New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-27
KNIGHTS ~ GALA ATTIRE.
ANNUAL. RECEPTION OF PALESTINE CON-
MANDERY. NO. i. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

ANNr-AI, RECEPTION OF palestine 'OA'
MANDERY. NO. *. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
The nineteenth annua. reception and ball q Pales'
fine commsndery No. j. knights Temp.sr. TOOK
Mace last evening at the Metropolitan opera Eouse.
Az usual the ball did no. begin until late but there
was a big crowd in attendance "heh ''e o'e"ss"s
struck I'D the first waltz
The Palestine Drill Corps led by tho Sth Regiment
Rand received the official guests OF me evening az
10 o'clock among the officers - received o'nS Grand
Commander and other officers OF tho Hiarf 'om-
nandery Knights Templar. OF this state. me Prana
chap,er OF Royal Arch Masons Of the Safe OF New
York. Mos, ExctAen, George +. ". Sivers Grand
High Priest: the Grand Council o. Royal ana selsct
Masters. headed by Most Illusfr!ous John F. Bad
win. Grand Master: the Grand Lodge Free ana Ac-
con.ed Masons State Of New-York; John stewart
Most Worshipful Grand Master
the additional. grand bodies Officially received were
tho Grand Communicates Of Connecticut sr Lyman
Johnston Right Excellent Grand Commahaer' 'hs
Grand COMMANDERS OF Knights Templar o; Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island: Sir William X Walker
Right Eminent Grand Commander: the Grana COM
n,anderv OF y-Jcrscy Sir John +. Roe. Hish'
Eminent Grand Commander.
An elaborate dr. then followed. in when me DIN
Corps executed a number CT complicated Fancy eVou'
lions OF the Templar Dril Ne corps then nens r..
viewed by Sir John 4. N1pes. Right Eminent Grand
Commander of knights Templar IN the Stale OF New
were tho York Columbian. Occur Dc Lion Mo9'oa
and Manhattan while there were also present repre-
sentatives from communicates in Washington BOZ
ton Jersey CRY. Rochester. Albany. Ne"oI'g D.''
faIo and from the States OF Vermont. Connecticut
Illinois and Pennsylvania. 80
Among the box holders OF the evening were Cna'''
u Newton. George Il. Thompson. Frederick z
Barnes II d. McCo.d W. j. Pnckney. Phlip Hon
man. II r. Brockway. Warren Schoonover. X.
O,Iorghlln. J. H. Black. Belten J. Rogers h. Fe'
loves Jenkins. Frank " Goodwin Charles g. b'sA'i
n,er John A. Slsson. George F. Dros,e T. II. hd"'
mer and George T.. W. Stivers.
Some OF the many present were; supreme 'ou's
Justices Barrett. Smyth. Lawrence Daily bs.'o"
and Bookstaver chief Justice Van Wyck OF N,
CIV Court. General Sessions Judges Cowing ana
Fitzgerald Civil Justice Roesch. Fire Commission
ers sheffield and Sturgis Tax Commissioner su'.o.
Dock Commissioner Monks. street leaning Tnr
missioner Warng. Commissioner OF Acooenn., ,hsr.
~ commissioner OF Jurors Plmly. cry Sh ~ re-,
lain McCook. District Attorney ocott, W. 10 Tnh r.
Evck Clerk OF the Board Of Aldermen. Jop D. =.
Hedges the Mayors secretary: ex-Surroga.e re-
tus s Ransom. captain f. Il HillI OF .h- - Resl.
ant co,one Irancs v Greene list Regimeni'
Colonel Seward 9th Regiment: Major 7 +. SIOa ~
Old Guard. and " j. fransion' genera ''"o
the elevated road. -. .,o ,.a-,ous
The following were the shaiTm bera OF '"e Newton
aids Sir Frederick f. Barnes, Elmer MILF sdtwev
erIck A. Burnham and Horace i r. npo chair.
man; Sir John H. Woods. yce-chairman e. f.os'
Committee-Sr Elmer A. Miller chairman. St :.
Scott williams vice chairman, Press l oH.i -,
Sir John G. Klein chairman Sir James { sun.
mers. vice chairman. Quartermaster Ioii"''
Sir Charles Is. Pearse. chairman - .,>-
The following Sir knights were detailer ior IA
cial duty during the evening: Escort 10 the vi
con,manderv Of the state OF NewYork. En- -.
Frank w Goodwin: escort TO the present ana l e.
grand officers OF sister Jurisdictions, I'm az nss,
gene s Eunison: escort 10 the present an, 80
commanders OF other communicates, En- sir sew
art r. Bradburn: escort 10 the Grand ,happe.. ,ss
the State of New-York Sir Frederick h. baI.e "a
(ieneralissimo OF Palestine Commandery: csco, Dr.
the Grand Council of Royal and Select Mas'e'"
En-. Sir Thomas r. Rand. ~, ia,
Dancing began at about ii O'CLOCK ana a. .,e "a 4
of dances "A long one. II was wei on 'o~ ss ina
o'clock before the last merrymaker had iei' -"
floor