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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05
UNITED WORKMEN.
The Degree of Honor Branch Growing Rap
idly-Various Notes.

The Degree of Honor Branch Growing Rap
id1y-Various Notes.
At the present time there are about 200
degree of honor lodges in Missouri, hav
ing upward of s, 900 members, and the
number of lodges is rapidly increasing.
If the fraternal features of the order
were made more important, the member
ship would double, and the lodge meetings
would be very much better attended.
Illinois is experiencing good results
from the system of lodge visitation and
supervision inaugurated in that jurisdic-
ton.
Very earnest effort is being made in
New York in behalf of the degree of hon
or. 1t will be found that wherever lodges
or grand lodges spend money with free
hand for the purpose of entertainments
and advertising their membership in
creases with great rapidity. A New York
lodge recently initiated a clergyman OF the
Roman Catholic church Under 'sgood
of the ORDER he expressed himself as sur
prised that any man with relatives de-
pendent upon him should hesitate for a
moment to join himself with such grand
organization
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.


Benefits Paid by the Order During the Year.
Pithy Paragraphs.
During the year 1898 80 assessments
were called to the supreme lodge and the
sum collected on account of these was $4-
O2O, O74 49, On April 1 there were 289
claims unpaid Of these 2O5 have been
published, 20 of which had been delayed
on account of contests, lack Of guardian
ship, appeals, etc. Eight Of these, together
with the remaining 1873 published claims,
have since been paid There were "a deaths
which have been registered, but not pub
lished, and of these 76 have since been
published and paid, publication in the
other eight cases being delayed by incom-
plete or unsatisfactory proofs
The supreme lodge will hereafter require
S5 cents per capita tax instead Of 30 cents,
as heretofore
The new death rate will go into effect
Oct. I.
Hereafter grand lodges are to act on
cases of those addicted to excessive drink
when subordinate lodges refuse to do SO.
The supreme lodge enacted a law that
a person debarred from joining the order
because of a forbidden occupation, who
should abandon it in order to get in and
then return to his former occupation,
should be made to forfeit his membership
upon conviction thereof.
The report of the supreme secretary
showed total membership in the United
States of 134, 737, Texas leading with 49,
831 members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05
a. and I. o. Knights OF n1alta.

Mary commandery, No. SO, at Danville,
Pa, has improved both in numbers and
finances during the past six months.
The annual convocation of the grand
commandery was held at Philadelphia on
June H. Sir w. T. Folline closed his
term as supreme commander, and Sir W.
J. Rugh was installed as his successor.
Hereafter there will be no semiannua1
sessions of the supreme commandery.
Meridian Sun commandery, No 90, at
Lancaster, goes to church in a body on the
last Sunday evening of each month.
The handsome commissions of deputy
grand commanders are now being sent
out and viii no doubt be placed in frames
by many who receive them.
The two new communicates now being
organized in Missouri rapidly develop
ing and will both be large and influential.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

pie Ladies of the Golden Eagle of Penn
sylvania. May s, three temples have been
instituted
The 10 castles in Pennsylvania having
funds exceeding So, 600 are Waverly, S12,
129; Harris, SO, 1S6; Keystone, IS, 201
Blue Cross, 81, 355; Chosen Friends, So, z
sos; Penn Township, So, SAG; Philadel-
phia, IS, 4s5; Washington, SO, gro; Read
ing, IS, 96l; Mount Penn, IS, sos. The
membership of the order is now Al, 600.
Amount Of receipts of subordinate cas-
ties for the year, $500, s75-57; amount ex-
pended, sS1g, T21. 81; amount paid to sick
members, sos, 639- 81; amount paid for
burial of the dead, SEQ, $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

healthy and substantial growth IS
visible in the councils Of the order, and a
constant stream of applications is being
handed in as a result Of renewed activity
and interest.
Another instance Of the promptness Of
the order was manifested last week when
$500 by way of immediate relief was hand
ed 80 the widow of q deceased member
within two days after application was
made
About g. 600 persons attended the hf-
teenth anniversary celebration Of the order
in St. Louis recently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05
ODD FELLOWS.
The HAN OF the Order at the National Cap
fkal-Frfendship Notes.

