The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-09
WILL MEET TODAY
KANSAS ODD FELLOWS POURING
INTO THE PEERLESS PRINCESS.
And the Fair Daughters of Rebekah
Are Here Too-Reception Held at
the Carey Last Night Ia Honor or
the Ladies-SpeciaI Meeting Held
Last Night-Notes.

The Odd Fellows have taken the town
and they are welcome to it. All good
oeonle are welcome to Wichita aud the
Ddd Fellows. certainly have no superlors
In Kansas. They are among the best
peopIe in the state. Eight hundred of
Them are alrendy in the city and three
times tina. many will be here today for, be
It. remembered. the meeting does not COM
mence till today.
Everywhere one goes he sees the red
badge of the grand lodge and the blue
badge of the local reception committee
The visitors are as fine body of men, on
the average. as one could wish to see
They are principally of middle age, OF The
aignifed and conservative manner and
came here not because Wichita is a good
town with liberal and broad ideas, but
solely for :he purpose of doing something
for an order that has been instituted for
the benefit of humanity, particularly for
the noble purpose of bencfitting the widow
and the orphans.
Then, there are the ladies. They are
here in respectable numbers. And they
are fair too. They came here as enthusI-
as,ic helpers of their husbands, brothers
and fathers to rear up an Institution that
is a beuefit and blessing lot only TO their
sex, but TO their race. They are welcome
10 the Peerless Princess aud 1t Is hoped
that their visit here viii be pleasant
one and that they will feel when they go
home that AS Kansas is the dearest spot on
earth Wichita is the heart and soul of the
state. Among the ladies present are Mrs.
Jennie Webe of Kansas City, president:
Mrs. Barbara Pond OF Fort
Scott, vice president; Mrs. Ida
Blum, of Kansas City, Kan. treas
urer, Mrs Adelaide Schmidt-Wayland, of
Washingtop, conductor, and Mrs. blanche
Dryden, of Spring Hill, marshal. About
200 other ladies' are also present, but as be
roll will not be called till tomorrow il Is
impossible to get anything like correct
list of them.
All the grand officers of the grand lodge
are present and they are busy at work pre-
pairing for today's opening of business. To-
days business. particularly, will consist OF
the reports OF the grand officers and the
following committees:
Unfinished bUsiness-Richard Waring,
Abilene; c. W Main, Mankato; w. A.
Leonard, Arkansas City.
Judiciary-E. S Bertram. Council
Grove; j. q. WOOD, Topeka; c. L. Crow,
Lane.
Grievances and Appeals-E. NJ. Trace
well, Columbus; H. Il. Pyle, Mcpherson;
J.. o. Thoroman, SalIna-
Fraternal Benefit AssociatiOn-A. p.
Riddle, Minneapolis; j. n. Mccoy, PRATT;
Adam Shriver, Harper.
Finance. 5. Collins, Topeka; g. ".
Katzung, Fort Scott; Chas. L. Miller.
Severance
State of Order-J S. Codding, West
moreIand: c. \. Baker, Wamego; W. L.
Talbot, WaterviIe.
Charters and Laws-J. It. McMillen,
Wichita; J. NJ johnson, Garrett; f. w.
King, Dighton.
Semiannusl returns-W. A. Shannon,
Augusta; J. G. Denhollem, Wichita, a.
Haight. Dodge City.
Printing-John A. Bright. Topeka; b. S.
Cunning. Topeka; NJ. Marcus. Atchison.
Correspondence-LL g. Parker, OberIin:
George L. Pitts, Wellington; A. e. Lang,
Goddard.
Degree of Rebekah-D. B. Long. Els
worth; w. Ii. Morgan, Peabody; Joe II.
Borders, Great Bend.
Mileage and per diem-W. A. Germany
Fort Scott; j. Van Dewater, Winfield; J.
Il. Williams, Whiting.
Transportation-F. S. Cossitt, d. O.
Williams, c. q. Lilley, Wichita.
Statistics-F. II Berton, Pomeroy: T. C.
Frazier. Coffeyville; 4. l.. Luther, Leaven-
wo til.
Special committee on grand lodge by
laws-F. II. Betton, William Mathewson,
and II. w. Pond
The grand lodge will open their meeting
this morning at the Garfield hail. while
the Rebekah grand lodge will hold its
meeting In the Odd Fellows hall on North
Main street. TIE headquarters of the
grand officers of both organizations will
lie at the Carey hotel.
NOTES.
The grand lodge met last night in special
session and conferred the u. l. degree on
about 200 members.
The work of the Rebekahs was ex-m-
pilfed last night i'll the hall OF Olesa lodge
Oh East Douglas avenue
The visiting ladies were rendered re-
reption IN the pariors of the Carey hotel
last evening. aud pleasant time was had
Mrs. Belle c. Harris of Emporia. past
department president w. Il c., is here at
tending the state assembly of Rebekah
She is the guest of Mrs. w. 7. Buckner.
Past Grand Master Ed l.. Luther of
Ieavenworth, is one OF the enthusiastic
Odd Fellows IL the city aud he is a very
clever gentleman. He is the statistician
of the order ID Kansas and can string out
long nsures representing its good work
The faint. sweet odor of apple blossoms
is not more delicate than Dasl ~ inf n which