The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-12
UNITED NORkMfN
REMEMBER DEAD
Three Thousand Members OF
Local Lodges Hold Memo.
rial Services

Three thousand local members of the
Ancient Order Of United Workmen
and of it's women's auxiliary, the De-
gree of Honor, took part yesterday
afternoon at the Peoples church, Pleas
ant avenue, in the sixth annual memo
rial service held under the auspices of
the two organizations in memory of
departed brothers and sisters.
Before the services began at the
church more than 2,00e Worlmen, rep
resenting all the nineteen lodges of ST.
Paul, assembled at Rice park There
parade was formed in two divisions.
Starting at $50 o'clock the Workmen
marched along st. Peter street to Sew
enth street, down Seventh street tc
jackson street, down Jackson street to
Sixth street, up Sixth street to Pleas
ant avenue and along Pleasant avenue
to Chestnut street and the Peoples
church
The formation of the parade was:
First Diyision-Platoon of mounted no.
ice; band; University No. 81 degree team;
81 MIDWAY; No IS Grant; No. 142 Frei-
nett; No. 80 Hiawatha; No. Sc St An
thony; Ne. 107 Vorwartz.
Second Division-Band; No Sc West
Side and degree team; No. ISL Union Star;
No. H.. Teutonia; No. 237 Capital CITY:
no Eureka; No. 126 Northern; No
Goncerdia; Ne. z Noble Franklin; No. II
Harmonic; No. Banner.
Upon entering the church the great
crowd saw many of the banners of the
Degree of Honor ranged along the rail-
ing of the organ loft back Of the pull
pit platform, the glowing silks of these
emblems contrasting with the dark
leaves of palm trees in the loft be-
yond. Roses and carnations, white and
red, We're placed about the pulpit, and
in the rallied space below the platform
palms surrounded a black broadcloth
coffin, symbolic of memorial service.
Church Is Crowded
Both floors were filled, many seats
being occupied by women of the De-
gree of Honor.
- When Prof. c. G.. Titcomb the or
ganist had played a funeral march by
Batiste, the congregation sang an OPEN
ing ode. Prayer was offered by Broth
er c. Gohlke, of Cascade Lodge No. 5.
Mrs. Frances Buell. Olson, of ST. Paul,
grand recorder Of the Degree of Honor,
then arose to read the roll of the hon
ored dead-the names of the members
of the Degree of Honor that had passed
away since last memorial service.
Many We're with us a year ago."
said Mrs. Olson, who are missed here
today. We ask ourselves how it will
be with us the coming year.
In this proximity of death we should
learn the lesson of right living. We
should apply the principles of frater-
nalism, its friendship, its charity, its
patriotism. We are in the world, as
we should learn, for the purpose of
making the world better
Mankind must submit to destiny;
some of us will fail, others will sue
coed. But the cause of failure is often
the lack of encouragement. We wait
until our friends are dead before we
give that word of cheer they~so much
need Il is the object of the Degree Of
Honor not Only to remember the Vir-
b tues of the dead but also to make the
living happy.
~ The roll of our deceased sisters is:
Pauline Schneider. Teutonia Lodge No..
1s9; Mary st. Germain, Nobility Lodge No.
Jos; Theresa Hoschette, Freundsehaft
Lodge No. %; Cresentia Fuchs, Freiheit
Lodge No; 81; Louis Xerwer, Hope Lodge
Lodge No. rs; Katherine Boem, West
Side Lodge No 10; Louise Miller. .Coneor-
dia Lodge No. $50; Margaret Fredickson,
Esther Lodge No. 80.
Little Flower Girls
I AS the grand recorder began this
reading little girl, hite-frocked,
appeared at one side below the pulpit
platform. Her hands were filled with
flowers. Carrying the blossoms to the
coffin below the pulpit, she laid them
upon the black broadcloth. Already a
second child in white was approach
ing, with more flowers, from the other,
side. Both girls passed across to the {
side Of the platform opposite that
where they had started. Other chill
dren took their Places, and dozen
small maids thus crossed alternately
stopping to lay flowers upon the cof-
fin. There was no word spoken, no
note of music was -heard-enly the
names of the dead, as the bright solaee
Of love slowly 7effaeed the blackness of
the coffin pail.
The flower girls included Myrtle
Johnson. Edna johnson, Gertrude Ma
honey, Grace Mahoney, Lena Hessler,
Margaret Downey, Margaret Basler,
Margaret Slater and Mamie Murphy.
The Departed Worieaen
Meantime Brother Gohlke had begun
to read this list of deceased Work
men:
Lewis Verwer, grand
trustee august alg 5. 1901
James McCool. :. February 8, 1904
L. b. SCHNEIDER. April s, 1904
John Lowe july II, 1904.
Lewis Hanson june %, 1904.
James c. Manning October 20, 1903
Chas. W. Leonard April 10. 1904
F. III. SchneIe October %, 1904
Stephen Kult March 4, 1854.
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