The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-07
TOPEKANS AT OMAHA.
Miss Rose and the Knights March to
Their Headquarters.

The Omaha Bee, published Wednes-
! day evening contained the following:
! Several hundred knights with their
] ladies journeyed from a far country
| yesterday to rejoice with the Knights of
! Ak-Sar-Ben in the hour of their tri-
| umph. They came in a special Santa
| Fe train from Topeka, Kas., and COM
! posed the court of the Rose of EIiIo, who
| was crowned at the Fall Festival con-
cluded last week. The queen, known in
| civil life as Miss Anna Rose, came at
their head in the company of John F.
! McManus and wife, the former treas
urer of the Karnival club; c. K. Holli-
! day, manager of the expedition, and
others.
Ex-Governor Click, president Of the
Kansas state commission: A. II Greet,
secretary of the same body; l. NJ Mel
lis and H A Heath of the Kansas
Farmer, with a large gathering of Kan
sans and former Kansans We're at the
depot to bid the visitors welcome when
they finally arrived. The special was
expected at 4 o'clock but it was 7:2O
before the long train pulled in at the
Burlington station, which road had con-
Veyed it from St. Joseph Mo 1t was
composed of thirteen coaches heavily
loaded and near St. Joseph a slight ac-
cident occurred which delayed the ex-
cursiOnists.
THE royal party left the train in state
and marched through the station pre-
coded by MarshalPs Military band.
OF SlXty-hVe pieces. Following the band
marched the Boyd Girl Cadets, COM
posed of forty-fve young women in at
tractive uniforms and carrying rifles
and canteens of the regulation variety.
me cadets marched to the time dictat-
ed by fife corps. They were led by
Assistant AdjUtant General Boyd. who
has taken a great deal of pains to inn
part military training to his company
The chaperOns of the cadets are Mes
danes J. J. O'COnnOr, Harry l. Carter
). k Stewart, Q. D. Hollis and Ethel
Long. The company will bivouac in
the Thurston Rifles arnOry during it's
stay in the city
THE queen of the karnival with her
attendants drove at once to the Paxton
hotel, which will be the Headquarters of
the visiting kansans. It had been
planned to hold an informal reception
at the hotel, but this was found imDrac-
ticable. and it will be held instead today
at O'Clock at the Kansas building.
There will be no programme of speeches
and the visitors will spend their time in
accordance with their personal inclfna-
tiOns- The other visitors separated to
the various hotels of the city wherever
lodging could be found.
THE mana cement of the Topeka fes-
tiVitieS has been unusually active and
fortunate in its choice of a queen.
This year the knights endeavored to
strike popular chord by importing
their sovereign from the Philippine is
lands. but when that could not he
brought q bout native Hawaiian of the
highest class was substituted. Miss
Rose is from Hilo. Hawaii. where she
belongs to prominent family. She is
Y years old and is of the rich oriental
type of beauty. In addition to her per-
sonal char rms Miss Rose is highly edu-
cared and speaks perfect English. as
wen as i've other languages She viii
remain in the city until the return of
the excursion. when she will continue on
her long jOurnay westward.
me Kansans will remain in the civ
AAiIil tomorrow noon. when thew will
BOARD their special train for the home