The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-18
A Reception to Be Given Him at
Representative Hall.
ARRIVES NEXT WEEK.
National ConcIave of Odd Eel
lOwship in Baltimore.
An Interesting Suit Decided
Against Fraternal Aid.

On Friday evening, July "a. or Sat
urday evening following. the doors OF
Representative hall will be thrown open
for a big reception in honor of the ar
rival in Topeka of Department Com
mander A. w. Smith, the successor OF
H. c. Loomis, who retires from the OF
fee at that time. The Grand Army and
Woman's Relief Corps organizations
of Topeka have the arrangements for
the reception in hand and are devoting
time and attention to it unstintingly.
A general committee has been named
with ]. M. Dumenil and Gilbert Bedell
chairman and secretary, and Mr.
lDurneniI has been busy selecting the sub
committees who are to give attention to
the minute details of preparation. The
subcommittee on programmes consists
of the following persons: Judge George
Huron, Mrs Molly Hunter, Mrs. Fanny
Seyrnore and Mrs. Ella Johnson.
meeting of the general committee is be-
ing held this afternoon for the purpose
of reviewing the work of the minor com
nittees and determining the date of the
reception which could not be chosen
definitely sooner.
It is expected that Grand Army and
W. r. c. organizations from various
parts of the state will send representa-
tives to the department commanders
reception. Mrs Bradford of Concordia,
department president of the w. r. G
and Mrs. St. John of Kansas Gil &C.
partment president of the Ladies 81 lAe
G. A. r. are expected to attend "a. g
committee n Getting.
Preparations are under way TO- --
meeting of the Sovereign Grand Los
of the l. o. o. F. at Baltimore dui l.-s
DC
Western odd Fellow for July 10 prlE.
the lengthy programme of the week 90
gether with numerous announcement
of interest to Odd Fellows who contenl~
plate making the trip to that meeting
Special railroad rates VIII be made Io4
that gathering and thousands OF mem
hers of the order will take advantage
of them. The sovereign grand lodge
officers are: John B. Goodwin, graho
sire Atlanta. Ga; Robt. E. wright
deputy grand sire, Allentown, "a. >.
Frank Grant. grand secretary, Balu-
more. Md; NJ. r. Muckle, grand treas
urer Philadelphia, Pa
The Paola lodge Of the A. o. U. w.
IS manifesting far more numerous
signs of animation than are most Oh
the other lodges oyer the , stalg. an
cording to the Paola Repuoiicsaan can
which prints the following item Ihe
A. o. L. w lodge of Paola has been
having revival under the direction OF
DANIELS who las been giving some in
terestins and instructive lectures. IL
Illustrated with charts and diagrams
and he hes also directed campaign
which resulted in securing quite
1ar~~e class of new members. including
many of our most substantial citi-
zens."
most of the fraternal ORGANIZATIONS
approach a condition of coma from
which awakening can be procured 1y
the declaration of an ice cream FEST
VSL
A hotly contested case has been ses-
tied in the supreme court hw She
awarding Of verdict of 500 tae
beneficiaries of an insurai
held by E. c. Powers of
in the Fraternal Aid Assoc tDa 49,
ers committed suicide in IA! III =
in October, 1889 The Fraterne a d
association has been having so much
trouble over the manag ament of the
national organiZat ton that in the first
reDort Of the matter the decision was
made by a Kansas City paper, to re-
fleet upon the national organization the
headquarters of which are at law
renee. AS matter of fact the case is
about such a one as might arise in any
fraternal order. OF it the Lawrence
Gazette SAYS:
e c. Powers belonged to the Gar,
den City council, and was well known
in Lawrence. His beneficiary was
Rose Gilman Powers, a sister OF ii. X.
Gilman. who was for so long book,
keeper for f. F. Goodrich in Lawrence.
He worked for Goodrich in Kansas
City but lost his job and his health
and killed himself in a hotel in that
city. His father had been paying his
assessments. but there was some tan
gle over the secretaries accounts and
the secretary of the Garden City coun-
ell in his books showed him suspend
ed and so reported to the general Of
fces. The beneficiary set up that il
Neas ar error and that Powers was as
matter Of fact, paid ahead. The claim
was resisted by the old board tried in
the Shawnee county district court ane
lost b. the A. +. A. The jury found
that Powers had paid ahead. The case
was appealed on error and affirmed in
the Kansas supreme court.
Grand Secretary D. H. Kemper of