New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-28
CATHOLIC HOSTS CONVENE
New Ulm Entertaining Two State
Societies.
5000 Visitors Are Present Sunday,
Catholic Day.
Today Marks Close of Four Days
Work and Pleasure.


This is the last day Of the annual
convention of the German Catholic
Benevolent Aid association and the
bi-annual convention of the Stats
Verband which since Sunday morning
has been absorbing the attention of
New Ulm citizens and thousands of
outsiders. Most of the business has
been finished and this morning will
be spent for the most part in enter
tanning the guests before they leave
for their homes on the early afternoon
trains.
The last three days have been
strenuous ones, crowded with business
and pleasure: business for the hundreds
of delegates in attendance and pleasure
for the crowds of excursiOnists which
have gathered in this city from the
Twin cities and all nearby parts of the
state.
| At this double convention are gather
ed 300 directors of the German Catho-
lie Benevolent Aid, representing thirty
one societies and twenty-three cities
and villages, and 325 delegates to the
| Staats- Verband. In the association
the insurance feature is made promi-
nent and the ST. Joseph's society is
the local society which is part of
this body. Although the Stats
| Verband is entirely independent from
the other, and was formed in this city
eleven years ago when the association
was in convention here, with separate
officers, still the bond between them is
close, as the object of the latter is to
bring all the Catholic societies in the
state in a closer union.
| New ULM IN GALA DRESS
It has been eleven years since New
Ulm has had the entertaining of the
! Catholic hosts and her hospitable
doors and hearts have been opened
wide. Every director and delegate has
been received by the city with open
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a welcome guest. The business section
of the city and the resident district in
the vicinity of the Catholic church have
presented and present a gay appear
ance. Flags, banners, lights, large
signs of ''Welcome'' and the magnif.
cent arch on Minnesota street have
given the streets and buildings a holi
day look and lend cheer and gaity
to the proceedings. The arch is worthy
Of special mention. It is uniquely de
signed and when lighted with it's myriad
of electric bulbs presents an especially
: brilliant effect. In the center above
the driveway is the emblem of the or
der made luminous with coloret
lights. The effect when the arch i
: seen at night from little distance i
beautiful.
Sunday, Catholic Day, was the frs
day of the proceedings, but the crowd
! began to come in on the evening train
{ Saturday and when the Sabbath brok
Z there were already hundreds of visitor
: in the city. The early trains brough
in hundreds from the west and fror
I the south and the Northwestern fror
s the east added about 600 to the throng
hailing from Mankato and beyond
The first special from over the ST
, | Louis arrived little after IL a. n
5 from Minneapolis and then about a
: hour later the one from St. Paul pulle
Z in. Both trains together brought
s close to 2, 400 people. At O'Clock tn
Z Northwestern added more to the multi
y tude.
5 The celebration of the day was b.
s gun by solemn pontifcal mass in tt
Z Holy Trinity church conducted b
+ Bishop John Stariha, D. D. of tt
s diocese of Lead, S. D. And then
Z convention speech was made by Re,
, J. M. Solnce of ST. Paul.
s THREE THOUSAND IN PARADE.
s After dinner preparations began
& be made for the great parade whie
4 was to be the feature OF the day. AT
4 o'clock a heavy thunder shower can
= up but it lasted less than half an hol
3 and when the procession began to for
= = at 2 O'Clock the sun was shining fro
q a smiling sky.
& The marshals formed their divisio
4 according to program on the vario
, side streets and then the march beg:
$ on State street to Third South stree
: to Minnesota street, to Fourth Nor
q street, to Broadway and then to t
4 Opera house. Fully 5000 people we
Z in line and the procession stretched
4 self out for two long miles. Thir1
$ two societies were represented, conf
s from twenty three cities and village
q Nine bands were in the march, one
i the head of each division and the