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Show . L ' - - - - T cfTc;!:r. .' . SAN FP.ANCIZCO, Eejt 5. A cumber cum-ber of trpeclal trains bearlns; Knljhta Terr.i'.irs arrived here yesterday. There fil almost a continual procession up Market street of mar chin f command-erlc-s. .' Two special serrices were I held In connection with the conclave. The first took place at th First Con-t-reg-ational church and was attended by members of the grand encampment. encamp-ment. Amon; those officiating was Daniel C. Roberts, D. D., grand prelate of the grand encampment. In' the afternoon Colorado commandery No. 1 attended religious service in full uniform uni-form at Mechanics' pavilion. At night j a sacred concert was given at Mechan- ' lea pavClon in memory of President I McKinley, with a chorus of 600 voices. The Interior of the building was a redwood red-wood forest, - surrounding the main audience space, which was canopied with white colth and arched with large electrical crosses and other emblems of the order. .The JCnfghta who arrived after dark last night received the Impression that the city was aflame. The warships In the harbor were strung with lights and the white beams of their searchlights crossed the sky. The Ferry building, with its tower picked out in green in-candescents in-candescents and resplendent with a great red . electric Maltese cross, crowned the entrance to an electric highway which extended up Market street for a distance of two miles and which was formed of colonnades, columns col-umns and arches of glowing bulbs. All along the line Masonic emblems and American flags hung from every building. build-ing. The Masonic temple was ablase With lights, and Templars' Insignia and emblems bung illuminated on Its walls. |