The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-24
EAGLES WING THEIR
WAY TO ST. PAUL
Delegates Arriving for the First
Annual State Convention
of the Order

With the arrival of this mornings
trains will come more Eagles than
have heretofore been seen in ST. Paul,
the king birds coming to spread their
wings at the first annual state conven-
tion of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
which convenes in the hall on Rasp-
berry island at 10 o'clock this morning.
Every preparation has been made to
have the stay of the Eagles a pleasant
one. The hall has been decorated and
prepared for the assemblage good
things to eat are ready to be prepared
for the visitors, and arrangements have
been made to extend the utmost hos
pitality to all. But the members of the
order do not come merely to see St.
Paul and indulge in a good time, as
there is business of moment to the or
der that must be transacted.
While a great majority of the dele
gates and visitors will come from
points in the state, there will also be
large delegations from adjoining
states, including North and South Da-
kota Iowa and Wisconsin. There are
q number of prizes to be competed for
by the visitors, this feature increasing
the interest on the part of those from
outside the state. They will also come
to get acquainted with their fellow
Eagles, the. order being comparatively
young.
Convention Opens This Morning
The convention will be opened with
prayer by J. H. Ellis, grand worthy
chaplain of the order, following which
there will be an address of welcome on
behalf of the city by F. c. Schiffmann
for the ST. Paul aerie. j. w. Shade
wald S. D. G. P, will respond for the
visitors, and T. J. McDermott will tell
of the purposes and principles of the
order. The officers will report and
committees be appointed, which will
consume the morning session.
In the afternoon there will be COM
petition by the degree teams In an eX-
emplification of the secret work, the
prize to the winner being $50. In this
contest the ST. Paul team cannot take
part. In the evening there will be a
smoke social in the hall, to which only
Eagles will be admitted. 1t is expect
ed that this occasion Will be made
memorable.
Saturday will be the big-day of the
convention, the committees reporting
and action being taken on their sugges-
tions and recommendations After the
other business has been disposed of
there will be an election of officers. So
| far as known there are no contests for
! the places. Before the Saturday ses-
| sion adjourns it is expected that all of
! the formal business will have been dis
posed of, and that the remainder OF
| the stay of the delegates will be de-
voted to enjoyment. In the evening
there will be a grand parade, in con-
| nectlon with which number of prizes
will be awarded to bands and aeries.
Parade SATURDAY. Evenino
The parade will form at Rice park
march on Washington to st. Peter to
| Ninth, to Wabasha, to Fourth, to Rob
| ert, to Sixth, to Broadway. to Seventh
| to Market and disband. Henry Bueger
will be chief marshal, with Herman
| Reichow, Louis Nash and John M
| Simmer as aides. In the first division
will be the aeries from Saltwater
White Bear, Mankato, Brainerd, Vir-
ginia and Worthington. The second di-
| vision will be marshaled by r. n
Grady. aided by w. E. Henton, John T
| McNabb and G. w. Stone, and will con-
| tain the aeries from Minneapolis, Aus
| tin, Albert Lea and Duluth. Jesse Foot
| will head the third division as marshal
and his aides will be c. B. De Witt
Frank Gazzola and P. J. Schaffhausen
| the aeries marching being st. James
Tracy, ST. Cloud, Little Falls, Two
Harbors, Morris and ST. Paul. Aeries
| coming from other cities will be as
signed places in the parade after their
4 arrival.
| AS host st. Paul will furnish band
| to head each division, but a number OF
/ the aeries will bring musicians with
/ them In such cases the band viii
| head the aerie responsible for it's pres
ence.