The San Francisco call., 1899-04-17
.TEMPLAR COLORS
CLOTHE THE CITY
Sacramento Awaits the
Sir Knights.
FEATURES OF THE CONCLAVE
IMPOSING PARADE TO OCCUR ON
THURSDAY.
Capital City Residents Determined
That the Fame of Their Hos
pitality Shall Not Be
Dimmed.
FEATURES OF THE CONCLAVE
IMPOSING PARADE TO OCCUR ON
THURSDAY.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SDecldl l1SDatch to The Call.
SACRAMENTO April 16-Masonic
Hall tonight gave evidence of the
handiwork and taste Of expert deco
rators, and the Saturday night prone
naders who filed the thoroughfares
paused in front of the building to ad-
mire the combinations of black and
white. the Templar colors, and their
accompaniment of the national flag.
AS the temple was tonight so will all
the city be this week, when the first
conclave of the Knights Templar ever
held in California outside of San Fran
cisco will take place. The conclave will
open on Thursday morning and will
continue until Saturday night Most of
the time will be devoted to the secret
work of the order, but there will be
several public features which everybody
will be invited to enjoy The most
notable Of these probably will be the
parade of the Communicates on Thurs
day afternoon.
For the first time in the history Of the
Grand Commandery of California there
will be in attendance on the conclave
a grand master of the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States. This high
office will be represented in the person
Of Reuben H. Lloyd of San Francisco.
There will also be present Grand Com
mander Robert M. Powers of San
Diego, who will be escorted hither by
the Los Angeles Drill Corps, a crack
organization. The weather at this sea-
son of the year is pleasant and the
parade on the miles of level bitumen
streets should prove a feature alike
agreeable to- its hundreds of partici-
pants and the thousands of spectators.
The banquet of the Conclave will take
place at Turner Hall on Thursday even
ing, and it is hardly necessary to say
that there will be a brilliant gathering
and regal feast. E. c.. Atkinson of
Sacramento Commandery has been
chosen toaStmaster.
On Saturday evening, April %, will
occur the exhibition drill, to- be partici-
pated in by the Ladies Drill Corps,
California Commandery Drill Corps and
drill corps each from San Francisco,
San Jose and Los Angeles. Thousands
of tickets have been procured for this
exhibition drill, and the massive EX-
position building, where the event will
take place, will no doubt present as
gay a spectacle as on one of the closing
nights Of the State Fair.
Eminent Commander e. w. Hale of
sacramento Commandery has been
warmly praised for the tforoughness
with which he has superintended the
work of preparation for the conclave.
In this he has been heartily seconded
by the members of his commandery,
who are bound that the visitors shall
return to their homes with agreeable
recollections of the capital city's famed
hospitality. To this end nothing has
been overlooked, and frequent meetings
of the local Knights attest the inter
est taken in the important event.
There are in the Department of Cali
fornia fifteen communicates of the
Knights Templar. From ten of these
will come 200 delegates and it is ex-
pected that at least 200 more will come
from the other five communicates in
this department and from the COM
manderies in the southern part of the
State. Among these will be the Los
Angeles Drill Corps.
Commander Hale has received from
c. A. Swisler, captain general of Ell
Dorado County Commandery, notifica-
ton that FL Dorado Commandery will
be represented by thirty-f1ve members
and a brass band