St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-23
REPRESENTATIVES OF KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP.

/, hotel, where carriages provided by the
jobbers of st. Paul will be in waiting
/ for a drive about the city, or special
cars. will be furnished for a trip to
Como park.
Sp. m.-All commercial travellers
and their ladies are inYited to as
semble at the Windsor hotel, where
for the evening, which will be an
nounced later.
Sunday, May 26.-At 10 a. m. Chap
lain S. A. Haines, of Indianapolis, Ind,
will preach a special sermon to COM
mercial travellers in one of the city
churches, which will be designated
later
The Windsor hotel will be the gen.
eral headquarters of the grand council.
HISTORY OF THE ORDER.
The order of the United Com
mercial Travellers of America was
founded in 1888, in the city of Columbus,
Ohio, by John c.. Fenimere. In it's
seven years existence it has acquired
a membership of more than $4,000. It
is the only fraternal travelling mems
organization in this country. The OBJ
iects of the order are: First-To unite
fraternally all commercial travellers of
good moral character. Second-To give
all moral and material aid in its power
to it's members and those dependent
upon them. Also, to assist the widows
and orphans of deceased members.
Third TO establish an Indemnity
fund" to indemnify it's members for
total disability or death resulting from
accidental means. Fourth-To secure
from all the transportation companies
and hotels just and equitable faVors
for commercial travellers as a class.
Fifth-To elevate the moral and social
|. standing of it's members.
The order pays members s25 per
week in case of disability from acci-
dent. When member meets death by
accident, his beneficiaries receive 81, 300,
s., 900 at once and the balance in weekly
instaHments of $25 each. 1t makes
separate provision for the relief of the
widows and orphans of it's members
when the latter die from natural
causes. Membership in the order is
confined to free, white, male persons
of good moral character, who have
been engaged as commercial travellers
for term of not less than one year
Immediately preceding the date Of
their application"
One of the associations admirable
provisions is that mo intoxicating
liquors, wines, ale, or beer shall be
allowed to be used at any banquet,
social or ball of any kind given
under the auspices of the order"
The organization of the u. c. T. con-
sists of supreme council, with head
quarters at Columbus, o.; grand coun-
ellis for Ohio, Missouri, Texas, Kansas,
Michigan, New England, and for the
united Jurisdiction of Minnesota and
the two Dakotas; together with sub
ordinate, or local, councils in over
thirty states Of the union.
Zenith City Council of Duluth was
the first in Minnesota. The second was
Sanity City Council of st. Paul, or
ganized Dec. 2S, 1893. The latter coun-
ell now contains some ninety men,
bers, and is most prosperous. Its past
senior counselor is E. M. Estey, now
chairman of the executive committee.
It's other officers are G. H. Tulley,
senior counselor; e. H. Nyhus. junior
counselor; J. M. Dresser, secretary; F.
E. Noble, treasurer; ]. J. Cook, con-
ductor; C. Fl. Hoyt, page; j. M. john
son. sentinel.
There is also a fourisbing council in
the Flour City, and other subordinate
councils in Minnesota and the Dakotas
are: Winona Council No. So; Fargo