The sun., 1898-10-15
SIR KNIGHTS ENTERTAINED
William Parkman COmmandery
Welcomed and Taken Care of
By St. Johns Templars.
GEORGEOUS STREET PARADE
The Visitors and Their Wives Were
Banqueted, Will Be Given Trip
on the Delaware, Through the
Brandywine Park and Els.
corted to the Station.
STREET PARADE

The William Parkman Commandery,
Knights Templar, of Boston, Mass, ar
rived in Wilmington last evening on
their return from their pilgrimage to
Pittsburg where they have been attend
ing the Twenty-seventh Triennial Con-
clave of the Grand Encampment cf
Knights Templar which was held in the
Smokey City,"
The visitors were received and enter
tained by several hundred persons who
were at the depot to see the plumed
knights and their ladies on their arrival
and to see the ceremony Of courtesy be-
tween the two communicates.
st. Johns Commandery to the number
of $50 were drawn up in line on the plat
form Of the Delaware avenue station and
when the train bearing the visitors
pulled into the station the First Regi.
ment Band played Yankee Doodle and
Dixie.
The visitors felt the joyousness of the
occasion and burst forth into song as
they were alighting from the train.
The ladies were escorted to special
trolley cars and taken to the Clayton
House.
st. Johns Commandery did not break
ranks, but saluted the visitors as they
passed along the line.
The Boston knights were also accom-
panied by a band, and the two COM
manderies accompanied by the bands
made street parade from the railroad
station to the Clayton House.
The line of parade was in. Delaware
avenue to Washington street, down
Washington to Ninth, in Ninth to Mar
ket, and down Market to the CLAYTON
House, where they broke ranks and the
guests went in and had supper.
The parade was grand and impressing
sight. There were about $50 knights in
line in full uniform and the visitors
black plumed chapeaus and the white
plumes of st. Johns Commandery made
a striking contrast and with the gold
and other ornaments OF the uniform of
the knights made, one of the grandest
spectacles in the form of street parade
that was ever witnessed in this city.
Thousands of people filed the side
walks to view the gorgeous sight, while
windows, balconies, porches and in fact
every available place was occupied along
the line of march.
Manager Bothman had made special
for taking care Of the visi-
tors. Thursday he had the front of the
Clayton House elaborately decorated in
their honor. A Maltese cross, which
shows black in daytime and is brilliantly
Illuminated by electricity at night, occu-
q 4 ho
entrance, while white and black bunting
is suspended from the roof to the second
story, making very pretty effect. The
interior of the building has also been
in a similar manner.
At $50 O'Clock in the evening the
members of William Parkman Com
and the ir ladies, were escorted
% the Masonic Temple by committee
rom st. Johns Commandery, where the
evening was spent in successful and ex-
'ellent banquet, which, though informal,
vas as fine as could be desired.
When the visitors arrived at the Tenn
)le they were received by red fire being
burned in the balconies, and a large ban
Ter was stretched across the street on
which was "Welcome to William Park
mann Commandery." In the center OF
he banner was cross and crown with
he latin words "ln Hoe Signo Vinces."
This morning the wives of the men,
)ers of St. Johns Commandery will take
he wives and ladies of the visiting Sir
Knights for drive through the beautiful
lrives of Rrandywine Park. They will
cave the Clayton House about $50
,'clock and return in time to take the
rip with the knights on the steamer
to view the Notifications
md other sights of interest on the Della
ware. The party will return at 3 o'clock
}. M, and will be escorted to the Della.
ware avenue station at o'clock in the
ame manner in which they arrived.
The Boston Knights left Pittsburg on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
rave stopped off at Gettysburg and
Washington. They will visit Niagara
falls, Buffalo and New York city before
home.
The Sir Knights of the William
'arkman Commandery are as follows:
James Acheson, John Acheson, George
]. Appleton, Melker G. Adelof, George
|. BATHS, Theodore H. Buck, Edwin G. :
Brown, Hector Calder, M. F. Cookery, ,,
,harles H. Clark, William H. Leach, w.
!. Litchfield, Edward H. Morse, Walter
:. Needing, G. w. Matheson, Martin !
1oore, r. M. McLeigh, J. Howard Not +
age, Albert +. Newhouse, Edward New
ouse, Charles J. Carney, Colin D. Cam
ron, Albert B. Chick, Frederick w.
lark, Daniel L. Cranev, Charles Z.
'urgin, Charles F. Drew, J. William
'icker, Edward Evans, Charles A. !
'rtey, George Fisher, Robert H. Frasier, 6
:. Coleman Fisher, Augustus A. Fuller,
rank B. Fisher, William A. Newhouse, a
ito Walter Newhouse, Allen V. Nixon,
Ierbert G. Packard, Jason N. Pride, AL
ert T. Pankhurst, Fred L. Pigeon,
ideon Rumney, William Russell, Wal 8
n J. Staples. Henry D. Stone, Ed i
in NJ. Stanton, j. Henry Stevenson, !
go F. Saunders, Henry w. Smith, v
dward G. Graves, John F. Gunnerson,
athaniel T. Gorham, Jr., John L.
amlin, Charles Hodgkins, Henry A.
ordan, Alfred E. Jones, William B. a
ackson, Clarence Knowlton, Thomas Ii
ounder, Charles Z. Lindergreen, fl
harlac II Stowo Tomoo H Toylor ! \