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FIFIY THOUSAND
E
Brilliant Climax of Templars'
Conclave in Chicago.
TRIENNIAL A BIG SUCCESS.
Acting Grand Maater Mellah In Com-
mand and Noted Mason* From
Different Parts of the
World Present.
Chicago Fifty thousand Knight*
Templar, garbed In <he handsome uni-
form of the order, wearing Its glitter
Ing Jewel* and carrying drawn sword*,
marched through elaborately decor
•ted streets of Chicago Tuesday. Aug
#, passing beneath great arches and
before a reviewing stand four blocks
long crowded with the leading offie
ciais of the order and the wives and
families of the sir knights Forty two
brass bands made music for the
marchers, and all along the route they
were cheered by the thousands of
people who had assembled to witness
the spectacle.
This magnificent parade was the
climax, In a spectacular way, of the
thirty first triennial conclave of
Knights Templar, which opened here
on Sunday, Aug 7. In accordance
with the time honored custom of the
grand encampment, the doings of the
Week began with divine service
Begin With Divine Service.
The sir knights selected Orchestra
hall for this purpose and entirely filled
the body of that hall to listen to a
length, anil this needed no decora
tlous, for It was filled to itw capacity
mainly with ladles whose beautiful
summer costumes made It like a vast
garden About 60,WO persons were In
this immerse stand, as at Its center
was a gorgeous throne on which sat
the acting grand master, William
Hromwell Mellsh of Cincinnati, who
became head of the ord« r on the re
ci nt death of Grand Master Henry W
Itugg of Providence, R 1 Mr. Mellsh
will be re gularly elected grand master
before the close of the conclave.
Just north of the Art Institute the
parade passed before another review-
ing stand In which were Mayor Husso,
the city council and the park commis-
sioners
Beautiful "Templar W.iy."
At Washington street the marchers
turned west to Slate, where they en-
tered on the "Templar Way." This
stretch extended from Randolph to
Van Huron street and was made beau-
tiful by a handsome arch and massive
Corinthian columns of pure white
erected thirty three feet apart on both
sides of the street. Festoons of natur-
al laurel connected the columns, and
the bright red cross and the shield
and coat of arms of the order wero
prominent in the scheme of decora-
tion.
Moving south to Jackson boulevard,
the knights again turned west, and
near the federal building passed be
foro yet another reviewing stand
which accommodated Governor Deneen
and his staff. Marching nor'h on Iji-
Halle street, the parade passed be-
neath the grand commandery arch of
pure white which spanned the street
at the La Salle hotel, the headquarters
of the grand commandery of Illinois
This was a beautiful structure de-
signed by one of Chicago's most fa-
mous sculptors. Upon its top stood
the figures of mounted knights four
teen feet high. At the new city hall
on Washington street the parade was
1
WILLIAM B. MELISH, ACTING GRAND MASTER.
sermon on "Templarlsm" delivered by
Rev? Dr. George II MacAdain of Madi-
son, Wis . tr the absence of Sir Knight
George C. Rafter of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
very eminent grand prelate of the
grand encampment. The tnusic was
In charge of the grand organist of the
grand commandery of Illinois, the
choir consisting'of several male quar
tets belonging to the order in this
state.
Monday was devoted mainly to the
receiving of the grand and subordinate
commandorles and escorting them to
their hotels. It is estimated that fully
100,000 visitors came with the knights
and that about 300,000 other excur-
sionists have flocked to the city this
week In consequence of the conclave
Of course every hotel was thronged
and thousands of the visitors found
quarters In private residences
On Monday evening all the local
and visiting commanderles kept open
hoes* at their respective headquar-
ters, nnd many of the visitors found
their way to the various amusement
parks and the theaters
Parade of The Knights.
The "grand parade" of Tuesday was
the largest parade of Knights Templar
ever held The preparations were
elaborate «nd Michigan boulevard was
most elaborately decorated. The sir
knights formed In lln*- of march on
the boulevard south of Thirty first
street, and signal to move '..as given
by the guns of Mattery H, i N 0., th«
detachment for the purpose being
composed of Knights Templar all of
whom are members of th<* battery
The same detachment fired the salute
to the grand master
Marching northward In Michigan
boulevard, the parade passed, near
Hubbard court, beneath an entrance
arch built In tire form of an ancient
battlement with Its towers and tur
rets. This was Intended to represent
the entrance to the city, and as the
column passed under It. buglers sta
Honed on Its heights heralded the ap
proach of each grand division
Next the knights came nbreast of
(be first grand stand, one half mile In
dismissed, after marching forty-threo
blocks
Entrancing Scenes at Night.
