St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-07
SANITY CITY D0INGS
fhe Annual Reception and
Banquet of the Loyal
Legion.
It Was an. Elaborate Affair
and Was Largely At
tended.
Can the City and County Be
United to Good Ad-
vantage?
Commencement Week EXer-
cises at Hamline Univer-
sity--Local Summary.
THE LADIES WE'RE THERE.

MINNESOTA cOlnlldueTy VI lHG huy al
Legion yesterday. for besides the in
gestiture of the new officers for the en-
suing year and other business at the
afternoon session. in the evening there
was the annual reception and banquet
il honor of the wives and sweetheartS
Of the legion and distinguished guests
from different parts of the country.
Officers of the commandery were
elected at the meeting held May 20, 1888,
and, as installed yesterday afternoon,
they were as follows: Commander, Gen.
Henry H. Sibley: senior vice com
mander. Col. James Giltillan; Junior
vice commander. Lieut.. Col. Reuben C.
Benton: recorder, Brevet Maj. George
o. White, L. 5. A.; registrar, Capt.
William Lochren; treasurer, Lieut..
Albert Scheffer: chancellor, Lieut.
Robert F. Bates, Eighteenth U. S. in
fantrv: chaplain, Chaplain Edward ID.
NELL, ID. D.: council, Capt. Henry A.
Castle. Capt Loren w. Collins, Brevet
Brig. Gen. Edwin C. Mason, U. S. A;
Brevet Lieut.. Col. Thomas G. Sullivan,
g. S. A: Capt. Samuel p. Snider.
Application for membership was re-
ceived from Col. J. II. Davidson, and
new members were elected as follows:
George Kittridge Shaw, Jacob Francis
Force, Josiah Wolcott Bissell, William
Prescott Allen, Capt. Edwin Jacob
Stivers, Twenty-ffth U. S. infantry;
Andrew Robert Kiefer, Zeno Billings
Page. Edwin Cooper Haynie (by in
heritance). Horace Sanford Cole.
Letters were received from MesSrS.
John 6. Pillsbury and Joseph a.
WheelOck, accepting the tender OF mem
DerShip in the third class of the COM
Cd fn n
civil life who, during the rebellion,
were especially distinguished for con-
BpicuOuS and consistent loyalty to the
national government, and who were
active and eminent III maintaining the
supremacy of the same"
All day long a force of decorators
were at work putting the dining room
Df the Ryan and its approaches in order
for the reception, and at the conclusion
Of their labOrS the results were every
where apparent in the profuSlon and
tasteful arrangement of
FLAGS, BUNTING, BANNERS
and flowers of every variety. In the
recess between the parlors at the head
Of the stairs, under a canopy of silk
American flags, was L. Buchanan
Reads famous picture, ''Sheridan's
Ride" representing the great general
OH his black charger riding ''from
Winchester, twenty miles away" to the
scene of conflict in the valley of Vir-
ginia, where he gained his greatest
laurels. Portraits of Gems. j. b. San
born. W. II. Marshall and II. ii. Sibley
md eX-GOv. Ramsey were also there,
BurmOunted by shield bearing the
Goat of arms of the commandery, while
In the rear was the standard of the
legion, resplendent in gold and en-
broidery.
In the foreground was mass of the
choicest products of the florists skill,
and on the marble mantelpiece was an
American eagle. whose outstretched
wings were almost ObScured by dense
array of potted plants and Towering
shrubs.
This part of the upper floor of the no.
tel was the headquarters of the recep
ton committee, which comprised Gen.
and Mrs. w. r. Marshall. Gen. III. III.
Sibley, Gen. and Mrs. 7. H. Ruger, ex-
Gov. Alexander Ramsey, Gen. and Mrs.
John B. Sanborn, and Maj. and Mrs.
George q. White.
Within supporting distance was the
committee of arrangements, consisting
McCrory, Lieut.. Robert f. b. 'es, U. S.
A.: Lieut.. William Ii. Dixon, Gen. L.
F. Hubbard, Gen. Judson w. Bishop,
Hon. Henry NJ. Rice, Gen. T. NJ. Vim
cent, U. S. A.; Gen. l.. A. Grant, Sur
geon George +. French, Maj. j. z. Rea,
Capt. d. NJ. Gilmore, Gen. James II.
Baker. Col. 0. p. Stearns, Col. l.. L.
Baxter and Capt. 0. 3. Gould.
Between $50 and $3.50 the animated
throng Surged through the parlors, thor
0ughly enjoying themselves, until the
bugle sounded the assembly, at which
signal the commandery and its guests
proceeded to the dining room. Here
another beautiful scene presented it
self, the entire hall being fes-
TONED with streamers of red,
white and blue radiating from the
central chandelier, underneath which
another bird of freedom grasped in its
talonS two large silk American flags.
Flowers were abundant everywhere,
almost tropically luxuriant in the. cen
ter of the tables and in the window
lodges, the air being redolent with their
delicious perfume.
During the reception in the parlors
the band of the Third infantry, sta
toned III the rOtunda of the hotel, dis
cOurSed series of choice and stirring
selections, and while supper was pro-
crossing an orchestra from the same Or
ganization charmed those at table
with appropriate numbers from the
popular operas of the day.
THESE ACCEPTED INVITATIONS.
Nearly all the members present were
accompanied by ladies, and among those
seated at the tables were:
Col w. p. p. Hepburn, Iowa: Col. j.
Fl. Hone, Wisconsin; f. Driscoll ST.. :;
Capt. g. II. Moffett; George Thompson: :
J. Il. Smith, United States army; Maj.
a. E. Bates, United States army;
Col. w. II. j. Arson. United States
army; Capt. j. W. Hanway, Third
United States infantry; Lieut.. N. E..
French, Third United States infantry
Capt. G.. b. Rodney, Fourth United
States artillery; Lieut.. So, G. Berry,
M. g. Wilkinson, Third United States
Infantry; Lieut.. F. P. Avery. Third
United States infantry; Capt. G. H. II.
Houck, Third United States infantry /;
Lieut. J. ii. McRae, Third United States
Infantry; Lieut.. j. F. Dean, Third
United States infantry; Lieut.. G. w.
Cook, Third United States infantry
Lieut.. III. S. Cole, United States in
fantry; Lieut.. f. P. Fremont, Third
United States infantry; Capt. Dol
phin, Third United States infantry
Lieut.. II. p. McLain, Mrs. Gheen, wife
of Lieut.. Gheen, u S. N; Charles III :.
Bigelow. c. B. Gilbert, G. NJ. Farnham,
Prof. Folwell, c. j. Allen, st. Paul !;
Capt. w. p Allen, Cloquet, Mimi; E..
c. Babb, Minneapolis; c. H. and r. G..
Benton, Minneapolis: j. II. Baker, Gar
den City, Mimi; Lieut.. r. F. Bates, A.
I. Bigelow, st. Paul; D. P. Bigger,
Brainerd; j. w. Bishop, st. Paul; DR..
j. B. Bowen, St. Paul: Humphrey Blais-
DELL Fairmont. Mimi; William r.
Bourne, st. Paul; Charles H. Boynton,
Winona; William w. Braden, ST. Paul i;
Frank j. Call, Bismarck, ID. T.; Henry
A. Castle. st. Paul; A. +. Clark, st.