The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1892-10-15
IN THE LARGE CITIES.
st. Paul.


Last night the silver haired compan-
IONS of the Loyal Legion of Minnesota.
III Keeping with the enthusiastic and pre-
valcnt spirit of the day. honnrrd the
ramc and deeds of Christopher Colunl-
hrs. 1T was !; regular stated meeting of
the commanlrry, but by common consent
1t was termed "toumhus Night. and
was one of tho plcnSantcst occasions
that the commdnlcry has enjoyed for
many day. 1T was 7::'U when the doors
ot the ordinary We're thrown open and
tho grntl, men. nft,' inlulging in half IN
hours friendly conversation. We're uSi,-
cred into the presence of an claborately
furnished table. The dinner over and the
tai les cleared, tn. gcntl, men settled
themselves into comfortable. listening at
tiiudrs and prepared for tho speeches.
Commander. t;rl. Wesley Merritt, of
the department of Dakota. L. S. a.,
called the gathering To order and intro
ducrd the MrndrIssohn quartet, which
sang IL beautiful medluy and responded
to the enthusiastic encore with II patri-
otic refrain. Then the commander III
troduced Rev. Dr. f.. ID. Nrill,D. d., the
orntot of the evening
This. week the Haptsts of the state Will
rcvrl In the anniversaries of every branch
Of the church, selecting the Firs Baptist
church of This city as the scene of heir re-
lisious celebration. In addition to the ses-
sinns of the various missions. the annual
programme has been arranged for every
morning afternoon and evening. Early
yesterday morning the delegates hegan
pouring into the city. aud al all the meet
ings Of the day a generous representation
was present from the important towns in
Minnesota. happy beginning was made
Ina. al,
which, opened al 10 O'Clock. Mrs. +. X.
Gray had I'M interesting subject to handle
She has charge of tn" chidrens work in
TINT las been done during the year. Her
main idea was that to save the nation in
the future the. children, must be saved
The Minnesota children should he laugh,
that missions should begin at home and
mat, !nat me e word mission is no mere abstract
cussion concerning the work in hnmd ~
cIni',, mhe annual .,la session Of til" Minnesota
Arch MnsonS OF Minnesota were rcprcsente,
by about 125 delegates from the q chapter.
IN the state. J. NJ. Martin of Minneapolis
Ing and appointed the standing committees
G.hnptsrs were, chartered Mt WatcrviIe AM
New New Tim. and the chapter. ut Brcrkinridg.
was continued under dispcnsution. Or
and installed. The new officers are: lsnn,
r.. Durf.n of ST. Paul most excellent higl
priest; w. IT,; Jrweti, 81. Paul. Il. -. q. II
T.; ]. Todd. Hastings, r. u. q. king; +
A. Noble, Northfeli, Il. l.. u. scribe; So
lon Armstrong, Minneapolis, K. e. q
treasurer; Thomas Montgomery, st. Paul
T. -, g., secretary; William Lee. Hastings
T. q. chaplain; Frank L. Forbes, Alber
Lea, d. G. captain Of the host.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Min
nesota congregational club was held las
night ut plymouth church. and the verdic
expressed by Its muny members ut its con
clusion was that II w.is the most successful
ever held. The brief business session begar
were elected as follows, President. Rev
Smith Rhker; wee president. G.. ID. Parker
second vice president. i'rot. a. Pirrson: see
retary. George II. Watson: treasurer Franl
The executive committee viii! consist ol
Messrs. Mrrwin Holmes and Fairchlld. nnc
the committee on membership is made III
Of Messrs. Reed. Miller. blrknsion an
Clark. Other routine business was trans
acted after which Il banquet was spread
The club had as guests several prolninen
people from both the clergy and lalty. an,
during the evening short addresses on eur
rent topics We're made and listened to wilt
much interest.
West Third street made an assignment yes
| trrday to Richard ID. Czekowitz. The as
sets, consisting OF stock, book accounts an,
real estate are estimated at S4.WW, and th
Incnt was. forced by suit of Sutier 4
Bros. Of Chicago, whose claim of 5000 4
the largest liability.
The secretary of the state board of cor
rectons and charities returned Nesterda
from Il visit to Montevdeo. where he al
tended the dedication of the Window insti
tute on Tuesday.