St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-09
SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE.
Interesting Matter Respecting the Odd
Fellows this Week.
The Letter which Secured the Lodge to
Minneapolis.
A Week of Banqueting, Junketing and
Pleasure, as Well as Business,

more effect than all else was the letter adj
dressed the sovereign lodge at the last ses-
sion. 1t is especially commended for its
novelty:
THE LETTER OF INVITATION.
To the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows:
The grand representatives from Mime
sofa for and in behalf of the Odd Fellows of
the North Star state respectfully, cordially
and earnestly invite the next annual session
at the city of Minneapolis. In
extending this invitation we have
no special promises to make-no clam bakes
or cotton cXpositions to offer. Situated be-
tween the old cast and the new northwest,
at the head OF the Father of waters and being
the e'ttrepot of the Northern Pacific railway,
the gateway of the Yellowstone park, with its
marvellous scenery, to the Lake of the Woods
with its many thousand isles, to the dalles of
the st. Croix, and the valley of the Saskatch-
evan, to the define of the moose,
the elk and the buffalo, Of claim
shanties and thriving cities, of bonanza
farms and fine forests, OF lake Minnetonka,
Minnehaha falls, and the falls of st. An
thony, in word TO a region which afford an
extensive field to the people of "'L'Etoile
du Nord and the land of the Dakotas''to en-
terrain their guests. In the event Of the &C
ceptance of this invitation our guests will be
entertained "What cheer,n bretheren.
Fraternally,
ED. A. STEVENS.
w. G. DYE.
c. w. SMITH.
Grand Representatives of Minnesota.
Notes
Indications are that last years premiums
will be paid in full.
special train at P. IN. on Friday.
The most of the party, the delegates proper
and their wives, will stop at the West.
Two-thirds of the visitors will be profess
sional men, the remainder being editors,
bankers, millcrs, merchants, officeholders,
etc.
Friday evening the grand lodge of Mime
sofa will hold a special session at the hall
over the municipal court rooms, to confer
grand lodge degrees on past grands entitled
thereto.
All Grand lodge members who have the
royal purple degree can attend the Sovereign
Grand lodge sessions.
Saturday there will be an excursion to
Minnetonla, at which there will be a big
crowd, but plenty of room will be provided
for ticket holders. Dinner to the sovereigns at
the Lake Park. n lunch will be spread for the
crowd in the amusement hail.
Sunday there will be services at st. Pauls
church, conducted by the grand chaplain,
Rev. DIR. Vausble, Of Kentucky.
On Monday the delegates will form at the
West at $3.50 a. III. and march thence to the
Grand Opera, where addresses of welcome
will be delivered by the governor and mayor,
to which responses vii be made by the grand
sire, Judge Erie J. Luck of Iowa. Then the
march will be taken up to Armory hall,
where preliminary session will be held
with an early adjournment. At l 80 they
will will board the motor for d trip to
lakes Calhoun and Harriet and to Mlnnehaha
falls and back,to be followed by two hours
carriage drive about the city, including all
! the local points of interest. At 9 O'Clock p.
m. the banquet will be spread at the West
hotel Gov. Davis will respond to the toast
Minnesota and probably Ignatius DON
nell to ''Mysticism."
w. E. Steele will act as the marshal of the
motor and carriage rides. He desires all cit
liens who can attend with their carriages to
SO inform. Livery men also, are desired to
notify him as to the number of carriages
lHcy Gun supply.
The arch at the corner of Washington and
Nlcollct avenues will be decorated in a supe-
rior manner, more elaborate than ANYTHING
ever before attempted in the city. Many OF
the most enterprising and public spirited
merchants will decorate their blocks hand
somely and extensively, until the city will
present gala appearance.
Tuesday morning will be devoted to bust
ness session, and in the afternoon a special
train will. convey the members and their
friends to st. Paul, where
they will be treated to a
carriage ride supplemented by lunch fur
nisbed by the citizens to be followed by a
meeting of the Past Grand representatives in
Market hall, when the principal address will
be delivered by Past Grand Sire Nicholson, of
Pennsylvania, an orator who speaks upon no
subject outside of the order and is claimed
to rank with the best in the land. This will
be followed by a sumptuous banquet at the
Merchants hotel.
On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday business sessions will be held
For Thursday a special train excursion
has been arranged for the ladies to the dalles
of the st. Croix.
Every officer and representative will be
given gold plated badge, the design and
work being executed in Minneapolis.