St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-10
THEY VISIT THE LAKE.
The Patriarchs Have a Pleasant Ex-
cursion TO Lake Mfnnetonka.
Anderson Wins toe Prize Drfll--Lake
Notes of Various Kinds.

| yesterday at MInnctOnka. and the ?, 600
eNcursioniSts who participated in the fes-
Invites of the occasion pronounce it one
of the most enjoyable social events ever
held or known in the annals OF the order.
There was n delightful informality about
| the whole affair. and the command given in
the morning before leaving st. Paul, go
as you please and have good time" was
Endorsed and obeyed to the letter by every
| body.
The party left st. Paul on the $3.50
train in the morning. The train
was divided into two sections. The
first, in charge oe Conductor HUFF.
had twelve coaches and a baggage car, and
the second, with Conductor Aries inlcharge,
had baggage car and sixteen coaches.
| Both sections were heavy and the train was
late at Wayzata. The scene at the wharf
on the arrival of the train was indeed gala
one. The City of st. Louis, Belle of Min
netonka, Hattie May. and the smaller
steamers were decked and adorned with
banners, flags and varied decorations, and
as the party rushed from the cars to the
boats, the utmost of good humor and jollity
| prevailed. Ii was first intended to take
the Belle of AIinnetonka for the party, but
Commodore Zimmerman very generously
placed the 'City" in addition at the dis
| poSal of of the party. About 1000 went
| on the Belle and 500 took the City. Six
bands were in attendance, and the temples
represented were those that appeared in
the procession in st. Paul Wednesday.
The boats left WayZata without delay. and
| it is a tTueism 10 state that the day was one
of the most delightful experienced on the
| lake this season.
A SPLENDID, COOL BREEZE
| faI o,,I r,nflafnrr 10 into
| fere with the successful disposition of the
various features of the program. Stops
were made at Lake Park and Chapman's by
the Belle, and at Excelsior, Lake Park,
AIinnetonka Beach and Chapman's by the
City. At each landing the excursionistS
were given twenty minutes for inspection,
and nearly all improved the opportunity
thus presented to view tine many attractions
/ of MinnetOnka.
At u o'clock Mr.. Eugene Mehl served an
elaborate lunch on the Belle, to which am
pie justice was done. On the City of ST.
Louis Steward LYDIA entertained large
number of guests with a splendid dinner.
| At $50 the steamers landed their precious
| freight at Hotel Lafayette, which was for
the remainder of the day and evening the
abiding place of the eXcurSioniStS. AT 3
o'clock Mine Host Wilcox served an elabOr-
ate and elegant dinner for the entire party
The dinner continued until s O'Clock, and
was in every respect gratifying success.
An extra force of forty walters from st.
Paul was introduced, and the service was
of the best quality in consequence. Man
ager Wilcox supervised the arrangements,
and everything passed off satisfactorily.
THE PRIZE DRILL
AT o'clock the competitive prize drill
IL. a.
in the presence of a magnificent array of
spectators, who viewed the contests from
various points of observation about the ho-
tel and grounds. The drill was the third of
the series. The first was held in Chicago
in 1888, and the team from Rochester Tenn
pie No. 1, of Rochester, y. Y, bore away
the honors. At the meeting in Columbus,
o., last year. Anderson (Ind. temple was
accorded first honOrs, the RocheSters not
competing. In view of the fact that the
winners in the previous contests were to be
competitors in yesterdays drill, the affair
was invested with great interest. Aside
from the abOve-named temples, Milwaukee
contested for the prizes, which were $500,
SIPS and SIS for first, second and third in
rank respectively. Each team was COM
posed of twenty-four Patriarchs, with
guides and officers, and drilled according to
Eddy's tactics. The judges were LieutS.
Owen J. Sweet, George Andrews and
G. p. Ahern, of the Twenty-ffth infantry.
The drill was under the auspices of st.
Paul Temple No. 2, and Mr.. j. II. Mailer,
Capt Ed S. Bean and Capt. John E. Davis
constituted the general committee of ar
rangements.
The Milwaukee temple, with Capt. A.
b. Myers in command were the first to
drill rThnr- rr-ipaan 1anl- Of ION,
and seemed confused in their work. Some
of the points, however, were well made
and received considerable applause. There
were about eighty movements required in
the three classes, the school of the patri-
arch. the sword drill and the school of the
temple. Twenty minutes were allotted
each team, and Milwaukee had not finished
the required list when time was called.
ANDERSON TEMPLE,
with II. Z. Jones as captain was the next to
appear on the ground, and as they marched
upon the lawn, to the inspiring strains of
its splendid band, their appearance evoked
enthusiastic applause. 1t was evident that
they were thoroughly familiar with the
tactics and their eyOlutiOns were well per-
formed. They retired, after winning the
good will of the spectators BY their fine
work
The Rochester temple, a splendid ap-
pearing body of men under Capt. 5. i.
Williams. were the last TO present them
selves before the judges. They came with
the prestige of invincibles, never having
experienced a defeat in ten years Nearly
every movement was enthusiastically ap-
plauded, especially their alignmentS. Upon
the conclusion of their work the judges re-
tired for consultation. During the evening
fhax- faH hot .araFt,1fx-
cred all the points in the several teams, and
baSing their decision on a common scale of
100 points for each movement, they gave
Anderson 1862, Rochester 76.1T and Mil
waukee 1898.
The result was received with the widest
enthusiasm by the friends of the ''HOOSier"
boys, and their band struck up some lively
airs and paraded about the hotel for an
hour followed by lively and exuberant
crowd.
While the dancing was in progress large
number of the friends of the victorious
drill team assembled on the hotel porch
andlistened to speeches from Capt Jones and
Secretary Harvey of the Anderson temple,
who spoke in glowing terms of the great
victory which had been achieved. Capt.
Williams of Rochester temple followed in
very happy speech, and the exercises were
brought TO close by great cheering.
The ball, which closed the evenings fes-
tivities, was brilliant affair. to the success
of which 200 couples contributed. Prof.
Thiele's orchestra furnished music, and
Prof. II. II. Evans was master of cere-
monies. \ large number of cOttagers lent
their presence to the occasion, and the Patri-
archs in uniform, with the elegantly at
tired ladies, made the scene one OF anima-
ton and brilliancy.
To-NIGHT's CONCERT.
At the Hotel Lafayette this evening Prof.