St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-31
TRI-COLORED ROsETTES
Will Flourish About the City
All OF the Coming
Week.
BIany Prominent Warriors to At
tend the Legion Con-
gIesS.

The coming week will be fraught
with events the most important In the
history of st. Paul. Within the six
days will be crowded two great conven-
tions and still more important cele-
bration of the completion of the second
great trans-continental line headquar-
terng in st. Paul. OF the Hill celeora-
ton and the great international recl-
procIty convention, the public has been
kept well infor med. but it must not
overlook the other and very important
event, the seventh quadrennial con-
gress and second gene raj reunion of
the military order of the Loyal Legion
of the United States, to be held fro m
June to June 9. This gathering, which
was adjourned from the Philadelphia
congre ss of last April will draw to st.
Paul many of the most dis
tinguished men of the nation, and
the Minnesota commandery has made
elaborate preparation for their fitting
reception and entertainment. The first
arrivals are expected Tuesday, and an
informal reception will be held at the
RYAN on that evening. The session will
begin in the chamber of commerce at
10 a. m. Thursday, where Gov. Nelson
and Mayor Wright will deliver ad-
dresses of welcome. AT p. m. OF that
day the Legion will review the Hill
parade from the Ryan, and the parade
will salute the Legion III passing. At
8 in the evening an open meeting will
be held in the Metropolitan opera house,
which is expected to be the event of
the congress. Thursday and Friday
there will be no formal sessions, and
the time will be occupied in pleasure
bic events, the programme being as
follows:
The Programme.
Thursday-At 9:30 a. m, by Invitation
of the Minneapolis members, special
electric cars will leave the Ryan for
Minneapolis, visiting Lakes Harriet and
Calhoun, where lunch will be served,
returning to Minneapolis in time to con-
nect with the special train which will
leave st. Paul at 1:30, and Minneapolis
at D. m, for Lake Minnetonka, arriv-
ing there at 2:30, enjoy steamboat
ride of thirty miles, and return so as to
arrive in st. Paul by p. m. Tickets
for the excursion to Lake Minnetonka
will be distributed on the cars. The at
tendants at the gates in the dep0tS at
ST. Paul and Minneapolis aWill be in
structed to pass all persons wearing
the badge or rosette OF the order. with
ladies. In the evening, from to II. the
Minnesota commandery Will tender q
reception to visiting companions and
their ladies at the Hotel Ryan.
Friday-Companion Maj. A. Macken-
zie. United States engineers, has cour-
teously rendered the United States
steamer Gen. Barnard for an excursion
on. the Mississippi river, passing Fort
Smelling, leaving foot of jackson street,
ST. Paul, at 9:30 a. m.
The Minnesota club, Fourth and Ce-
dar streets; Commercial club, Germania
Life building, Fourth and Minnesota
streets: and the Town and Country
cllfo. on the banks OF the Mississippi
river. near the Marshall avenue bridge,
st. Paul; and the Minneapolis club,
First avenue and Sixth street, Minneap-
olls-have extended the courtesies of
their club houses during the reunion to
companions wearing the badge or
rosette of the order.
Electric cars for Minneapolis and all
parts of st. Paul pass the Hotel Ryan
every few minutes.
The Headquarters of the Minnesota
Commandery will be in the ladies' or
dinary at the Hotel Ryan from Tuesday
evening, June 6, to Friday, June 9,
where eGagps cg WI a.ba b ssEysA yS aRe Ra
cordially Welcomed. Special reception
committees will be on duty constantly
day and nights.
C6ihmittees in Charge.
The following special committees of
the Minnesota commandery have been