The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-18
TOPEKA'S HAND
Is Extended to the 1900
Knights Of Pythias.
Who VIII Be in the City During
Most of the Week.
IN PYTHIAN COLORS
Are the Decorations Through
out the City.
Local Lodges viii Make All Vis-
ftOrs Comfortable.
IN PYTHIAN COLORS

ADBEHAet - DA-s- an --~-
this week.
1t is Pythian week
Already the stores along Kansas av-
enue and the side streets are putting
out their flags and colored displays to
the Kansas breeze and the eyes Of the
2 600 strangers that viii see Topeka
1t is the twenty-fith annual meeting
of the grand lodge. Uniform Rank ana
Rathbone Sisters and they viii be in
session here till Thursday
This morning at o'clock members of
the local K of P. lodges got up and
decorated the trolley poles from Third
to Tenth streets on Kansas avenue and
from Kansas avenue to Quincy street
on Sixth street. The poles are wound
in turn with red, yellow and blue cloth
Representative hall is also httingly
decorated.
Large delegations are already arriv-
ing and before evening there viii be
], 600 strangers here. The rest viii ar
rive tomorrow.
The reception committee which is
! large one has been busy all day meet
ing trains on which delegations have
been arriving.
The Pythian meetings viii be held at
Representative hall and at that place
tonight the grand lodge viii assemble
to confer the grand lodge degree upon
some 800 candidates. There are 2OS
Pythian lodges in the state and each
of them turns out each year two past
chancellors eligible to the grand lodge
degree. The membership OF the
| Knights of Pythias in Kansas is over
IA .000.
The feature Of the session that the
public viii be most interested in will
be the big parade on Kansas avenue,
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
There viii probably be with subordi-
nate lodges something over $500 people
I in line Tine will be headed DW
AIarshau's fun band The Uniform
Rank will be on horseback, the grand
1 lodge and the grand lodge Of the Rath-
bone sisters viii RIDE III carriages Inc
I subordinate lodges viii be on foot
On Wednesday, evening big ball
| and reception VIII be given at Hamil-
! ton hall. There viii be addresses by
/ lodge officers and Governor Morrill, and
Mayor Fellows have agreed to make
| speeches. Supreme Chancellor Richey
of Ohio and Major General Carnahan
viii speak.
on tuesday evening a concert will be
given the visitors at Garfield park by
The Rathbone Sisters grand lodge
Will be given reception at the Ma
! tiOnal hotel this evening and the Wis
iting sisters viii be given a carriage
ride over the city Thursday morning or
I Wednesday afternoon.
The RathbOne sisters viii hold their
meetings in one of the rooms of the X
OF = hall at sixth and quincy streets
The badges that are being worn by
the members of the various meetings
are very handsome.
The general headquarters viii be K
of p. hall, at the corner of Sixth and
Quincy streets. The headquarters of the
grand lodge viii be the Copeland hotel
for the Uniform Rank, the Hotel
Thro0p and for the RathbOne sisters,
the National hotel.
The following grand officers of the
Knights are in attendance at the meet
Gus J. Neubert of Kansas City, grand
keeper of records and seals. F. s Lar
abee of Stafford. grand master of the
grand prelate; H. L. Alden of Kansas
City, grand chancellor; Robert McC4On-
nigle Of Colby, grand vice chancellor.
W. H. SWartszell OF Parsons, grand
master at arms; John A. Aiten of King
man. grand inner guard.
The grand officers of the Rathbone
/ sisters present are: Mrs Fred Gardiner
and Lennie Pollock of Kansas City. su-
pTeTne repre preSentatives; Mrs. Gus. Neu-
bert Of Kansas City, supreme Junior:
Mrs. NJ ID. Wood of Kansas City. su-
Dreme mistress of records and cores
pOndence: Mrs. H A COmstOcx of Hut
Crimson, grand chief; Mrs. Ala Fill of
Garnett. grand mistress of records and
| correspondence; Mrs Carrie Roberts of
Parsons, grand mistress of finance.
The RathbOne sisters have Y lodges
in the state and a membership of 500
There Will be 300 of the sisters in TOpe-
ka-
Topeka has nearly 1000 members of
the Knights Of Pythias and Rathbone
sisters.
Following are the committees:
General COmmittee-H. L. Sturde-
want, president; J. w. Gordon, vice
president; J. @. SamueIsOn. secretary.
H. c. Bowen. treasurer; A r. Jester
o. P. NJ 8IcCHntock, A A Bailey c.
Q. Munsen.
Reception Committee-T-J Anderson.
J. G. Wood. j. E. Maxwell, n J. Holum
w L. Burns, J. Z. Watts. J. w. r.
Hughes. w. A. s. Bird, J. c. Clark. A
II. Schenck. J. II. MARBLE. Henry Hunt.
Capt. w. 0. Anderson, Capt L. w
Speilman, Sergt. J. w. Wehe
Entertainment Committee - T. C.
Payne. It. d. Humphrey, j. L. Guy, j.
NJ. Hill. Q. L. Smith, =. A Wall A L,
Griggs, S. S. Rice. w. c. Sly. O. M
Blanchard, Col. Harry Austin Lieut.
w NJ Stewart. Lieut.. Geo. p. Wallace.
Geo. NJ. Lescher, D. McLarty