The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-31
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

'aThe Knights of Pythias are having
their supreme lodge meeting in Detroit
and 1 would like very much to attend
for I know they are having a great
time" remarked a gentleman at the
Oxford who is a member of that order
Il have only attended one supreme lodge
meeting, that was in Kansas City eight
years ago. but I never miss a meeting
of the grand lodge of any other three
orders to which I belong. I remember
an amusing incident that occurred in
Newton about Is years ago when the
grand lodge of one of the orders was
held there; that is, 1t was amusing to
everybody except one.A number of men,
bers of the order from a southern Kan
sas town were talking together about
man who was in town wearing the uni
form of the order who had no right to
do so, and they were wondering what
they should do about the matter. The
man had formerly lived in their town
and had been a member. but was ex-
PEELED for conduct unbecoming a gentle
man, or some such reason At any rate,
he was not a member of the order and
had no right to wear the uniform and
pass himself off as member. OF course
he knew all the work of the order and
the only members in attendance who
knew his real position were those from
his town and a few others. The bogus
boys did not like it. Finally they decid-
ed on a plan to make life burden for
him and at the same time furnish a little
amusement for themselves. They got a
few friends to invite him to a room
which they had secured and when he got
In they locked the door and proceeded to
have fun with him. I don't know all
they did, but / think he took two OF.
three side degrees. They took his uni
form off and furnished him with a suit
composed Of overalls and a jumper, and
then took him up the street with them.
He was a dandif1ed sort of a fellow and
the parade hurt his feelings deeply As
soon as he was released he disappeared
and they saw nothing more of him until
the train left that night for his town.
Those who were watching say he got on
the train from the opposite side of the
depot and sneaked into the smoker He
did not mention the affair to any one so
the members from his town say, but the
story soon got out and even the kids
called him 'overalls.' .
Since the war with China has been on.
every Chinaman in the United States
Will tell you that he is from southern
China, said a travelling man at the Ma
tionaL 7 was in Denver last week and
a friend called my attention to the fact
t tnat the mongolians We're now all Can
tonese or south Cinnamon. There was a
Snlnese laundry a few blocks from nv
friends store, and to test the matter and
nave little fun -joshing' the Cinnamon
Cllnornar
to whom my friend addressed the oues-
ton as to what part of China he was
from, answered: Hong Kong All Chi
namen in Denver come from Hong
Kong Hong Kong is in south China
where all good Cinnamon come from
North Cinnamon are called Manchurians
and that is where the boxers thrive and
grow fat The south Chinaman is a good
.IlouSl 10y ana does nothing wicked. The
north Chinaman is bad. He plays fantan.
h1ts the pipe and occasionally hits a
missionary There is no reseu bIanoa h.
tween the two except the pigtails and
eyes cut on the bias. My friend stated
that he had visited manv Chinan1en Qua
asked them the same question and he
mad failed to find north Cinnamon in the
cry cry me mere suggestion to a monga.-
nan that he lived in -Pelxin will cause his
cue to rise. The boys have tornrnanta5
tnen so much by calling them bowers
mat they are ready to swear that noT-tt
Shlna IS not part of their country.
90 not know whether the chinks in the
east are on to it yet but am eroinr -,
inquire when I get to Chicago to see ~
can md one who will admit thar he
comes from the home Of the boxer
II met a man in Oklahoma last snr,,.
Mno nad peen legally hanged and is now
DONG business raising cotton sofa -.
ge gem at the Fifth Avenue. saThe
1 ilian formerly lived in Arkansas ans
looks good for 20 more years of this life
heard MS story from a friend who Inv,
COSton and grain and when the 49,,
< zane into my friends Office he told me
49, Ia u was true, although he objected 70
taking about it. The hanging o1o,11,-es5
apout 20 years ago and was the ,es,,I+
u q lrlaI 6y jury before which the man
1iNeIS Is MS name, was tried for 49,
ger ana found guilty, although he oiai-,,--
low toW ana says he always did. thar he US
tIihOSent OF the charge. He was I,-r,rlr;, -.
a. -I q luInoer gang and was a sort of ss1I19
contractor when a northern NO., $500 81
tne camp who was inclined to A.. = ' S..1s.
oea1 OF talking. The men did NOT 81,
man from the north on general r,rin.i,1Ia
ana mouthy one was altooaft,e~. -
1hucn, SO several fights oceurra5 -; -
Zesuited IN threats of a more sersio,,s -,
ture- RIVERS was in one of the fioI,4S 80
one morning when the nort1a,.,. = 80 ana
1Ouno dead he was suspected of Tho -,
yer ana was arrested The i1lr-v 5ao:11
81 that ne was guilty as he xt-as $50
lear the northern mans shack 49,
ulsAt ana II was his knife that was no.
t ttLs 10y. " men the day of the exeo1,-
ton QaWned there was an e~,-
crowd collected to witness +ba bo,, iIious
fS1veIs was taken out of the iaiI IS
An3Fcned 10 the Scaffo1d before xvl,iot -
crown mad collected. An old AFo+1- 80
minister was by his side ana offs-.15 y
1ast prayer before the trap was rT1r,,,,.s q
N. N. . neL the rope was adjusted and a1-a,17
the spring and Rivers fell to tlt =. . pulleo
the rope having not been fastans[5 -, 49,
perry At the top of the caffoId L. 30
picked up and carried back ~ 49,. Iva, y az
on the scanold when the rninis+e pace l-a,
vas py ms SIDE spoke to the crows ~ IL
$50 - ens Iallure OF the rope to vvo,.l-
was plainly 1nterpOsition of nixrina 80 49,
1dence and told plainly thai ~ row
nemned man was innocent He no ~ !
passionate appeal to the peonIa - - =