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Show Tirst Tihj of tba Twenty-P.-cnsd A'.nc&l CoucUta of U-o Povci)' n GucJ ': I.oJ at t. Lo t;-, A niFECT DAY FC2 THE TAEADE At Lp.-.-it Pjffy Tl.on-siid Xemlen of the Ordur Crowd ilu City CrJur of 1 tho Froc-.EBijii. St. Lock Mo., Sept. 21. Tho first day of tho seventy-second conclave of the Sovereign Crnod Lo.!.; -. I. O O. I-'., ppfticif cool and pleasaui, loucii to l ie debrfht tB.l comfort of the thou a:)d who pnrtleipat. u in the parade, and the many thousands more id peisjns who are here to sec u. The reception comtniltee was at the union depot early this morning and tho I ar.su delegations on arriving were promptly received and escorted to their assigned quarters. M my of the railways rail-ways ran special trains bringing in the cantfins and lodges from tho towns wiilvin 2U0 miles of the city. Ttj'i delegation from Springfield, Ills., out ruinhered all others. It -s estiina-led estiina-led that over o'l.tldi) U;ld Fellows and their families aru in the city be -ides many thousands who came simply ns tspeutators. 1'iverywliere and in ull (1. ructions could be seen unilorais and regnlias of the lod ;es. Shortly after 2 o'clock the column began be-gan lo move. I he order of the pro-ceeOnn pro-ceeOnn was as follows: l'iltc?ime the i;rand marshal, Past (irand Mamer Woodward, and Ins alair. Folinw 'tig were .Major (ienoral Sloan and sial'. eomniumliug the lhvi-sicii lhvi-sicii of the M.ssissipi'.i; iteutenant-(iegeral iteutenant-(iegeral Underwood and l':. c m-niatidinir m-niatidinir tim Army of I'ati isrehs Militant; Mili-tant; I'.rigadie.r (Jsnoral t'adle and staff, rotumandiiig the lirst bi icad-of the departnient of Missouri, tho lirst division tinder the command of Colonel Colo-nel Harris, composed of the Mifsouri eautons. Colonel Abercrombio commanded com-manded the second division, made up of the cantons from (lain an 1 Ku-tucky,' Ku-tucky,' 'the third division was under 'command of Uriganier - Com ral (. Crocker, and was composted ot the caii-lons.ffttiu caii-lons.ffttiu Cliicago, I'eoi ia, pring'iohl, and Decatur, III. The fo'.irtii I'lvisinn compot-ad of cantons from diiTer-ent diiTer-ent parts ol Indiana. Then cs.mii Assistant As-sistant (rraml Marshal Yonder, oher in eomma-nd of tlm civic divisions, ni.d Vas fij'liowp I by thn member of the feoversJgn (Jrand Lodge in carrmges. 'J'iui'prma.ssion at iir t made i.svay ilowiy! between the immense crowds fMtbci'wi to witness the parade. Thou-runds Thou-runds til cit zens and visitors lined the idelT.ttks. and filled every xv.iilaliin if piiee.'ud i', was wit h great diilicuity ihaV ttopcriiug could he made tbromrh 'ton'-, wijiil of h'lmuiii'y that literally paekett the streets. ,. The iiu of march wss thromrh the principal elreets to i' e exposition build-itlg build-itlg in whiuh wmre conducted the exer-ciaes exer-ciaes flf Fr lootne. 1 I. esc eonsi.stl of a errtl1.il address by tjf.Yeroi.r I raneisou btiit'-f thwfitatar Mayor Noouau on hel.alf of tho city; J. 15. .Jewell, granil toa'ter aud prutid patriarch n behalf of the order, and replies by the deputy grand sire aud other. |