Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-29
KANSAS G. A. r.. REUNION TO CLOSE
WITH JUBILEE.
Eminent SPEAKERS BILLED
MAJOR WARNER, COLONEL SEXTON
AND COLONEL BRECKENRIDGE.
Judge John II. stone, of Kansas City,
Will Speak. .AIsO-Numerous Camp
Fires Yesteriny-Camp Dew
ey Full of Gambling
Devices.

TOPEKA. Sept 2S.-(Special) The state
reunion will close tomorrow with grand
PEACE jubilee. The special feature Will be
a campfire of the blue and the gray IN
the afternoon. Ex-Cnited States Senator
John Martin will preside. Major William
Warner of Kansas City, past commander
ir-chief of the national e. A. r., and
James A. Sexton, of Illinois. at present at
the head of the national G. A h, Will
deliver addresses on behalf OF the Union
veterans On behalf of the Confederate
veterans, addresses will be delivered by
Judge John B. Stone of Kansas City, anu
Colonel W. C. P. Breckenridge, OF Ken
lucky. All of the distinguished speakers ar
rived tonight.
The Ladies of the G.. A. r. will monop-
clize the morning session with campfire.
Addresses will be delivered by Mrs. NJ. o.
Cartilage, of Topeka; Mrs. Emma Dalton,
Winfield: Mrs. Frances NJ. Wood. Topeka;
Department Commander Eastman. En-
poria; ]. P. Harris, Ottawa; T. j. Ander-
son, Topeka; S. l.. Wilson, Beattie; S. ].
Churchill Lawrence.
In the evening a grand illumination OF
Garfield park by the children of the city
! in special lantern features, under the d.
rection of Frank P. Bacon. Fireworks de-
picting civil war scenes and portraits OF
prominent officers in the war with Spain.
| Prize drill of all competing degree teams
| composed of ladies, and other lady organ
| izations, will take place on the Casino
| stage. beginning at 7:3O o'clock p. m, sharp
| 1t is designed to close the reunion with
| an era of good feeling in commemoration
| of united nation and peace with all the
world. 1t is expected that the entire pop
| ulation of the city will turn out on this
| evening and make the occasion memor-
| able one.
| Campfires were the order of to-day.
There were three held. The first was held
| this morning by the Woman's Relief
| Corps, and number of addresses were de-
livered. This afternoon the old veterans
| held forth. Addresses were delivered by
| A. w. Smith. of Mcpherson: ]. NJ. Duns-
| more, of Thayer: Judge c. B. Graves, of
Emporia; w. II. Smith, of Marysville, and
Congressman Ridgely, OF Plttsourg.
presided at the evening campfire which
| was a free for ALL
At meeting of the surviving Kansas ex-
| Union soldiers held to-day at Camp Dewey.
| a resolution was adopted fayoring the per-
manent location of the state reunion at
Topeka. The following officers for the
we're elected: President Colonel W. F.
Cloud, of Kansas City: vice president.
| Major Tom Anderson; secretary and treas
urer. S. A. Houston, Of Lawrence; chap
lain, Rev Mr.. H. ID. Fisher.
| The hoochie-coochie show at Camp Dewey
| came to grief to-day. Sheriff Cook thought
! it was too vulgar and ordered the outfit to
| move on The show advertised the ia
| nous hoochie-coochie dancers of worlds
| fair fame. The fact is the dancers were q
couple of girls who have been working al
local hotel.
| Every device known to mankind having
for its object the divorcing of man anc
his money is in operation at Camp Dewey
Some of these are of such character tina
it would be impossible to convict the oper
ators under the anti-gambling law, for the
simple reason that they are not games o.
chance; they can't be beaten. The large
| majority of them, however. are gambiint
devices that come within the letter of th'
| law but for some reason the authorltle:
do not molest them.
| The favorite device is the wheel of for.
| tune There are no fewer than twenty OF
them on the grounds. and the operators
| are having rich harvest. The only per
sons who carry away any big money are
the "cappers." The unsophisticated are
| permitted to win occasionally in order Il
| keep up interest. In the end however. they
| drop their wad." The camp is filled with
| all kinds of fakirs also. and 1t is wise
| man. indeed. who escapes without de
| pleted pocketbook.
Chief Detective Kinney, Of the Santa Fe
| saws that the town is ..ied with notoriou!
| pickpockets and warns the people to keel
| their hands on their money while taktn:
| in the sights John Bocleigh and his gang
| the most notorious of any in the country
| are here, and are being closely watched BY
Kinney and the local authorities.