The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-09
K. OF c. CONVENTION ENDED
PARADE AND BANQUET AT Pc
QUOT CLOSE BUSY WEEK.


Thousands Witness Parade of Fourth
Degree knights and Concert by Two
Bands on Central Green-VisitOrs
Leaving for Home-Nine Thousand
Have Attended-Wires on Green to be
Taken Down To-day.
Yesterday was the last day Of the
great convention Of the Knights of Co
lumbus, but the activities were none
the less notable than those on the pre-
vious days. Many of the visitors left
for home yesterday. Many desired to
go home by a different route from
which they had come and the exchange
of tickets at the bureau in the new ma
tional headquarters was very large.
Those who staid for the exemplifica-
ton of the fourth degree and for the
parade and banquet last night occupied
the morning in seeing the city.
Carriages, automobiles and trolley
rides about the city to East and West
Rocks were the main features of the
trips although a larger number went
to the shores than on any day during
the week. The trips through the Yale
university buildings were taken by a
much larger delegation than on the
previous days. The guides left the
Phelps memorial arch at the entrance
to the campus at and II o'clock and
the party they took with them was one
of the largest that has gone through
the university at one time.
The line Of march selected for the pa
rade was as follows: East on Court
street, to State, to Chapel to Church,
to Meadow and to the depot, where Il
countermarch was held up Meadow
to Church, to Crown, to College, to Elm,
where the entire party took special
cars to the Pequot house at Morris
Cove, where a banquet was served.
During the parade large calcium
! searchlights were thrown on the
marching knights which aided mater
tally in making the spectacle one worth
| looking at.
Following the parade a grand concert
was given on the green by Colts band
| of Hartford and the City band of
| New Haven, which, with the illumina-
tions, drew hundreds to that place. The
| programme for the concert was an ex-
| cellent one. 1t lasted about two hours
| and the variety that was furnished by
the musicians during that period was
| certainly satisfying to the tastes Of all
| present.
/ While the fourth degree men were
having their exercises and parade, fol-
| lowed by the banquet, tile other guests
were entertained by the Clan-na-Gael
at their hall in the Boardman build
| ing. A very interesting programme was
arranged, which held the attention of
the guests until time to retire.
| The exemplification Of the fourth de-
| gree to $50 members of the Knights of
! Columbus took place at Music hall yes
i terday afternoon al 4;SO O'Clock. Ber-
! nard e. Lynch, this city, was master Of
| the fourth degree and presided at the
| ceremonies. The degree team was made
up of masters of the fourth degree for
north, east, west and south.
The committee at Knights of Column
bus headquarters on Chapel street yes
| terday said that there were 1000 visit
ors in New Haven during the reunion
week. They base their estimate upor
the number Of badges which were Civ.
en- out at headquarters to the delegates
and the visitors. There were 5000
badges given out, and of that number
1000 went to members Of the order who
belong in this city.
| Up to last evening the register a
headquarters showed that over 2,0Ot
people had registered during the week
| The green was Illuminated last even
ing but this morning the electrical dec
orations will be removed by w. w
Gale & Co., for the electrical contract
ing firm has to use some of the wiring
for the centennial decoration In Meri
den. Many Of the lamps in the cleo
trical display were broken Thursday
night.
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