The San Francisco call., 1904-09-03
Grand Master Is
Here and I'LL
fire Ready.
Chief of Knights
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Grand Master of the knights Tenn
plar Henry Bates Stoddard of Bryan,
Tex, tired from his long journey and
worn by a great sorrow the recent
loss of his beloved wife-arrived in this
city yesterday morning. Warm and
sympathetic greetings of comrades
served to lift him in a measure from
the silence of depression and encour-
aged him TO face the work that lies
before
A foretaste of the day Of the big
Knights Templar parade was given the
citizens of San Francisco when the
California Commandery No. /, mounted
on black chargers and arrayed in full
insignia and regimentals of the order
met the grand master and escorted him
from the ferry to the Palace Hotel
The route cf the cavalcade was a round
about one. the column passing the Ma
sonic Temple at Post and Montgomery
streets, proceeding to Stockton street
thence to Market and to the Palace
Hotel
Early yesterday morning a special re-
ception committee, composed of Sir
Knights from the Golden Gate, Cali
fornia and Grand communicates, head
ed by Grand Commander w. Frank
Pierce, Past Grand Commander Frank
w. Sumner, Eminent Commander
Charles M. Plum and Eminent Com
mander 7. d. Code, left the city on the
o'clock boat for Oakland Promptly
on time the train arrived bearing the
grand master and his party, together
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made the journey with him. The escort
formed about them and the party
started for the city.
Upon the arrival at the ferry build
ing the grand master was preceded
by the California Commandery band
and accompanied by the escort. He en-
tered one of the waiting carriages. The
carriage of the grand master was
drawn by four white horses, the car
riages of the escort following that of
the grand master.
The mounted knights of California
Commandery, who had been waiting
patiently, under Captain r. P. Hurl-
but, passed in review before their dis
tinguished leader Headed by buglers
from the Preside, mounted on black
horses that were decked with the black
and white Templar trappings, the
cavalcade began its march up Market
street. BY this time the crowd at the
ferry plaza and along Market street
had become quite dense. but the police
handled it efficiently. AS the column
turned from Stockton street into Mar
ket the sunlight on the magnificent
horses, white and black trappings and
nodding white plumes made an impos-
ing sight.
When the Palace Hotel was reached
the Knights swung into New Mont
gomery street and countermarched op-
posite the entrance. They came to at
tention as the carriages drove up and
left their occupants at the hotel doors
The band then filed into the court of
the hotel and played several selections,
after which the escort disbanded
In the carriage with the grand mas
ter were Grand Commander w. Frank
Pierce, Eminent Commander Charles
NJ. Plum and Past Grand Commander
Reuben H. Lloyd.
Cincinnati Commandery No 3 of Gin
cinnati. Ohio; Palestine Commandery
No. 3 of Springfield, Ohio; Reed Com
Inandery No. of Dayton, Ohio: New
Haven ComJnandery No. . of New
Haven, Conn. and Urbana Command
cry No. 16 of Urbana, H., arrived yes
terday and were escorted to headquar-
ters by mounted knights.
The following communicates are dus