The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-08-29
MANY THOUSAND KNIGHTS TEN.
PLAR TAKE PART IN THEIR
ANNUAL PARADE.
CROWDS FILL THE STREETS
Magnificent Spectacle Viewed by an
immense Number of Spectators, oc.
cupyins Every Vantage Point Along
the Line of March-Nearly Every
States in the Union Represented by
the Marching knights.
the Marching knights.

Louisville, Aug. 2s.-A parade of S0.-
100 Knights, marching to the music
of three-score brass bands, marked the
formal opening of the 2Sth triennial
conclave of the grand encampment of
Knights Tempar.
Railway officials estimate that near
~ 100000 visitors are in the city. The
day dawned bright and clear and the
Knights and visitors were early astir.
Chief Of Police Hoager had made the
necessary arrangements for keeping
the route Of march clear. Heavy
wires were stretched along the curbs
over the entire course. At a. m. the
street cars ceased to run and ordinary
vehicles were ordered off the streets.
The sidewalks were packed with
spectators, while every window along
the course, and every other vantage
point, were occupied to the limit. The
Official reviewing stand was at Third
and Hill streets, but there were num-
Der of others at various points.
The parade started att Seventh and
Main streets and moved up to Brook
street, where the officers of the grand
encampment in carriages Joined the
marchers. Then the paraders moved
up Market street. Sixth street, JEFF
ferson, Fourth street, passing the
court of honor; Chestnut street, Floyd,
Broadway, Fourth street, passing un-
der the grand arch; Kentucky, Third,
Hill, Fifth. ST. James court and to
Central park. where the parade ended.
The parade was a magnificent spec
tacle> of life and color. Mile after mile
Of tossing plumes and futtering pen
mons, and band after band dis
coufsing stirring marches held the
crowd of spectators damned against
the wires till the last knight left the
ranks.
The parade lasted four hours. A
number of Knights dropped out of the
ranks before the end of the march:
There were several prostrations
among the spectators due to the heat
and exhaustion.
Makeup Of the Divisions.
The first grand division Of the pa
rade was led by Winthrop Messenger,
grand commander of the grand COM
mandery of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, while commaderies from New
York, Vermont, Virginia, New Hamp-
shire apd Connecticut acted as aides.
Arthur B. Foster, grand commander OF
the grand commandery of Ohio, guided
the second division, communicates OF
Ohio and Maine acting as his aides.
Pennsylvania Templars, headed by
Thomas Penman, their grand comman-
der, formed the third division.
Then came the Indiana Templars
following their copmander, L. P.
Newly.
In the fifth division marched knights
from Texas. Mississippi and Michigan.
Following in the sixth division was
the Illinois delegation. They marched
under the leadership of Charles P.
Kane, grand commander of Illinois.
In the next division Grand Comman-
der George Butterfield Mckee led the
communicates of California, Tennes-
see, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Geor-
gia.
Templars from Missouri, Alabama,
and Louisiana came next, in charge OF
Past Grand Commander Ira Mcmillan
of Missouri.
In the ninth division communicates
of iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Maryland,
Nebraska and Arkansas were grouped
under the direction of Graham Duke
Hart, grand commander of Maryland.
The tenth, eleventh and twelfth d.
visions were led, respectively. by ]. K
F. Steele, grand commander Of West
Virginia; Grand Commander George
Gibson of the District of Columbia,
and r. P. Hurlburt Sir knight Steele
was in charge of communicates from
West Virginia. Colorado, North Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Oregon, Washing
ton, Montana, Wyoming, North Da-
kota, Arizona, Florida and Indian Ter
ritory. Under Sir Knight Gibson was
the grand commandery and subordfn-
ate Communicates of the District of
Columbia. Sir Knight Hurlburt's
aides were the various mounted COM