| Show expensive monument minneapolis NEAPOLIS minn sept 24 21 4 i in the lettla town of new ulm i 71 is 13 state and which is ie credited with a c of or less than there will bt be dedicated a monument which would d 1 l credit to the largest city of the country it has been erected to the memory ol of hermann known to history as the hero bero ol of germany bom sixteen years badore christ and who was called arm anios lmosby by the greek writers and arminius by the romans indignant at the oppression of his countrymen he obtained L ined knighthood and citizenship at arme by bj false pretences pretenses induced the adman B man army to advance beyond the fyan jb yan and there thera led them into a battle n W aich resulted in a decisive defeat he was waa assassinated by his own relatives r his thirty seventh year as a result of a p ppul ar impression tb that at he we B s alm aim log at becom inz a dictator back of the dedication of this monument in the town that has grown up among the wilds wilda of minnesota is ia an story etory the project was suggested nearly tweety years ago by julius brendt a modest unassuming german architect ol of new ulm in the matter he interested the tha state lodge of the sons of hermann and later the national grand lodge and for years tears the latter body made a substantial contribution trib ution to the monument fund when the latter however began to run into the thousands there arose a dispute as to where the monument should be situated and so hot a three cornered fight was brought about between milwaukee st paul and minneapolis that it was wag decided to allow the pile to go to the town where the scheme originated the result somo some years later wes the secession of the entire grand lodge ol of wisconsin from the national body and it has baa never returned the dedication will be under the auspices of the national supreme lodge which has been in session here since tuesday in addition to the citizens and members of the supreme body ton ten th thousand cusand german citizens from this and s surrounding states will witness the exercises |
