The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-27
LIGHTS AND BANNERS
GREET SIR KNIGHTS TEMPLAR In
LOUISVILLE.
HOTELS FILLED WITH GUESTS.
WHILE TRACKS HOLD HUNDREDS
OF PRIVATE CARS.


Music-Elcction of officers, Save
for Junior Grand warden, Will BE
Formal Affair-Many Cities Anxi-
GUS to Have Next Conclave-Louis-
willie n ScintilIatins Glow of Light.
Louisville. Aug. 26.-The twenty
eigth triennial conclave of the grand
encampment of Knights Templar will
begin here tomorrow.
Maj. John II. Leathers. grand mar
shall of the parade, expects 10000 Sir
knights will be in line. This pageant
as planned will extend over a route of
four miles and will be the feature of
the conclave. knights from nearly
every nook and Granny of the country,
including Honolulu, will be in line.
The course of the parade is flutter-
ing show of bunting, flags and stream
ers. Extraordinary precautions to keep
the streets clear have been adopted.
Street cars will not run and vehicles
with spectators will be compelled to re-
main on side streets. No boxes or
stools will be allowed, save against the
walls of buildings, in order that all
the spectacle.
Incoming trains to-day filled the
tracks about the city throughout the
day, and by midnight all but a few
scattered communicates had arrived
and had been escorted to their quarters.
From ten to thirty trains arrived over
each railroad entering the city, and it
is estimated that there are 10000 visit
ors here tonight. Hotels are crowded
with guests; visitors also occupy steam
boats moored at the wharves and Pull
man sleepers located in different parts
of the city.
The various Kentucky Communicates
were divided into detachments to-day
and, accompanied in every instance by
a band, met incoming delegations at
the railroad stations and escorted them
| to their quarters.
Grand Generalissimo George M.
Moulton of Chicago stated tonight
that the election of officers of the
| Grand Encampment Wednesday un-
| doubtedly will be the usual perfunctory
affair it has been for years past. Grand
Master Lloyd will retire and will be
succeed by Deputy Grand Master Stod-
dard of Texas. officers under him will
advance one grade. This will leave one
vacancy to be contested for-the junior
| grand wardenship, and a hot skirmish
! is expected. In connection with this of
flee, nearly every grand commander
at the conclave is regarded as cam
| didate, and a great deal of quiet cleo
tioneering was done to-day.
The selection of the meeting place
for the next conclave will be one of the
last things to come before the grand
encampment. st. Paul is strong can
didate; Milwaukee is making a strong
| bid, and San Francisco is also repre-
sented by an earnest band of vigorous
advocates. Denver and Cincinnati are
| in line, while St. Louis and various
cities of New England are regarded as
possibilities.
The grand Communicates of the ma
| jority of states reached here during
the day. Among the subordinate COM
manderies here are Hanselmann, Gin
cinnati; Tancred, Pittsburg: South Car
| olina, Charleston S. c.; Nashville,
| Nashville, Tenn. Clinch Valley, Taze-
we'll, Va. Georgia, Augusta, Ga; Mon
umental, Baltimore: Damascus, De-
| troit; Detroit, Detroit; Cyrene, Ashe-
| vile, n. G.
The city was scintillating glow of
| light tonight, when the festivities of
the week were inaugurated at the
! Customs House with a reception to
| Grand Encampment officers and ladies'.
| Grand Commander jefferson of Ken
| lucky made brief speech of welcome,
to which Grand Master Lloyd respond
| ed happily.