The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-17
THEY ARE COMING
COMPLETING ARRANGEMENTS FOR
GRAND LODGE MEETINGS.
1t Will be Great Event--Ancient Order of
United WOrkmen Will be in Line
Twelve Hundred and Many More Will
Visit Wichita--Au the Roads VIII Make
ad Olen Half Fare Rate From Every
Part of the State--COmmittees Named
to Welcome the Strangers Who Attend
From Other Cities.

| The coming event that seems to en-
| list a greater degree of interest among
a large number of the good people Of
Wichita than any that has taken place
| for many months, is the annual meet
! ing Of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Order
! of United Worknen for the Kansas
| Jurisdiction which occurs during the
| last week in February. Besides the
| four hundred representatives from as
many lodges in the state. the Grand
Lodge officers and committeeman, IL is
! expected that fully half as many more
members of the order will be present,
| swelling the number of Workmen who
will be in the city during the week to
at least twelve hundred.
| And, then, the railroads centering
| here having made an open one-fare
| rate co-extensiye with the state, for
| that week, many hundreds of people
| not identified with the order will avail
| themselves of the opportunity to visit
| the city for business and pleasure.
| The local committees having In
charge the arrangements for receiving
| the visitors have planed very literally
| in these matters, and it is gratifying to
7 know that the citizens generally are in
will see to it that the city's good name
| for hospitality and entertainment is
abundantly sustained.
| Programs for the weeks doing have
| been arranged and will be made public
| in due time. Some of these contain
| rare enjoyment and all of them intense
| interest to all who shall have the good
| fortune to take them in.
A joint committee from the two local
! lodges has been named, known as the
Grand Lodge reception committee
The committee met Friday night and
named the following subcommittee
| to attend the incoming trains. meet
| delegates and look after their enter
| tainment:
Missouri Pacific CAS- a. m. and 1880
| a. MN. A. Carvin and ]. T. Dorsey.
Wichita and Western Q2:25 p. mo-
Santa F'e from uorth Q2:25 p. NO. Santa
Fe from south Q2:35 p. NO. Santa Fee
from south (3:10 p. mo- Rock Island
| Gao p. MIS-. n. Bridgman, o. ].
| Taylor, - Jones, c. H. Andrews and
| Frank Bulla.
Santa Fe (5:10 p. NO. Frisco 600 p.
No. Santa Fee GAO p. m.)-Pat Healey,
NJ. McCarty, Tanner, Coffin, Huffman
and George Locke.
Rock Island G:2O p. mo- Santa Fe
| G:25 p. m.)-John Jackson, NJ. Nc
Carly, Shultz, T. C. Parham and Cub
bin.
Frisco QO:36 p. m) Rock Island Oils
! p. MY. Z. Ganguish, l.. c. Hickman,
| u. S. Bartlett and f. I. Spencer.
Missouri Pacific (4:25 p. m, $40 p. m.
and $50 p. MA. II. McVicker,
Reisite, John Chain, B. E. Kies, -
Cubbin and c. S. Smith.
Committee at headquarters. Peerless
hall. W. Wingard and Edward
Ray.
Committee at court house,. L.
Carney, Frank Furman, Geoge Whit
lock.
Duties to begin Monday and be on
the go Tuesday and Wednesday. Let
every members who has been assigned
to duty past this in his hat and be
there.
The whole committee is requested to
act on Sunday, as many will ARRIVE
that day. j. II. SHIELDS,
j. T. DORSEY, Chairman.
Secretary.