Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1898, Page 11

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William Booth, commander- in-chief of the Salvation Army of the World, will bring to Washington one of the mest remarkable personages on the globe. The history of the general's life shows that for more than half a century he has been engaged in preaching to the cemmon people, as the result of which very many thousands have turned from the highways of vice to the pathways of virtue. William Booth was born: in Nottingham, England, April 10, 1829. His mother was of so amiable a disposition and so saintly a character that he regarded her as the nearest approach to the ideal of human perfection with which he was acquainted. His father, an able and energetic man of business, attained a position of affluence, but subsequently suffered a reverse of fo tune and died prematurely, leaving his family to struggle unaided with the vicis- situdes of life. William, the sole surviving son, was ap- prenticed at an early age to a firm, where it secon became manifest he had inherited a double portion of his father’s enterprise and commercial skill. Reared in the Church of England, he attended the services of the Established Church until his fifteenth year, when he Was attracted to a Wesleyan chapel, and a little later, with his mother’s consent, he united with its membership. Connected with the chapel was a band of zealous young men, with whom he associated, and whose recognized leader he soon became. During these early days he was as in- defatigable a worker as in later years. Unable to leave business until 8 o'clock, he weuld hurry away each evening to hold cottage meetings, which usually lasted till 10, and which were often succeeded by calls to visit the sick and dying. Services in Open Air. Open air services were constantly held in connection with these meetings, and pro- cessions were led down the Grosegaté and other thoroughfares, bringing to the chapel such a tatterdemalion crowd as soon gave rise to a request from the minister that the intruders should be conducted to the back entrance and seated in the rear part of the butlding, where their presence would be less conspicuous and disagreeable to the more respectable members of the con- sgregation. When only seventeen Mr. Booth was licensed as a local preacher, and two years later his superintendent, the Rev. Samuel Dunn, urged him to offer himself for the ministry. The stdte of his health was such, however, that the consideration of the matter was postponed for a year. At that time Mr. Booth worshiped every- thing that bore the name of Metohdist. To him there was one God, and John Wes- lay was his prophet. In speaking of this Mr. Booth said: “No human compositions seemed to me to be comparable to the writings of John Wesley and to the hymns of his brother Charles, and all that was wanted, in my estimation, for the salvation of the world was the faithful carrying into practice of the letter and spirit of his instructions. In 1819 Mr. Booth removed frem Not- tingham to London. For the succeeding two years he found much to discourage fim as a lay preacher. In 1851 the reform movement among the Wesleyans was at its height, and there was on the part of some of the ministers an intense desire to detect and expel from membership any one whose sympathies were not with the majority. In the society to which Mr. Booth be- longed there were twenty-two lay preach- ers, and the pulpit work to be divided among them was so trifling as to afford but little scope for the intense activities and organizing genius which already fired his heart and brain. Feeling that his time would be better spent in open-air work in the streets and greens of Kensington, he tendered the resignation of his honorary post, requesting at the same time that his name might be retained among the list of members. It so happened that the minis- ter In charge of Mr. Booth’s circuit was of an uncompromising, heresy-hunting dispo- sition. Making sure that he had once more discovered the cloven foot of the reform- ers, and determined to purge his society of every trace of the taint, he refused Mr. Booth’s request, thus virtually expelling him from membership. No sooner, how- ever, had the reformers heard of the ex- pulsion than they invited Mr. Booth to join them, and without unnecessary delay he did so. A Memorable Date. The 10th of April, 1852, was a memorable one in the life of William Booth. It was not only his birthday, but was the one on which he relinquished business for the ministry. The Reformers, at the instance of one of their number, who had under- taken to pay him his salary, had accepted Mr. Booth as their pastor. “How much will you require?" Booth was asked when the question of salary was broached to him. “Twelve shillings a week will in bread and