Hne HAL OF the Order AT the National Cap
1taI-Friendship Notes.
Odd Fellows hall on Seventh street,
Washington, is worth $3.50, 900. Should
At ever fail TO become a meeting place for
Odd Fellows, it does not revert to the
grand lodge, but by law must be sold and
the proceeds divided among the widows
and orphans Of the lodges in the District
Bro. John S Heiss, grand treasurer Of
the grand encampment Of Pennsylvania,
died June l.
Kentucky is waking up to the necessity
of providing homes for her aged members
as well widows and orphans.
The Patriarchal degree was brought
from Manchester and conferred in the
sovereign grand lodge Sept. %, 1925.
The order in Chelmsford, Mass, is to
have new building.
Thousands of widows and orphans all
over wide continents bless the name of
Odd Fellowship for the practical relief
given them in time Of need.
Massachusetts Patriarchs Militant win
hold a field day next September.
Bring in the young men by all means,
but at the same time take care to retain
the veterans whose sterling worth is great
~ appreciated
The order in Pennsylvania has expend-
ed SO, 315,552 for the relief of members
and their families.
When the SaVel sounds, then be In your
places in the lodgeroom and give your at
tention TO business.
Ohio's annual receipts aggregate over
$500, 900.
There are 10 lodges working in the Ger
man language in Buffalo.
Massachusetts, has 224 subordinate
lodges and Al, 600 members.
Unity lodge, No. 131, In California,
charges $16 annual dues.
One of the principal sources Of revenue
to the sovereign grand lodge is from the
sale of visiting and withdrawal cards.
The Texas grand lodge is in favor of
abolishing the collar from the regalia-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

Since the organization Of the order
June %, 1878, s1b death claims have
been paid
The membership has increased 8. o. per
cent in the last year
DR.. Charles B. Sanders has been APP
pointed q medical examiner for Lowell,
Mass, BY Supreme Regent H. H. Miller
The death rate for the past year was
g. In 900 members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

The grand grove of Missouri, in session
at ST. Louis, elected the following officers:
Noble grand arch, Nicholas Bauer; deputy
grand arch, John G. Burbach; grand sec
rotary, John HausInan; grand treasurer,
f. W. Nedderhuf grand marshal, Her
man Flunker; grand guardian, Henry
Hirshberg; grand sentinel, Julius J. Chop
hard, Kansas City.
The supreme grove of the order will
meet on the second Tuesday in August at
Columbus. 0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05
Fire ALARM NuMarRs

o@Morse and Jackson sts-
Skansas ave. and Railroad St
ae-Gordon and Taylor sts-
Laurent and Harrison SITS.
e-Grant SC. and Topeka ave.
-" st. and Topeka ave.
42-KanSas ave. and Fourth sc.
1s-kansas ave and Second ST.
~l4-No- Station, Kansas ave. near Gordon.
e1b-M0nroe and Kious SITS.
1s-kansas ave and GARFIELD St
1s-Kansas ave- and Thirteenth sc.
le-kansas and Euclid ayes.
H-Crane and Adams SITS
@3-Lake st. and East sixth ave.
2+Fourth and Branner sts-
25-Seventh and Holiday SITS.
ze-EIghth ave. and Madison st.
ss5s1ld ave; and sac and Fex state ROAD
29-Third and Monroe sts-
S5--sixfh and Topeka s. ayes
ss-Eo- Station, Jefferson ST. near Fourth
35-1>ath and Topeka aves-
s6-FOurth and Taylor sts-
T-No- 4 Station. Clay st. near Eighth ava.
$8-LWelfth and Taylor sts.
42-Euclid ave. and Buchanan St
4s-Thirteenth and Lane SITS.
5-Eleventh ST. and Morris ave.
46-Seventh and Lane SITS.
E-Iopeka ave- and Third St
62-Eleyenth and Monroe srs.
69-Ienth ave and Lawrence St
12l-Klein and Seward aves-
l23-NO- 40S East Sixth
4l-Yan Buren, and Twelfth sts.
51-QuIncy and Crane sts-
EEFourth and Lafayette SITS.
~Boxes north Of river
Fire alarms are sounded upon the tower ben
0t department headquarters by striking the
number of the signal station nearest the IRE. IN
this manner: II for box i. four distinct strokes
and repeated; if for box 49, one stroke, q 5horg
pause. then three strokes. and repeated. thus,
LII. ILL., etc. "22' is sounded for all fires
within the district bounded by Fifth, Ninth
jackson and Quincy streets
Ten STROKES. and repeated, followed by the
number Of the signal station nearest the IRE, Is
the SECOND ALARM-fOr a serious fire.
THREE STROKES. followed by TW ELvE, and
repeated, is the GENERAL ALARM for a verF
dangerous fire, and calls out the entire depart
ment with a detail of police.
Two sTROK Es. slowly, indicates FIRE Il OUT.
One long whistle from water works, for araN
south of river. Three whistles from same, 9os
nres north of river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

