The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-29
wlroH1NG WICHITA WINNERS.
The Dill Crow of Queen City Lodge Captrr,
twenty-five Dollar Cash Prize.

| afwenty-Fiye Dollar Cash Prize.
| Three or four weeks ago Queen City
No. 20. D. of H.. received an invitation fol-
| heir crew to 90 to Caldwell to attend the
| yanzation of the A. .. L. W. They tool
| he matter under advisement, with the
chances in favor of declining the invita-
| ion. and if they could have known wha.
was before them they would have declined
! firmly But they did not know. A second
letter came and after further consuita
! ton it was decided to go aud do what they
| could to further the efforts of siste,
| lodge in celebrating the happy event. 81
| Friday morning the crew left the city fol
Caldwell, little dreaming of achieving any
fame When they arrived at Wellington
| delay of forty-five minutes occurred, and
they started up town. They soon met a
| delegation of =. 0. L. w people who es-
corted them to their hall Ia a few
| minutes ali were ready and they returned
to the train. accompanied by seventy-five
members of the 4. o. .. w. and of the
d. of H., who also boarded the train for
Caldwell.
Reaching that city. they were met at the
depot by large number of brothers and
sisters, and procession was formed with
George W. Reilly at the head aud Wich-
ita's crew next, and, with two bands, they
paraded the streets to the hall where the
exercises were to be held. Tue parade was
dismissed and all repaired to their homes
and hotels for dinner and a short rest.
In if,
tho opera house. the stage of which was
not large enough for good display, but
there was no help for this.
The lodge at Caldwell had raised purse
of SIS for prize to be drilled for by the
Select knights, a semi-military order of
the a. 0. Z. W. There were not enough
Of these to make drill squad, and it was
proposed that tho two Degree of Honor
crews present drill for it. The Wichita
crew protested. They said they came only
to assist in the celebration; that .hey were
wholly unprepared for such contest; that
they were not uniformed; that they had
no banner, and that it would be taking
them at a disadvantage, everyway. But
the Conway Springs crew threw down the
gauntlet, and there was nothing left for
~.
Messrs. Ed H. Wheeler, grand commander
of the Select Knights, John Nice and +.
I. Robinson, were selected as judges, and
the drill began. After an hour of splendid
drilling on the part of both crews, and the
greatest enthusiasm on the part of the
large audience the crew Of Queen City
Lodge No. 20 were declared the winners,
by score of SIS points out Of a possible
1,G00 The score of the Conway Springs
lodge wac 773 points.
The members were the recipients OF
warm congratulations from the grand
officers present, especially from Mrs. Rich
ards of Emporia, the grand chief of honor.
After supper the crew was called upon to
give an exhibition drill in the rink where
another large audience assembled to hear
speaking, and to dadce aud to make mer
ry. Their drilling in the evening was
loudly applauded and highly appreciated.
The members speak in the highest
terms of the royal treatment they re-
ceived at the hands of the members OF the
fraternity at Caldwell, and especially do
they remember Mrs. Ella Schaffer and
Mrs. Grooms for many special favors
shown.
They returned home yesterday morning
bearing their hOnors meekly, and more
than ever in love with their beloved order.
In view of tho great expense the organi-
cation had incurred in thu celebration,
the crew donated the SIS to the order, for
which they received the unanimous thanks
of the lodge.