Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
KNIGHTS WILL MEET
TRlENNIAL coNcIAvE or
KNIGHTS TEMPLARs TO BE
HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Members of Malta conmsndery No.
81 of ottumwa to Attend EIabor-
ate Preparations for the Entertain
ment of Visitors.

I are Preparations for the Entertain
1 ment of Visitors.
several members of Malta Com
mandery NO. 81, of this city, expect to
attend the twenty-ninth triennial con-
elave OF the Knights Templars to be
neld IN San Francisco, Cal, Sept. to
! ~. The Knights of California are
making extensive preparations for the
entertainment of the visitors and it is
believed that the conclave will be one
OF the most enjoyable ever held.
delegations from San Francisco will
go up the road many miles to meet the
visitors as they approach the city. At
sacramento a halt will be made and
governor Pardee, of California, escort
cd by his staff and the officers of the
state Will welcome the visitors in the
name OF the people to the Golden state.
Carriages will be in readiness to con.
Vey the travellers to the state capitol
and about the city.
Street Decorations.
The streets are to be ornamented
ana decorated in excellent taste. Tall
masts will be set in sockets at equal
Instances along the curb, each mast
10 pc surmounted by a fag-pole. Where
the mast and the pole join a cluster Of
american flags will be placed. From
! the top of the pole will
float flags fifteen feet in
length and wires will connect all
the masts and poles in every direc-
ton from which flags, wreaths and
lamps will be suspended, forming
most brilliant canopy of light and
bunting. 1t is said to be the most eff
rectlve and pleasing style of street dec
Grafton ever conceived.
Reception at the Depots.
upon arrival at either depot the Sir
knights will be met by reception com
mlttees and four companies in uni
form, two mounted and two afoot. The
companies in uniform will escort in
coming communicates, with banners
and music, to their hotels and head
quarters. The escort duty will con-
tlnue for fully five days, or as long as
trains with Sir knights in any con-
siderable number arrive. The grand
nave at the ferry depot will be convert
ed into one great reception hall, bril-
llantly illuminated and filled with a
profusion of flowers, partly for decora-
ton, and partly for distribution among
the arrivals.
ovatiors> at Every Depot.
On the way to California. and long
before they will reach the state line
wherever the trains bearing the pill
grims toward the Golden Gate. large
delegations of citizens will meet and
greet the travellers, bid them welcome.
and extend to them such Inequalities
as their brief sojourn will permit.
Each city in which comm andery is
located will have committees appoint
ed, preparing a program for the enter
talnment OF the guests. The arrival
OF a Templar special train will be the
signal for the inhabitants to assemble
at their depot and greet the travellers.
Reception for the Ladies'.
/ The ladies' reception committee,
composed of the brightest and most
prominent women of California, has
secured the three large parlors at the
Palace hotel, in which the wives,
daughters and sisters of visiting Sir
knights will find genuine California
welcome. Special committees will be
assigned to each of the other large
hotels to receive visiting ladies coming
with Sir knights, and make them as
much at home in California as it is
possible to make it. Receptions, par
ties, excursions and other functions
will be arranged by the ladies in honor
of the visitors.
Dazzling illumination.
The street Examinations are to be
the most brilliant and dazzling ever
seen, and are intended to eclipse even
those which have gained fame for San
Francisco as the most brilliantly IL
Illuminated city in the world. From
eight to ten courts Of honor are to be !
constructed at as many intersections
of the main thoroughfares. The chief
court of honor will contain about $50,
600 lamps.
Will Exhibit Their Wealth.
All counties, sections, and districts
of California will be represented, not
only by their Communicates and a |
host of other folks, but also by the
choicest products of their soil, mines,
and whatever else any sec
ton excels in. These will be exhibit
ed at their respective headquarters,
and samples will be generously dis
tributed as souvenirs to visiting SirI
Knights from other parts of the Union.
Prizes For Drill Corps.
The prizes offered for the COMPETE
tive drills will surpass in value and
beauty of design any that have ever
been seen at conclave They are
made Of California gold and silver, ex-
ceedingly rich in metal and exquisite
in design and execution, and credit
to California art Each trophy con
tains moderate fortune in precious
metal. The crack drill corps of the
United States have already signified
their intention to compete for these
trophies. Each competing drill will re-
ceive a prize, and in addition, each
commandery entering a drill corps will |
be presented with fine stand of regu-
lation silk colors.
The program of the drill covers in
spection, the School of the Knight and
the School of the Commandery, in
Guiding division movements, all accord
ing to Summers tactics, but does not
include display drill. A drill corps
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