Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-10
ALL Is READY
FOR The KNIGHTS
Final Arrangements Made for the Re-
ception and Entertainment
of the Visitors.
BIG DELEGATIONS TO COME
Railways Make Special Provision for
accommodation of Those Who
Will Occupy the Cars.


manderies of knights Templar who
are coming here for the state conclave
which convenes Tuesday has proved
no small proposition and the placing
of them after they get here has caused
even more work. The committee in
charge of this, however, has been hard
ut work ever since it was decided to
hold the meeting here, and at present
the arrangements are about complete,
and they are nearly perfect in every
detail. There will be so many visitors
here that it was found impossible to
| find lodging apartments in the differ
ent hotels and private boarding houses,
and so the churches of the city have
been induced to help out
VIII Occupy Cars.
| But even with this added room there
was far from enough, and so arrange
ments were made with the Rock Is
| land and Milwaukee to assigns tracks
IN the yards where the Pullman sleep
ers in which the visitors will come
can be parked. so that they can be
used during the conclave. The Rock
Island road has gone to considerable
IeXpense in fitting up the yaru for this
purpose, and the arrangements made
by the Milwaukee are excellent. The
Rock Island has cleared five tracks
least of Twentieth street, between First
land Second avenues, and placed a
board walk so that all coaches will be
leasily accessible from the street. A
lhydrant has been placed where it can
be reached from all the coaches with
the least trouble, and this will be of
no little value to the knights who oc-
lcupy the cars during their stay here.
There will be &c coaches parked ON
these five tracks and nine commander
lies will stay there. Thirteen of these
coaches belong to the st. Bernard COM
lmandery of Chicago, which will have
the largest delegation of any of the
Communicates coming.
The Milwaukee has assigned three
tracks west of Seventeenth street, and
IS coaches will be parked there, as
quarters for seven Communicates. The
coaches of the Milwaukee are all light
ed by electricity and the road has run
wires out into the yards so that they
can be well lighted all the time they
are here.
Big Delegations Expected.
Below is a complete list of the com
manderies coming, how many each del
egation includes, where they will stop
and when they are due to arrive:
Apollo of Chicago, with III knights
and 50 ladies. arrives Monday evening
at SIS over the Rock Island. Apollo
commandery is the grand commander
personal escort, and will have head
quarters at the Harper house.
Peoria of Peoria. with 100 knights
and % ladies, arrives Tuesday morn
ing at 9:15 over the Rock Island, and
will stop at the Rock Island house.
Joliet of Joliet, with 60 knights and
% ladies', arrives at 1880 Monday
night 1t will occupy Pullman cars
parked in the Rock Island yards al
Twentieth street.
Blany of Morris, with 50 knights and
20 ladies', arrives at midnight Monday
and will occupy Pullman cars parked
in the Rock Island yards at Twentieth
street.
Galesburg of Galesburg, with A
knights. arrives Tuesday morning a
7:10 over the Burlington, and will b,
assigned TO some church
Ottawa of Ottawa, with so knight!
and 80 ladies, arrives at o'clock Tues
day morning on the Rock Island ant
will stay in coaches parked at Tween
tieth street
Chicago of Chicago with go knight
and % ladies', arrives over the Rocl
Island at 1890 Monday evening an,
will put up at the Manufacturers hote
in Moline.
Temple of Princeton, with 40 knight
and 25 ladies, arrives over the Roc
Island at 10 o'clock Tuesday mornin
and will stay in their Pullmans whic
will be parked at Twentieth street.
Dixon of Dixon, with 35 knights an
nine ladies, arrives at $50 Tuesda
morning on the Milwaukee road an
their coaches will remain at the Mi
: waukee yards for their use
Demolay of Bloomington, with
knights and six ladies, will come in O
~ lLe pOCh tSldllu DIT y 10 TUESDAY HOT
ing and stay in their coaches in tn
Rock Island yards at Twentieth stree
st. Johns of Peru, with 25 knight
and Is ladies, arrives over the Rock L
land at o'clock Tuesday morning an
their coaches will be parked in til
lizards.
"a Chevalier Bayard of Chicago, wit
FL 60 knights and Is ladies, arrives at
< O'Clock Tuesday morning over the Mi
waukee and will remain in the
coaches in the Milwaukee yards.
Mont Joie of Chicago, with
knights, arrives at the same time !;
Z Chevalier Bayard, and also will sta
in the yards.
Sloan of Oak Park, with 35 knight
will arrive over the Rock Island
$50 Monday evening and will put |
lat the Rock Island house.
Sterling of Sterling, with so knight