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C. NJ. FOOTE'S FUNERAL.
Ceremony of the EII<s Conducted by
the Grand Exalted Ruler

The funeral of c. M. Foote was held
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 from the
Church of the Redeemer. Services were
conducted under the auspices of the
Elks, and the remains were escorted from
the residence to the church by about
300 members of the order, gathered from
nearly all of the lodges in the North
west, large number of st. Paul men,
bers being present. The active pail
bearers were Mayor James Gray, A. T.
Williams, James w. Lawrence, E. w.
Goddard, f. E. Wheaton and John E.
King.
The services were conducted by the
grand lodge members, the grand exalted
ruler, Judge NJ. B. Allen, of Birmingham,
Ala, having come from his home for
that purpose. The ceremony of the
Elks and the ritual of the order were
deeply impressive. Beautiful floral de-
signs were sent from every lodge repre-
scented, and from many that could not
attend. The music was also highly
suitable to the occasion, especially the
quartette, rendered by the fraternity
brothers of the deceased.
After the ritual, an eloquent eulogy
was pronounced by Grand Exalted Ruler
Allen. The remains were then escorted
by the Elks marching in line on Eighth
street to Hennepin avenue, where cars
were waiting to carry the delegations
to Lakewood cemetery. At the grave
the remainder of the ritual of the ord r
was pronounced, which was beautiful
! in the extreme. Each member present
was provided with sprig of amaranth
and at the proper time, following the ex-
! ample of the officers, they marched by
and deposited the same on the coffin in
! the yet open grave, each member saying
audibly as he did SO, Peace be with
! you'' After this the members returned
! to their former position, forming cir
| Gle around the grave and after a few
moments of impressive silence, the
! grand exalted ruler announced Lodge
closed,'' and, with this simple eulogy,
all that was mortal of valued and loved
! brother was covered from view.
There were many tributes of flowers
| sent from several cities, notable among
| which was a large elk's head, twined
| beautifully in vines and Farnese ferns.
| This was given by the grand exalted
council of the order. The local lodge
| presented a large design representing
the we'll known emblem OF the order, the
| face of a clock, the face being white car
| nations and the figures and frame in car
! nations and roses of deep red. The St.
| Paul lodge also contributed a handsome
wreath. Zurah Temple, Mobiles of the
| Mystic Shrine, gave a huge bunch of
| american beauty roses. The Duluth
| chapter sent a handsome "gates ajar'
| four feet in height, and both emblematic
| and beautiful. In addition there were
| large numbers of wreaths and symbolic
| designs.
| Many kilograms of coincidence which
| had been received in the city by the
| family and friends since the demise Of
| MI. Foote were quietly passed about
| among the members at the Holmes hotel,
| where the members had congregated be-
| fore the march to the residence, and
were read with many expressions of re-
| gret, as if for the loss of a real brother,
| which Mr.. Foote was held TO be by all
| Elks in the Northwest.