St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-07
German Americans Turned
Out in Thousands to Cele-
brate an Anniversary.
They Papaded in the After
noon and in the Evening
They Danced.
History OF a United States
Commissioners Travels
Among Europeans.
Another Law and Order CRU
SADIE Will Be Made--Gen-
epal City News.

The Communications Of Minneap-
oils, and of st. Paul and other neigh
boring cities for that matter, turned out
Ell masse yesterday to do honor to the
first German settlers of America, the
founders of Germantown, Pa, who took
up their residence at that place in 1888
The little colony immigrated from Gre
field. Prussia, and comprised fifteen
families, numbering in all about sixty
souls. The celebration of yesterday was
under the direction of a central CON-
mittee made up from all the German
societies in the city, with Gottlieb
Boehme as president; Albert Paegal,
vice president; Charles Frenk, secre-
tary, and Titus Mareck, treasurer.
The entire day was one of jubilations
among the German residents of the city.
although the exercises proper did not
begin until the afternoon parade. AT
1:30 p. N. the various divisions of the
parade began forming at First avenue
north and Fourth street, and at 2 O'Clock
marched in the following order:
Platoon Mounted Police.
DAM Band.
Marshal Albert Pagel and aides, j. j. Kichli.
Paul Schemedeman, j. j. Heinrich.
r. j. Heinrich and Z. S. Steinmetz, Marshals.
Carriages Containing Gottlieb Boehme, Pres
ident Of the Day; DR.. A. Ortman and
Adolph Grethen, Two of the Oldest Ger
man-AmericHns in the Northwest.
Hon. Albert Scheffer and Max Hirschfeldt,
Orators of the Day.
American and German Flags and Society
Banners.
Band.
First Division-Marshal Adam Vogt.
Second DiYision-Marshal Matt Gross,
Band.
Third Divislon-Michael Kiiemer.
Carriages Containing the Ladies of the Vari-
GUS Societies.
The line of march was as follows:
From First avenue and Fourth street to
Second street, to Bridge square, to Mic
ollet avenue, to Eighth street, to Sixth
avenue south, TO Washington, to Wash
ington rink.
The parade was a most successful af-
fair There were over 5000 men in line,
all of whom wore holiday decorations.
each society having its own uniform
decoration. The carriages and horses
were ali decorated with flags and
streamers, in which the German and
American national colOrS were taste
fully entwined.
Upon the arrival of the procession at
Tie w dSuluSJOL INK, L ISSidSnC bOOlluO
delivered a short but eloquent speech
of welcome. and, after a number by
Danz's orchestra, an intermission was
taken for supper.
In the evening the DAM orchestra
gave a promenade concert until 8
o'clock, when the regular exercises
were taken up.
The programme opened with an over
ture by DAMS orchestra, after which
the united German singing societies of
MINNEAPOLIS sang chorus and respond
ed to hearty encore.
Max Hirschfeldt, of Minneapolis, then
delivered an address in German, eX-
planning the occasion of the celebration,
and briefly recountlng the early history
of Germantown. After a number by
the orchestra, the chorus rendered an
other number. which was as enthusi-
astically received as the first, and AL
bert Scheffer, of st. Paul, addressed the
meeting IN German, eliciting frequent
outbursts of laughter and rounds of APP
plause with his witty Sallies. The rink
was crowded to overlooking during the
entire evening.
The whole German population is in
dignant over the gratultouS insult Of
fered them in last evenings Tribune
that was intended to be intensely funny.