The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-16
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A Grand Banquet at the Gordon House
and Dance at the Odd Fellows Hall.
Election OF Omeerx Tor the Ensuing Veal
and Other Important business
TraEsaefed

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Election OF Omcerx for the Ensuing Year
and Other Important business
Transacted
The following account of the meeting
of the Grand Lodge OF the A. O. Z. w.
nj Torekaon Tuesday is taken from the
Capital:
The Grand Lodge of The Ancient Or
der OF United WoTkmen for the state of
Kansas, convened Tuesday afternoon in
the lodge room of Capital Lodge, in its
fourth annual session. Fully 175 mem
bers were present. The order has been |
exceptionally progressive and prosper
Gus; during the past year twentyon
new lodges have been Instituted and the |
membership increased fully one-third. |
making 5000.
HISTORY OF THE ORDER.
This order was first organized by }. j.
I Cpchurch, plain railroad mechanic at |
Meadville, Pa, in 1868. He thought |
ont the system and with the |
cooperation OF three friends
he organized the first lodge. |
The membership nj first was confined 10 |
railroad employees. Il was afterwards |
extended TO all classes of laborers and |
mechanics. And finally, feeling apeed of
physicians, lawyers and other profess
| siOnal men, the membership was opened
70 all who worked by hand or brain.
Removals from Pennsylvania from time
| tn time scattered the seed in other states.
Kentucky was the first to organize a
lodge, followed by Ohio, Missouri, and
California 1t has now lodges scatter
| all over the United States and men,
retained its popularity among railroad
employees, and in railroad centers where
Iailroad men are numerous it has at
tanned It's largest membership. The Or
der was first organized in Kansas at
Parsons in 1877. EmpOria and Topeka
followed during the same year. Par
sons Lodge, No. l, the first organization
in the state, has a membership of one
hundred and twenty. Parsons has a
second lodge, Excelsior No ~. with
membership of one hundred and fifteen,
making the largest membership
in proportion to population of any
city in the state. Topeka has the larg-
est lodge, Capital Lodge No. 8, having
| q membership of two hundred and thir-
/ ty-one. The two other lodges, Topeka
lodge No. II and Raw Valley No. 90,
have q membership of one hundred and
ten and eighty-five respectively.
It is due to the untiring and unselfish
energies Of its Grand Masters and other
officers that the order has grown and
prOspered so uninterruptedly In the
1 past.
The hall where the Grand lodge met
in this city was tastefully decorated
with flowers, the rich perfume Of which
filed the room with their delicious
fragrance. The decoration was the
work of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Chandler
and A. F. Loveland, and was well done.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| AT $50 p. m. Grand Master Workman
]. T. Bradley called the Grand lodge TO
order. Roll call showed the following
officers present: John n. Price, of
Atchison, Past Grand Master Workman;
John T. Bradley, OF Council Grove,
Grand Master Workman; A. Patten, of
Beloit, Grand Foreman; E. NJ. Forde,
| of Emporia, Grand Recorder; G. w.
Katzung, of Fort Scott, Grand Receiver;
Z. T. Tumble, of Winfield, Grand
Guide, N. N. Kinney, of Topeka,
Grand Watchman.
Trustees-R d. Talbot, of Parsons; j.
A. Policy, of Topeka.
The first Grand Master Workman was
Hon. John NJ. Price, OF Atchison, elected
} at the time of the organization of the
!. Grand lodge in 1870. He was succeed
ed by Hon. E. NJ. Forde, of Emporia, tie
immediate predecessor OF Hon. j. s.
Bradley, of Council Grove. The pres
ent Grand Master, Hon. John M. Price,
: since his term as Grand Master. has been
elected two years in succession as Past
Grand Master Workman.
Absent-Thomas Chase, Grand Over
seer; John SeatOn, Trustee.
The committee on credentials made Its
report which was adopted
On motion, q committee of three was
appointed TO whom all reports of grand
lodge officers were referred for distribu-
tion to the appropriate committees.
: The Grand Master Workman then pro-
cGeded to read his annual report. The
document was quite long-reciting the
work of the order for the past year, its
Hmethods of work and the progress made.
Twenty-one lodges had been instituted.
making q total of ninety in the state and
: u membership of 5000.
Grand Medical Director Stuart then
read his annual report.
G The reports of the Grand Recorder,
Grand Receiver and chairman of the va
rious stand committee were read.
: The election of officers of the Grand
Lodge for the ensuing year was made
the special order of business for 3 p. m.
S today.
Adjourned To meet at 10 O'Clock a. IN.
this morning.
A grand banquet ut the Gordon house
1 Ddll
a SECOND DAY.
The officers of the grand lodge of the
A. o. L. W., and the representatives al
] the subordinate lodges of the State met
/ in the hall over Rodgers Bros. grocery
at o a. M, yesterday. There were pres
ent about twenty additional representa-
a tives, making present in all ninety two
All the members present voted TO give
one dollar each for the widow and chill
dren of DR.. Frederick, of North Tope-
S ka, whose death occurred just before he
q had taken the Master WOrkman's de.
$1,000 " "'"'D nave ''''''N Nun -
2 considerable amount of business rel
. alive to the affairs of the order was then
transacted.
: The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
w. X. Sheen, of Lawrence, Grand
Master Workman.
E. T. Trimble, of Winfield, Grand
] Foreman.
Al. Loveland, Topeka, Grand Over.
seer.
: E. NJ. Forde, of Emporia, reelected
e Grand Recorder.
3 G. w. Katzung, of Fort Scott, Grand
Receiver.
. N; N. Kinney, of Topeka. Grand
3 Guide.
A. II. McCleary. of Parsons, Grand
|, Watchman. e.s -
: Sc. Sheldon. Topeka, Medical Dl
a rector.
1 Messrs. ]. T. Bradley, of Council
Grove, E. NJ. Forde. of Emporia, and
John NJ. Price, of At;hison, were elected
Representatives to the Supreme Lodge,
which meets in Cincinnati next June.
Mr.. ]. s. McMullen, of Winfield,
4 formerly Past Grand Master Workman,
f of Wisconsin. was elected one of the
e trustees. The other trustees are John
Seaton, of AtchisOn, and r. d. Talbot,
| of Parsons. ., E s-..#- ~,
A telegram was read announcing the
q death of brother workman, DR.. Neil,
of Cherokee lodge, who was shot and
killed at l O'Clock p. N. yesterday by his
$ brother-in-law, Mr.. Walker, of Chero-
kee. A resolution Of coincidence with
, the family and friends of the deceased
= was adopted by the Grand Lodge.
A resolution was offered by John B.
Logan, of Marysville lodge, that the
J next meeting of the Grand Lodge be
held in the city of Topeka the third
Tuesday in February, 1888. The reso-
luton was unanimously adopted.
THE LAST DAYS WORK.
I Topeka Capital: The Grand Lodge
: met at o O'Clock yesterday all theoficers
J, and representatives present
l. Committee on laws and supervision OF
laws presented their report, which was
e considered se7.idtim, and resulted in
r amending the laws of the order in this
b state in several material respects, the
G most important of which were the fol.
a lowing: 3
FTrst-The time of the meeting of the
Grand Lodge was changed from The
: frat Tuesday in February 10 Tie third