The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-29
THE MODERN wooDMEN
Several Hundred OF Them in the Peerless
Princess Yesterday Grre- heir
Head Officers

| Several Hundred OF Them in the Peerless
Princess Yesterday Grre- their
| Head Officers.
The first annual meeting of the camps
of Southwest Kansas Modern Woodmen
Of America, held in this city yesterday,
| was great success Notwithstanding the
fact that the morning opened cold and
rainy-discouraging hosts OF members
from surrounding towns who would other
wise have participated in the meeting.
AS the trains came in during the fore
noon, bands of music and fluttering green
ribbons on the streets heralded the ar
rival of delegations from Hutchinson,
Nickerson, Halstead, Burton, Newton,
i Peabody, Florence, Ell Dorado, Augusta,
Winfield Medicine Lodge, Caldwell, Gun
bingham, Pratt, Kingman, Cheney and
| other points.
| Increased interest in the meeting grew
out of the fact that the meeting was to in
| clude a reception and banquet to the head
officers of the order who are now OH their
| first official visit to the state
| The Hotel Carey was the headquarters
Of the order during the day and the ro-
tunda and corridors were crowded with
| VI LAG oOSiCCfs WIN WCiC duAiouS
| to personally meet and greet their head
officers. A general reception was held
during the forenoon and the Kansas
! members met fraternally the official
members from Illinois and Nebraska.
| At O'Clock p. m. according to the pub
| lished program, the "neighb ors" with
their banners and regalia, gathered at the
Garfield hall and formed the procession on
Water street with the right resting on
First. Promptly at 1:30 the procession
moved up First street to Main in the toll
lowing order:
Platoon of Metropolitan police.
Peabody cornet band.
Head officers Modern Woodmen of
America.
Second regiment K n. G. band.
Neighbors of the Modern Woodmen of
America in camps.
The line of march was as follows:
On First to Main, south on Main to
Douglas, east on Douglas to Fifth avenue
countermarch on Douglas to Fourth and
break ranks at Fourth at Hotel Carey.
Arriving at the hotel the line of march
was broken and the hungry Woodmen
attacked the following appetizing menu,
prepared by mein hosts Carey & Slough of
the Carey:
Clam Chowder Consomme Royal
Baked Red Snapper, Stuffed with Fine Herbs
Lettuce Young Onions hadsnes
Olives
Corned Beef and Cabbage Whitaker Ham
Roast Prime Beef, Dish Gravy
Haunch of Mutton with CuFrant Jelly
Young Turkey, Cranberry sauce
SNarag H., d. oil DTiS
Baked Game Pie, New England Style
FiIlet of Beef with Champignons
Pine Apple Frittres, au Rum
Claret Punch
Mashed Potatoes New Potatoes in Cream
Hubbard squash Asparagus Lima Beans
Sugar Corn Baked Sweet Potatoes
Apricot Pie June Cream Peas Merfnge Pie
Poud1ng au Raisen DelmoDico, Sauce Claret
Neapolitan Ice Cream
Banana Meringue Assorted Cake
At the conclusion of the banquet the
procession was formed again and pro-
ceeded to Garfield hall, where the follow
ing program was executed. under the able
supervision of Hon. H. w. Gleason of
Hutchinson as chairman
Wichita Welcomes the Woodmen. $50.
..................Ex Mayor Clements
Response. ..................Di Director Talbot
1 - = VT
The Protector of Our Homes. .......
Head Consul Northcott
The Black Pebble. 80. Director Heydecker
Hew TO the Line. Head Clerk Halves
Eraternal Insurance. ..... Director White
The Treasure Box. Head Banker link
The chairman was at home ia the posi-
ton, and connected the speeches with
short introductory remarks which Were
very entertaining.
EX-Nayor Clement was accompanied,
upon the stage, by committee from the
Wichita board of trade, headed by Presi-
dent Potts, and the welcome extended on
behalf of the board of trade and the city
by Mr.. Clement, was both sincere and
eloquent.
The address of Mr. Corbett was model
Of excellence as tribute to fraternal
societies.
Mr.. Talbot of Lincoln. Neb,, member
of the board of directors, responded III a
happy vein to the address of welcome to
the city, paying high tribute to the pluck
and energy which had transformed the raw
prairie into the thriving, busting city
Mr.. johnson of Peabody, Kan, the Kan
sss member of the governing board OF the
order, delivered a graceful welcome of the
Wcodmen of the Arkansas valley, to the
visiting officers.
The response by Hon. W. A. North
colt, the head consul of the
order, was both interesting and
eloquent Mr.. Northcott is a gentleman
Of fine appearance and very pleasant de-
meanor aud made hosts of friends during
his stay in our city.
Mr. Northcott said: This aggregation
has invaded Kansas for the purpose of
spreading the gospel of woodcraft" He
paid glowing tribute to the people of
Kansas and of this great northwest. He
American of ali the states in the republic,
and that Wichita was the most intensely
American city IN the state of Kansas.
THE Modern Woodmen of America was
planted IN niue OF these great northwest
ern states; it was composed Of sixty thouS-
snd brainy, working men. with daily Ia
crease OF one hundred mem 5er, |. had n
surplus OF nearly $50, 900 in The general
fund and every legI. claim had been paid
promptly and IN fall From the benefit
fund $4,000 i paid each month 10 widows
aud orphans, children are clothed aud led
and sent to school, Iams.e> are held
together, the tear is wiped from the
widows CHEEK and desolats places are
made glad. We have Invaded Your state
to preach this gospel Of Woodcraft TO fur
nisb protection 10 your homes, 10 your
wives and children, when you are power
less in death"