The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
STARTING FOR NEW ULM.
Local Sons of Hermann Are Off for
the Monument


The coming week will be a gala one
for the members of the Order of Her
mann Sons in Minnesota. During the
week the tWenty-first national CONVEX
ton of the order will occur at New
Ulm, and that city has made prepara-
lions to entertain the 10000 guests who
are expected to be present with
royal hospitality. The affair promises
to be one of the largest of it's kind
in the history of the city, so that eX-
ira preparations have been made for
the accommodation of the large crowd.
New Ulm never does anything by
halves. 1t is fully expected that some
5000 to 10000 guests will be present
from all over the country, as the conf
ing convention promises to be one of
the most interesting in the history Of
the order. The work of the
national convention will close Friday
next and the ceremonies and the ded
ication and unwilling of the monument
will be held on Saturday. This will be
the event of the twentyfirSt conven-
ton, and will be for New Ulm the
day of days" Gov. David M. Clough
has accepted an invitation to be pres
ent and will deliver an address on this
occasion. special train bearing the
Eastern, Southern and Southwestern
delegates and their friends will leave
Chicago this morning and so direct to
New Ulm by way of Kasota, where
they will be met tomorrow night by
the Minnesota and Western deiega-
lions, who will leave here for kasota
today.
The convention will open at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning and continue
until Friday.
A large delegation of members of
the ST. Paul and Saltwater lodges will
leave here Saturday morning at $50 OH
a special train over the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis road, and another special
will leave at the same hour Sunday
morning.
A tally-ho coach will leave St Paul
Wednesday at o. m. and will drive
all the way to New Ulna, arriving there
Friday night. The parties who will go
by tally-ho are Chris Fegge, John
Fendel, Charles Reichow, George F.
Benz Charles Matheis, Hugo Driese,
Henry Koenig, Herman Reichow Bar
rey Simons, Louis Manner and Henry
Bueger. The st. Paul tally-ho viii
be honored with the right of line i'll
Saturdays parade and will carry the
national officers and members Of the
building committee.
Minnesota will be represented in the
convention By six delegates, four from
st. Paul and two from Saltwater. They
Budy, Hermann Schnell and Henry
Goodhuntz, of st. Paul, and Fred Neu-
meier and William Schermuley, of the
ST. Croix Pest of saltwater. Mime
apGlis tried hard to elect one delegate
at the state convention held here a
few months ago, but did not succeed.
The state organization at it's last con-
vention held in st. Paul, short time
ago, appropriated $1,000 of it's funds to
no tO,
movement, and this fund was placed
in charge of Lieut.. William Budy and
Col A R. Keefer, to see that. 1T was
properly expended. The work of .secur-
inc funds and building the present
monument was commenced twelve
years ago. when Henry Orleman, j. c.
Haupt and Peter TheObald all of st.
Paul, were appointed a monument and
building committee at Philadelphia.
Mr. Haupt died a few years ago, but
if nothing happens between now and
Saturday, the other two members will
have the pleasure of witnessing the
completion of their work and the un-
yelling of the monument There are
1000 Herman Sons in st. Paul, of the
$500 in the state of Minnesota. Two
thirds of them will. no doubt, be in New
Ulm Saturday next. A special train
for New Ulm will also leave Mime
apolis Saturday morning at a. N. The
Eastern delegation will return by way
of st. Paul in q special train after the
close of the festivities.
Jchn Wemmer, state president Of
California, from Oakland, Cal, arrived
in the city yesterday as did Albert
Fetter, of Denver. They We're enter
tanned yesterday and last night by a
committee representing several lodges
of the city, made up of Henry Orle-
man, William Budy. George F. Benz,
Hugo Dreise, Chris Fegge and Herman
Schnell Mr. Wenmer brings with him
from California unique nugget of
gold, which is to be placed in the vault
of the monument made to receive his
torical records and souvenirs. He also
brought along a frame 30X42, made of
California curly red wood, which is to
be presented to the retiring national
president with his picture.