The sun., 1898-10-15
[LMINGTON DELAWARE SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is, l89S

Charles O. Tukey, A. L. Tallman, M. D.,
Frederick A. Taylor, Charles NJ Went.
worth, William P. Winn, A. G..
Whitcomb, Charles w. York, F. H.
Young.
The following ladies' accompanied the
visiting Sir Knights:
Mrs. George II. Appleton, Mrs. Alonzo
Keen, Mrs. George II. BATHS, Mrs. Will
liam H. Leach, Mrs. Theodore H. Buck,
Mrs. Edward H. Morse, Mrs. Edwin G..
Broom, Mrs Walter F. Needing, Miss
Gertrude Byrne, Mrs. Martin Moore,
Miss Amantie Belcher, Miss Jennie
Marston, Mrs. Fred W. Clark, Mrs. J.
Howard Nottage, Mrs. Albert B. Chick,
Mrs. William Powers, Mrs. Colin D.
Cameron, Mrs. Albert T. Parkhurst,
Mrs. J. William Dicker, Miss Alice
Rumney, Mrs. Charles E. Durgin, Mrs.
Edwin M. Stanton, Mrs. Mary E. Davis,
Mrs Leo F. Saunders, Mrs. Robert H.
Frasier, Mrs. Charles H. Stowe, Mrs. A.
Coleman Fisher, Mrs. Charles o. Tukev,
Mrs. Frank 4. Fisher, Mrs. A. L. Tall
man, Mrs. Agustus A. Fuller, Mrs. G. M.
Wentworth, Mrs. Edward G. Graves,
Mrs A. &. Whitcomb, Miss Louise A.
Hunter, Mrs. F. Fl. Young and Miss Eva
Kellough.
The following is the formation Of the
Parkman Colnmandery:
Commander, En-. Sir Edward G.
Graves; generalissimo, Sir Charles A.
Estey; captain general, Sir J. William
Dicker; prelate, Sir William B. Jackson;
senior warden, Sir Charles E. Linder-
green; junior warden, Sir Henry w.
Smith; treasurer, Sir Charles E. Durgin;
recorder, Sir Edward H. Morse; standard
bearer, Sir Albert F. Newhouse; sword
bearer, Sir Edward Newhouse; warder,
Sir Walter J. Staples; guards, Sir Frank
b. Fisher, Sir Colin d. Cameron and Sir
William H. Leach; assistant guards, Sir
George H. BATHS, Sir Herbert G. Pack
ard and Sir Gideon Rumney; herald, Sir
Edwin M. Stanton; armorer, Sir William
A. Newhouse; quartermaster, Sir r. M.
McLeish; surgeons, Sir Augustus L. Tall
man, M. d., and Sir Edwin G. Brown;
music director, Milan G. Waller, leader
X. of P. Band, Ltd, Cory. Pa; sentinel,
Sir Martin Moore.
The visitors spoke in warm praise of
the reception accorded them by the Will
mingtonKights, and one of then, on his ar
rival in this city said: "Well, we thought
we had been received in Pittsburg, but
this beats all, and cars for the ladies'"
In the toast offered during the banquet
the matter was dwelt on and spoken of
in glowing terms, and an earnest request
that st. Johns Commandery would visit
Boston and give them a chance to return
the courtesies was made by the speakers
Of the evening and Knights in general.
There were many stores and business
places decorated in honor of the visitors
and some of the decorations were hand
some and costly, and were not put up
without considerable trouble and ex-
pense.
Besides the Clayton House decora-
lions, which were fine, Michael ].
Sharkey, proprietor of the Lafayette
Hotel, had the front OF his place draped
in bunting and Maltese cross set in the
centre of the front made up of electric
lights. The front of the Masonic Temple
was also decorated with flags, bunting
md Maltese cross.
Among the many others who honored
he knights by decorating were Jefferson
\ Loftland. proprietors of the Hotel
Wilmington, who had the front of their
lotel handsomely decorated. Among
he merchants who decorated their stores
we're Kennard and Sessinger.