Evening star., 1901-08-26
SIR KNIGHTS ARRIVE
Washington Communicates Reach
Louisville This Morning.
C0NCLAVE A GREAT SUCCESS
City in Maze of Bright-Hued
Bunting.
MALTESE CROSS EMBLEMS

LOUISVILLE, KY, August 26.-Trains
bearing Knights Templar and their ladies
arrived in great numbers today and by
evening the city will be crowded with WIS.,
itors. The streets were filled with march
ing detachments and the air fairly trem-
bled from the music of bands which es-
corted the various communicates to their
headquarters.
Scarcely a building was without it's
streamers or a gorgeous dress of bunting.
Even shop windows were trimmed in ma.
sonic emblems. and street fakirs, not to be
outdone, painted Maltese crosses on the
toy balloons they hawked about.
At local headquarters the opinion was
expressed that the conclave which will be-
gin tomorrow will prove the most notable
ever held.
Among the communicates which arrived
during the morning were Connecticut,
Pennsylvania. District Of Columbia (ac-
companied by the famous Marine Band),
West Virginia, New York Ohio and
Georgia. The Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wis
consin and Ohio delegations are numeri-
cally the strongest represented.
Today was occupied with informal re-
unions and the escorting of Communicates
to their homes while in the city. The fes-
tivities of the conclave will begin at 8 pm,
when the grand commandery of Kentucky
and the subordinate communicates OF the
state will give a reception to officers and
members of the grand encampment at the
customs house.
Knights Train Ditched.
RNESVILLE. Ohio, August 26-A
special train the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad carrying Pennsylvania knights
Templar en- route to Louisville was ditched
here today.
Engineer Milo Francis Of GAINESVILLE was
lri cd nd aJt ae
ark was fatally injured
So far as known, the passengers escaped
with slight bruises.
The wreck was caused by the train strik-
ing a horse on Barnesvlle Hill. The en-
gine jumped the track and the entire train
The Exercises Yesterday.
Communicates of knights Templar pour
ed into Louisville yesterday and last night
from the four corners of the United States.
Imposing religious services were held in
the afternoon, and these were the only for
NAL events yesterday. At 1 pm. the knights
assembled at their various communicates
and marched to the Gait House. where the
general formations were made for the
march to the Broadway Methodist Church,
where the services We're held at 8 pm. The
column was led by the Tenplars of De
Molay and Louisville Communicates of
Louisville, and the entire body formed an
escort for the grand master of the grand
campment Reuben NJ. Lloyd, and the
other grand officers.
The ground floor of the church was re-
served for knights of full uniform. The
ground floor of the Sunday school room was
reserved for ladies of visiting knights and
for knights in uniform accompanied by la
dies. The form of service had been pre-
pared by Sir Knight the Right Rev. Thomas
U. Dudley. Episcopal bishop of Kentucky.
With few changes, it was the form Of
worship used by the Grand Commandery Of
Kentucky.
The most striking part of the service
came when the grand preate delivered the
faith Of the knights, who, with swords up
lifted, recited with him the Apostles Creed.
After the Coronation hymn Grand Prelate
Coke delivered the sermon, his subject be-
ing, What Think Ye of Christ?''
w. c. P. Breckenridge of Lexington, KY,
will deliver Kentucky's welcome to the
knights Templar at the opening meeting
of the grand encampment Tuesday after
noon.