The scene in the streets at night
was especially beautiful, for all the
arches, festoons and columns of tho
decorative scheme were brilliantly 11-
kmlnaled, nnd on State street, in ad-
dition to the "Templar Way." the mer-
chants had put up decorations that
trarsformed the great, shopping dls
trlct into a veritable fairy land.
Undoubtedly the most spectacular
feature of the night display was the
wonderful electric set piece elected
In Grant park on the lake front, re-
producing In colossal size the official
emblem or badge of the conclave. If.
was 150 feet high and its 5,000 power-
ful electric lights of varied colors
brilliantly Illuminated all that part of
the city
To provide added amusement for tho
visitors, a big ueroplaae meeting was
started on Monday under the auspices
of the Aero Club of Illinois, and tho
Illinois Athletic club's Marathon swim
mlng race In the Chicago river was
set for Aug 13, thu closing day of the
conclave
Much of the success of the conclave
must be attributed to the efforts of
John 1) Cleveland, grand commander
of Illinois and president of the tri-
ennial executive committee. Arthur
MacArthur of Troy, N Y , Is the very
eminent grand generalissimo of the
grand «ncampment and W Frank
Pierce of San Fianciaco tho grand
captain genera!.
Among the n.ost noted of the visl'
Ing masons from other lands are: The
Right Hon :t <■ Karl of Kuston, pro
grand master of the great priory of
England and Wales; the Lord Athlum
ney, past great constable; Thomas
Eraser, great marshal; R Newton
Crane, past great herald; F. C. Van
Inner, past great standard bearer;
H J Homer, acting grand master ban-
ner bearer; John Fergueson, past pre
ceptor of England and Wales, and the
Right Hon Luther I) Archibald, most
eminent grand master of the great
priory of Canada, and official staff
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SYNOPSI8.
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IV rt rude nnd II il • v ■'Ktatillahfil - i in m i
In-ulijutii i'T* in huuti>aide. Amidst nu-
merous difll< llllUn the HfrviuilH iloBerteil.
Aa Miss limit; In ked up for tliu night
she whs startled by u dirk llgure on the
veranda, I'luoenily noixoa diaiuilieil tier
during the- night. In tliw momms Miss
lnnes found ii strange link cuff-button In
n hamper, Gertrude and II a lacy arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was aw ik-
enrd by a revolver shot and Arnold Arm-
strong was found shot to death In the
hall. Miss Inues found llalsev h revolver
on the lawn. He and J.irk Bi.liey hud dis-
appeared Tho link cult-button mysterl-
eusly disappeared. lJetoctlve Jmnleson
arrived Gertrude revealed she was en-
gaged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked In the billiard room a few mo-
ments before the murder Jamb «m ac-
cused Miss lnnes of holding back cvi-
denoe. He Imprisoned an Intruder In an
empty room The prisoner escaped down
a laundry chute Gertrude was suspected
A n gro found the other half ot what
froved to he Jack Bailey's cuff button,
lalsey reappears and says he and Bailey
left In response to a te|, aram. Gertrude
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
revolver, fearing to glvo him a loaded
weapon. Cashier Bailey of i'aul Arm-
atroua's bunk, defunct, was arrested for
embezzlement Hatsey said Armstrong
wrecked Ids own hank and could clear
Bailey I'aul Vrmslrona's demli was un-
nouni ed. Halsev's flam ei>, Louise Arm-
strong. was found at the lodge. The
lndgckeepcr said Ixiulse and \rnold had
a long talk the niisht of the murder Lou-
ise was prostrated Louise told llalsuy,
that while she still loved him she was to
marry another, and that he would despise
her when he learned the whole story.
It developed that l>r. Walker and Louise
were to be married. \ prowler was heard
in the house. Louise was found at thu
bottom of the circular staircase.
CHAPTER XVI.—Continued.
"I was not sleeping well," she be-
gan. "partly, I think, because 1 had
slept during the afternoon. Llddy
brought me some hot milk at ten
o'clock and I slept until 12. Then 1
wakened and—I got to thinking about
things, and worrying, so I could not
go to sleep.
"I was wondering why I had not
heard from Arnold since the—since 1
saw him that night at the lodge. I
was afraid he wap 111, be-
cause—he was to have done
something for me, and ho hod not
come back. It must have been three
when 1 heard some one rapping I
sat up and listened, to be quite sure,
and the rapping kept up. I was cau-
tious, and 1 was about to call Llddy.
