The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
BIG CROWD COMING.
One Thousand Woodmen of World
Expected Tomorrow.

On Friday and Saturday nights the
Woodmen of the World will own To-
peka. More than 1000 are expected to
be in the city to attend the great
rally at the Auditorium tomorrow
night, to be followed by the open
meeting at the house of representatives
on Saturday night.
Prominent members of Woodcraft
viii be here, though Sovereign Com
mander Joseph Cullen Root of Omaha,
the founder of the order, will not be
present as expected.
The managers of three states Will
come, however, to participate in the
ceremonies They are w A. Fraser,
newly elected sovereign adviser, state
manager of Texas; J. W. Kaiser of
Topeka, state manager for Kansas, ana
J. E. Fitzgerald of kansas City, state
manager of Missouri
The Seymour Guards, the crack drill
team Of the WOOdmen, which has won
prizes everywhere it has appeared
principal among which is the first
honor at st. Louis last summer for
the Louisiana purchase trophy, will
arrive in the city on Friday afternoon.
The home of the team is in Omaha,
where the main Offices of the order
are established. This team will ex-
emplify the work at Friday nights
meeting which is to be secret, but Will
appear before the public on Saturday
evenings parade and also at the open
meeting on the same night at Repre-
sentative hail.
The programme for Saturday even
ing is as follows, Friday evenings be
ing not given because it is secret:
Address of welcome, Governor E.
w. Hoch.
Music, Harry Worrel.
Response, P. II. COney.
Solo, Miss Hazel Kaiser
Address by Rev Mr.. Schley.
Solo. Edward F. Subway.
Music, Prof. Harry WOrrel.
Address OF welcome. P. H. Coney.
Solo, William Henry Morris.
Good of the order, W. A. Frazer,
Dallas, Tex.
Solo. Miss Hazel Kaiser.
Remarks on Woodcraft, J. e. Fitz-
gerald, Kansas City, Mo.
Solo, Mrs A G. Klingaman.
Remarks, J. W. Kaiser.
Exhibition drill Seymour Guards of
Omaha, champion drill team of the
world.
The three state managers. who are
also sovereign officers, will be enter
tanned by the Commercial club while
they are here. The Woodmen are plan
ming to remove their IEElin offices from
Omaha because the state legislature of
Omaha last year passed law taxing
all their funds, which makes their as
sessmen over $4,000 a year. At the re
nooga it was determined to leave Omaha
and go to some other city in the west
Topeka. is making a bid for the plum.
There are so sovereign officers in the
Woodmen like the three who will be
here Saturday and it devolves upon
them to settle upon the city where the
main offices are to be located. The
members of the entertainment commit
tee of the Commercial club will exert
themselves in every way to show the
Woodmen why Topeka. is the place for
the new home. It's advantages will be
fully laid before them and the other
sovereign officers will be invited to
come here and look over the situation
J. W. Kaiser, the Kansas deputy, is
very enthusiastic over Topeka. Il am
sure he said this morning, that 1
can also swing Oklahoma City, Texas
and Missouri into line for US That
would give US a big start
while We are talking UP this mat
ter we must not forget that the women
of the Woodmen are planning an $780,
600 building in some town in the west.
It had been decided to go to Omaha
but the new conditions have changed
that Topeka ought to pull for this
building also while it is working for
the other"