The San Francisco call., 1904-09-06
GRAND PRI0RY
ENVOY REACHES
SAN FRANCISCO
Earl of EuSton Here
Representing
England
Mounted FraterS ES-
COrt Him to
Palace

The Right Honorable Henry James
F1tz Roy, Earl OF Euston. most emil
nent and supreme grand master of the
Great Priory OF England and Wales
and the dependencies Of the. British
crown. who comes as special envoy 10
the trienniaI conclave and personal rep
resentstive Of King Edward VII. ar
rived in town yesterday and was re-
ceived with honors BETTING his rank
and station
This visit marks an epoch in the his
tory of knights Templar. Euston is
the first official representative from the
Great Priory Of England and Wales to
BE- in attendance here upon any trien
NAL conclave. Long before the arrival
o. the train az Third and Townsend
streets every point Of vantage was
taken up by Sir knights and citizens,
including many women. All had come
70 pay respect and gain a glimpse OF
the distinguished visitor. The Earl was
accompanied by the very eminent
knight. Charles Fitzgerald Matter,
great vice chancellor; the Rev. z. c.
Wright. A. WoOdiwiss. Thomas Fraser.
A J. Thomas and J. p. Dorman. In
The party was also a committee that
had gone 10 Monterey to meet the Earl
and act as a special escort from that
point 10 the city. The committee was
composed Of Reuben H. Lloyd, w H.
Croker. 7. p. Elmer OF the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway and T. H.
cooQman. Inc party arrived in a
magnificent private car attached to the
regular Del Monte train.
. KNIGHTS EXTEND WELCOME.
: On the trains arrival at the station
the representatives Of Grand Master
Stoddard, namely Sir George " Moul-
% ton. deputy grand master OF the Grand
II
grand SeneralissimO, and Grand Cap
tain General William b. Melish. board
ed the car. They were accompanied by
. the grand commander Of California.
Sir ". Frank Pierce, and past grand
comma nders Charles T. Lott s h
-Wagencr, F. n. Miller and General J.
. c. Smith Of Chicago, chairman Of
committee on foreign relations. The
c.uzens' reception committee was rep
resented by julius Kahn, Colonel F.
y. Beck, Z. 3. Grace. ". F. Perkins.
y n Currier, General c. 4 Coolidge,
nett, 9. Gilbert Dexter George NJ
Chalmers, Z. H. Hudson and G. c.
BOrneTnann
After few words Of welcome by Sir
knight Moulton and introductions by
r H. Lloyd the party left the train,
and the Earl, escorted by the deputy
grand master, marched down through
packed with onloOkers. Just as he
reached the entrance TO the street Pa
cihc CCmmandery No. was lined up
on both sides OF the passa geway and
stood al attention with drawn swords.
As the Earl reached this position the
Sonoma band struck up God Save the
King"
THE EARL DOFFS HIS HAT.
The Earl at once dofed his silk hat
and bowed repeatedly as he passed
through the line Of Sir knights The
distinguished party entered carriages
IN waiting and the march began up
Third street to Market, and down Mar
ket to the Palace Hotel.
The procession was headed by the
official escort Of the TWenty-ninth Tri-
ennisl Conclave, under the command
Of Colonel William Edwards. chairman
Of the escort committee Other officers
in the escort were Major c. Toohey,
Captain A. Woodside and Lieutenant
9. F. Parks in charge Of Troop A, and
Captain T.. y. Gains and Lieutenant
Richard Martins, in charge Of Troop b.
Next came Knights on foot from Gold
en Gate Commandery. in command OF
Captain Thomas Tribell, followed by a
company from Oakland No IL. in
charge Of L. 9. Richards. Then came
the carriages containing the Earl OF
Euston, together with members Of his
suite high officials Of the knights Tenn
plar and the committee Of citizens.
Following and surrounding the car
rlages was a guard Of honor, composed
Of California Commandery No /, in
charge u &. NJ. Plum. commander OF
California COmmandery.
CROWD CHEERS VISITORS.
Al the grand entrance 10 the Palace
Hotel an immense crowd had collected
and IL Justify cheered the visitor. II
required the united efforts OF a big
BODY Of policemen to clear the way
Sc that the party could drive I'D TO
tho steps IN the court
The Earl is a distinguished looking
nan. about 6 feet inches in height.
Of commanding and dignifed bear
ing. lie is the eldest son Of the Duke
of Grafton. h. c. and was born in
london on November s. 1S4g. He en-
tered the army in 1867 and served in
Canada during the "Fenian raid" for
which service he received a medal.
For twenty-one years he was the col
onel commsndant OF the First Volun-
teer Battalion Of the Northaripton-
shire Regiment He has served as
alc dc camp TO his Majesty King Ed
ward VII. He is a widower. having
but recently lost his wife. He has no
children. The Earl is one of the most
prominent Freemasons in England.
On arrival here yesterday he was at
tired. as were the other members of
his suite, in long dark gray frock
coats. gray trousers. silk hats and
rich white scarfs.