The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-11
OUR GUESTS.
1900 Kansas Odd Fellows EX-
pected by Nightfall.
They viii Be in Topeka for
Three Days.
GRAND LODGE is HERE
One Question to Settle is the
Orphans Home.
Topeka Will Offer "StOne's Cha,
team" as a Site.

For three days Topeka will be full of
Kansas odd Fellows. The Grand
Lodge, the Grand Encampment and
the Rebekas will hold a joint session.
commencing today. The visiting odd
Fellows can be known by the badges
they wear.
Mr.. r. T. Paddy, chairman of the
reception committee, is directing the
affairs pertaining to the reception of
the visitors and he is desirous of OBJ
tanning rooms in private houses. The
hotels will not be able to accommodate
all of the out of town delegates. and
anyone who can take one or more for
three days is requested to give their
name and address to Mr.. Paddy, at his
headquarters in the Stormont building
on West Sixth street All the Topeka
lodges are vieing with each other in
furnishing entertainment for the visit
Ors, and all the trains are being met
by delegates from the reception com
mittee. This is the first time that the
three divisions of odd Fellowship have
met al the same time, and 1000 dele
gates are expected.
Mrs. Jennie Wehe is chairman of the
Rebeka's reception committee and she
and Mr.. Paddy are working together
with the same end in view.
The Grand Encampment will hold a
special meeting tonight at Representa-
tive hall. Extra chairs are being placed
in the hall for the accommodation of
delegates and the dust of MANY weeks
is being wiped off the reporters table.
The Grand Lodge will hold a special
meeting to morrow night The regular
session of the encampment will COM
mence tomorrow morning at O'Clock
at Representative hall The Rebekas
open their meeting on Wednesday night
in the Senate chamber. The decoration
committee of the Rebekas is at work
on the Senate chamber and roses and
bright draperies Will predOminate.
The topic of most interest to the pub
lie is the selection of a site for a new
odd Fellows home. The @resent home
is known as the De BOissere home, at
Ottawa, and the property has been in
litigation for several years. The Grand
Lodge has already expended 1000 in
improving the place and trying to keep
the property in their possession. The
home has not been managed to suit the
Grand Lodge or the Rebekas and they
will very likely make some change at
the present meeting. The Topeka
lodges are desirous that-a new home be
esta blished here, as the only way out
of the difficulty is to give up the present
home and start a new one
Topeka will offer the Stone property
west of the city as a good location. The
house has q rooms and there is ten
acres of land belonging to the place.
Several other towns have been trying
to secure the home, and up to today the
Topeka delegation have been quite con-
fldent that they would have the home
Hutchinson will come forward with a
proposition to furnish 40 room house
and eight acres of land for the use of
the home. The new home will be un-
der the management of the Grand
Lodge and the Rebekas, and a board
of control Will have direct manage
ment. The trouble at the Ottawa home
has been that the ones in charge have
had the power and the Grand Lodge
and the Rebekas have not been allowed
to manage it as they wished to.
Today the School of Instruction is
being held at odd Fellows Temple on
Quincy street Grand Instructor H. E
Pyle is in charge. The finance commit
tee. composed of A. Kuns, A Jewell
and E. c. Whitche are attending to the
regular routine business of auditing
the bills at the ThroOp.
w. N. Glenn Of Tribune, grand mas
ter: Frank Sternberger of Ellsworth
chief patriarch of grand encampment.
and Mrs Blanch NJ. Dryden of Spring
Hill. president of the RebekaS are the
present officers. The following will be
Installed by the Grand Lodge: w. L.
Brown of Kingman, grand master; A.
S Kemper of Louisville. deputy grand
master: A w. Kent. grand secretary,
of Hutchinson, and L. C. Beal of To-
peka. grand treasurer. The other of
ficers will be elected in Grand Lodge.
The report of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge that met at Springfield Will be
read.