The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-18
STATE Meeting OF ELKS
SMALL DELEGATE ATTENDANCE AT
THE ANNUAL CONVENTION.
The Carnival, However, Is Proving a
Muncie for Red Mems POwwow.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, June 1.-THE second
day of the Elks' carnival was attended with
the success augured for it by the immense
crowd which witnessed the opening per-
formances of the midway last night This
afternoon the visiting Elks who attended
the State meeting this morning joined the
local lodge in its parade to the carnival
for the day. Fully two thousand people
paid admission to the grounds this after
noon and over five thousand tickets were
sold tonight. The show people say this is
a remarkable record and are confident of
rich harvest this week
The timidity which characterized the
crowds on entering the Midway shows last
night vanished to-day when the carnival
spirit took possession and all reserve was
disregarded. Not a show was neglected by
even the most fastidious
The shows are of the usual carnival or
der, and some Of them are so much worse
than the general run of such attractions
that an effort is being made TO have them
eliminated. Clarence Russey of I,ogans-
port, will enter a den of ferocious lions to-
morrow on invitation OF the lion tanner to
indulge In a bottle of wine with him His
perform the foolhardy act, but he has
scorned their pleadings
Tomorrow Kokomo. Lafayette Peru
Wabash, Marion, Fort Wayne, South Bend
Frankfort and Charlottesville have prom
ised to send delegations to attend the I'M
yelling of the Elks' monument. The cere-
monies will take place at 10 o'clock. Frank
Kistler will deliver the address. The monu-
ment is the handsomest of its kind in the
State, consisting of a bronze life-size elk
on rugged pedestal of rock
four Gt0fA
order was held in this city this morning
representatives from ten of the forty-two
lodges in. the State being in attendance
The meeting was announced for 10 o'clock
this morning, but the delegates were slow
in getting to the meeting place, and the
convention did not get down to business
State president f. w. Urbahns, of Fort
Wayne, the meeting was called to order
and presided over by II. X. Corrington. of
Evansville, vice president of the First dis
trict. On behalf of the city of Logansport
Mayor George P. Mckee delivered an ad-
dress OF welcome. The following lodges
were represented: Indianapolis, Evans
Vile, South Bend, Elkhart Muncie, An
derson, Jeffersonville, Vincennes, Marion
and Wabash.
The committee on revision of the consti-
tuition appointed at the last meeting re-
ported that 1t had been unable to get to-
gether and was given time until the next
annual meeting to prepare a report The
committee consists OF James NJ. Robinson,
Il
Everett Moffett. Muncie: d. L. Watson
Terre Haute. and Joe Kern. Richmond
South Bend was unanimously selected as
the place for the next annual state meet
ing. the time of the meeting to be left to the
discretion OF the South Bend lodge
There was some rivalry among the can
didates for nomination for state president
the names of Harry G.. Tucker, James H
McSheehy and Josiah CT. Powell, all of Lo-
gansport, having been suggested before
the convention. The prospects were for
strong fight II all the names were offered
in nomination. but the matter was amicaby
adjusted before the convention. and neither
Tucker nor McSheehy allowed their names
TO be presented. j. @. Powell was unan-
imously elected. d. A. Westberry, of South
Bend. was elected secretary. The follow
ing vice presidents were elected: First dis
trict b. l.. Kruckemeyer. Evansville: third
William 4. Ruby. Jeffersonville seventh
p j. O'Connell. Indianapolis; eighth. o. r.
Moore. Anderson; eleventh. j. d. O'COnnor
Wabash thirteenth. Dr.. c. NJ. Eisenbise
Elkhart. The vice presidents for the other
districts are to be selected by the incom-
ing president.