Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-25
0ll TEMPLARS
TRlEhNIAL COhCkAVE..
All In Readiness for the Great Gathering Which
Is to Take Place in Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, September 24-When the
\Knights Templar of America convene
10 triennial conclave here October IL,
the city promises to give them well
come that will surpass in splendor any
ct The many notable like reunions Of
the past. The President of the United
States Is to honor the event with his
presence and this will add thousands
to the, hundreds of thousands who
would under any circumstances throng
the streets Of Pittsburg. The parade
is to be the finest spectacle of the kind
ever seen I'm this country. Gen. j. P.
s. Goblin, grand marshal, has issued
his generaN orders and the general
programme A the parade and recep-
ton of Grand\ Master Warren La Rue
Thomas. In anticipation of the final
signing of a treaty of peace between
Spain and the United States this dis
play of templar pomp and gradeur is
to be turned into a glorious celebration
of American victories, a cOngratuiatlon
of the army and navy for the mag
nificent work accomplished, and an in
oeation for the future success of Ame:-
lean arms.
With this idea in view, the parade
for the first time in the history OF
templarism in America, will be formed
on military lines. Many Of the COM
manders and staff officers In line will
be veterans of recent battles on sea
and land, some of them the most nota-
BILE figures of the war.
The grandest electrical display in the
history of the world will be on view
in Pittsburg during the week. Some
of the special designs will be as fol-
lows: Heroic sized revolving figure of
st. George and heroic sized figures of
ancient knights Templar, both on foot
and on horseback. Maltese crosses
md heraldic embems of all kinds will
also be shown.
One prominent building will show
Illuminated portraits of Dewey, Hob
son, Schley, Wheeler, Roosevelt and
pther heroes of the Spanish war with
their names in electricity at the base
Of each picture. On the roofs of the
highest buildings in Pittsburg and AL
)egheny will be placed powerful search
lights, and in the streets will be located
at regular intervals brilliantly illum-
mated arches. These will be no dark
ness in either city throughout the
week.
There will be 2,400 incandescent and
forty arc lights used in Duquesne Gar
den for illumination during the recep-
ton and the banquet. For the latter
function large circular table will be
set on raised platform in the center
of the hall, at which President McKin->
ley and other notables, the officers Of
kthe Grand Encampmept,- Z postmaster
X = D6fand Commander
more, an the speakers will be
From this center the other
will radiate in the form Of
It, SO arranged that each guest
u be able to view the center table
thout changing his position. One
usand invitations to the banquet
be sent out on next Wednesday all
Er the country. Boston will lead the
Ind parade, by virtue of having the
lest charter.
The meeting is to be important in
her respects as well. Not only is the
institution and digest to be revised,
lt 1t is expected that the question Of
building magnificent temple in Wash
\gton, as headquarters for the Grand
hcampment and permanent resting
ACE for the archives, will be taken up
Ind acted upon.