The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
GUES III GnIGhGUu
Royal NeighbOrs Decide IMAM
imOusly on Lake City.
Next Meeting to Be Held in
Three Years.
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN.
Little Excitement Attends the
Closing Sessions.
The Recent Meeting Cost the
Order $4,000.
ARE CHOSEN.


elected officers of the supreme camp.
The question for the next session of
the camp was settled this morning
unanimously in favor of Chicago, as
no other city appeared as a rival. The
Illinois delegation, as son as the
question was settled, arose en- masse
and sang this tunefuI lay, composed
for the occasion:
By the rivers gently flowing,
Illinois, Illinois.
U er thy Verdant prairies flowing,
Illinois, Illinois.
Comes an echo on the breeze
Rustllng through the leafy trees,
And It's mellow tones are these:
Illinois, Illinois.
When you heard your country calling,
Illinois, Illinois.
Where the shot and shell were falling,
Illinois, Illinois.
When the southern host withdrew
Pitting Gray against the Blue,
TheFe We're none more brave than you,
Illinois, Illinois
Not without thy wondrous story,
Illinois, Illinois.
Could be writ the nations glory,
Illinois, Illinois
On the record of thy years.
Illinois, Illinois.
Abraham L1ncOln's name appears,
Illinois, Illinois.
Grant and Lincoln and our tears
Illinois, Illinois
Officers Are Elected,
At o'clock Thursday afternoon
the following officers of the supreme
camp were elected:
Supreme oracle, Mrs. z. D. Watt,
/ Omaha; supreme vice oracle Mrs.
Emma 0. Rea, AthoI, s. D; supreme
recorder, Mrs. Winnie Fielder. Peoria,
1 Ill; supreme receiver, Mrs. Susie
BOas, Springfield, Mo; supreme chan
cellOr, Mrs. Hester Ridenour, CIarks-
burg, W. Va; supreme marshal Mrs
: Fsfr1 T11- "a al
inner sentinel Mrs. Mamie Harden
dorf, Fort Wayne, Ind; supreme outer
/ sentinel, Mrs. Olive Weightman, of
Laramie, Wyo.; supreme board OF
Rock Island, Ill; Mrs. Irene E.
/ Bentley, Oelwein, Iowa; Mrs. Myra B,
/ Enright, Kansas City, Kas.; Mrs. Lima
! NJ Collins, st. Paul, Mimi; Mrs. Eva
/ Child, GAINESVILLE, Wis; supreme phy-
sicians, 2. Franc Morrill,, NJ. D.. Chi
I Council Bluffs, Iowa; Elnora Gilson-
/ WhitmOre, NJ. D., Topeka, Kas.; Addie
/ F. Kirkpatrick, M D, Whatcom
/ Wash; members board of supreme
auditors, Mrs. Jessie L. Mitchell, Ionia
Mich. Mrs Florence Brown, Zanes-
vile, Ohio; Mrs. Alice c. Nash, Min
neapolis. MINI.
The only contests which occurred
were for the offices of supreme receiver
! supreme marshal, supreme inner senti
board of managers.
Mrs. Boas, who was elected suprem,
4 receiver received 123 votes to the s.
votes cast for Mrs Eunice H WILDE,
/ of Beatrice. Mrs. Lula Case of Pasa
! dena, had a. vote of 95 to the 81 vote
cast for Mrs. Gladys Woolums of Den
/ yer, Cols as supreme marshal. For su
/ preme inner sentinel, Mrs. Mamie Har
dendorf secured % votes and Mrs. Cath
/ crime Stedman of Seattle, Wash, Sc
cured 65.
It took three ballots to decide tn
| election of Mrs. Olive Weightman a
! supreme outer sentinel On the frs
| ballot Miss Pierce of Salt Lake with
drew. leaving Mrs. V. Mack of Reno
/ New, Mrs. Lucy Heutter of Appleton
i Wis, and Mrs. Minnie PIummer of To
peka and Mrs. Weightman who secur
ed respectively the following votes OIL
the first ballot, "a, Is, so and IL
On the second ballot Mrs Mack Sc
cured % votes, Mrs. Heutter 2, Mrs
Plummer 54, and Mrs. Weightman Il
On the third all withdrew except tn,
last two. Mrs. Plumner securing 4
votes and Mrs. Weightman 106.
The defeat of Mrs. Plummer to whom
/ according to the usual custom the offic,
should have gone was in the nature o
a combination against Kansas. It wa
stated early in the session that Mrs
cause Kansas had already as mani
Offices as it had a right to have. B!
custom the office for which Mrs Plum
mer was contesting goes to the tow
where the session is held. But custom
was pushed aside.
Board of Managers.
The vote on the board of manager
stood thus: Mrs. Lombard, Is; Mrs
Fay-Hawes 125; Mrs Irene Bentley 152
Mrs Myra Enright 1872; Mrs Collin
$50; Mrs. Child 1O9; Mrs Remington 80
The failure of Mrs. Lombard to re
tain her 0lacP on the hoard sustain
the prophecy which was only mad
yesterday to the effect that a womal
member would be placed on the pene
ficiary board and that the predomln
ance of the men in the councils OF IN
order would be done away with IN
board of MANAGERS select at a futur
meeting but it is well settled now ina
Nj. E A Enright, 3. d. Smith an
Miss Lulu Lego will be placed on IN
board Both of the former two are
present on the board while Mr.. J. A
| Lombard will give way TO MISS Lego
/ The faction which was supporting Mrs
! lombard wished to retain three me
| members on the board Of beneficiary.
-One of the last things to be done wa
| the endorsement by the order Of Dl
Warmers proposition of a world wild
fraternaI hospital at Las Vegas.
| The Dresent session was a costly on
/ and will represent close to an expendi
ture of s25 200. OF this amount abou
IS 600 was spent in the city. Each del
egate is allowed Sc per day togethe
with mileage The hotel expense
come out of this sum. The suprem
/ oracle gets $1,000 a year now, an in
crease of $500 over preceding years. Th
supreme recorder gets $780, Suprem
receiver gets 81 500 while the member
of the various boards get per diem an
expenses.