The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-09-08
KNIGHTS MARCH
IN fine ARRAY
TEMPLAR PARADE IN FRISCO A
BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
TEN THOUSAND MEN IN LINE
Hundreds of Thousands Of Spectators
Applaud Their Appearance
r. King Edwards Representa-
~. Z tive is cheered.

San Francisco, Sept THE twenty
ninth triennial conclave of the order of
knights Templar was inaugurated
Tuesday with grand parade. which
bnNght into contrast the thirteenth
ana twentieth centuries and recalled
the age Of chivalry, when Richard
C0ear de Leon Saladin battled for pos
session >of the Holy City. With flut-
terings gonfalons, with richly capari-
soned horses prancing in gay accoutre-
ments, 10000 men who have passed
through the vigil of the squire and
have symbolically received the golden
spnrs of knighthood marched with nod
ding white and black plumes with white
maltese crosses on their left shoulders,
wtSh swords flashing and with the
banner of the cross flung to the breeze,
over seven miles of the city's gayly
deQoRated and thronged streets, as
marched the knights and esquires of
old through the streets of Lyons and
ToIIraine to the rescue of the holy sep
nlcliEe.. r4.
4 Reviewed by the Governor.
The parade started in the heart OF
the city, wound in and out of the
downtown banking district, thence for
10 blocks up the main thoroughfare of
Market street to the broad and beauti-
fua boulevard, Van Ness avenue, where
a plumber of grand stands were erected.
Ff0m one Of these Most Eminent Grand
Master Stoddard with the chief officers
ana members of the grand encanpment,
reviewed the parade. From another
stand close by Gov. George G. Pardee,
>Mayor Eugene Z. Schmitz, the most
sWatShipful grand master, officers of the
g58nd lodge, F. and A. M, the NJ E.
high priest, and officers of the grand
chapter of r. A. NJ, grand council, r.
S. NJ, also saw the procession pass
in review
= Parade Moves on Time
The parading divisions moved
pTamptly at ten o'clock, the appointed
time. 1t was headed by squadron of
mounted police, Sir knight George W.
Whitman, c, .ef of police, commanding,
commander of the parade, E. Sir Charles
l.. Field, grand captain general of Cali
fornia, and his chief of staff, E. Sir
&SSTge D. Clark, the first division fol-
lowing. In this section were two car
riages, the first carrying Most Eminent
ST Henry Bates Stoddard, grand mes-
ter of the grand encampment of Knights
Tamplar of the United States of Amer
lea and Most Eminent the Earl of Eus-
ton, grand master of the great priory Of
England and Wales. The latter was
the center towards which all eyes were
focused, the throngs seeming to be
eager to catch a glimpse of the noble
gentleman who represented King Ed
ward of England.
In this division also was California
Commandery No. 1, each member of
whom was mounted on black charger.
HE appearance of the richly garbed
Knights and prancing steeds was the
sfgnal for enthusiastic cheers and hand
clapping all along the line, so that the
applause seemed continuous along the
three or more miles of march.
There were in the procession twol
OTHER mounted Communicates, the De-
witt Clinton, of Virginia City, New, and
the Corinthian Chasseurs, of Philadel-
phia, making 1000 mounted men in all.
These two latter mounted command
cries also came in for generous share
of applause, which seemed continuous
along the line.
A Splendid Sight.
{ The parade was one of the finest
ever seen in San Francisco. 1t occu-
pied nearly three hours in passing a
given point, though at no time was
there any protracted delay. The adj
vance along the line of march of the
more largely represented eastern COM
manderies was signalized by a con-
tinuous cheer and when the band head
ing the Kentucky contingent struck up
Dixie the enthusiasm of the specta-
tors was unbounded The day was ex-
ceedingly warm, and the long march
was wearisome to the older sir knights.
A great many dropped out before pass
ing the reviewing stand
Drops Dead.
Joseph Leath, of Occur de Leon COM
nandery, Knoxville, Tenn, dropped
dead during the parade, while starting
to do knightly act. He was riding
in carriage and, noticing comrade
who seemed to be almost overcome, he
stepped from his carriage to offer him
a seat. As he touched the ground he
fell dead from an apopleptic stroke.
Refused to March.
An incident OF the parade was the
marching out of line just before the
procession started by Boston command
cry No. 1. Being the oldest commandery
in MISUNDERSTANDING thought theywere
entitled to a position Immediately be-
hind the grand commandery OF Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island. This place
had been assigned to De Molay COM
mandery of Boston. The members Of
Boston commandery No. refused to
march in the place assigned them and
returned to their hotel.