Then suddenly I thought I knew what
It was. The east entrance and clrcn
lar staircase were always used l*y
Arnold when he was out late, and
sometimes, when he forgot his key, he
would rap and I would go down and
let him in. I thought he had come
back to see me—1 didn't think about
the time, for his hours were always
erratic. J (tit I was afraid I was too
weak to get down the stairs. The
knocking k< pt up, nnd jur.t as T was
about to call Llddy, she ran through
the room and out into the hall. I got
up then, feeling weak and dizzy, and
put on my dressing-gown. If it was
Arnold, 1 knew I must see him.
"It was very dark everywhere, but.
of course, 1 knew my way. I felt along
for the stair-rail, and went down as
quickly as I could. The knocking had
stopped, and I was afraid 1 was too
late. 1 got to the foot of the stair
case and over to the door on to the
east veranda. I had never thought of
anything but that it was Arnold until
I reached the door. It. wa- unlocked
and opened about an inch Everything
was black; it was perfectly dark out
side. 1 felt very queer and shaky.
Then 1 thought perhaps Arnold had
used his key; he did—strange things
sometlnies, and I turned around. Just
as I reached the foot of the staircase
1 thought I heard some one coming
My nerves were going anyhow, there
In the dark, and I could scarcely
stand. 1 got up as far as the third
or fourth step: then I felt that some
one was coining toward me on the
staircase. The next Instant a hand
met mine on the stair rail Some on<
brushed past me, and I m r< allied
Then I must have fainted "
That was Louise's story. There
could be no doubt of It truth, and tin
thing thnA made It Inexpressibly awful
to me was that the poor girl had < opt
down to answer the summons ol n
brother who would never need h r
kindly offices again Twin now, with-
out apparent cause, some one had en
tered the house b\ means if the enst
entrance: had apparently gone his
way unhindered through the house,
and gone out again as he had entered.
Il.nl this unknown visitor been there
a third time, the night Arnold Ann-
strong was murdered? Or a fourth,
the time Mr. Jainieson had locked
some one In the clothes chute?
Sleep was Impossible, I think, for
any of us. We dispersed finally to
bathe and dress, leaving Louise little
the worse for her experience Hut I
determined that before the day was
over she must know the true state of
affairs. Another decision I made, and
I put it into execution Immediately
nftei breakfast. I had one of tho
utilised bedrooms In the east wing,
back along the small corridor, pre
pared for occupancy, and fiotn that
time on Alex, the gardener, slept
there One man In that barn of a
house was an absurdity, with things
happening all the time, and I must say
that Alex was as unobjectionable as
any one could possibly have been
The next morning, also llalsev and
I made an exhaustive examination of
the circular staircase, the small entry
at Its foot, and the cardroom opening
from It, There was no evidence of
anything unusual the night before, and
/
a
%, dS\ h ' n'iiiS
"My Home Is in Englewood," the Doo tor Began.
had we not ourselves heard the rap-
ping noises, 1 should have folt that
Louise's imagination had run away
with her. Tho outer door was closed
and locked, and the staircase curved
above us, for all the world like any
other staircase.
I lalsey, w ho had never taken seri-
ously my account of the night Liddy
and I were there alone, was grave
enough now. lie examined the /unci
ing of the wainscoting above ami be-
low the stairs, evidently looking for a
secret door, and suddenly there flashed
1 uto my jiind the recollection of a
scrap of paper that Mr. Jamie; on had
found among Arnold Armstrong's ef-
fects. As nearly as possible I re-
peated its contents to him, while Hat-
sey took them down In a note book,
"I wish you had told me this be-
fore," he said, as he put the memo
rundutu carefully away. We found
nothing at all in the house, and I ex
pected little from any examination of
the porch and grounds. Hut as we
opened the outer door something fell
into the entry with a clatter. It was
a cue from the billiard room.
Halsey picked it up with an excla
mat ion.
"That's careless enough," he said
"Some of the servants have been
amusing themselves."
I was far from convinced. Not one
of the servants would go Into that
wing a! night unless driven by dire
necessity. And a billiard cue! As a
weapon of either offense or defense
it was an absurdity, unless one ac
cepted Llddy's hypothesis of a ghost
and even then, as Halsey pointed out,
a billiard-playing ghost would bo a
very modern evolution of an ancient
institution.
That afte-noon we, Gertrude, 1 lal-
sey and I, attend- d the coroner's in
quest in town. Dr. Stcvart had been
summoned also, It transpiring that In
that early Sunday morning, when
Gertrude and I had gone to our rooms,
he had been trailed to view the body
W« went, the four of us, In the ma-
chine, preferring the execrable roads
to the matinee train, with half of Ca-
irn ova staring at us. And on the way
we decided to say nothing of Louise
and her interview with her step
brother the night he died. The girl
was in trouble enough us it was.
