, 1904-12-05
SERVICES
FOR DEAD
MEMORIAL EXERCISES BY MEM.
BEERS AND FRIENDS OF LARA
ME LODGE B. p. O. E.
Elks' Home Filled and interesting Pro.
gram Rendered, Including Musical
Numbers BY Singers and Perform
ers--Addrsss BY Past Exalted RuI-
er FINLEY,

Nearly all the members of Laramie
lodge No. 5S2, Benevolent and Protec,
tive Order of Elks. and as many OF
their friends as could be seated in the
Elks' home attended the memorial ser.
vices at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The afternoon was clear and bright
the hall was comfortably heated and
the services o. a nature to leave a de
llghtful sense of satisfaction upon the
minds of those present, albeit there
was a solemnity about the services
that ~pervaded the whole atmosphere
AS the speaker said, it was not a
time for mourning, which has no
place in the %pageantry and display OF
these memorial occasions Eulogy fol
the dead and comfort for the living
are their more fit purposes"
The soloists OF the afternoon were
Mrs. E. ID. Latimer, Mrs. T. H. Gibson
and Miss Minnie Burke. Mrs. Latime1
sang MY Father Knows" Mrs. Gibson
rendered her own arrangement of the
ote hymn, Jesus, Lover Of My
Soul" and Miss Burke rendered Saved
By a Child Dean Bode rendered a
piano solo and Chopin's funeral march
and q male quartette composed OF
Profs. Marquardt. Merz and Lee aud
MI. A. c. Jones sang Beyond" The
invocation was delivered by Rev. A.
c. Hogbin and the benediction by Rev.
F. w. Bross. The opening and closing
were by the members of the
lodge, with Exalted Ruler Harry Cordi-
in the chair. Owing to the sacred
nature of the services, there was no
demonstrations of approval. The aud
fence Joined In singing the opening ode
and the doxology.
The address was delivered by Hon.
FINLEY, past exalted ruler OF
lodge at Council Bluffs, a splendid
speaker n who held the attention OIL
the audience all through. He began by
that it was indeed an honor to
be present and be permitted to address
a gathering. and he complimentea
the officers n members of Laramie
lodge on the evident esteem in which
they are held by the people of the city
expressed inthe gathering then before
him. Following are some of the salient
of an address every word o!
which was good and listened to atteu-
lively by each member of the large aud.
fence: a.
The Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks has dedicated this day to
the memory of departed brothers. The
of the Elk lodge impose upon us
the solemn duty of Annually recalling
to IL memory, the virtues OF those OF
our brothers who have fallen in life's
AS each December comes to
use We must expect the list of our dead
to grow in numbers, and since this oc-
casion of a year ago many voices have
been hushed and to the call of many
names we listen in vain for reply. We
would, indeed, be recreant to our duty
as Elks if We did not remember on this
the great loss suffered by Elk.
dom within the last year by the .deatL
Of Past Grand Exalted Ruler Mead D.
.etwiler. To his closer associates in
he high counsels of the order his death
IS a personal affection, but to every
member of Jul grand fraternity the
loss will be evere n lasting. The
historian will give to Vivian the hon
of founding the Benevolent and Pro |
Order of Elks. yet he must al
60 credit to Detwiler the higher homo
re~constructing the order and start,
ing 1t along the lines of its present
prosperity. He was a proud. aTDi
tious man, but was large enough ahG
great enough to lay aside his personal
pride and ambition n resign the high
office OF grand exalted ruler, that the
factional differences threatening the
very life of our organization might be
healed. Until he was again elected
grand exalted ruler. and then of the
reunited fraternity. the order was
really nothing but a social club. He
was that injected the life-giving prin-
ciples Of fraternalism into the tissue
of the mere social creation Of Vivian.
He possessed a personal magnetism
rarely found but essential to the great
leader. He possessed a courage and
determination backed by a calm. well
balanced judgment that readily con
verted hostile opposition init loyal sup
port. To him more than to any other
member Of the order is due the credit.
yea the glory OF establishing a home
where all Elks. who have been worsted
in life's battle. may enjoy the luxuries
of an ideal life, free from the least feel
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