The herald., 1897-10-08

Yesterday might we'll have been |
termed Knights Templar day in Los
Angeles, for the city seemed to have |
been turned over to the gorgeously at
tired Sir Knights, who came from all |
parts of the state to attend the first an !.
nual conclav4 of the Department three
OF the Knights Templar Of California |
The members Of the order seem to have
an affinity for the number three. In
their drills the formation by threes is
made the basis Of all maneuvers; theH
national sessions are known as the
triennial conclave of the order. By
accident, more than by design to con-
form to this three formation. the state
of California has been divided into three
parts, SO far as the knights Templar
are concerned. These sections are
known as the northern, central and.
southern departments and are num-
bered accordingly. Each of these de- |
partments has triennial conclave, ard
the result is that there is a conclave of
the order each year in this state. These
occasions are in no sense business meet |
ings for the election of officers and SIM |
liar proceedings, but are rather meet |
ings for the purpose of stirring up ap
interest in the order and a. friendly |
rivalry. The principal business trans |
acted at these conclaves is that of ex-
employing the degrees Of that rank |
of the order and to assist the officers Of |
the commanderieS attending to better |
understand their duties. Again, these |
meetings or conclaves are largely social
and the members of the order come to |
the place Of meeting expecting to have
as good a time as possible as we'll as to |
advance the interests Of the order. ]
1t is for this double purpose that the
visiting Knights Templar are now in
Los Angeles, the guests Of the members
here AS to their exemplification OF the
work of the order, that is of course,
secret, and no public announcement OF
its results can be made, but If 1t is as
successful as the other features of the
conclave have been so far, the session |
can not but benefit Masonry generally |
and the higher branches or degrees Of
the great order particularly.
THE VISITORS
Department three Of the state includes
all the communicates in the southern |
part Of the state, as follows: Los An /
geles No. 9; Ventura, No. IS; ST. Ber-
rard, No. %; San Diego, No. 25; River
side, No. %; St. Omer, No so; Pasadena.
No. 81; Santa Ana, No. SO, and Southern
California, No. 81. An invitation was
also sent to San Francisco and to all
the other Communicates of the state,
asking them to come here as the guests
of the Los Angeles commandery. This
Invitation was accepted by California
commandery No. l, Golden Gate COM
mandery No. 16 and by the Sacramento
and Oakland Communicates. The latter
two, however, were only able to SEND
comparatively small delegations.
special train, consisting of nirsa sleepers
and two baggage cars, was chartered
and comprised the first section of the
regular southbound train which ar
rived yesterday morning at o'clock.
The visitors were met at the Arcade
depot by an escort of Los Angeles
Knights and escorted to their hotels.
The following composed the party:
Col. Frank W. Sumner, Gen. r. H. War
field. Col. William Edwards, Major C.
H. Murphy, John FMerrill c. S. Bene-
dict. Joseph c. Campbell, George D. Met
calf, Dr. J. H. Hatch, ]. D. Maxwell. w.
d. Keyston, ]. H. c. Hobbs, S. j. Hen
DIV, j. NJ. Peel, ]. ]. Smith, Christian H ell
wig, W. H Grim, Capt. H. F. Emery, j.
M Wilkins, A. w. Jackson, ]. G. Spaud-
ing, Col F. Berrere, A. w. Burrell, c. V.
Manor, Robert Mcmillan, S. l.. Lent, NJ.
Ryan, George Dietterle, F. l.. Turpin,
l.. H. Vail, C. NJ. Smith, DIR. Allen, w. E.
Lutz, C. L. Field, George D. Clark, Geo.
E, Dow, C. C. Dow, w. E. Pettes, j. NJ.
Williams, H. B. Robbins, Col. De Jar
nett Thomas Lockwood, H. G. Arm
strong, w. F. Watterson, Robert Ash, NJ.
Parish, T. V. Harris, Thomas Frolicil,
H. A. Furman, D. NJ. Baum, j. Gibson,
Capt J. H. Bruce, G. c. Walsh, George S.
Gilbert, r. II. Mowbray, r. B. Moore,
Frank Fl. Ames c. L. Haskell, c. L.
Reed George Childs, Geo L. Darling,
A. ]. de Guerre, Frank Dalton, c. z.
Perkins, E. Morgan, A. w. jackson, r.
N. Carson, w. D. Knights, Mines. F. w.
Sumner, ]. H. Hatch, C. Helwig, j. NJ.
Peel, C. L. Field c. V. Duboce, DR.. MORT
few, w. E. Pettes, G. D. Clark, NJ Doan,
C. S. Benedict. E. A. Judson Frank Dali
ton, ]. K C. Hobbs, Burreil, A. w. Jack
son, Mckenzie, S. J. Hendy, Conner,
]. F. Merrill, j. c. Campbell, ]. H. Bruce,
De Jarr,ett, r. N. Carson, George ChilGs,
Andres, c. l.. Haskell, j. D. Maxwell, G.
L. Darling, S. l.. Lent, ]. ]. Smith, Dora
Walker, F. L. TuRpin, L. F. King. Nc
Intyre, d. Donnell, McKiernan, c. M.
Smith, j. L. Williams, Misses Carrie
Shook, c. D. Johnson, Jackson, Conror,
Campbell, Darling, Ada Walker, Bass,
the Misses Partridge and the Misses Nc
KieTnan.
The headquarters of the, Grand Com
mandery were established at the Van
Nuys, as were those of the Golden Gate
-Commandery. The headquarters of
California Commandery were estab-
lished at Hotel Nadeau. and the men,
bers of the two organizations at once re-