CHAPTER XVII.
A Hint of Scandal.
In giving ih" ki ' of what happened
at the Inquest, I have only one 1 v
cuse—to recall to the reader the
events of the night of Arnold Arm
trong's murder. Man) things had
occurred which were not brought out
at the Inquest and some things were
told there that were new to nie \|
together, It was a gloomy affair, and
I he six men In the corner, who eon
stltuted the coroner's Jury, were evi-
dently the merest puppets ill the
hands of that all powerful gentlemen,
the coroner.
Gertrude and I sat well back, with
our veils down. There were a nutu
her of people I knew: Barbara I'ltz
iiugh. In extravagant niurinitig she
alway* went Into hlnek on the slight
est provocation, because It, was In coin
Ing -and Mr. Jarvls, the man who
had come over from the Greenwood
club the night of th< murder. Mr,
llarton was there, too, looking Im-
patient as the Inquest dragged, but
alive to every particle of evidence
From a corner Mr Jamleson was
watching the proceedings Intently
Dr Stewart was called first. Ills
evidence was told brb fly, and amount
ed to this: On the Sunday morning
previous, at a quarter before five, he
had been called to the telephone. The ,
message was from a Mr. Jarvls, who
a*kj;d bin; to come at ouce to Sunuy
side, as there had been an accident
there, and Mr. Arnold Armstrong had
been shot. He dressed hastily, gath-
ered up some Instruments, and drove
to Sunnyslde.
He was met by Mr. Jarvls, who took
him at onoe to tho east wing. There,
just as he had fallen, was the body of
Arnold Armstrong. There was no
need of the instruments; the n in win
dead. In answer to the coroner's
question—no, the body had not been
moved, save to turn It over It la>
at the foot of the circular stalrca- ••
Yes. he believed death had been In-
stantaneous. The body was still some-
what warm and rigor mortis bad not
set lb. It occurred late in cases of
sudden death. No, he believed the
probability of suicide might be ellm
United; the wounds could have been
self-inflicted, but with difficulty, ar.d
there had been no weapon found.
The doctor's examination was over,
but he hesitated and cleared hi*
i hroat.
"Mr Coroner," lie said, "at the rl It
of taking up valuable time, I would
like (o speak of an Incident that ina>
or may not throw some light on this
matter "
The audience was alert at onci
"Kindly proceed, doctor," the coro
ruT said.
"My home Is In Fnglewood two
miles from Casanova," the doctor be
gan. "In the absence of Dr Walker
a number of Casanova people have
been consulting me. A month ago-
live weeks, to be exact—a woman
whom 1 had never seen came to inv
office. She was In deep mourning and
kept her veil down and she brought
for examination a child, a boy of six
THe little fellow was III; It looked like
typhoid, and the mother was frantic
She wanted a permit to admit, tin
youngster to the Children's hospital
in town here, where I am a meuib r
of the staff, and I gave her one. Tin
Incident would have c raped me, but
for a curious thing Two days before
Mr Armstrong was shut, [ was sent
for to go to the Country club; mi;."
one had been struck with a golf-ball
that had gone wild M was late when
1 left.— 1 was on foot, and about a mile
from the club, on the Ciuyhurg road.
I met two people They ordl put-
Ing violently, and I had tn> dlfficuliy In
recognizing Mr. Armslr >ng The wom-
an, beyond doubt, was the one who
bad consulted me about the child,"
At thi hint of scandal, Mrs. Ogden
Fltghugh sat tip Very straight Jamle-
son was looking slightly skeptical,
and the coroner made a note.
"The Children's hospital, you Bay,
doctor?" lie asked.
"Yes. Hut the child, who was en
tered as Lueicn Wallace, was taken
away by his mother two weeks ago
I have tried to trace them and failed
All at once I remembered the tele
gram si nt to IjoiiIsc by some one
signed F. L. W. -presumably Dr
Walker. Could the veiled woman be
the Nina Carnngton of the message"
Hut It was only idle speculation I had
no way of finding out, and the Inquest
war; proceeding
The report of the coroner's physl
clan came next. The post-mortem ex
nmlnatlon showed that the bullet had
entered the chest. In the fourth left
Intercostal space and had tak« n an
oblique course downward and back
ward, piercing both the heart and
lungs The left, lung was collapsed,
and the exit point of the ball had been
found in the muscles of the back to
the left of the spinal column. It was
Improbable that such a wound had
been self-inflicted, and Its oblique
downward course pointed to the fact
that the shot had been fired from
above. In other words, as the mur
dered man had been found dead at
the foot of a staircase, It was prob-
able that the shot had been fired bv
some one higher up on thu statta.