cheese,” responded Salvation Army captain. keep me the first “I would not hear of ze a thing,” re- plied his friend; “you mt take at least a pound.” And so with this remuner- en a Booth commenced his work as a rT. the authority of ‘esleyan conference, without having any central govern- ment of thetr,own, each circuit manager did very much what seemed good in his own eyes. lence, so as any superior authority was concerned Mr. Booth found himself practically unfettered. From the leading members of his flock he had met with an unusually warm-hearted recep- tion. They were justly proud of his tal- ents and still more gratified with his suc- cess. A year or two later, being convinced that it was his duty to do so, Mr. Booth joined what was called the New Connexion. Here he began the work which eventuated in the Salvation Army. Mr. Booth’s marriage to Miss Catharine Mumford took place June 16, 1855. Despite the fact that their friends numbered thou- sands, Mr. Booth led his bride to the altar in the presence of none except her father, his sister and the officiating minister. The Reputation Achieved. Five months of evangelistic work which had preceded his marriage established for Mr. Booth a widespread reputation for de- votion, ability and success, so that wher the annual conference had met at Sheffield, just previous to the wedding, it was re- solved that “the Rev. William Booth, whose labors had been so abundantly blessed in the conversion of sinners, be appointed to the work of an evangelist, to give the vari- ous circuits an opportunity of having his services during the coming year.” The results had indeed been remarkable. In the space of four months no less than 1,739 persons had professed conversion at nine separate centers, besides a consider- able number at four or five other places from which no. official reports were made. It was an ordinary occurrence for forty, fifty and sixty persons to come forward to the communion rail each night, and it ts recorded that in one town on a single occa- sion 101 names were taken. Mr. Booth continued to labor as an evan- gelist with great success for a number of months. His enthusiasm and zeal were not, however, shared by many of the preachers in charge where he labored, and in a letter to her mother, dated September 15, 1856, Mrs. Booth gives the reason why the Salvation Army was started, as fol- lows: ‘William (Mr. Booth) is working hard and with wonderful results. The chapel was crowded all day Sunday and sixty-three cases at night, a large propor- tion of them men. The work up to the present time surpasses that of last year. Notwithstanding all this, he is very much harassed _in mind regarding his future course. Reports are continually reaching us of the heartless manner in which the preachers let the work down after we are gone, so that so far as our community is concerned it is almost like spending his strength for naught. The cold, apathetic, money-grubbing spirit_of some preachers and leading men is a constant thorn in his side. Oh, for a church of earnest, consist- ent, soul-saving men! But, alas! alas! such is indeed difficult to find. After preaching to immense crowds in Birmingham, Nottingham and Chester, Mr. Booth in 1857 found himself in London. Here his meetings were at first largely at- tended by the rabble, who for a wuile caused him great annoyance, but he soon obtained a hold upon the masses, which he has never lost. History of the Army. The history of the Salvation Army has been largely the history of its founders and of their family. It presents the alto- gether unique spectacle of a great religious organization that has attained to world- wide proportions, of which, the embryonic germ was contained within the circle of a single family, long before it burst into pub- lie notoriety. The t and to this day among the most effective of Generai Booth’s recruits have been his own chil- dren. Trained from childhood to obey in an age whose tendency is to overleap the traces of parental authority, they have formed a Yaluable nucleus, round which Mr. and Mrs. Booth have been able to gather re- cruits. The Salvation Army has advanced with altogether phenomenal rapidity, it is claimed, because there has been a strong government—a government of the best boti: in regard to ability and piety—impartially administered, and based on the confidence of the rank and file. Ability has been duly recognized without being improperly dei- fied. Knowledge has been subordinated to ue and power has been sanctified by love. The organization now kaown as the Sal- vation Army grew out of a meeting in a tent in the Quaker burial ground in Whitechapel, July 2, 1865. Among the vaga- bonds and outcasts of East London Mr. Booth had found at length the very lowest level of the social strata. From his boy- hood days in Nottingham he had always loved and