Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-29
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CONCLAVN'
Business End of the Council
Has Commenced.
A SPLENDID COMPETITIVE DRILL
Elegant Prizes to be Awarded
Last Night.
Associated Press Dispatch by Special wires.

AssoViatcu lItSs Dispaten py opeclui wires
Louisville, ky.,Aug. %. "A spectacu- \
lar competitive drill by tho crack COM
mandsries of the country attracted
crush OF Knights Templar conolaye'
visitors to Churchill Downs today.
While the knights were drilling, The
business end OF the oonclave, the meet.
ing Of tho Grand Encampment, cot
under way at the Girls High School.
When Grand Master Lloyd called the
meeting to order, there we're about 100
knights present to transact business.
The reports Of the grand master, grand
treasurer, grand recorder and several
other officers were received and referred
to committees.
The report of Grand Master Lloyd
contained the following; THE order is
in most satisfactory and healthy con.
dition, and steadily growing. The
present term, which began July 1st, 1899,
commenced with ia, $40 members, and
closed with l21, los. The order in in
much more healthy condition than 1t
was before the PRONUNCIATION of the
decision that voluntary remaining
non affiliate in lodge or chapter for six
months would affect membership In a
commandery, for now every member OF
NLo bduA bubhtAiuAuk ~ tNOb uuu
branch. Since our last session, u
formal treaty Of peace has been entered
into between tho United States and
Spain. BY 10 days of actual warfare,
over 100000 people, occupy ing more
than 2G0, 600 square miles CT the earth q
surface, were freed from oppression.
Where ii was dangerous to be Mason,
our order may now securely spread its
humanizing and eleyatine influences.
The schoolhouse and The lodge CAM
labor together to brush aside ignorance1
and superstition and teach the down.
trodcor people tho blessings of civil
and religious liberty. We should in-j
deed feel proud Us we do--that al
TemplRr was the guiding spirit In
bringing about this happy change to
so many human beings. The sphere Of
our usefulness IL gradually enlarging.
Our lahors ara but commencing. We
must press onward until liberty and
enlightenment shall illumine the world,
until every land and every people shall
have henrd and rsjoioed at the fulfil
ment of the proclamation, mnds by theI
angels at the coming OF Him whose fol-
lowers we are, ON earth peace. good
will toward men.
The report of Grand Treasurer Lines
showed receipts of Sll,069, and net re-
sources of SAT, 236.
the report of Grand Recorder MayoI
contained these figures. Net gain inI
membership in 1899, kp2, 444; in 1900,t
2,30S; in 1901, 4,304, the year ending,
July let. There are at present l,050l
communicates, with q membership oil
1875, l0a. This States having over 2,O00'
are as follows: California. 1855; Com
neotiout, 1866; Illinoia, 3,5S7; In,
diam, 3,767; Iowa, 4,37S: Kansas,
1851: Kentucky, 1885,; Maine, 1850
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 13, 1i2 4
Michigan, ., $50; Minnesota, 9. 739; Mis-.
souri,. i,G0J; New Hampshire, 1884 !;
New York, u, l63; Ohio, s,9i5; Penn,
syivauia, IL, 2SS; Texas, 1870; Wis
consIn, 3, 49,
Following were the contestants in|
the drill at Churchill Downs: Column
| bia Commaudery, Washington, ID. @. \
Colorado Commandery, Denver, HAM
selmanu Commandery, Ciucinnatil
Allegheny Commandery, Pittsburg, StJ
Bernard Commandury, Chicago, CalV
vary Commandery. parKersbura, WI
Va, Golden Gate Commaudery, Ssul
Francisco, and California Commandety, \
tmounted1, San Francisco. The com
petition was the first held since the|
conclave of 1888 Award OF tho pfizos
will be made tonight at tho Horse
Show Building, ard will be FOLLOWED
by a grand march and dance by this
drill Communicates and tho ladies who
acted as sponsors for prizes. Tho tro.
phies, which are Of silver, are: First
prize, "a pieces, valued at s3,O01,
second prize, IS pieces, liba,ion set,
valued at $1,000; third prize, centre
piece, valued at $1,000; fourth PRIZE.
two pieces, lmountedl, valued al 500 Ri
fifth prize, loving cup, valued at sci HI