Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-20
VISITING KNIGHTS TEMPJAR
Parkman Commandery the
Guest of ST. johns.
BOST0NlANS WARMLY WELCOMED
An Imposing Procession on
Delaware Avenue.


William Parkman Commundery,
Knights Templar, of Boston, Mass,
arrived in this city Friday evening and
became the guests of st. Johns Com
mandery, Knights Templar. The visit
ing commandery has been attending
the triennial conclave which was held
in Pittsburg, Pa. In the party were
70 Sir Knights and 38 ladies. They
came in special cars attached to the
second section of the 5 81 o'clock train
over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Their return trip is being managed by
Thomas J. Cahill. L. B. Morrow of
st. Johns Commandery had Joined
the Boston party in Washington and
accompanied them here. This visit is
in the nature of a return visit, the
Boston commandery having -layishly
entertained the Wilmington Sir
Knights when the triennial conclave
met in Boston in 1895.
When the visitors reached the Balti-
more & Ohio station, they found st.
Johns Commandery about lao strong,
form. General J. Parke Postles and
Eminent Commander V. V. Harrison
were in command, assisted by Generals
simo f. Harvey Day and Captain
General w. w. Knox. In full uniform
the local Sir knights made a magnifi-
cent appearance. As the visitors
alighted, the First Regiment Band
played "Dixie.'' The Boston Sir
knights fastened to don their black
plumed chapeaux, preparatory to
marching down Delaware avenue, and
| their women friends were taken under
the care of committee of women and
escorted to two luxuriously furnished
| street cars. These cars had head and
rear lights of maltese crosses formed of
electric lights. ass =
The women's committee comprised !:
Mrs. Enoch Moore, Mrs. N. R. Benson,
Mrs. +. B. Cooling, Mrs. w. b. Clerk,
Mrs. J. A. Colby, Mrs. Peter Cooper, Mrs.
Theodore w. Francis, Mrs. A. e. Frantz,
Mrs. H. j. Guthrie, Mrs. s. A. Hodgman,
Mrs. v. v. Harrison, Mrs. John Jacoby,
Mrs. J. P. Lukens. Mrs. H. w. Lowe,
Mrs. A. B. Lenderman, Mrs. A. G. Me-
Causland, Mrs. G. W. McCaulley, Mrs.
James H. Price, Mrs. Z. Mitchell, Jr..
Mrs. E. E. Mitchell, Mrs. w. It. Lyman,
Mrs. William Reese, Mrs. J. Harmer Rifle,
Mrs. r. W. Smith, Mrs George Tumlin,
| Mrs. Henry Van Gasken, Mrs. II. FL.
Ward, Mrs. Thomas E, Young, Mrs. A.
s. Jones, Mrs. E. O. Honeywell, Mrs. j.
| S. Mullin, Mrs. O. A. Rudolph. Mrs. Isaac
S. Bullock, Mrs. J. S. Grohe, Mrs. H. B.
Guthrie and Mrs. George H. Mccall.
This committee was escorted by
Alfred Gawthrop and Enoch Moore.
The weather had been wretched
throughout the afternoon, but the rain
arrived and the Sir Knights were able
/ 10, f,llarr tha r.ln Of t,lurah inn IN th a
Clayton House. st. Johns Com
nandery formed in a long line on
Delaware avenue and presented swords
as the two special cars went by. Then
the visiting knights were given place
in line and the procession made an i'm
posing appearance as it moved down
the avenue. y.
The whole party went to the Clayton
House, where the local commandrry
had secured rooms for the visitors. A
large maltese cross of electric lights
Illuminated the front of the hotel and
the Stars and Stripes adorned the
portal. When the Sir Knights arrived,
st. Johns Commandery presented
swords while their guests entered the
building.
The chief officers of the visitif COM
mandery are Eminent Commander Ed
ward G. Graves, Generalissimo Charles
A. Estey and Captain General J. William
Dicker. Tho eminent commander had
been taken i'll while in Pittsburg and
did not parade.
The full roster of the party follows
Sir knights - James Acheson, John
Acheson, George H. Appleton, Melker O.
Adelof, George H. BATHS, Theodore Fl.
Buck, Edwin G. Brown, Hector Calder,
NJ. f. Cookery, Charles FL. Clark, Charles
j. Carney, Colin d. Cameron, Albert b.
Chick, Frederick w. Clark, Daniel L.
Craney, Charles E. Durgin, Charles f.
Drew, j. William DECKER, Edward Evans,
Charles A. Estey, George Fisher, Robert
A. Fuller, Frank E. Fisher, Edward G.
Graves, John F. Gunnerson, Nathaniel
4. Gorham, Jr., John E. Hamlin, Charles
Hodgkins. Henry A. Jordan, Alfred f..
Jones, William b. Jackson, Clarence
Knowlton, Thomas Lounder, Charles e.
Lindergreen, William II. Leach, w. S.
Litchfield, Edward H. Morse, Walter p.
Needing, @. w. Matheson, Martin Moore,
II. M. McLeish, ]. Howard Nottage, Al
bert +. Newhouse, Edward Newhouse,
William A. Newhouse, Otto Walter New
house, Allen v. Nixon, Herbert @. Pack
ard, Jason N. Pride, Albert r. Pankhurst,
Fred. L. Pigeon, Gideon Rumney, VIII,
liam Russell, Walter j. Staples, Henry
d. Stone, Edwin NJ. Stanton, ]. Henry
Stevenson, Leo f. Saunders, Henry w.
Smith. Charles H. Stowe, James. H. Tay.
lor, Charles o. Turkey, A. L, Tallman, NJ.
D.. Frederick A, Taylor, Charles NJ.
Wentworth, William p. Vim, A. G..
Whitcomb, Charles W. York, F. H.
Young.
Mrs. George H. Appleton, Mrs. George
BATHS, Mrs. Theodore H. Buck, Mrs. Ed
win G. Brown, Miss Gertrude Byrne,
Miss Amantie Belcher, Mrs. Fred. W.
Clark, Mrs. Albert 3. Chick, Mrs. Colin
d. Cameron, Mrs. ]. William Dicker,
Mrs. Charles L. Durgin, Mrs. Mary E.
Davis, Mrs. Robert H. Frasier, Mrs. A.
Coleman Fisher, Mrs. Frank E. Fisher
Mrs. Augustus A. Fuller, Mrs. Edward G.
Graves, Miss Louise A. Hunter, Miss Eva
Kellough, Mrs. Alonzo Keen, Mrs. Will
liam IL. Leach, Mrs. Edward II. Morse
Mrs Walter Il. NEEDING, Mrs. Martin
Moore, Miss Jennie Marston, Mrs. j.
Howard Nottage, Mrs. William Powers
Mrs. Albert T. Pankhurst, Miss Alice
Rumney, Mrs. Edwin M. Stanton, Mrs
Leo f. Saunders, Mrs. Charles, II. stowe
Mrs. Charles o. Turkey, Mrs. A. L. Tall
man, Mrs. 9. M. Wentworth, Mrs. A. q
Whitcomb, Mrs. +. H. Young.
After supper at the hotel, a magnifi-
cent reception was extended by the
local Sir Knights and their ladies to
the visiting Sir Knights and their
ladies in the Masonic Temple. Souvenir
badges were presented to the visitors.
These badges were of heavy bronze,
| pendant from n min Inv n hlnrly and