The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-27

will be held in either the Auditorium
or the Knights and Ladies of Security
hall. Marshalrs band win be engaged
to give a concert during the gathering.
It viii be free to everyone. Miss Hazel
Kaiser, one of the sweetest singers in
the west will give several vocal num-
bers. This young lady IS the daughter
OF State Deputy j. W. Kaiser OF Fort
Scott, and has gained an enviable rep
utation at Woodmen gatherings for her
singing.
Sometime on either Friday or Satur-
day, the exact time having not yet been
set, a parade will be held on Kansas
avenue, IN which Marshails band and
the Seymour Guards will participate.
Almost LOCO Woodmen are expected to
be in line. The guards will do some
fancy drilling during the parade.
N. II. Wolff head clerk of jurisdic-
ton A, who has been hard at work
during the past week working up the
gathering, is meeting with great sue
cess. 1T is going to be a great thing.
he said tOday From all of the differ
ent places which will send special trains
we are receiving the greatest kind of
reports with reference to the enthusi-
asm which has been worked up They
say that they are coming to Topeka
for a good time. The Seymour Guards
have written me that they look forward
to their trip here with a great deal Of
pleasure. Within a few days we will
have our programme ready and VIII
give it out for publication"
The Seymour Guards first gained
great notice in the press at the LOuisi-
ana exposition, when competing against
crack degree teams from all over the
United States and from many different
orders, captured two prizes of $500 each
and a silver cup as the best drill team
on the grounds. Its visit to Topeka viii
entail an expense of over $500 The body
of men is large in itself and it also
makes a considerable expense to carry
the haTnaIil and TeOdII9 Two
hours time is taken by the team in
exemplifying and comforting of a de-
gree upon candidate.
The Modern Woodmen of America
viii observe Sunday, June 4, as me-
mortal Sunday, in response to the re-
quest promulgated by the head camp
of the order to all the three-quarters
of a million WOodmen of the jurisdic-
ton Services will be held at the
Auditorium after a parade of all the
various camps of the city from their
respective halls headed by Marshalfs
band.
Sunhower camp No. 536 and Shaw
nee camp No. $500, the south side
camps, viii assemble at their halls at
1870 and march to Third street and
Kansas avenue, where they viii meet
North Topeka camp No. 1913, and led
by Marshall's band, all will proceed to
the Auditorium. The programme pro-
street and Kansas avenue be begun
promptly at ? o'clock, and that the
exercises at the Auditorium start at
2:30. Rev. c. E. Holcomb, pastor of
the Lowman Hill Methodist Episcopal
church, will conduct the services.
Families of the WOodmen and 9TH
ers desiring to attend the memorial
services are invited to assemble at the
Auditorium at 2 o'clock. that there
may be no delay in opening the serv-
ices as soon as the WOodmen arrive.
The Knights of Pythias of Topeka
Will hold their annual memorial serv-
ices at one of the churches in North
Topeka on the 18th day of June.
Amitv lodge No. 231 of North Topeka
will have charge of the arrangements
and the other lodges, Valiant No 1875,
Topeka No 80 and the lodges of the
Rathbone Sisters, will cooperate.
The members from the different
lodges will meet at the corner of Sixth
and Quincy and form in a body to
march to the north side. The parade
will be led by Gala Co No. s, Uniform
Rank of the Knights of Pythias, in
full uniform, which company, being a
semi military organization, will keep
time to the very appropriate music OF
the fife and drum. The drum corps
will be composed principally of two
old southern army comrades, and will
render some march music that is 1T
ting to the occasion.
To fittingly commemorate and per
petuate this occasion, the paying of
broth ers, all members are requested to
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