Are you Id need Of worl12 If 50. you are at
liberty to use these columns for assistance IN
that direction. " lille this notice appears the
STATE JOURNAL viii publish free on Saturday.
Monday and Tuesday. for Topeka or Kansas
people. all notices Of Situations Wanted" not
exceeding I'VE lines or th4rly-live words. in
length Provided that all advertisements u
this nature are handed in previous 10
ten O'Clock Saturday morning; also on Wednes-
day. Thursday aud Friday ali advertising on
this class handed IN BIZ ten o'clock Wednesday
morning
No advertisements of this nature to be started
except on Saturdays and Wednesdays NO OBJ
legation IS incurred the part OF the adTerrl5-
er. No worthy and needy man or woman need
hesitate TO take advantage Of this oifer- NO Ono
In business or having employment is expected %
take advantage OF il, DuB all others invited 60
avail themselves freely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

The Woodnen Of the World is a frater
nal organization with the beneficiary fea
ture common to such societies. The hea<
Office Ii In Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

There is a vessel that was built GA the
Clyde, is owned in Boston, halls from
Honolulu and is named after "a China
man who lives in Hawaii. She ia che
bark Foohng Suey-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05
First published July 5. 1894 tn the official city
paper
Ordinance No. 1870.

An ORDINANCE TO appropriate money out of
the Sewer fund of sewer District No u. TO
pay for pending litigation IN sewer case.
b. It ordained by the Mayor and Councilnen Of
the city Of Topeka.
SECTION l. That the sum Of four hundred
dollars. (S4OO.O0). much thereof as NAV be
necessary, be. and the same Is hereby apprODrf-
ated out Of the Sewer fund ia Sewer District
No y TO pay expenses OF pending litigation
SIC 2 This ordinance TO take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and ap-
prOTal.
Passed the council July q 1884.
Approved July 2. 1881.
G. a. FELLOWS Acting 1davor
Attest: s. S. MCFADDEN
City Clerk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
through any other paper. This il 3 fact.
Peerless Steam Laundry-Peerless
Steam Laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

Good work done By the Peerless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

Fine Work.
At Topeka Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.
--~-~>-~---------~--~~~~-
Tor SALE-Six houses and ~ lots IN North
= topeka for $3.50. Who wants any cheaper
property than this? See
W. NJ. Forbes.
Ill West 9Th street.
FOR SALE-Chaap. Almost new buggy and
livery barn.
FOE SALE-I wo-year-old Jersey bull; corner
4nomas and Chester, Oakland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

