St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-06
CHOSE OFFICERS.
Minnesota Odd Fellows Finish
Their Business and Adjourn.


Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Minn.. June 5.-The city
looked quiet to-day, compared with yes
terday's demonstrations, but that was
not the condition of the sessions of the
grand lodge. From O'Clock a. m. until
p. M, and from p. m. until o'clock
the convention was in secret session,
transacting important business. The
forenoon session was confined to
hearing reports of the secretary
and treasurer and committees. The
resolution was also passed returning
thanks to st. Cloud Lodge No. 80, the
citizens of St. Cloud and the people in
general, for their cordial welcome on
every hand, and the generous hospital
ity extended to the grand lodge dele
gates as guests of the city. They had
nothing but words of praise to offer to
it's people, and would 60 away with
pleasant memories OF "brOtherS"
left behind, true and tried.
Congratulations were also voted
to the degree team upon their work last
evening. AS the delegations left the
hall at noon each member was pre-
sented with a bouquet of flowers by the
st. Cloud lodge. The work Of enacting
existing laws so as to conform with the
sovereign lodge was taken up at the
afternoon session and completed.
Fraternel greetings to the grand lodge
now in session at Milwaukee were tele-
graphed. The place for holding the next
session of the grand lodge was contested
by the representatives of st. Paul, Min
neapolis, Duluth and Excelsior, and
the latter place was decided upon. The
following officers were then elected for
the ensuing year: Grand master, C. NJ.
Sprague, Sauk Center; deputy grand
master, Henry Ungemach, Rochester;
grand warden, J. Fl, Grass, Fergus
Falls; grand secretary, A. l.. Balton,
st. Paul; grand treasurer, Charles Girls
void. st. Paul; grand representative,
two years, E. II. Kelly, Mime
apolis. These officers were installed in
the evening and Grand Master Sprague
made the following appointments
Nye, Minneapolis; marshal, John Har-
mann. st. Paul; guardian, F. w.
Deutch, Winona; herald, II. E. Park,
Sauk Center. The convention then adj
journed, and the delegates proceeded to
the depot, and those from st. Paul and
Minneapolis and vicinity boarded their
special train, which left at 9 p. m. AS
the delegates were boarding the train
they gave three cheers for Lodge No.92.
"Don't forget the ladies'" shouted
man at the other end of the train.
sThree cheers for the Daughters of Re-
bekah" and tiger, sang out little
man, waving his black tile and jumping
onto a trunk. They cheered with a
vim, the ladies waved their thanks, the
train rolled out and the thirty-seventh
convention of the grand lodge of Odd
Fellows was thing of the past.
DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH.
The Daughters of Rebekah were in
secret session all day until o'clock en-
gagged i'm routine work of the lodge. The
committees on finances and other mat
ters made reports which were not made
public. The following officers elected
to-day were installed this afternoon:
Mrs. Nye, Misteltoe lodge, Minneapolis,
president; Mrs. Burdick, Vine lodge,
Minneapolis, vice president; Mrs.
Haynes, Minnehaha lodge, Minneapolis,
secretary; Mrs. Flynn, Mlstlet0e lodge.
Minneapolis. secretary. Madams Evans,
Cowans. Hull and Speelman were elected
delegates to the national grand lodge,
which meets at Columbus, O., next Sep
tember.