There were no marks of powder. The
bullet, a :i8 caliber, had been lound in
thu dead man's clothing, and was
shown to the jury.
Mr. Jarvls was called next, but hla
testimony amounted to little. He had
been summoned by telephone to !'un-
nyside, had come over at once wltb
the steward ami Mr. Wlnthrop, at
present out of town. They had been
admitted by the housekeeper, and hud
found the body lying ut the foot of
the staircase. He bad made a search
for a weapon, but there was none
around The outer entry door lu the
east wing had been tinfuslened and
was open about an Inch.
I had been growing more and more
nervous. When the coroner called
Mr. John Hailey, the room was filled
with suppressed excitement. Mr.
Jamleson went forward and spoke *
few words to the coroner, who uodded.
Then I lalsey was called.
"Mr. lnnes," the coroner said, "will
you tell under what circumstance*
you saw Mr. Arnold Armstrong the
night he died?"
"1 saw him first at the Country
club," Halsey said quietly, lie was
rather pale, but very composed. "I
stopped there with my automobile for
gasolene. Mr. Armstrong had been
playing cards. When I saw him there
he was coming out of the cardroom
talking to Mr. John Bailey."
"The nature of tho discussion—
was it amicable?"
Halsey hesitated.
"They were having a dispute," he
said. "1 asked .Mr. Halley to leave the
club with me and come to Sunnyside
over Sunday."
"Isn't It a fact, Mr. lnnes, that you
took Mr. Halley away from tho club-
house because you were afraid there
would be blows?"
■> "The situation was
Halsey said evasively.
"At that time had you
that the Traders' bank
wrecked?"
"No."
"What occurred next?"
"Mr. Halley and I talked In the bil-
liard room until 2:30."
"And Mr. Arnold Am strong cam©
there, while you were talking?"
"Yes. He came about half pa t two.
If - rapped at the east door, and I ad-
mitted him."
Tho sib nee In the room was ln-
ten ' Mr Jattileson's • yi never left
Halsev's face.
"Will you tell us the nature of hla
errand ?"
"II" brought a telegram that had
come to the club for Mr, Halley."
"•Ii was sober?"
"Perfe* tly, at that tlm
ler."
"Was not his apparent
a change from lii former
"Yis I did not under
"How long did he stay
' About ilv< minutes
by the east entrance"
"What occurred then?"
"Wi talked for a few minute?, dls
cussing a plan Mr
mind.
Halley
I went to tho
and got Into tl.
Armstrong
the house?"
"No* h ing.
nothing of
movements after h<
I read of hi'- ih .'h Mon-
If he had
spoken of it
That Is all. \l
m
unpleasant,'*
my suspicion
had been
t
/1
Not earl-
fvi< ndllnesa
ittlunle?"
ml it."
Tin n he left
bad In
stables.
where I kept niv car. and got II out."
"la'tivlng Mr Halley alone In the
billiard room?"
"Mv s. tor was there."
Mrs. Ogth n Fltzhugh had the cour-
age to turn and eye Gertrude through
her lorgnon
"Ami then?"
"I took the car along the lower road,
not. to di turb the household Mr.
Halley came down across the lawn,
through the hedge,
car on (he road."
"Then vim know
Mr.
Ii ft
■ t time.
him on hi*
en hi in
Ger-
day evening for the fir-
"Mi Halley did not
way aero s the lawn?'
"I think not
lie would have
"Thank you.
trude Inries."
Gertrude' replies were fulL a! con-
cise at I lalsey s Mrs Flt/.h gli sub-
jected her to a close Inspection, com-
mencing with her hat and ending with
her shoes I flatter myself sin found
nothing wrong with either her gown
or her manner, but poor Gertrude's
testimony was the reverse of com-
forting. She had been summoned,
she said, by her brother, after Mr,
Nrmstrong had gone. She had waited
in the billiard room with Mr, Bailey
until the ijutomobllc had been ready.
Then she had locked tie door at tho
foot of the staircase, and, taking a
lamp, had accompanied Mr Hailey to
the main entrance of the house, and
had watched him cross the lawn In-
stead of going at once to h<-r room,
she had gone back to the billiard
room for something which had been
left there. The cardroom and billiard
room were In darkness. She had
groped around, found the article she
was looking for. and was on the point
of returning to her room, when she
had heard some one fumbling at the
lock at the east outer door. She had
I bought It was probably her brother,
and had been about to go to the door,
when she heard it open Almost Im-
mediately there was a shot, and
had run panic stricken through
drawing room and had ro.'sed
house
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