The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-24
LODGE NEWS.
Kansas Knights TempIar Start
For Louisville.
Famous MarshaII's Band Accom-
panies the ExcursiOnists.
WILL STOP In ST.LOUIS
TempIars to Be Welcomed and
Band VIII Play.
Items Of Interests Among the
Fraternal ORGANIZATIONS.
WILL STOP In ST.LOUIS

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Marshalrs band of hfty-four pieces
and the Topeka knights Templar will
start this afternoon at 4:40 on the San
ia Fe for the triennia1 conclave Of the
Templars to be held at Louisville, Ky,
next week. They occupy a special Pull
man car from Topeka to Louisville and
return. and at Kansas City the car will
be attached to a special train running
over the Missouri Pacific and Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern roads.
At ST. Louis plans have been made
for stop-over Sunday. President
Jannopoulo of Delmar park, in cooper
alton with the Commandery, has ar
ranged for a genuine welcome to the
Kansas Templars and the band. In that
park the band will play during the day
and a number of special features have
been prepared. Private street cars have
been provided to carry the Kansans
between the grounds and the Union
station, and lunch will be served by
Tony Faust, the noted caterer The
trip to Louisville will be resumed sun
day night.
The officers of the band are: P. D.
Russell. president; D. G. Kline, vice
president; J. A. Sheetz, treasurer; Otto
director. The following Will compose
the band on its Louisville trip:
J. B. Marshall, director; Oscar Oar
low, piccolo; Charles Chapman and
Carl Groshner, F fat clarinets; F. P
Keough, F. a. Crawford Val Saurwein,
w. M. Hopkins, John Battershil, Jesse
Smelser Frank Lescher, Otto Rain,
Harry Steinberg, II. G. Helmig, Fl. p.
Carruth, A. A. Haggart and A. Clark,
3 fiat clarinets; Frank Heck, oboe,
Thomas T
Cowdrey, alto saxophone; J L. Cow
drey and 0. A. Keene, tenor saxo-
phones; Z. K. Naylor, baritone saxo-
phone; Ed Black, bass clarinet; TheO.
Mueller, bassoon; James Balm. r fiat
cOrnet; p. D. Russell and Frank Miner,
solo comets; Frank SWearingen, w. T.
HOfer. John Marshall, Jr., and William
Baldwin, first comets; Guy Morgan, W
S Kinzer and William Heron, second
comets; John SheetZ, first horn; Chas.
Haag, second horn; Clay Morrow, third
horn; William Klussman, Chas. Barnes,
c. F. StraWn and George Miller, from
bones; D. c. Kline, euphOnium; A c.
COe baritone: G. r. Perkins and e. II.
Conway. basses; B. B. Clary. double
bass; o. CalI1ins and A. W. Stewart,
string basses; John Price. tympani;
Carl Dryer, drum and traps; Harry
Tew, bass drum and L NJ PenWeu,
drum major
The Topeka party will join the 200
other delegates from Kansas at Kan
sas City. The party will return the
29th. A. D. Wellman, Of the Topeka
lodge, has charge of the excursion from
here. The party includes Mr.. and Mrs.
A d. Wellnan Mr.. and Mrs T. J. An
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. W S. Bergundthal,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Poindexter. Mr.
and Mrs. J. w. Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. F. Schoch, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Rolls, G. J. Webb, j. B. Belts. D. W.
Dibble, Carl W. Nellis, J. 3. Marshall.
G. f. Newton. Q J. Wood r. ]. Bar
nett, H. NJ Cline, w. NJ Cline and
Bestor G. Brown.
Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 24-The tenth
annual session of the Order of Hoo
Hoos has been called to meet at Nor
folk, Va. on the 9Th of September. At
ter adjournment the members will pro-
coed to Buffalo where they will partici-
pate in the festivities of lumbermens
week at the exposition.
The Hoo Hoos are Iumbermen. and
the lodge includes nearly every prom
inent lumberman in the United States.
Several Topeka dealers are planning to
attend.
The origin of the Hoo Hoos was in
teresting- A great many years ago a
small freight wreck blockaded the rail-
way track in some out of the way place
in Arkansas. There were nine lumber
men on the train. and to spend their
leisure time they undertook the or
ganization Of the Order Of Hoo Hoos.
were forming a permanent organization
that would outlive themselves. But they
did They agreed to meet the following
year, which they did and have met con-
tinually ever since.
They We're nine in number when first
organized and therefore decided they
would meet the next year the ninth day
of the ninth month And the custom
has been followed ever since.
The initiation fees to the order are
$3.50. Everything possible in connection
with the order is done on the scale of
nine. They meet annually now and the
organization has grown to be a great
power in other ways than socially.
Each member of the order when they
attend the annual convention are sup
piled with a pocket full of stickers in
the form of a black cat They then |
proceed to stick black ats all over the
city They have regular code OF
meaning or language of stickers. SO |
that a cat pasted in a certain manner |
on the register at the hotel means one |
thing and pasted there in another way
means another thing. and SO forth
The meeting this year gives promise |
of being as successful as those held |
heretofore.
The policies Of the old line life insur-
ance companies operating in the United |
otherwise during the year 1900 num-
bered 376,30T and represented $7S5. 344,- !
Isl insurance. This is in excess of the |
year 1899. when 335,95S policies were |
ne AGL gam III OH ikAr
insurance in force made by all COM
panies operating in the United States |
during the year 1900 was $639. 1862. 063. !
There are now 8. 176147 policies in force |
averaging 81, 233 each. as compared with |
the average of S2,296 during the year |
1899. Old line straight life insurance !
policies outstanding at the beginning !
Of the present year numbered 2 1zs, 642; |
endowment policies 809. 154, and all 9TH |
er policies. 232,412. The Industrial and |
old line life insurance companies to- |
bod fnT f77-4
on January l. 1901, of s. $50. 139, TAO. |
These are the figures for seventy-six /
American old line companies
The members Of the Penn hlicar1 Elan