St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-28

Ii"Hli"u ID. HAN, OF St. Fdul; Mrs. e.
=. Haynes, Mrs. W. e. Nye, Mrs. Il.
Connor, OF Minneapolis. were prominent
among the ofhcers present of the Daugh>
ters OF Rebecca. Several lively airs
were played by the First Regiment
band, conducted bp G. SiebeIt, Rev. DE-.
GrlSWold following with prayer.
Welcomed.
Chairman Johnson delivered felicf.
touS address in welcoming outside
Odd Fellows to the city. He touched
upon the lowly beginning of their soci-
ety, ana III commenting upon the great
number OF men who, at their own perl
sonal cost, had laid aside their work for
the day, said:
1t is "a credit TO the OddFellows of this state
ana an honor to the institution to which we
pelong and love. 1t is also pleasing to see
the Odd Fellows of Minneapolis turn ont in
sucn magnificent numbers and demonstrate
the fact, which has been potent to MS all
all along, whatever local jealousies NAV ex,
ISL IN certain quarters between these two
fellows - 00N
Hearty applause greeted this senti-
ment. The "brethren" from Minneapo-
lis certainly deserve high commendationl
1or the large number participating I'M
the parade. They made a most present.
aple showing, each man wearing linen
custer, light brown soft hat and cane.
Grand Master w. G. Nye delivered a
very eloquent speech in responding td
the, sentiment of The Prayers of Our
Order" He paid merited tribute to
Thomas Wiley, who called the memora{
pie meeting of the five men at hotel
IN Baltimore seventy-two years ago, re.
Sultlng in the formation Of the |. O. o.
f. In this country, and also extolled the
work of Mr.. Richley, who labored foE
ffty-two years to the improvement of
the condition of his fellowmen and the
advancement of the principles of that
order. He mentioned that in 1889, the
Die. S2,I23.00O was expended in aiding
members, as we'll as caring for their
widows and families.
Ives Institute.
Lieut.. Gov. Ives was to have spoken
upon "Ihe Principles of Our Order.",
Mr.. Ives humorously remarked that
when asked to speak he had excused
himself, not knowing whether he would
be alive after the adjournment OF the
legislature or whether he would not<
have to quit the country. He had, how
ever. been pleased to be present, but,
understood that substitute had been
provided for the speech he had been
put down for in the person of Frank
Nye, of Minneapolis. The lieutenant
governor gracefully introduced Mr.. Nye
and resumed his seat.
Mr. Nye was favorably received. His
speech was the ablest one given. Ha
was impressed with the thought that we
lived in a great and sublime age-an
age in which -brotherhood---
was among the live and crownng in
SpiratiOns. AS he read the history of
the World,it seemed to him that such an
age of spirit, of benevolence, of frater-
nifty. had never marked any other era
in human history. The growth of hu-
man history has its parallels in the
panks OF the earth. 1t is first the blade,
then the ear, then the full corn III the
allel also; first liberty, then equality,
then fraternity. He concluded:
see the tide OF progress moving on. see
that we are learning that ii is the heart and
not the brain that to the highest doth attain.
| see in the minds of men the most unmis-
taxable and convincing evidence that the
march of mankind is towards the teaching of
that great teacher, who was Himself, | be-
lieve the founder and great teacher Of the
principles of Odd Fellowship.
Mr.. Johnson, introducing the senior
United States senator from Minnesota,
remarked that his name was "house.
hold name."
Fraternity.
Senator Davis appropriately acknowl-
edged the compliment, and at once
branched into the subject he was called
upon to speak, ''Fraternal Benevolent
Associations, and Their Relation to Sot
ciety." MIR. Davis speech was a schol-
arly effort He traced the growth OF
the fraternal societies. They were not
eleemosyuary institutions. Volumes
could be written about the great good
which thny ich 20, fho
ing people. In strikinglY interesting
style, the senator enlarged upon the
duties of government. But all gov
ernment must be imperfect. Its
laws must be arbitrary and rigid.
These societies come in and
performed work which no government
could fulfill. The most enduring mark
man could make was what he did foE
his fellowmen. Mr.. Davis incidentally
got in dig at the German emperor. He
spoke of the giant intellect of Prince
Bismarck-the wisest statesman of thu
age-deploring the act of the ''warlika
young emperor, who drove that majestic
intellect into retirement"
The speaking was relieved with vocal
selections by the Anchor Lodge quar<
tette-Messrs. G. A. Filbury, J.J. Jones.
j. II. Jones and E. j. Jones.
The proceedings at the opera house
concluded with Senator Davis speech.
The Wind-Up.
Early in the evening there was, at the
Odd Fellows hall, public exempifica-
ton of degree comforting by the various
officials.
The celebration was appropriately
wound up with a ball in the armory,
attended by many hundred ladies and
gentlemen. The programme opened al
p5n 0ly yrrIf1 In Il
made up of eighteen numbers. The re>
ception committee for the ball was com<
posed of l.. G. Anderson, j. A. Hayes
W. Bernard. j. Zuber, o. L. Roach, j.
p. Lyon, Henry Stillie. The floor man<
ager was Frank E. Hall, assisted by G.
p. Nixon, II. w. Dennette. q. W. WEBB
ber. S. G. Pierce, G. Hanson, o. N.
Parmalee.
The great success of the celebration is
largely due to the joint anniversary
committee and officers, made up as fol.
lows:
W. R. johnson, P: G. of No. 2. chairman;
II. NJ. Hunt, P. G. of No. 4S, secretary: Joseph
Bergfeld, p G. NJ. of No IS, chairman com<
mittee on parade; T. a. Kirkland, P. G. of
No. 4S, chairman committee on transporta<
ton; F. E. Hail. grand marshall of No 60,
chairman committee on ball; A. Cummings,
P. G. of No. %. chairman of committee on
reception; John P: Lyon, P; G., of No.
1UU, CudlIIudO Oil Hall anu InuSlCr
G. P. Sandberg, P. G. of 129, chairman Of.
committee on decorations; George Jensen, Of
No. III, chairman Committee on printing; C.
p. Nixon, P. G. of No. 2; Hans Anderson, P
lisheik, of No. IS; George Weber, P. G.. of
No. IS; L. G. Anderson P. G. of 129; j. o.
Oleson' of 129; E. II. Schulstad, of III; NJ,
jacobson. of III; w. D. Wood. of No. 60; j.
A. Hayes of No 90; William Bernard, P. G.
of No. 96; II. Ssillie, of No. 90; l.. Fl. Hen.
schel, p G. of Isl; d. F. PEBBLES, OF ISL; G.
B. Bigler, of 15l; F. W. Gadbois of 179; A.
c.. Austin. of 179; James A. Karney, P. CO
of 179.
Normal School Destroyed.
EVANSVILLE, Wis, April 27.-The
State normal school at Whitewater was
destroyed by fire this morning. The