The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-05
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
How the OhioNVnllcy knights will
be Ilonorcd ut Pittsburgh.
THEY WILL ARRIVE IN BOATS
And Lave at Tho Leyro During tho Great
Conrin,c In Is0s-Iknigha In the East
.re I.eins Convinced OF tho Entertain-
Ing Abilities OF pitt .burgh = Committees
Keeping Up Preparations.

Secretary James i. Stevenson, OF The
executive committee Of the eth trlcnn!RI
conclavc of knights Tomplar OF thI
United stutce, is being kept busy with
tho analrn OF the conClavc, which mcc,
IN Pittsburgh In october, 1898. says the
Pittsburgh Times. lie has received
many OF the representatives who have
visited the city TO arrange quarters for
their Communicates. and Is III II position
To mike u good estimate or the number
of pcoplc expected here. lie anyB that
from present Indications there will be at
least 70, 900 members OF the organization
and ut least Onc-thlrd OF this number
will BE- accompanied by their wives ana
families. The committees have not as
yet got down to active work. The exec
utlvc committee, OF which Lee $. Smith
IN chairman, Is meeting regularly ana
making the preliminary arrangements.
but the subcommittee Will not be call
ed upon TO branch out until the time for
the conciavc approaches,
According to information CLEANED by
Secretary Stevenson, many OF the COM
mnndcr!cS who were opposed TO Pitts
burgh an n place OF meeting are rapidly
iIiI'HS III hH'' NJ :" ntN""oS w ~
impressions 6aIhGd oy thc represents, .lt,
yves VINO nave oceh mere 10 luoN w
quarters ana nave gone hoIne WIN
glowing accounts OF me great thihES
PlttsD,irEh mas 10 DcsloM upon IhS Nlsl+ !,
tors One OF the prominent khlBh'S OF
Boston came TO Pittsburgh By way OF
Buffalo over tho Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
road, and was naturally not very much
impressed WIN what ne saw DI lh's
route NhSh nc Tcachcu MI StcN'u-
son oiilCc h' was tHulouSH'S uIs6"sl-
ca.
Nhat on chrth ulu you DFlhg the con
cIuEV mere lot ne asked. mere Is
nothing 10 see mere No", III Boston II
Is inherent lou couIu stay there tof
Two weeks ana see something new each
day. -,
Now Just CAIN youfSeIi ana you VIII
soon Ilhu OUT why we asked the cohClaNc
10 coGie mere. answered the secretary;
mi INC AFTERNOON ne Sut CnrFIaSe ana
look tue Boston man out fldlng' Ihey
uFoNe 10 SGh'hley PARK VISITED the
Carnegie library ana IhinpS conScrvlto-
~ anu W"uhd OUT through inc East emu
anu over 10 NIieEhehy, sclIlhS the
heIShts Oh Troy mn. wherc they Eot II
Wow OIL Doth Cltles anu mo Allegheny
valley, anu iheh drove home.
Well we'll well. exclaimed the vist-
toF' alter they Sot OUT OF inc carriage.
guess was mistaken. Mr. stevenson
am gong BACK nome ana tell our people
that ilttsbrrSh IL the finest city In the
land.
ne MOI only said ne would do this. but
he did II, ana since his return reports OF
unusual deIesatiohs being collected Tor
Inc TRIP 10 flttsburSh have been recciv-
cd. II Is the same way with nearly all
the knights Icmplar who are strangers
TO the city ana come to make the prel!m-
mary ARRANGEMENTS. They get OF the
Train disguised with the whole business.
and board 1t again. when returning
nome hilcd 10 the brim with cnthusi
asm over what is in store for their
friends when they arrive. These people
come mostly from New England and the