rite, for the Northern Ma
sonic jurisdiction of the United
States, arrived today and is making
his headquarters with the Wiscon-
sin delegation at the New England
Conservatory of Music Chicago
Apollo commandery is settled at the
Parker house. In addition to the
regular headquarters, ladies' par
lor has been opened, in which the
wives Of the Sir knights are enter
tanning lavishly. This commandery
has no special plans for the week
other than to give every visitor a
royal welcome. The commandery