The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-07

the government in the federal court
against the members of the so-called
| drug trust was today postponed until
| tomorrow. 1t was agreed that a decree
| be filed tomorrow against all Of the 80
defendants granting the perpetual in
| junction asked for by the government.
This will end the litigation.
BNCANfPMENT NOTES.
Among the past department presi-
| dents who are in the city are: Mrs.
Annie Apple, Emporia; Mrs. Griffith,
Emporia; Mrs. Marion S. Nation, En-
poria; Mrs. Belle C. Harris. Emporia;
Mrs. Cora M. Deputy, Manhattan;
| Mrs. Emma M. Forter, Marysville.
Word has been received that Past
Department Commander w. G. Whit
ney is seriously i'll at his home in Cav
ker City and that he will be unable to
attend the encampment in Topeka.
| All day long decorations have been
| added to those already in position by
those who feared to put them out yes
terday on account of the threatening
weather.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Carson, president of
the department of the Woman's Relief
Corps was presented with watch and
chain by the members of the order
this morning, a souvenir from the
members of her staff and sofa pillow
by the ladies of the w. r. C. of To-
peka.
A joint reception of the ladies of the
G. A. r. and Woman's Relief Corps
and the members of the G. A. R. will
be held in the auditorium this evening
commencing at o'clock.
The presentation of the flag to the
Topeka high school by Mrs. Mary M.
Carson, department president of the
Woman's Relief Corps will take place
from the north steps of the state house
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
w. r. Nye of Leavenworth and ].
H. Downing of Hays City are the only
| candidates so far mentioned for the
office of junior vice commander
There are two avowed candidates
for the office of chaplain: Rev. N E.
Harmon of Wichita, and J. H. Manary
of Valley Center.
The illuminations with which Kan
sas avenue and the adjoining streets
have been hung will be livened up this
evening and the sight will probab be
one of the most gorgeous ever wit
messed in the illumination line in the
city. Electric transparencies have
been swung across the streets at in
tervals through which the parade
Wedne sday evening will pass while
house tops and building fronts will be
EN- blazoned with signs of welcome to
the G. A. R. encampment.
1 The street railway company have
promised to aid in the illumination of
Kansas avenue this evening and dur
ing the remainder of the stay of the
old soldiers and their auxiliaries in the
city. Already the poles in the center
of the avenue have been crowned with
circles of electric light bulbs while the
company's signs about the city will
lend their aid to the turning of night
into day.
So far no one has announced her can
dfdacy against Mrs. Nellie Mcmillan of
Leavenworth for president of the la
she will be accorded a second term
without a contest. That body is in
session in the senate chamber TODAY in
open session. After today's session the
executive nature to which only the
members will be admitted
The first members of the Ladies'
rived in the city this morning and the
day has been given over to business
meetings which are being held in the
rear rooms of the knights Pythfas hall.
This order is made up of the wives and
daughters of the Sons of Veterans.
The first band to arrive on the scene
was the Bigley Military band of Car
den City composed of % men, which ar.
rived from the west end of the state
on an afternoon train Monday. Be,
sides possessing the largest bass drum |
in the state the organization boasts of
a drum major taller than a post and
with numerous other accomplishments.
The members of this band were sent
across the state at the expense of the |
Garden City Commercial club just to |
give the boys a trip and add to the
advertisement of the town which has |
within the past year sprung from the |
a city.
Mrs. Carrie N. Sparklin, of st. Louis. |
national president of the Woman's Re
lief corps, is expected to arrive in To- |
peka today and will be the guest of the |
state organiza ton which she represents |
nationally.
is so far the only candidate announced |
for treasurer of the Ladies of the G. |
A. r.
Many of the members of the G. A. r.
IS well as the auxiliary orders who are |
in the city have failed to register at !
the committee headquarters at the |
Copeland hotel, which tends to confuse |
those whose duty it is to furnish in
formation concerning delegates and |
their residences while in the city.
The city has purchased so flags 8 by |
feet which will be used in the ex-
terror decoration of the Auditorium.
They are of the best material and war
ranted to turn rain without changing
color.
The first comrade to put in an ap-
pearauce for senior vice commander of |
the G. A r. of the department of Kan
sas was Capt. w. A. Ogden of Ness
City. He is an old Army of Potomac /
comrade, and served in the Fifteenth I
New Jersey regiment. He is at pres
emf coIorhearer of the department. He