The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-31
LODGE news.
Much Interest in Coming Meet
ing X. and L. Of S.
Change in Plan of Assessment
is Proposed.
MEET AT LOUISVILLE.
National Officers Will Leave To-
peka Next Week.
Items of Interest to Secret So
ciety Workers.

Intense interest is felt in the coming
national convention of the Knights and
Ladies of Security TO be held at Louis
vile, Kentucky, during the middle OF
June. The only business of Importance
to come before the delegates to the con-
vention for consideration is the plans
to change the policy of the company in
regard TO the rates. 1t is desired TO
place all the old members of the COM
pany, those who were the charter mem
bers and who are holding level rate
policies under the graded policy sys-
TEN. The matter IS attracting a great
deal Of attention from the members Of
the order, and it is said that to prevent
financial embarrassment for the com
pany it viii be necessary for the dele
gates to adopt the change.
The level rate of the Knights and La
dies Of Security was 80 cents per 1,OOO
for all the members regardless of age.
OF this class of policy holders there are
nearly 10 900 in the order. Some of the
holders of those policies are in favor OF
making the change placing themselves
on the graded scale because they see
the justice of the plan. However, there
are some who are opposed to the plan
to make the change and a lively time IS
anticipated in the coming convention.
The national officers of the society OF
Topeka will leave here next week to
attend the convention. The Topeka
party viii include President ". B. Kirk
] DdlLICks secretary y. M w aildC6, 0lGQ1-
cal Director H A Warner, Treasurer
w M Forbes and Judge G. A. Huron
and David Overmyer of the law com
mittee and John V. Abrams of the
financial committee.
The largest membership in any one
state in the order is in Kansas. Kan
sas is entitled to 20 delegates. There are
so delegates in all and 81 officers dele
gates and committeeman who are en-
titled to seats in the convention.
The Royal Arcanum met Monday
night at the hall on East Sixth avenue
/ Degree work and lodge business was
( transacted.
The second degree viii be put on the
/ K. P No. SO tonight
The minstrel show given by the De
! Plunus Myreitus minstrels at $50 hall
was a great success. The sketch by
! Rulings. Morris and Snattinger equaled
a professional production The singing
! by Ed Sheets showed that his voice had
/ splendid training. Lee Gabler as inter
! lOcutor was fine. Joe DOnOhue in his
song, Go Back to the Woods" was
| good. The jokes by the end men were
/ fresh and crisp. The tamborineS and
/ bones were handled strictly up to date.
/ In the prologue Ralph Mcneil as Nam
my Johnson, Joe Chatham with his high
twisted kicks, Billy Morris as Sappho-
/ Lisa, Riddings as Sure Foot Pete, the
] tough; Ralph Boyd as gran'pa were all
.
4 choral society some pointers on singing.
| Everybody was well pleased and went
away with an abundance of laughter
! stored away for gloomy dogs. The boys
/ have formed permanent organization
/ and viii put show on at the opera
house in the near future
One of the prettiest limitations ever
| attempted in Topeka was put on by
| Valiant Lodge No 1856 of the knights
of Pythias Wednesday night. The de-
/ gree work was entirely different from
/ that always used heretofore for the rea-
/ son that the Uniform rank and the
band took part in the work. Fifty-foul
I men were in the team. over 100 mem
bers were present in the hall and this
| room was so crowded that it was witt
/ difficulty that the 81 men went through
I with their work Lodge men who were
/ present and belong to other orders were
| unanimous that the new ritual of the
Knights of Pythias is almost above crit
cism.
The Odd Fellow school Of instruction
is to be held at Usage City next week
and George W. Jones of Mound City
who was appointed to be the grand in
structor for the state Of Kansas viii
{ be in charge w H KemDer. grand sec
rotary of the order. will go from To
peka, as viii also H. C. Stevens. one
/ of the editors of the Western Odd Eel
low Many of the Grand Lodge officers
| and past grand officers viii be in at
| tendance at the meeting.
The Knights of the Protected Ark held
I a mock initiation at the hall on Eas
| Sixth avenue last Tuesday night. The
| burlesque was thoroughly enjoyed by
all
Tonight the veterans Of Lincoln posi-
/ of the Grand Army of the Republic
tender a reception to Eugene F. Ware
who was recently appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to be United States
commissioner Of pensions.