The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS
YORK RITE MAsONs OF HIGH M
GREE INVADING LOUISVILLE.
Ho%spitabIe kentuckians weIcomita
the Modern Christian Crusad-
ers with Open Arms.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS TURNED ON
AND THE CIT A sDREAMLAND" OF
BRILLIANCY LAST NIGHT.
Myriads of Incandescent Lamps
Worked Into Appropriate Temp
lar Designs Were AgIOw.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS TURNED ON
THE CITY A sDREAMLAND" OF
BRILLIANCY LAST NIGHT.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. PA gala week
for the knights Templars of the United
States began tonight. though the formal
exercises of the opening of the twenty
eighth t~riennial conclave Of the order will
not take place until next Tuesday morn
ing. Immediately after dusk the city be-
came a vertable dreamland of dazzling
%brilliancy when the electric current was
turned on a hundred designs and decorative
| structures.
The entire central portion of the city Is
tonight flooded with light from myriads
of vari-cOlored incandescent globes. Great
Templar crosses and shields adorn the en-
tire fronts of office buildings and business
houses. Crusaders and prancing war horses
Of heroic design constructed of cathedral
glass, behind which are placed electric
lights are conspicuous figures on some of
the public buildings. Festoons of colored
lights span the thoroughfares of forty diff
ferent blocks in the heart of the city.
a climax to the decorative effects has
been reached in the quadruple electric arch
at Fourth avenue and Broadway and in the
court of honor in front of the Jefferson
county courthouse on Jefferson street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth. The magniicence of
the former structure was not realized until
5000 incandescent lamps were lighted to-
night. Four massive piers carry the struc-
ture upward from the four corners of the
sidewalks. Heroic figures of standing
knights and armored crusaders on steeds
OF war guard the approaches. Delicately
wrought Templar emblelns are displayed on
the four faces of the structure in heavy re-
lief, made still holder by the countless
lights that outline them. The massive dome
that arches above the intersection of the
two streets is surmounted by a cross and
crown-one of the most striking of the
Templar emblems. The crown is twenuty-
five feet in Giameter and is jeweled in
golden lights. The cross is twenty-five feet
high and literally covered with scarlet
lamps. From the ground to the tip of the
cross is a distance of eighty-niEe feet. An
electric mechanism makes the cross and
crown re~olve, thus causing the entire
structure to present a similar appearance
from each of its four approaches.
In the court of honor twenty-siX pillars,
each thirty feet high, line the sides OF the
street in front of the courthouse and lead
on one side up the monster ballustraces
that run from the sidewalk to the entrance
of the building. The bases OF the pillars
are nine and One-half feet high and sur
mounted around the bottom of the columns
by potted plants. On an urn on the top OF
each column grows a Boston palm eight
lCtl Val VI OFti III eANthf
three strands i'm all. connect the pillars on
the south side of the street and on the
north side. where the courthouse is sit
uated. follow from the piers that line the
street up to the columns connecting with
the front of the building. Tonight the
scene is intensified i'm beauty by the use of
thousands of electric lamps.
KENTUCKY HEADQUARTERS.
The courthouse is a building of stern
Ionic architecture, and its front is outlined
H. --.-- - - -
Sixth street the City Hall is a palace of
Eight. every angle and outline of the big
building being traced in rows Of lights of
different colors. Similar decorative effects
are witnessed on the exterior of the Gus
tom house, where the Grand Commandery
of Kentucky will open headquarters Mon
day night.
Marion Commandery. No. "a. of Lebanon.
Ky, reached the city at $50 O'Clock this
morning over the Louisville & Nashville,
being the first -commandery to arrive. Ma
riOn Commandery will take a prominent
part in receiving the visiting c-ommanderies
from other States, and this was the roa-
son of its early arrival. At noon Cali
fornia Commandery. No. !, of San Fran
cisco. the first delegation from a distance.
pulled into the Seventh-street depot and a
royal welcome awaited 1t. Battery A, of
the Kentucky Guard, fired a salute as the
train reached the Kentucky side of the
river. The visitors were escorted to the
Gait House. and the conclave festivities
were given a real southern welcome along
the route to the hotel. California command
cry started from home last Sunday. stop
ping in Denver and Chicago en- route. Most
Eminent Sir Reuben III. Lloyd. grand mas
ter of the Grand Encampment, came with
the commandery. Tonight a reception and
musicale was rendered by California, No. /,
20 the knights Templars of Louisville and
all other members of the order who are
now in the city. The function was held at
the Gait House. where the commanderv has
headquarters, ana where 1T will entertain
lavishly during the coming week. Only sir
knights I'm full dress uniform, minus the
sword. and ladies in evening dress. were
admitted TO the reception.
Each train since noon has brought I'm one
or more Templar delegations and hundreds
of other visitors. The attendance prom
ises TO surpass that OF any previous meet
ing of the Grand -Encampment. with over
/ $4,000 Templars and their ladies already
provided with quarters.
With the arrival of Grand Master LLOYD
all the officers of the Grand Encampment
follows: Reuben II. Lloyd. San Francisco.
grand master; Henry Bates Stoddard,
Bryan. Tex, deputy grand master; George
Henry w. Rugg. Providence. r. l.. captain
general; William b. Melish, Cincinnati.
senior warden; Rev. J. c. w. Coke. Wash
den, Conn, treasurer; William II. MayO.
st. Louis, recorder: Lee S. Smith. Pitts
burg. standard bearer; Arthur Mac
Arthur. Troy. n. Y, sword bearer: Harper
NJ. Orahood, Denver. warden; Charles G..
Voght. Louisville. captain of the guard.
Divine services will be held under the
auspices of the knights Templars at 8
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon at Broadway
NJ. r. Church, South, corner of FLOYD
street and Broadway. The officers and
members of the Grand -Encampment will
be escorted from headquarters at the Calf
House to the church by a detail of sir
knights in full uniform and headed by a
band of music. Rev. j. G. w. Coke. the
grand prelate. will officiate at the religious
exercises at the church.
The remainder of the day will be de-
voted by the local Templars to the receD-
ton of incoming communicates. An escort
committee of 700 members went on duty
at noon to-day and will remain until Tues
day morning. The body is divided into
thirty-three details. each under the com
mand of a captain. Every outside COM
mandery is met on arrival at the railway
station by a detail and escorted with q
band OF music to its quarters.
RECEPTIONS ON MONDAY.
Monday night the Grand Commandery of
kentucky-the States supreme body. which
is expected to maintain the Bluegrass
reputation for hospitality-win inaugurate
a series of seven receptions at its head
quarters in the custom house. The inter
Tor OF the building has been deliberately
decorated. A great court covers the city
postofice department. and is surrounded
by a corridor lined with massive columns.
This Interior is c~entered with a platform
heavily banked with plants and flowers,
behind which an orchestra will play each
afternoon and evening of the week. Spa
cious courtrooms surrounding the corridors