The San Francisco call., 1904-08-22

On the day before the Knights Tenn
plar conclave begins solemn religious
services will be held by the Sir Knights.
This is in accordance with the custom
of the Templars of old. who before
starting on a crusade bent their knees
in prayer.
At II a. m. on Sunday, September A.
the officers of the Grand Encampment
will proceed to the First Congregational
Church They will be escorted by Gold
en- Gate Commandery in full uniform.
At the church solemn and impressive
services will be held.
The Very Eminent Sir Daniel c. Rob-
erts, D. D.. grand prelate of the Grand
Encampment, will deliver the address
to the Sir knights of the Grand En-
campment. Sir Knight William H Jor-
dan, prelate of Golden Gate Command
cry, will address the fraters of his COM
mandery.
At Mechanics Pavilion California
Commandery No l and twenty-one 9TH
ers will hold religious exercises at 8 p.
m. Rev. Frederick w. Clampett, rector
of Trinity Episcopal Church, will speak
and vested choir will sing. In the
evening the Mckinley memorial eXer-
cises will be held at the same place.
Sir Knight Samuel Shortridge will de-
liver an oration, In Memory of a Mar
tyred Frater."
WILL VISIT DECOTO.
One point to where nearly every Sir
knight who attends the conclave will
make a pilgrimage is the Masonic
Home at Decoto. Near this institution
is erected a beautiful temple, where
aged Masons may hold their ceremo-
mic h1ai1 hxr
knight NJ. Siminoff of this city at a
cost of $2S, 900.
The grand stands along the route of
parade are controlled partly by the ex-
ecutive committee of the Knights
Templar of California and by
subordinate local communicates.
Some subordinate communicates from
also had grand stands erected
for the accommodation of their friends
and families, while others are con-
trolled by outside parties. Those erect
ed by the executive committee, five in
number, are all on Van Ness avenue
and have an aggregate seating capac-
ity of about 4500.
The reviewing stand, at the south
west corner of Sutter street and Van
Ness avenue. is reserved entirely for the
Grand Encampment, the officers of the
various Masonic grand bodies and In
vited guests. Its seating capacity is
only 1900, and the apportionment. of
seats on this stand has been assigned
to Grand Captain General Charles L.
Field. The other four stands and the
assignment Of seats thereon have been
committed to J. K. Firth. chairman of
the committee on buildings and grand
stands. The seats are intended for the
ladies coming with visiting Sir Knights.
NrrrxyAnA CONExEhNDr-roxy
One exhibit Nevada Commandery will
display, which its members value
greater than all the gold, is the banner
made of all the badges used at the
conclave held in San Francisco twen-
ty-one years ago, and thus contains
the souvenirs of all communicates from
every jurisdiction throughout the
United States. The collection was made
by Mrs. Edward Coleman, wife of Emil
nent Sir Edward Coleman, grand treas
urer of the Grand Commandery of CAL
ifornia, and by her presented to Nevada
Commandery. The badges are artis-
tically worked on background of silk
around the center of a cross and crown
of gold. The harmonious grouping and
coloring make it work of art while
the pleasant memories of twenty-one
years ago, which twine about it. make
ii the most precious of all exhibits that
~can possibly be brought to the con-
clave.
NEVADA'S GOLDEN WEALTH.
Nevada Commandery No s, Thomas
Ingram eminent commander, has un-
dertaken to demonstrate to the visit
ing Sir knights that there is enough
gold left in California to sustain the
reputation of the Golden State as the
greatest producer of the precious metal
for decades still unborn. The comman-
dery will have a mineral exhibit at the
Mechanics Pavilion during conclave
week that will compensate visitors from
distant parts for the trip in studying
it, The committee selected by the COM
manderY for that duty has succeeded