The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-07
C. S. GLEED A GUEST.
Topeka Man Among Those at
GridirOn Club Dinner.

Washington, Dec. THE Gridiron
club entertained more than $50 guests
at its December dinner at the Airing
ton hotel Saturday night. The initia-
ton of three new members afforded an
opportunity to picture the inside of a
newspaper office in which the staff dis
cussed methods of interviewing many
of the guests present The republic of
ner and was recognized by the Repub-
lican elephant amidst the brays of the
Democratic donkey. The Gridiron club
flying machine was brought in and
number of prominent guests were
given an opportunity to test it, the
course being to the White House. but
all met with a mishap before reaching
the goal Moving pictures illustrated
some recent events. political and so
cial. A New York policeman appeared
and hung red light directly over the
place where Leader Murphy of Tam
many and Mayor-elect Mcclellan were
sitting. There was a number of brill
liant and witty speeches and the even
ing was interspersed with topical songs.
Amidst the festivities the lights were
turned down and large pictures of Viii
members who had died during the
past year, were thrown on a screen,
ana short and impressive eulogy was
delivered by Major John Carson. in
which reference was made to the fact
that Mr.. Amin was once president of
the club and Mr.. Smith one of its val
ued musical members. The pictures
faded away and as the club sang one
OF Hub Smiths songs the light again
flashed and the mirth proceeded.
Among the guests present were:
Ine British ambassador, Sir Henry
Mortimer Durand; the Chinese minister
Sir Chen Tung Iiang Cheng; Baron Won
Giskara, Austrian legation; Senators
Hanna, German, Bacon, Warren, Clay
Pettus, Kean. Scott, Speaker Cannon,
Representatives John Sharp Williams
n mol lodi TN.T-
Lloyd, Lorimer, Lucking Mann, Nc
Call, Mcclellan, McNary, Mondell, Over
street, Prince, Burkett and Richardson;
Eugene Allies, Milton E. Allies, Washing
ton, D. c.; Philip Loring Allen, New
York Evening Post: Captain George w.
Baird, United States navy; F. N. Banks
dale, Pennsylvania; Colonel John r.
Biddell. United States army; George w.
H Boynton, Associated Press, New
York; j. A. Breckons, Wyoming; Colo
mel Richard J. Bright, Washington, D.
C.; Jacob H. Bromwell, Cincinnati; l.
Cosgrave, Everybody's Magazine; Chas.
H. Darling, assistant secretary of the
navy; John w. Foster. Indiana Major
Hugh J. Gallagher, United States army;
Star; General Geo. l. Gillespie United
States army; Charles S. Gleed, Topeka,
Kan; Clement A. Griscom, Philadelphia;
S. H. Hardwick and W.. A Henderson,
koO0L4CA1 j. l. aSuOI1CkS,
Union Pacific railroad; H. G. Kaufman.
Washington Evening Star; Edward
Kenna, Chicago; Lieutenant Command
er John J. Knapp, United States navy:
VIM Loeb, secretary to the President;
Henry Lowenthal, New York Times;
Francis B, LOOMS, assistant secretary
of state; w. w. Ludlow, Washington,
D. c.; Robert Mackay, The Success.
New York; J. H. Maddy. Baltimore and
Ohio railroad; Charles E. Magoon, Ne
braska; John A. Merritt, postmaster,
Washington, D. c.; Charles F. Murphy,
New York; F. NJ. Murphy, N. o. Muir
ply, Arizona Capt. Henry McCrea,
United States navy; Thomas c. Noyes,
Washington Star; George w. Ochs,
Philadelphia Public Ledger; Frederick
Palmer. Golfers Weekly, New York
Charles H. Robb, assistant attorney
general Victor Rosewater, Omaha Bee;
John c. Scofield, John H. Small, Jr., and
A. r. Spoffard, Washington D. c., Col.
Thomas w. Simmons, United States
navy; John M. Thurston, Nebraska;
Charles A Towne, New York: W. A.
Turk Southern railroad; DR.. Walter
Wyman, surgeon general marine hos
pital service, and J. J. Wilder, Wash
ington, D. c.