The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-10
MASONS TO HAVE CHARGE
Services will Be Conducted BY
Rev. Edward Constant, the
Congregational Pastor
From Mondays Daily

work of the club, and in view OF
this fact it is planned to hold
short memorial service at the
annual meeting of the club to-
morrow evening at the EIks' cafe.
half hour will be set apart for
the offering of resolutions and re-
marks by those who care to. May
or Meyer was so closely associat
ed with the business interests of
the city, as we'll as the city gov
eminent, that such a service
seems eminently proper. The
members of the city council have
been especially invited.
The meeting of the club will be
! preceded by the usual 5o-cent
dinner, which Manager Clerk is
taking special pains to prepare.
Many important business matters
will be considered. It is hoped
every member will attend.
Honors to the memory of the late
mayor, August G. Meyer, will be OBJ
served at q public funeral, which is
to take place at the Meyer residence
on Byron street tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30soclock. The services will be
conducted by Rev. Edward Constant,
pastor of the Congregational church
1t will be Masonic service. All of
| the active pallbearers will be Masons.
These will be General Gustave Wi
dell, D. e. Walker, George w. Scherer,
F. R. Field, DR.. J. A. Hancock and
Leonard Lampert, the lastnamed be-
ing of Minneapolis.
Mankato Commandery No. 4,
knights Templar, will hold meet
ing at the asylum at 1870, and will
make arrangements to act as escort
| in the funeral procession.
A preliminary meeting will be held
also by the firemen. These will as
semble in their uniforms and will lead
! in the line of march.
The interment will take place ct
Glenwood cemetery. There also Ma
sonic service will be held.
The march will be led by the fire
men. These will be followed by the
city officials in five carriages. In the
| first will be the four members of the
city council, A. g. Lack, M. ]. Bekke,
| G. w Eichstaedt and Robert Lamm.
In the second will be Judge Walter
! Plymat, City Clerk f. w. Bates, City
Engineer II. F. Blomquist and City
Treasurer Jay Nicholson. In the third
| Chief Philip Leas of the fire depart
ment; Charles Lentz, superintendent
of the pumping station; Clarence Sta
| ley, park superintendent, and AL Ma
gin, street commissioner, will ride.
Then will GENE two carriages, con-
! tanning members of the police force.
Next Will Be Masons.
!, Next will march the Masons They
will be followed by the hearse. Then
! the pail-bearers will come in car
riage, and after them will come the
| pastor, Rev. Constant and his party.
Finally the members Of the mayors
/ family will bring up the close of the
| procession, with the exception of the
retinue of carriages and automobiles,
which will undoubtedly be used by a
vast number of friends, who will go
| out to the cemetery.
| Many were the friends that called
yesterday at the Johnson Boman I'M
dertaking rooms to take one last look
at the face of the distinguished man,
whose death has given a shock to so
many. His characteristic features dis
played themselves more in death than
| III lllc. Vic COuiu Scc AiOlS pid'iiy
than ever the iron determination, the
restless energy and the fearless hon
| esty of the man, that were SO marked
in the activities of his life.
The body was covered with a
crushed plush robe OF royal purple
| with white lace trimmings. 1t was in
the care of V, ]. Steffcy, who was kept
pretty busy escorting people in and
out of the ante-room, where the body
lay. A suitable casket had not yet ar
rived, but one had been ordered from
the Northwestern Casket company Of
st. Paul The body was removed to
the family home at two o'clock this
afternoon
i There was considerable doubt for
quite while as to whether the fd-
neral would take place at the family
home, or in a large downtown church.
1t was in compliance with the ex-
pressed wishes of the mayor that it
was decided to hold the burial serv-
ice at his home.
The body will lie in state at the
Meyer residence on Byron street from
10 a. m. to 2:15 p. m. tomorrow
Quite number of the large bust
hess houses, it is understood, will
close during the time of the mayors
funeral. Early in the day the pro-
prietors of the Boston clothing store,
Rudberg & Hanson Brothers, an
nounced they would do this. It is ex-
tpected that the banks will close
"a hor be will n1N fD,,,