St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-18
GHYETY In ARCANH
LOCAL LODGES OF THE r. A. M
TATE A CLASS OF
100.
SUPREME REGENT is FETED
BY HALF A THOUSAND LOYAL
BRETHREN OF THE SECRET
FRATERNITY.
BANQUET WORTHY A MONARCH.
The Sumptuous Repast That Was
Spread Upon the Tables of the
Hotel Ryan.

Virtue, mercy and charity. These are
the watchwords of the Royal Arcan-
umites who gathered together last
night at the Ryan from the different
corners of the state to do homage to
enc of their eminent dignitaries from
the East, and Incidentally to add to
the ranks nearly seven score new mem
bers. The order might appropriately
add hospitality and good fellowship to
its Scutcheon, for certainly the big
union meeting of the various councils
in the state served to bring together
a representative lot of men, who had
the common purpose of extending the
fraternal hand to their distinguished
guests. The reception took the form
Of greeting to Supreme Regent John
E. Pound, of Lockport, N. Y, who di-
vided the honor with a number of the
grand lodge officers of the state.
Arcanumites began arriving from
Saltwater, Mankato, Duluth, Red Wing,
Winona, Owatonna and other places
early in the morning, and when the
time for the gathering in Bowlby hall
arrived there was a veritable host on
the scene to witness the exemplifcation
of the initiatory exercises. There had
been over $50 applicat atoms received
from the different councils, but the
medical examiner found the task too
stupendous, and was only able to re-
turn 40 of them in time for admis-
sion. These were:
Donald G. Campbell, James B. Nichols,
Hugh B. Maxwell, Theodore Barker. Albert
child, N. K. Wright, E. P Gilberton, H. S.
Patterson, E. Hayck, E. NJ Tauscher, E. B.
Webster, F. R. Gallagher NJ. L. Countryman,
Der, william A. Egan, A NJ. Wickwire,
Charles E. Burke, F. j. T. Schmidt ]. j.
Oliver, s. w. Dickinson. Charles MacWill-
Jams, j.; P. Hefferman, John j. Bowman.
dore Bost Jr., Charles Karst. w. L.. Ben
son, F. w. Kies Albert A. Price, John F.
Wilhelm, G. H: Brown. George Ramsay B.
Judson, A. G. Briggs, G. H. Tully, NJ. D.
Bresnan, B. T. Hutchinson, A. Schoch, o.
J. Larson. George Brown, J. H. Kerston, M.
Henry Bourdettee, Alfred S. BlakeIey Frank
L.. Rousseau, William H., Ware, Nels j.
Schroeder. William ]. o'Toole, Frank Fall
lon, John d. Engle, Joseph J.. Vilsmeyer.
Cobb, George Alfred Skinner. Charles E.
Kerfall, Ernest E. Burns. Henry Martin,
William j. Regain, Augustus F. N. Thomas,
White, Albert ]. Wendt, Frank Mcmahon.
George A. Hill, August Hohenstein, August
+. w. Kersten, William T. Goddard, Paul
W. Cornell, Frank R. Bunnell, c. R. Fra
denburgh. Charles NJ. Anderson, Peter j.
Rauen, Charles A. Pearson, James Mooian,
John j. Toomey. G. J: sonnen. Joseph A.
Severns, Daniel E. Edwards Sylvester J.
Small, B. Hansen. A. G. Mellem. F. Mach
ovee, W: H; Defiel, A S. olds. W. p. Craw-
ford Otto R.. R. Hiersekoon, Charles Hayden,
James P. Adamson, Adolph Freitag, Hy w.
Childs, Arthur B. Gearey, William ]. Nc
Fetridge, Reuben A. Overpeck. James Nor
R. R. Williams, j. F. Hilcher Ira G. An
drews, George Phipps, Ben ]. Sturtevant,
Elisha J. Whittlesay, Charles E. Soaring,
Arthur E. Ellsworth, Joseph w. Moore. j.
P. Melady, Edward D. Smith,, Rudolph G..
Fredricks, Clarence c. Tallman, Charles H.
Burt, Fred W, Tachelt William H. Kane,
Rooster Wallace Allen, H. d. Schultz. Will
lam A Rattray, Emery A.. Beaudin. Peter
A. Schaub, Horace A. Clifford, James H.
Bell Chester G. Whedden. Willard w.
Burghardt, Henry L. Hunter.
The applicants assembled in the Ryan
hotel. In the council chamber was Su-
preme Regent Pound, and the following
officers of the grand lodge: Grand
D. ~,
Grand Medical Examiner Charles Styer,
of Philadelphia; Grand Regent John A.
Hartigan, of st. Paul; Past Grand Re-
gents George Thane and w. J. Foot
ner, of st. Paul, and Gerritt e. Backus
and Daniel II. Hunt, of Minneapolis;
Grand Secretary E. ]. Davenport, Of
Minneapolis, and Grand Warden II. R.
Hardick. of st. Paul.
While waiting for the candidates to
be marshaled in, Regent Pound made a
brief address to those present, in which
he spoke in the highest praise of the
work which is being done here by the
Royal Arcanum. The energy and. ac-
tivity challenged his admiration, and
made him almost wish he was a ST..
Paul man. He spoke in humorous vein
of "an aesthetic condition he found
Massachusetts in, and thought Penn
| possession Of some of the quick bust
| ness-like methods which obtained here
Upon the entrance Of the class, he re-
marked that it was the largest class of
candidates he had ever looked upon at
| any such gathering.
When they had been securely bound
to the order, the entire concourse adj
journed to the Ryan hotel, where a
banquet was spread. The visitors filed
in first, followed by the members, while
a mandolin orchestra stationed in the
balcony furnished enlivening strains.
By actual count over 500 men sat down
to the five long tables, which reached
clear from one of the rooms to the
other.
| At the table placed across the head
of the room sat Toastmaster w. J.
Footner, while near him were Supreme
Regent Pound, Grand Price, of New
York; Grand Regent Hartigan, of
Minnesota; Chief Medical Examiner
| Styer, of Philadelphia; Past Grand
| Regents Hunt and Thane, and Supreme
Representative Backus, of Minneapo-
lis. Near the end of the table sat
Regent Cooley, of Minneopa council,
general chairman of the meeting, and
| General Secretary Roberts. The menu
| and programme, which was gotten up
| by Maj. Cooley, was as unique as 1t
! was attractive, the viands being gen
! erously interlarded with timely quota
| tons, the whole being tasty sample
| of the printers art. The music was
| par excellence, many of best male
voices in the city having been i'm
| pressed for the occasion.
| WELCOME BY HARTIGAN.