The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-18
WOODMEN PICNIC AT
LAKE MINNETONKA
Four Hundred People Guests of North
colt Camp-Other Picnics and
Excursions.

Over 400 people attended the first an
nual picnic given by Northeott camp,
Woodmen of America. The outing
was in every way a success. The pleas
ure seekers left St. Paul yesterday
morning for Lake Park at Lake Min
netonka on a special train, picking up
another section of the camp at Mime
apolis. They arrived at the picnic
grounds shortly before noon.
The committee in charge of the
sports and the days pleasures was:
Hyman Michnisky, S. Greenberg, A.
Abramovich, G. Cauplin and I. Gold
berg, Mr.. Miehnisky being the officer
of the day. The events resulted as
follows:
Mems foot race, first prize, Sam
Cornfe1d; second prize, Ray Blair. Fat
mems foot race, first, N. Cohn; sec
ond, Joseph Eurist. Ladies running
race, first, Miss Shau1; second, Miss
Abramovick. Girls running race, first,
Nettie Rosenstein; second, Miss L. Sc
gall Boys running race, first, Sam
Jacobs; second, Sam Giss. Ladies' po-
tato race, won by Miss WoIpert. Nail
driving contest, first, Miss Wolpert;
| second, Rose AbFamoXieh. Tug of war
| between married and single men, won
| by married men of st. Paul. Catch the
rooster, won by Silverman. Boat race,
won by A. Fried and Burt Davidson.
Baby show, first, Mrs. H. Michnisky's
| baby; second, DR.. Maxtons baby.
| Waiting contest, first, Mr.. Miller and
! Miss Bruce; second, Mr.. Lazarus and
] Miss Tween.
The big event of the day was the
| baseball match between the teams
chosen from the Minneapolis and St.
] Paul camps. st. Paul won with
score of is to 1. Mr.. Golden was csIp-
| tain of the Saints and d. Fisher was
captain for Minneapolis.
| The local Union No. So, of Station
airy Engineers, and the Minneapolis
| Union No. "a, gave a joint steamboat
excursion up the Minnesota river to
| Sylvan park, which was attended by
/ about 200 people The pleasure seek
| eFs left on the steamboat Twin City
and barge yesterday morning, and re-
| turned about 1870 last night. A fea-
| tufe of the day was the excellent pro-
| gramme of sports and the bail game
| between the st. Paul and Minneapolis
unions. The game resulted in tie,
and the unions decided to play it off
later ON this fall. Bronson's orchestra
1 furnished the music for the dancing.
The majority of the prizes were won
/ by members of the Minneapolis union.
The arrangements for the excursion
were in charge of a committee headed
by w. H. La Fare, of Minneapolis
Nearly 500 people attended the an
nual excursion given by Sections ST
Paul and Minneapolis, of the Socialist
Labor party on the steamer ]. j. Hill
and barge. The excursionists left
early yesterday forenoon, and were
taken down the Mississippi river re-
turning late in the evening. Fowler's
orchestra furnished music for the
dancing.
Canton Lodge Apollo, I. o. o. r, held
a picnic at Excelsior yesterday for the
members and their families. Over 20(
took advantage of the beautiful wealth
err and spent an enjoyable day on the
shores of Lake MinnetQnka, returning
to the city at $3.50 in the evening.
The local lodge of Druids No. A, gave
a well attended picnic at Harris park
Fort Smelling. About 5000 people at.
tended.