The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21
W00DMEN's NIGHT OUT
WARM GREETING EXTENDED TO
HEAD CONSUL NORTHCOTT
There Were Two Thousand at Least
at the Auditorium When the
Meeting of the Evening Was Had
Previous Thereto the Members
of the Order Had a Big Street
Parade.

Head Consul w. A Northcott, of the
Modern Woodmen of America, lieuten-
ant governor Of the state Of Illinois,
was the guest Of the local Modern
Woodmen last night, and a royal re-
ception was rendered him.
A few minutes before o'clock the
members of the eleven Modern Wood
men camps Of the city gathered at Rice
park, LOO strong, with the First Reg
1ment band at their head, and attired
in their bright uniforms and with ban
ners and flags floating in the breeze
they marched to Fourth and Minnesota
streets, where they were reviewed by
Head Consul Northcott and afterwards
acted as his escort to the Auditorium,
where a rousing welcome was accord
ed him.
Two thousand people had gathered
at the Auditorium and occupied the
tiers of seats at the sides and in the
balconies, the middle sections directly
in front of the platform having been
reserved for the Woodmen. Head Con-
sui Northcott was seated on the plat
form with the reception committee and
number of the prominent citizens
and members of the order, including
Bronson, A. A. Case H. A Monroe,
John Copeland, B. c. Williams, Francis
H. Clarke, DR.. McCollom, R. L. Bon
ham, E. H. Devine, G. T. Jennings, s..
w. Shepherd, L. D. Bissell w. Ar
mold, w. Fl. Alton, A. J. Bromley, J.
R. Vergosen, E. B. Lott, John R. Car
michael, Franz Huber, G. Lindahl,
Gustave Seedberg, August Williams,
w. J. Bennett, Dr. c. T. Miller, j.
Kienholz, G. P. Slime, David R. Nc
Ginnis. E. R. Johnson. George M. Nc
Geary, w. A. Cowing, ]. A. Swanson,
Albert Berg. c. J. Sund, Lawrence An
derson, J. G. Mangan, H. c. Peterson,
A. w. Lilley, F. w. Smith, Charles j.
Berryhill, G. W. Hornick, Condo Ham
lin, G. G. Laybourn, Of Minneapolis;
George B. Albert, Of Marshalltown, 10,
and Deputy Head Consul J. H. No
bles, of Staples.
The overture by the First Regiment
band was followed with a short open =
ing address by Chairman Hornick, in
which he said that the meeting had a
double purpose, the first to welcome
Head Consul Northcott, and the sec
end to fire the opening gun in the cam
paign to secure the biennial conven-
ton Of Modern Woodmen in 1901 for st.
Paul.
After a selection by the Minnehaha
Camp quartette, c. J. Berryhill well
coined Mr.. Northcott to the state, Gov.
D. NJ. Clough sending letter express
ing regret that he could not be present.
The welcome to the city was given
by H. P. Hall in the absence of Mayor
Kiefer and this was followed with a
vocal selection by Hon. Albert Berg.
Condo Ha1nlin, president of the Com
mercial club, presented the greetings
Of the business men of the city, pledg-
ed the support of the Commercial club
and the business men in the work of
securing the convention in 1901.
Head Consul Northcott was intro
duced by Chairman Hornick, and eX-
pressed himself as more than pleased
With the magnificent Endorsement that
Woodcraft had received in st. Paul
He said. in part:
''The great life-g giving power of Mod
ern Woodmen comes from the fact that
it's members are of the people, great
muscular fellows that earn their liv-
ing by hard toll ard are home lovers.
They are men that can be. depended
on in an emergency, and 1 feel conf
dent that if President Mckinley wants
the services of the order in the pres
ent trouble that | can, with two days
notice, mass 10000 Modern Woodmen
in any principal city in the United
States, and they viii be the pick of
American manhood"
The programme closed with selec=
ton by the Minnehaha Camp quar-
tette and a short farewell address by
Dr. McCollom.
Preceding the parade and meeting at
the Auditorium, Mr.. NorthcOtt was
rendered an informal reception at the
Commercial club and presented to a
number Of the business men of the city