The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-12
Hundreds of Golden Jubilee Wis
itors Are Royalty Entertained
in Tomlinson Hall.
PARADE IS A FEATURE
Waving Plumes of Marching Men
Make Imposing Scene Along
Line of March.
TO NAME OFFICERS TO-DAY
Places to Be Filled by Promotion
and Session of Grand Com
mandery Will Be Brief.

The entertainment given in Tomlinson
Hall last night for the visiting Knights
Templars and their ladies came as fitting
climax to day of UNUSUAL pomp and dis
play with the members of the order on the
occasion of the golden jubilee of the Grand
Commandery. No less than 1,500 knights
and ladies were present.
The decorations about the hall were gor-
geous and extensive. Flags. knight Temp
lar emblems and hundreds of yards of bunt-
ing were in evidence A large-cross, formed
of red incandescent electric lights, hung
just in front of the stage and below this
an elaborate sign of welcome was sus-
pended, shedding light from many incan-
descent bulbs, of which ii was composed.
The front of Tomlinson Hall was brilliantly
decorated for the occasion. Hundreds of
red and green incandescent lights formed
a mammoth reproduction of the knight
Templar insignia of the cross and the
crown. 1t was pronounced the most elab-
crate effort at decoration that had ever
been attempted about the great hall
THE EVENING MEETING.
H. c. Adams, past grand commander,
presided at the meeting which preceded the
ball, instead of Governor Durbin, who was
man delivered a short address of welcome,
which was happily replied to by Thomas r.
Marshall. knight from Columbia City.
Following these short addresses there was
music by the Rapier Commandery Quartet.
The paper of the evening of most interest
to the members of the order was that of
John l.. Rupe, of Richmond. who discussed
the last fifty years of the Knight Templar
work in this State at length.
Unbounded enthusiasm was apparent all
through the meeting and the members of
the order expressed themselves as being
more than well pleased with the day 5
work.
After the closing address the hall was
cleared for a dance IN which only uni
formed members took part over two hun
dred couples were on the floor.
Notable among those in attendance were
Edwin Palmer, of Richmond. eldest past
grand master in the State, and II. G
Thayer, of Plymouth, next to Mr. Palmer
is seventy-two years of age and the latter
seventy. Mr.. Thayer has attended every
meeting of the State .Commandery for
thirty-four years and all of the national
meetings in thrty-two years. except one in
San Francisco. He also accompanied the
Apollo Commandery, of Chicago. on a
Knight Templar pilgrimage TO Europe.
THE AFTERNOON PARADE.
were in the parade of the Knights Tenn
!, plars yesterday afternoon. Twenty-sever
communicates were represented, from al
parts of the State. Besides the command
cries there were sixteen bands distributed
at intervals along the line. 1t required
twenty minutes for the line to pass a given
point The parade was headed by platoon
of patrolmen, under Captain Hyland and
Sergeants Weaver and Sandman, followed
by the Indianapolis Military Band and
Raper Commandery, No. l. Other cities
represented in the parade, with either their
entire communicates or representatives OF
them were: Shebyville. Lafayette, Fort
| town Greencastle. South Bend, Columbus
| Terre Haute, Muncie, Marion, Madison
Franklin, st. John, Crawfordsville. Jeffer.
sonville, Valparaiso, Frankfort Anderson
Washington Wabash, Bluffton, Greenfield
| Delphi, New Castle and Brazil.
The Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
| Band from Knightstown, accompanying the
commandery from that place, was the cen.
| ter of attraction among the bands. 1t is
| composed of boys ranging from eight to
| sixteen years OF age.
| of Gen. William j. Mckee, marched from
! Capitol avenue eastward on Washington
| street at promptly 345 o'clock, going tC
| Alabama street, thence northward to Yer
! mont street west on Vermont street to Me
| ridian street, and south on Meridian to the
| Circle. Considerable annoyance was ex
perienced at the different streetrcar cross
/ ings, cars did not stop an instant fol
/ the parade. Delay of street-car traffic II
not permitted by a city ordinance recently
| put into effect. Visitors were very mucf
! surprised at the failure of the cars to stoI
until the matter was explained TO them.
! BUSINESS SESSION IS HELD.
Preceding the big parade a business ses
sion was held in which the annual report:
of Grand Commander Frederick Glass
Grand Recorder Calvin w. Prather anC
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