Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-09
SID C0NCLAvE
OF KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR
MEETS IN DENVER NEXT TUESDAY
==0FFICERS OF GRAND LODGE
ARRIVE on SPECIAL TRAIN TO.
DAY==MANY DELEGATIONS AL.
READY THERE.
CARRIER PIGEON TAKES
NOTE TO ABSENT BROTHER

Denver, Colo, Aug 9-The tread o
plummed knights marching to theil
headquarters, the resonant music ol
accompanying bands, tiuttering flags
and Templar emblems of the profus'
decorations, many of which were un
yelled for the first time, combined to
day to make the arrival of visiting
Communicates for the thirty second
ccnclave Of the Knight Templars a
spectacular preliminary event The
conclave will open officially next Tues
day. Late today, Grand Master Most
Eminent Sir William B. Melish, and
other grand officers are sche duled to
arrive on a special train from Colo
rad Springs.
Delegations arrived this morning
f1om the following Colorado towns.
Gunnison, Alamosa. Durango, Mont
rose, Leadville and Lamar. These
delegations will participate in the
welcome extended to the grand Of
ficers late this afternoon.
The first drill team of the Knights
Templar to arrive in Denver for at
tendance upon the triennial conclave
of that body in this city, August 18th
was Chicago Commandery No. 10, The
Chicago team reached Denver late
Friday and Immediately marched to
the mammoth parade grounds especi-
ally constructed for the use of the
knights to begin their drill practice,
Saturday other teams arrived at all
hours of the day and will improve the
time between then and the formal
opening of the conclave by practice
drills.
The work of decorating the city,
which has been extraordinarily eX-
tensive and unique concluded last
night and everything is in readiness
for the opening celebration tonight,
when the entire decorative scheme
will be illuminated with it's myriads
Of lights for the benefit of Denver
and those Knights who al
'eady have arrived.
San Francisco Knights Enroute.
San Francisco, Aug. 9.-California
1ommandery No l, Uniformed Rank
Knights Templars, left last night on
special train to attend the triennial
onclave of the Knights Templar at |
Denver, August 12-15.
The party numbered about 225, and /
# these about seventy-tive are wives !
nd daughters of members of the or
er
The San Francisco commandery is
he only mounted commandery in the
World, and, mounted on black charg
rs, it will act as escort for Grand
1aster William T. Mellish head of
he order in America, in the parade
] Denver that will mark the opening
f the meeting. The San Francisco
rill team of twenty-seven members
ccompanied the party,
Carrier Pigeon Released.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. 9.--T.
Jones, Grand Warden of the Grand
ommandery, Knights Templar of ,
leveland, Ohio. today released car
er pigeon from the summit of Pixies /
eak, with message for brother
[ Cleveland who was detained be- I
ause of i'll health. The bird is thor
lghbred Homer with carrying rec ,
I'd of 800 miles in "a hours and it is
spected will make the trip of 1900
iles by Monday night. The message
ad:
Greetings from Pixies Peak, 14.147 ,
'et in the air, the vantage point from
hich to view the Rocky mountains. ,
cool in the Pixies PeaR /.
3gion. Best wishes for return OF
salth. Dispatched at 1O30 a. m, Au
lst 9Th
Knights In Wreck.
Monument, Colo, Arg 9.-Denver
Rio Grande passenger train No. Il
collided head-on with A =
hit engine three miles south of he,a
1890 O'Clock this morning. The
ain carried Knight Templar delega-
ms enroute to Denver for the con }
ave. Aside from a severe ioltins
ne OF the passengers were hurt.
Engineer White of the passenger .
lin was cut about the head. The n
hit engine had been ordered to meet Il
e passenger at Monument to help
II the train up the grade to Paine" e
Ike. G
rye. The engines and mail car we'e il
ghtly damaged.