The Irish standard., 1908-06-06
KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS.
Fourth Annual Banquet Of the Order
Was Well Attended

rourth Annual Banquet Of the Order
Was Well Attended.
There was large attendance of
members and guests of the knights of
the Cross at the fourth annual ban
quet given by that organization We'd
nesday at Donaldson's tea rooms,
this city. Hon. D. w. Lawler,
mayor of st. Paul. was among the
speakers, and in a minute speech
highly commended the organization in
which he has long shown hearty in
terest
William H. Gaskell. president of the
order, was POSTMASTER and introduced
Rev. Father j. q. Moran of the I'M
noaculate Conception parish. as the
first speaker Of the evening "Pius X
vas the subject of Father Moran's
speech and for qquarter of an hour
the speaker gave incidents from the
life of the present Pope, whom he said
was a man of democratic spirit. who
had risen from the most humble posi-
tion in life to the most exalted posi-
ton in the church.
Delbert l.. Rand answered to the
toast Opportunity and James J..
Richard took upon himself technical
exposition of the Merry Widow Hat"
An exemplification of "a True
Knight was given by j. l.. Lally and
Ray N. Caverly treated the banqueters
to a laugh on each and every one of
the members-in poetry.
Our Country" was the toast patri-
otically handled by Samuel w. Mar
kel, and Hugh J. Hennessy nobly full
filled the assignment of toasting the
ladies.
| There were about 150 present. All
of the speakers among the clergy
highly praised the knights for their
appearance in the parade. President
Gaskell spoke on the progress of the
organization and reported large In
crease in the membership. Between
the addresses Frank Clark. upon whose
table telephone had been placed, an
swered "phony" calls for members
present. and took advantage of tho
opportunity to serve numerous random
shots at several of the prominent men
and members present.
| Those present at the banquet were:
Edward B. Ahern, Marie Murphy,
Thomas G. Igoe, ]. j. Kenny, F. P.
Rcran, w. Daugherty, John c. Hassan,
Agnes Dempsey, Joseph Grattan, c..
p. Murphy, Charles ]. Gleason, James
C. Bancher. Anna Boran, Florence
Shuler, Helen Duggan, Katherine Fitz-
gerald, Ellen Wilson, Belle Williams,
Alice Keller w. E. Coskren, Nellie
Flahaven, John B. Grove, Earl Vim
cent, Oliver Fladd, r. j. Beaudette,
Victor Freeman, H. P. Schissler, j. P.
Eckhard, Mrs. M. M. Crossan, Dan M.
Williams. Mae Sullivan. Mary Grove,
Hulda Hyer. Ed. A. Lamb. j.. Trainor,
NJ. j. Jennings, Archie O'Leary, p J..
Sheehan. B. Sheehan. j. T. Williams,
Joy Fortier, H. A. Walker, Agnes
Carey, j. r. Orton, Angeline Leonard,
Y. A. Conover Frank H. Clark, P. Will
llams Loretta Mccarthy, ]. L. Ranger,
Francis M. Horger, Agnes E. Sullivan,
j. P. Cullen. William Grove. Mabel
Fitzgerald, r. K. Scarsborough, Mar
saret Scarsborough. w. j. White, Mrs.
w. j. White. A. E. Greene, Miss M.
Lamb. G. F. Fitzgerald, Madeline
Shoren. r. c. Fay. Florence Pomer-
leau, Simon Hedding, Mae o'Connell.
Mrs. f. E. Rochester. Mabele Vasey,
V. D. Murphy, Ann Louise Goodrich.
j. Harlow Reynolds, Irene O'Neill,
Charlie Weismann, F. A. Cannon. Mar
garet Alexander, Gertrude T. Keefe.
John Keefe. Loretta Murphy, winifred
Coleman. John West. Edward E, Cole
man. Mabel Wells, E. A. Lamb, Mar
earet Nash, E. NJ. Nash, Maybelle Gill
christ. Mark Gill, F. H. Phelps, M. F.
Phelps. Francis l.. Vincent. E. P. Cove
| u. n.
Mae Reiter, Eugene Roller, John Hor-
gems. Eugene Mccarthy, Minnie Nc
Carthy, Nicholas Hess. Anna Hess.
Waldo Koch, Mae L. johnson. Maize
Vice. Lawrence Hickey. Nellie Fam
nell. Lima F. Shebet, Walter Lugn,
James st. John, Nellie Delaney Will
liam Reau. Roy Caverly, A. Markell,
Hugh Hennesy. Rev. D. j. Moran, w.
II. Gaskell. D. w. Lawler, Rev. James
Donohue. Joseph Lalley. James Rich
ard, D. L. Rand, r. l.. Kan, Frank
Williams. A. F. Buckley. J. P. Williams,
w. E. DuBose. William Dougherty, P.
j. Cannon. Paul Jennings. Mary Lane,
Shelly Martin, Lillian Mayer, Lillian
Noes. Katherine Merille. Anna Rich
ard. Rose Hughes. Nellie Dwyer, Agnes
J. Strom. N. Donohoe, Francis Barry,
| Florence Shuler Misc E,p,roo roo,a.