Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-10
ALL MEN BRETHREN.
eosOphists Going
to Convention.


A special train bearing more than sew
enty-five prominent members of the Univer-
sal Brotherhood of the World from the
Eastern United States and from Europe
passed through Kansas City yesterday
morning via the Santa Fe. The destination
of the travellers is Point Iona, Cal, where
on April Is q worlds congress Of the Uni
versal Brotherhood will convene.
Mrs. Catherine Tingley, the leader or off,
cial head of this society in America. passed
through Kansas City three days ago with
party of dozen. including f. NJ. Pierce.
the secretary general: E. A. Neresheimer,
treasurer general; H. T. Patterson. treas
urer of the International Brotherhood
League; Mrs. Richmond Greene and Miss
Elizabeth Whitney, secretaries. and Misses
Bellows and Raboch, who are to take part
in play given before the Congress. With
Mrs. Tihgley were also some Cuban chill
dren brought by her from Havana, where
she has recently been in the interest OF
charity and the establishment of schools.
and also a young Cuban, the nephew OF
General Maceo, who greatly assisted Mrs.
Tingley in her work there.
The train which bore the party yester-
day arrived at 9:15 and stopped in the de-
pot about twenty minutes. Several men,
bers of the local .lodge. No. A. including
ard M5 and j. n Mr a n e. Wsn NJ Mrs. Ha1
c. Winfield and Miss Nettie Hunnicutt.
We're at the platform when the train pulled
City. Hubert S. Turner. treasurer OF the
Kansas City lodge, Joined the party as the
delegate from here.
Among the Americans of the company,
which was added to all along the route
from New York to ST. Louis, were c. Fl.
Crosby, Of Boston; DR.. II. W. Corym, who
Mrs. Tingley was doing in Cuba; A. NJ.
Smith, the president of the Chicago branch
Of the brotherhood. and Mr.. Clark Thurs
of the New York branches. OF the Eng
lish members there were Mr.. B; Crump. Of
London kondons secretary ry Of the brotherhood of
were members. of the crusade two years
ago; Miss Atkinson. of Tynemouth. Eng,
the principal of the only children's home
in Europe under the direction of her So
ciety, and Miss Townsend. Madame De
Neufville and b. Jasink. of the party,
were from Holland. and from Sweden there
We're three delegates r. Hedlund. DR.. Kell-
berg and Miss Sonneson. T. HedIund is the
editor and owner of the leading commercial
journal of Stockholm. and is gathering in
along the route.
Two very interesting personages in the
company are Colonel and Mrs. Cleather.
Colonel Cleather was an officer in the Cri-
mean war and was In the famous High
land brigade at the time of the relief Of
Of which he was colonel, being one of the
three. regiments in the brigade Mrs.
Cleather is a lecturer for the Universal
Brotherhood and has Travelled a great deal
in America as well as Europe and Asia.
An effort is being made to have her lecture
here on the return trip. At Point Iona
the delegates, whose numbers will be
largely inerea ased on the way. will meet
representatives from Samoa and the Auck-
land isles, as well from Australia and
Eastern Asia.
The Point Iona school, upon the per-
manent buildings of which little has been
done since the laying of the cornerstone.
Is designed to become great institution
for the revival of the lost mysteries and
for the teaching the principles of the or
der as they were gotten from the wise
men Of India. the home of theosophy.