XNANTED-TO loan money Immediately to
everybody, s. 20 500, per cent interest.
Easy payments Also death benefit for old
and young nos exceeding S1.U)O- Cost S1-0O.
Agents wanted send stamp for particulars.
Mutual Beneficial Assoc larlOI. Richmond. Va.
Josiah Ryland. Jr-, Preside Second Auditor
of irgInla-)
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-02
SHOT FATHER AND MOTHER.
Crime without Motive of a Young
Man in Buffalo.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 2, 1894.-Will-
lam Gipp, twenty years old, a car inspec-
tor for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, shot
his father and mother at 1870 this morn
ing. The latter is dead and the former
is seriously wounded. The murderer fled
and has not yet been captured.
The family live at 658 Fulton street,
and consisted of the parents and three
sons and a daughter. William was the
second son and was employed nights in
the yards of the Lehfgh Valley road.
He went to work as usual last night and
was seen at midnight going from the
offices to the yards. Instead of doing SO,
however, he appears to AVE gone home.
His mother opened the door for him,
and without a word he fired at her twice,
the shots taking effect in her head and
back and killing her instantly.
The father, awakened by the shots,
came out of his bedroom and the son
opened fire on him, one bullet striking
him in the head and the other in the
chin. Young Gipp then fed.
There is no known motive for the deed.
The young man has always borne a
good reputation and the family say there
had been no quarrel between him and
his parents. 1t is supposed that he has
become insane.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-02
GENERAL ELECTION

.nmencing at six C) o'clock in the morn
ing and closing at seven % o'clock in the
evening, and that at said election the following
named officers are to be elected by ballot:-
A member of the GUS Of REPRESEN-
TATIvES of the United States.
A COUNTY CLERK, a REGISTER and two
C) ~CORoNERS for the County of Hudson.
Eleven al MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY
from the County of Hudson.
A CHOSEN FREEHOLDER from each of
the six 60 Aldermanic Districts of Jersey City.
And notice is hereby further given that the
following named places for Election and
boundaries for Election Precincts, at which
the Boards of Election shall meet and said
Election shall be held. have been selected and
adopted as required by law.
FIRST ALDERMANIc DIsTRIcT
BARBER SHOP, 1888 Washington street, bound
ed as G IA
beginning at the intersection of the easter
W boundary line of Jersey City with the
centre. line. of Sussex a. street produced;
thence westerly along the centre line of Sussex
street produced, and along the centre line of
sussex street to- Greene street thence south
erly along the centre line of Green street to
line Of Morris street to Washington street;
thence southerly along the centre line of Wash
ington street, anu Wasn. J stfeet proameea
easteriy boundary line of Jersey City; thence
easterly and northerly from the intersection
of the southeasterly and easterly boundary
line of Jersey City to the place of beginning.
SECOND PRECINCT AT MAX GILLMAN'S
TAILOR SHOP, 2oS washington street, bound
ed as follows;-.
Beginning at the intersection of the east
erly boundary line of Jersey City and the
centre line of Sussex street produced; thence
westerly along the centre line Of Sussex
etreet produced and the centre line or Sussex
street, to Green street; thence southerIy along
the centre line Of Green street to Morris street;
thence westerly the centre line of Morris street
- ~ - = ztraafs fhnnaa hHr1 n lanr
the centre line of Washington street to Grand
street; thence easterly along the centre line
If the city; and thence s~outherly along the
said easterly boundary line to the place of
THIRD PRECINCT AT EUGENE GAUD-
loses BARBER SHOP, 252 Washington
street, bounded as foliows:-
North by the centre line of Pearl street,
from Washington street 70 the Hudson RIVER
south by the centre line of Grand street, from
Washington street to the Hudson River: west
by the centre line OF Washington street, from
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-02
oARBoNIo ACID AND FLAME.

Experiments by Professor Cloves of
Nottingham, England London Royal So
ciety, May 1W, show that the effects of
carbonic acid on a flame are very differ
ent according as the flame is fed from
a wick or with gas. The percentage of
gas necessary to put out the flame in
the first case is always nearly the same,
being, for instance. fourteen for alco-
hol, fifteen for paraffin oil and fourteen
for a candle. but in the second case
there is a wide variation, fifty-eight
per cent. being required to put out a
hydrogen fame, ten for methane,
for coal gas. The proportion for niti g
gen necessary to extinguish a flame
is in all cases higher than that of car
bonic acid. The Wiclz-fed fame dies
away by dwindling; the gas fame, on
the contrary, grows larger asG paler
until it goes out.-Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-02
ANNIE KAMPF HELD.
Although the Grand Jury RecOmm-
ends Her Discharge.

