The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-07
LODGE NEWS.
MasOns to Hold State Meeting
in Wichita.
WOOdmen Interested in Head
Consul Election.
ENDORSE E. E. MURPHY
K. P.'s Prepare for Grand
Lodge Next May.
Mystic Shriners Here on
Twenty-seventh.
ENDORSE E. E. MURPHY

Twenty eVenlns
A big Masonic gathering is to be held
IN Wichita on February 16 IL, Is and IS
OF this month 1t is to be the state
meeting of three divisions of the order,
as follows. The forty-seventh annual
communication Of the most worshiDfui
Grand lodge, A f. and A. NJ; the
fhirty-eighth annual convocatiOn Of the
most excellent grand chapter, r. A NJ.
and the thirty-hfth annual assembly OF
the most illustrious grand council, r,
and S. NJ. A large number Of dele
gates viii be present from all over the
state.
A circular of information has been
sent out for the MasOns who VIII OF
may be in attendance, and special rail-
road rates have been secured for the
gathering The headquarters for all
three of the grand bodies is to be the
Hotel Carey, and meetings VIII be heia
I'm the TOler opera house in the Scottish
Rite cathedral and in the Masonic han
On Tuesday evening the Scottish Rite
bodies of Wichita VIII tender a recep-
ton and entertainment to all the grand
officers and other visitors in the Scottish
Rite cathedral
The degree team of Capital lodge No )
gave an exhibition drill before Degrees
of Honor lodge No. 81 last Monday even
Ing. This is one of the crack lodge
teams of Topeka, and viii compete for
the prizes offered at the meeting of the
grand lodge in Wichita on February Is
and "A
sunhower camp No. 5ss. Modern
Woodmen. has endorsed the candidacs
Of E. T. Murphy, of Leavenworth, for
the Office of head consul Of the order.
Kansas has two candidates for this 20.
sition, the other being J. G. Johnson, Of
Peabody. At the meeting held Wednes-
day evening SunhoWer camp elected 81
DELEGATES to the county camp and in
stTucted them to work for the election Of
Judge w. E. Pagan for delegate to the
head camp Among the WoOdmen con-
siderable feeling has been aroused in
the present campaign for the head con-
sui election The differences of opinion
are over the question OF rate adjustment
which viii be settled for the coming
year at the national gathering john
son has been making his campaign on
q platform of no change in the ratt
assessment Murphy is regarded as a
conservative candidate willing to stand
by any action Of the head camp The
following resolutions were adopted by
NO. 536;
Whereas, There appears TO be a svs-
tematic effort in certain quarters to
build UP a factional feeling within the
Modern Woodmen of America by ques-
uOnlng the motives of men who have
long carried the banner of Woodcraft
best efforts of their lives to the well
fare Of the order: and
Whereas, We, the officers and neigh
Dors OF Sunt1ower Camp $50 NJ w of
A., sincerely deprecate these efforts to
cultivate distrust and doubt and sus-
picion, where confidence and fraternal
charity should abound: and
Whereas, We believe that the cleo
tlon OF Neighbor ID. e. Murphy as Head
consul of this order would do much to
allay the factional feeling that has been
so systematically engendered and re-
store that harmony so necessary to sue
cess and 50 amply exemDlifed in the
history OF WOOdcraft. be it therefore
Resolved, That we approve ana in
dOrse the candidacy of Neighbor p F
Murphy for head consul of the Modern
Woodmen of America
Irwin lodge No. 2eO A. O. II. W. win
give literary and musical entertain
ment on the evening of February is at
tnelr new hall on the corner of Sixth
ana quincy streets. This will he the
first time the lodge has met in the new
nan Entertainment VIII be followed by
dancing and an exhibition drill by the
degree team This team now holds the
championship of the state and viii COM
pete in Wichita at the grand lodge
which viii be held shortly All mem
bers of the A. o. U. w and their farni-
lies are invited to attend the entertain
ment
general invitation to friends Of To-
peka council No. . F. A A. has been
sent out for a dance to be given on
Tuesday evening February 10. in the
west hall of Security building This is
TO be a valentine affair and supper will
be served after the dancing
state lodge meeting of eonsidera BILE
Importance viii be the gathering of the
grand lodge of Knights of Pythias in
May AT the same time win occur the
grand lodge of the Rathbone Sisters. the
auxiliary organization to the X Ps In
all 1t is expected that between six and
seven hundred people viii be here for
the meetings as the attendance is to be
augmented by the attendance of the
uniform rank brigade. There will be
between ten and 6fteen uniform rank
companies, each composed of IL men and
an officer. present.
committee on arrangements for the
grand lodge has been appointed by the
local Pythias lodges and it is already at