The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-22
WILL MAKE MERRY
SANITY CITY COUNCIL, UNITED
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS, TO
DINE NEXT SATURDAY
SIX HUNDRED TO BE THERE
Twin City Drummers Will Fore
gather in Force for a Ban
quet and Initiation OF
Candidates.

Sanity City Council, United Commercial
Travellers of America, will celebrate the
eighth anniversary of its organization a
week from today at Council hall IN the
Lowry Arcade.
At this entertainment a class Of over
fifty candidates will be initiated into the
order and number from Mlnnehaha
council, Minneapolis will be initiated into
that council at the same time. The Min
neapolis council, which numbers over 5Oo
members, will attend in a body
After the candidates have trodden the
hot sands, a special programme Will be
given followed by supper. 1t has been
the custom of the council to celebrate its
birthday by a dance and social session
in Connection with the event, but this year
it was decided not to have the dance,
and to make the entertainment stag az
fair.
Grand Counselor F. X. Gravel, of Du-
Iuth. will be the guest of honor and the
officers of the local council, including the
past officers, will give him reception at
the Windsor hotel on the afternoon Of
Dec. %, followed by a banquet at $50, af-
ter which the officers Will escort the grand
counselor to the place of entertainment,
and the meeting will be opened at 8
o'clock
St Paul is said to be the home of more
travelling men than any other city of its
size in the country, and the members feel
that the city should have the largest
council in the Northwest, if not in the
United States The present membership
of the council is AIS, and 50 candidates
that will be taken in will bring it up to
SIS The Cincinnati council, which has
membership of 557, will be the only one
larger than the Sanity City
Eight years ago, the council here was
organized, the ceremonies being conduct
ed by Counselor A. J. Dowd, Of Chicago
The organization was perfected at Central
hall, and twenty members constituted the
charter membership. They were:
w. D. Arnold, H. P. Moore, J. NJ
Il. Brose c.. W. Rice, ]. e. Bork, NJ.
Rachelman, c. H. Hoyt, J. c. Bailey, f.
p. Noble, l. Fischman, G. H. Tully, L
Herman. Clinton Ansley. e. Fl. Nyhus,
vine
The first officers were as follows;
Charles w. Rice, senior counselor; E. NJ.
Estey Junior counselor; L. w. Irvine.
past counselor; H. P. Moore, secretary;
f. r. Noble, treasurer; I. N. Hatfield.
conductor; j. NJ Dresser, page; G. II.
Brose, sentinel.
The executive committee was conpos-
ed of the following members: one year.
Q. II. Hoyt, w. d. Arnold; two years, L.
II. Nyhus, l.. Herman; physician, DR.. J.
b. Sawyer.
At the first regular meeting of the
council. Jan. 90 1884 the council adopted
its bylaws and constitution and im1ne-
diately inaugurated a vigorous campa1En
for mempers and out of the twenty, more
than 500 have resulted.
At the entertainment the following well
known entertainers will make the even
ing merry for the drummers. Al q.
and boxing, under the direction of Prot
Carl Rothfuss, of the Y. NJ C. A. VINO,
with his ten-year-old daughter, Mamie.
will give an exhibition of club swinging.
j. Alexander Jacques, we'll known
amateur comedian. will also be on the
programme. Alec Van Prague, ]. E. Nc.
Caffrey, singer, Miss Mabel Runge. of
Minneapolis; James Morrow and d. =.
Stiff will be among the entertainers
This is only a partial list and the secre-
tary promises several more good num-
bers.
A light lunch will be served after the
meeting and during the programme, and
1t is expected that the occasion will be
the biggest and most memorable in the
history of the SANITY City council