The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-11
(.DD FELLOWS WILL
MEET this WEEK
Questions Of Interest to WITCH
tia Expected 10 Come Up,
OFFICERS TO Be ELECTED
Work viii Cover Greater Part
of Week,
OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED

Commencing tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock and continuing until Thursday
evening. viii be one round of business,
pleasure and enjoyment for the odd Eel
lows of Kansas and their sisters, the Re
bekahs 1t will be in fact Odd Fellows
week. The committee has procured 1900
badges for the God Fellows. LOCO badges
for the Rebekahs and 600 badges for the
Encampment branch * the order, and
think that from reports it has received
that it viii be short Of badges.
Wichita Is great convention ana
grand lodge town. Every time the Odd
Fellows nave met here their attendance
has been greater than at other towns.
The. odd Fellows of Wichita are great
entertainers and know how to please the
visiting brothers so much that at grand
lodge meetings when the name of Wich-
ita is presented everybody is in favor OF
coming here,
There will be three grand bodies hold
sessions here this week. the grand lodge
]. O. O. r. the grand encampment l. Q.
O. f., and the Rebekah assembly, which
is an auxiliary to the grand lodge /. Q.
OF.
The Odd Fellows is the largest benevo-
lent organization in the world, number
ing over J. coo, 900 members. Nearly $4,000
was expended for relief in this state alone
the past year. Now that the old orphans
home question is finally settled, thus re-
lieving the grand ladge Of any liability
whatsoever, it will not surprise some of
the knowing ones if a movement should
be started at this session looking to the
founding OF home for INDECENT odd Fell
lows and Odd Fellows orphans.
When this is done Wichita wants it and
will work hard for it. No better place
in an Kansas could be found for it.
The local committee have prepared to
extend courtesies abundantly and with
the help of the business men and citi-
zens generally the meeting is bound TO
be a success, and these friends Will leave
with nothing but praise for Wichita.
Such is the desire of the home member
ship 1t is also desired that all business
men decorate their houses with flags,
etc
In the grand lodge there will be a con-
test for part of the grand officers I'm
der their law elections for grand officers
are held at the last meeting in May by
the past grands of each lodge and the
successful candidate must receive 40 per
cent of the votes cast. If no one receives
80 per cent the grand lodge proceeds TO
elect AT their October session the ofiice
so failing of being filed at the last cleo
ton. Only the grand master. deputy
grand master and grand secretary were
elected. which necessitates the election
of grand warden. grand treasurer and
grand representative.
The following were candidates at the
May election who in ali probability will
be candidates before the grand lodge:
For Grand Warden-A. W. Hershberg7
er. Isaiah Jones. H. F. Potter. NJ. E. Rad
ley. ]. !. Saunders, J. Y. Spoonenberger.
J. H. Vance, S. B. S. Wilson.
For Grand treasurer G. Beal, ]. o.
Brown. II. X. Herbert, S. S. Learned,
c. A Mitchell, F. W. Steckpole, II. c.
Stvens, N L. Wood.
For Grand Representative-John A.
Bright, Geo. ". Brown, w. J.. Brown.
The grand lodge VIII hold their meet
ings at the Auditorium; the grand en-
campment at I. o. O. F. hall, over $50
North Main street. and the Rebekah as
sembly at the Congregational church.
The headquarters are as follows: Grand
lodge /. o. o. T. and Rebekah assembly
at the Carey hotel: the grand encamp-
ment at the Manhattan.
The following are the officers of the
grand lodge. many of whom are expected
in this evening: Grand Master, J. NJ
Johnson; Deputy Grand Master, J. j.
Roll: Grand Warden, c. W. ALBANIAN;
Grand Secretary. W H. Kemper: Grand
Treasurer, L. G. Beal; Grand Marshal,
G. b. Potter: Grand Conductor. 3. NJ.
Powell; Grand Chaplain. l. T. Shearerd
Grand Messenger. NJ. Z. Radley; Grand
Guardian. ]. y BeDard: Garnd Herald
d. c Luse.
Those of the grand encampment l. Q. o.
F. are: Grand Patriarch \. NJ. Balm;
Grand High Priest. T. c. Frazier: Grand
Senior Warden. +. J. Cossitt; Grand Ju-
nior Warden. Lee Stanford: Grand Scribe
Lew T. Rees: Grand Treasurer. II. J.
Aten: Grand Outside Sentinel. John At
kinson; Grand Inside Sentinel, e c
Hunter; Grand Marshal. W. c. Kelly:
Grand Instructor. H. E. Pyle.
AS viii be seen from the above wich-
tia has one grand officer. T. J. Cossitt
5 who is grand senior warden OF the grand
encampment. and who win be advanced
to grand high priest at this session. and
ut the next session VIII be at the head
Of this branch OF the order
Wichita has been wei represented in
Odd Fellowship in tho past. having had