St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-05
FUNERAL OF MAJ. STRAIT.
MANY PEOPLE or THE TWIN CITIES
WILL ATTEND.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO sHAKOPEE.
Will Be One Of the Largest Funer-
al Occasions in the History of
the State-the Honorary Pail.
bearers SeIected-Active Pail.
bearers From Masonic Lodge
Press Comment.

The funeral of the late Maj. Strait
takes place at Shakopee this afternoon.
1t will be held from the Episcopal
church, beginning at o'clock, and the
Masons have it in charge.
The honorary pallbearers, so far as Sc
lected. comprise the following: EX-
Gov. Ramsey, Gov. Nelson. ex-Gov. Me-
Gill, Col. M. Donohue, of Bird Island !;
Maj. A. l.. Sackett, OF st. Peter; Col.
BODleter, and possibly William f.
Bickel and two or three from Shakopee.
Mr.. Bickel stated last night that the
active pallbearers will be selected from
the Masonic lodge at Shakopee.
The special train of the Omaha leaves
Minneapolis at 1880 this forenoon and
st. Paul at II o'clock. 1t will stop on
the way at Mendoza and Hamilton. Re-
turning, it will leave Shakopee at 4 p.
N. and arrive in st. Paul at 5:15 and
Minneapolis at 5:45. The round trip
fare from the Twin Cities will be S1.40.
A large number of people of both
cities Will take advantage OF the spe-
| cial railway accommodation. Aside
from the SPECIAL committee chosen by
Chairman Tams Bixby, from the state
Republican committee, consisting of
John Goodnow and II. f. Brown, OF
Minneapolis; Harris Richardson. of st.
Paul, and G. l.. FooS, of New Ulm.
many more of the state committee will
attend the funeral.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The board of directors OF the Security
Trust company, at a meeting thereof
held Saturday, adopted the following
preambleS ami resolutions:
Whereas. Maj. Horace b. Strait.
fellow director of the Security Trust
company, an hOnored citizen of the
state OF Minnesota and good and true
man in all the relations of life, has
been suddenly removed from the as
sociations and activities of this world;
and
Whereas. Moved by an appreciation
ton of his ability and moral worth,
hvnors, both military and civic,
| have been conferred upon him in I'M
usual abundance by his fellow citizens,
| imposing upon him onerouS and multi
piled duties and possibilities. in the
| discharge of which he constantly eX-
| emplified untiring patience, tact and
| zeal. and
Whereas, We who have associated
| Wltii III luC ClOoCl VI
business and social relations have
found our respect and admiration for
| him expand and deepen under the in
| fiuence of his kind and genial DISPOSE
ton. and with our better and more
| intimate knowledge of the man; there
| fore be it
Resolved. That we record our testi-
mony to his uprightnesS of life, to his
| goodness of heart, and to the fidelity of
| his character, and
Resolved. That we render with heart
felt earnestness this inadequate tribute
to the memory of d man who filled every
| position in life in which he was placed
| to the full measure of his ability, thus
manifesting an ever active sense of the
| obligations resting upon him. and fur
! Their be it
! Resolved, That we depIore his loss.
and that we tender to his stricken fam
lily, to whom this loss brings, i'll the nat
ure of things, intenser pain and more
: poignant grier than to others, our sim
cerest sympathy, aud to this end that
copy of these resolutions be forwarded
| to his bertaved widow.