The Grand Jury filed into Judge Hubs
peth's Court yesterday afternoon with
a single presentment, and that was in
the case of Annie Kampf, who is now
in jail as a witness pending an investi-
cation into the charge against Detec-
i've Julius Nelson. that he made i'm
proper proposals to her while arresting
her on a charge of picking a pocket.
Foreman Charles B.. Thurston said
thai the grand inquest dismissed the
him. AS to Annie Kampf, they recon-
mended her discharge.
Mr.. Thurston added that, with the
exception of the water and Boulevard
matters, no greater tenti had been
paid to any subject before them. The
inquest had appointed a special COM
mittee to look into it.
81 would like Your Honor said Mr..
Thurston, "to hold a few minutes con-
versation with you on the subject"
Judge Hudspeth and Mr.. Thurston re-
tired. On their return the clerk read
the report of the committee, composed
of Messrs. J.. C. Young. P. T. Cumber-
son and James F. Woodmency. The re-
port said that the committee had spoken
III AhSA cA -
of the police force and others, who
speak highly of Mr.. Nelson, and they
recommend his exoneration of the
charges.
One of the prisoners in the Jail, con-
fined in the same ward with Miss Annie,
has made a statement which has reach
ed the ears of the Court. The woman
is Alice Rawson, and she says:-'I was
in the County Jail when Annie Kampf
came in. She haired my cell. When
she came into it she took a pin and
scratched her arm SO it bled. She told
me that she was going to say that Mel
son did it in trying to drag her to a
hotel. / said. Don't do that and she
said, T want to get square with him.
She showed me how she picked pockets
by taking things from the prisoners
pockets, such as handkerchiefs and
other things, while talking to them"
Judge HudsDeth would not say what
course he will pursue with regard to
Annie. It is, however. rumored that he
will hold her to await the result of the
habeas corpus proceedings to be deter
mined by Justice Lippineott on Saturday
next.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-02
CASE NOT MADE OUT.
Judge Hudspeth's Remarks Yes
terday to the Cayeators Of
the Corrigan Will.

Executor James F. Minturn of the
will of the late Father Corrigan. when
the caveat proceedings came up again
before the Orphnrs Court, yesterday
afternoon, grumbled at the fimsy testi-
mony being produced to establish the
inyalidity of the will.
Admitting, your Honor" said Mr..
Minturn, that all is true respecting
the p~eculiarities of Father Corrigan,
that he was aware that there was a
conspiracy against him by his curates,
what does that prove? The case of Mid
lige VS.. Williams, decided by Vice a
cellor Van Fleet, shows that the testator
i'll that case, although subject to a hall
Inclination, was able to make a WILL"
Nh. Minturn complained that the time
of the Court was being wasted with The
testimony that Father Corrigan had
trouble with his curates, as if that de-
termined his fitness to maxi a will.
NOT A PRIMA FACIE CASE
81 must say" replied Judge Hudspeth,
that it is the Unanimous opinion of
the our that no evidence has yet been
produced which would warrant the Court
rejecting the will. The cayeators have
not even made out a prima facie case"
Counsellors Young and Albeit, for the
caveators, said that the evidence of Mrs.
De Vaucene md Mrs. Mulry of Brook
Ign was of the greatest Importance, be-
cause these women exerted all their in
tiuence over Father Corrigan to make
the will as it is presented.
wait till / go on the stand" sale
Mr.. Minturn, land you will hear a
different story about who were present
when the will was made"
After a talk about a commission to
examine these ladies in Brooklyn, Messrs.
Minturn and DAILY said they were per-
fectly willing for the commission to
issue.
THE ESTATE BANKRUPT.
1t was agreed that counsel for the
caveators shall specify what testimony
they want from the women, and there
would be no objection to seeing them,
The case was laid over until Thursday
next.
One of the executors, speaking of
the amount of the Rev. Father Cor
rigan's property, said that the
m~ortgaged for $50, 600, and claims against
the estate for taxes, etc, amount to
about 49,, Coz. This makes the estate
practically bankrupt, and about $1,000
in debt.
Mr.. Minturn. however, would not adj
init this, and Senator Daily, his colleague,
refused to affirm or deny the statement.