New-York tribune., 1896-09-01
TO ASSEM BILE TO- DA \.
KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN AND MALTA IN
ANNUAL CONvOCATION
A WARM TINE EXPECTED OVER THE ELECTION OF
OFFICERS-5nO DELEGATES TO RE FIXES
ENT AND 4 NEW CONSTITUTION

TO RE ADOPTED.
The twenty-hrst annual convocation. 'haP'er
General Of America Knights Of St John ana
Malta will he held at the Athenaeum. 'hh'oh-S'.
and Atlantic-ave. beginning this morning at lo5o
O'clock one hundred and twenty lodges VIII ne
rerresented bv about 5o delegates. 1t is expected
that the convention will last four or hve DAYS.
When the convention is called TO ORDER ny r'h-
nent Grand Commander Reed. Mayor Nurst"r
will deliver an address OF welcome. and the re-
mhinirg business OF the morning VIII he gwen up
20 the receiving Of credentials. In the afternoon
and evening an excursion will be given up the
Hudson River the steamer leaving ihe pier NJ
pock-st AT D. m on Wednesday there will be
n business session lasting nearly all day. III 'hc
evening the knights will give military parade
Unless the arrangements are changed. the ladies
accompanying their husbands to this city VIII 'ake
"A trolley ride The remaining days of the conven-
tion will be giver up to the business at manu.
The convention this year Is one OF the most I'M
portan, that has been held for years The cleo
ton for Most Eminent Grand Commander and
twenty other officers including the Right Eminent
Grand Commander Grand Chancellor. Grand Al
moner Grand Trustee and Grand Medical Exam
incr is the absorbing 'opic of the convention For
the first time In the history of the order there are
three tickets In the field. The candidates for
Grand Commander Messfs William Bucket,
commander Of Brooklyn Encampment No. So:
Richard NJ. j. Reed. of Philadelphia. the present
Grand Commander. and a candidate for reelection.
and Thomas E. McKean. commander or Excelsior
Encampment No. So Of Brooklyn The rivalry Is
keen Or. l.. T. Cruel. of Philadelphia. medical
examiner, is a candidate for reelection. Jonas Nc
Ellroy and others representing the so-called pro-
gressive element Of the order, want Or Cruel De.
the order. So far it that Mr.; Mexican. as
candidate for the hghes. office OF the order. has
the most friends. The people supporting him are
mostly the element In the order. and they be
leve that his recollection would mean the throw
ing aside OF the old methods. which have prevailed
for the last thirteen years. Last evening the va
rious delegates were electioneerins between the
Clarendon and Arlif&tof notes. wnere the leading
delegates stopping. The interest taken in the
forthcoming clecion is as keen as that in po-
litical contest between the two leading parties.
adoption of a constitution, the principal feat
of which will be change in the plan of repre-
sentaticn and rearrangng of the medical depart
ment. Among those delegates present are Albert
10 kwood. DR.. FrancIs =. c. Chaplain, all of Brook
iyn: DR.. John Ogden and NJ. w. Evans. of New
York. w H. Deable, of Trenton; James Tams,
Mlard f. Smith. Brooklyn; Colonel H. b. Buck
W. j. Ferguson. +. H. Reede. W. G. Collins and
II. T. Lawrence also OF Brooklyn: Thomas {. Nc
Kean Brooklyc, i. H. Baldwin. Philadelphia:
James NJ Ryder New,York; Meyer Meyers.
Comma nder Charles II. Bredenbaugn. Phiadel-
phia: +. II. Nicodemus. Philadelphia: William
Bum. Erie: Matt ID. Johnson. Philadelphia. DIR.
Peter Cooper, Wilmington. Del; Charles Haywood.
Past Eminent Grand Commander James MckelVey.
Wilmington: Past Eminent Grand Commander K.
r. Loud Hamilton, Ont. Past Eminent Grand
Comma nder John A. Cowan Toronto. ont; L. +.
McGowan. grand commander Legion OF Honor.
New York city; William A. Palmer, New ork
City: Grand Commander X. NJ. J. Reid. Phiadel-
phia; Past Eminent Grand Commander William II.
CON Brooklyn: Past Eminent Grand Commando
James W. Streeter Brooklyn.