The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-08
DOWN TO WORK.
Delegates to the Odd Fellows
Meeting Fill Town.
Withdrawal of Excursion Rates
Cuts Down Crowd.
SALIVA MAKING FIGHT
Wants Next Session of Encamp.
ment Held There.
Membership Of /. o. o. f. Has
Increased 3,OG6 il Year.

| The Copeland hotel, headquarters
| of the 1. o. o. F., is thronged with
delegates to the Grand lodge, encamp-
| ment and Rebekah assembly, which
] opened in the city Monday afternoon.
Delegates are pouring in on every
| train, and by night it is expected that
all of the 1900 delegates to the con-
vention will be on hand The fact
that the railroads "renigged" on their
promise of one fare plus SO cents for
a round trip to the encampment, has
stopped hundreds of members of the
order who would otherwise have at
tended. This action on the part of the
railroads was the result of the 2-cent
fare law, which went into effect after
| the promise was made to the order.
Beside the regular delegates to the
convention, about 500 members have
arrived up to date.
The reception committee is headed
| by A. E. Jones of camp No 40. chair
Spohn, of No. 90, secretary, and they
are assisted i'll receiving the delegates
by three members from each of the
following lodges: Shawnee No. L, To-
peka No. 40, Eugene No. 10, Shawnee
encampment No. 8, Naomi Rebekah
No. 95, Capitola Rebekah No. 219 and
Harmony Rebekah No. 81.
The Grand Master of Kansas, A. w.
port on the increase of membership in
the order, has made a report in which
he says that the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows has increased 1905 in
membership in this state during the
past year.
The preliminary work of the en-
campment was completed last night
when special session of the Grand
Encampment met to confer degrees:
Today the formal registration of
guests and distribution of badges is in
progress at the Copeland, and at
O'Clock this afternoon the grand en-
campment session at Bates hall, Sixth
and Jackson streets, will be opened.
At the same time the council of Pa
triarchs Militant will meet at the au-
ditorium, also the Far west encamp-
ment staff, of Leavenworth, Will con-
fer degrees.
test is the junior deputy warden. an
office which is in line of promotion to
the senior warden, h1gh priest i ano
grand patriarch of the order. me
Guthrie of Chanutes j. NJ. Miller or
Topeka. A B. Babcock of STAFFORD. Z.
N. Baker of WamegU, H. w. Spangler
of Lawrence and A. hV5iMuir of stock
ton.
The grand lodge has already elected
it's officers. who will be installed We'd
nesday evening. The election occurred
last May.
The following grand encampment
officers have arrived, with others to
come tonight: Grand Patriarch r. Z.
Hunter of Kingman; Grand High
Priest G. w. Titus of Harper; Grano
Senior Warden c. v. King OF Bur
Iingame: Grand Junior Warden A. 7.
Race of Wichita; Grand Scribe Lew I.
Rees of Leavenworth; Grand Treasur-
er II. J. Aten of Hiawatha; Grand IN
side Sentinel J. w. Guthrie OF Cna-
mute: Grand Outside Sentinel John w.
ChanseIor of Parsons. and Grand Mar
shall George c. True of LeaVenWortn-
The Rebekah school of instruction,
which was to be held at security nan
last night, has been postponed uLtii
tarirb+ on account of the late ARRIVAL
of some of the delegates.
A resolution was passed last night
70 hold all state grand sessions IN 10
neka. Salina has made application iol
tha Ie08 session, and the proposition
Iii he nut to a vote during the session;
,rhe Saiina delegation is working haru
on this proposition, ana eacn IIeli!nei
,,,aars a green badge with the intention
of annexing the next sioio ~
pri All etaff work of the Degree of
Cbivalry will be conferred on canal
dates at the Auditorium W Wennv of
InIa commanding general of the
Tonieht the Rebekah assembly VIII
hold a special session IN represelta'iV
D1,hIic reception will be held at the
hall after this session.
Rev. B. NJ Powell, of Neodesha'
present deputy grand master, will be
installed grand master during the
present session. -
The active work of the session pc
eins tomorrow Elections and bust
ness will occupy the time of the dele
gates until Thursday night when the
session closes On Thursday after
noon, the Grand Encampment, the
Grand Lodge and the Rebekah dele
gates, will go to Manhattan on an eX-
cursion to view the Odd Fellows i
home, where 90 inmates. dependant
brother Odd Fellows, are cared for by |
the order. These 80 brothers are en-
Toying all the comforts of $50, 600
home, provided for them by the l. Q.
o. F.
Although none of the delegates are
certain of the fact, they expect Edwin |
S Conway, grand sire of the Odd
Fellows to appear in the city tomor- |
row to attend the rest of the session. |
He was at the .eighty-third annual
session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
held in st. Paul two weeks ago.