The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-09-06

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ADDRESS BY
HON. FRANK T. LODGE.
The court house corner stone has been
duly laid.
The crowd of people in town TO see
the ceremonies last Monday was one of
the largest ever seen in Paw Paw, and
was estimated at 5000 to 10000
Early in the morning strings of teams
were coming into town, and the influx
continued all the forenoon, and all in
coming trains were jammed with people.
1t was a merry, satisfied, good natured
crowd
The corner stone ceremonies proper
did not occur until late in the after
noon. At tabout halfpast one, the various
societies that took part in the parade
assembled at the school house park, and
there they waited until o'clock for the
arrival of Peninsular commandery from
Kalamazoo, their train on the Central
being late. The procession was long
one, an especially fine appearance being
made by the q. A. h. veterans with Fifer
Cummings and Drummer Bullard at their
head, the Paw Paw Oddfellow lodges on
floats in full regalia, the long string of
Maccabees and Woodmen, the Royal
Neighbors and of course by Peninsular
commandery in full uniform, followed by
long line of Masons from Van Buren,
county lodges.
There were four cornet bands in the
line-the Paw Paw band and three others
brought by visiting delegations: The
genteel in their shiny silk hats and dis
pensng fine music, the excellent South
Haven German band and the always
good Bloomingdale band. In the process
sion there were also carriages containing
the board of supervisors, county officials,
grand lodge officers and others.
After the procession had reached the
court house site, where vast crowd was
assembled, the grand lodge of Masons
proceeded to lay the corner stone accord
ing to their usual rites.
L. j. Cavanaugh made a brief address
to the grand master, after which prayer
was offered by the grand chaplain.
w. G. Wildey, chairman of the build
ing committee, then presented a copper
box containing the memorials. Then
the corner stone was laid, the following
grand lodge officers participating:
Frank 0. Gilbert of Bay City, grand
master; Neal Mcmillan of Rockford,
deputy grand masters Roscoe w. Brough-
ton of Paw Paw, senior grand warden;
Lucian f.. Wood of Niles, acting as
Junior grand warden; b. F. Heckert of
Paw Paw, acting as grand treasurer;
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secretary; Lou b. Winsor of Reed City,
grand lecturers Rev. A. A. Knappen of
Albion, grand chaplain; G. A. Hux of
Dowagiac, acting as senior grand deacon;
Charles l.. Stevens of Ypsilanti, junior
grand deacon; Charles E. Sweet of
Dowagac, grand marshall; James F..
McGregor of Detroit, grand tyler. The
grand lodge officers were assisted by l..
A. Leighton, Liberty II. Bailey and Rev.
Woodford p. Law of South Haven and
Z. F. Parks of Paw Paw.
After the corner stone had been de-
clared, square, level and plumb" b. f.
Heckert presented to the grand master
on behalf of Paw Paw chapter, order of
the Eastern Star, handsome silver
trowel bearing the following inscription:
Presented to Frank o. Gilbert, grand
master f. & A. NJ, at the laying of the
corner stone September 2, A. l.. 59O1,
from Paw Paw chapter o. e. S."
Then came amasterful Grafton by Hon.
Frank I. Lodge of Detroit, who held
his vast audience closely. He spoke
| thoughtfully of the antagonisms of
capital and labor and of the miscarriages
of justice through the weaknesses of
/ judges, juries and officials.
While all sections of the county turned
out literally, it seems to The True
Northerner that our friends from Waverly
and our late opponents from South Haven
are entitled to especial credit.
Following is list of the articles de-
posted in the corner stone of the new
court house:
Bible, United States flag, copies of
The True Northerner, Courier, South
Haven Sentinel, South Haven Messen-
ger, South Haven Tribune, Bangor Ad-
vance, Van Buren, County Visitor, Hart
ford Day Spring, Peoples Alliance, Law
renee Times, Decatur Republican,
Bloomingdale Leader, Lawton Leader,
Gobleville News, list of officers of grand
lodge, f. & A. NJ, autograph letters from
private secretary to President VIM. Nc
Kinley, Vice President Theodore Roose-
velt, Governor Aaron L. Bliss, Senator
James Mcmillan, Senator julius G.. Bur
rows and Congressman Edward L..
Hamilton, proceedings of first board of
supervisors in Van Buren, county, May
27, 1887, proceedings of first term of
court in Van Buren, county, June 6, 1887,
list of first county officers in Van Buren,
county, April, 1887, copy of first marriage
recorded in Van Buren, county, George
S. Reynolds to Rebecka Luke, by ID. o..
Dodge, justice of the peace, July "a, 1886,
portraits n Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gremps,
, who came to Paw Paw in 1888, (Mr.