sympathtzed with the poor. Since then, it is true, he had climbed for a time the ministerial ladder. But it had only been in the hopes of dragging the people up with-him. And when he found that this was impracticable he descended, round af- ter round, till at length his feet could fair- ly feel the ground and the lowest, neediest masses of humanity had been reached. And now he realized he was in his natura! element. The shrewd East Enders appreciated his keen sallies of wit and respected his evt- dent zeal and devotion. The utter absence of anything in the shape of cant, the re; freshitfg simplicity and total freedom from religious veneer, and the arm-linking equal- ity with which they were treated, made them accept this apostle of the working- man. and that at a time when 90 per cent of this very class had given up all pretense of religion and never darkened the door- way of a place of worship from year’s end to year’s end. The First Conference. Nine years after the first meeting a con- ference of the army workers was held. There were then 265 unpaid preachers, and 5,070 outdoor and 5,744 indoor services had been held during the preceding twelve months, resulting in the professed conver- sion of 312,220 persons. The contributions of the mission people toward the expenses of the work had amounted to nearly $10,000, a remarkable achievement, considering their poverty. The first attempt to give a legal consti- tution to the army was made at the confer- ence of 1875, when a fermal deed-poll was drawn up, executed and enrolled in chan- cery. January, 1877, will ever be memorable in the history of the Salvation Army, for it was then that the democratic system of government into which it had been drifting was finally replaced by a purely military constitution. It is a mistake to suppose that Mr. Booth called himself general. He had always been known as the general superintendent of the army work. The name of general was forced upon him. For many years he continued to be known es the Rev. William Booth, and it was only by degrees that he accustomed himself to the new title, though as far back as 1872, in writing to him, Mr. Rallton, one of the leaders, was accustomed to address him as “My dear General,” and signed himself as his “Lieutenant.” The Salvation Army in its present form is no more the accidental grouping together of a number of atoms than is the product of engineering skill, such as a steamer or railway engine. Those who see but its out- ward developments have little idea of the care, the consideration and the calculation which were bestowed upon the preparation of.each component part. * In the early days of his struggle with poverty Mr. Booth struck upon the idea of cemposing his own hymn book and living upon the profits of its sale. Nearly every independent evangelist did the same. No- body could possibly object. His Personal Sacrifices. At first the little venture was a disap- pointment. Mr. Booth bore the loss; and when it suddenly became, with the rapid ex- pansion of the work, a great success and would in itself have insured a splendid in- come for himself ard family, he at once oa another opportunity occurred ty Which Mr. and Mrs. Booth might have stepmed into a Pesition of affluence, thereby is selves from every temporal anxi¢ty and ac- quiring at the same time the power to con- tribute handsomely tothe ermy funds. But they again refused to avail themselves of the advant: for. purposes, as- signing to the army at one stroke what | they might lawfully have kept for them- selves. ie of their oldest friends, who had.consistently manifested a keen interest in thelr welfare, urged eee ow, an opposite course. But. ee ta dears ay from their own and their chil "8 grasp the prize that might justly have been theirs. to preserve the movement from the deadly evil of mercenary motives, they re- alized the inestimable privilege of them- selves setting an example cf self-abnega- tion. Renouncing their own share in the profits, they could call upon ‘each officer and soldier to do the same, and to push the battle’s interests as actively 6nd enthus!- astically for the sake of the ceuse ay thon they were personally benefiting by the transaction. Movement in America. ‘The birth of the Salvation Army in Amer- fea took place in 1880 in en abandoned chair factory in Philadelph‘a. The work spread rapidly, and e year later Command- er Ballington Booth and his wife came over to_engage in it. "Phe close of the year 1882 was slgnalized by a great demonctration at Exeter Hall, Lordon, at which no less than’ one hundred and one officers were set apart for service at home and abroad. Detachments were specially commissioned for service’in In- dia, America, New Zealand, Sweden and the Cape of Good Hope. The work in Canada was also commenced that y2ar by a party of officers sent from New York. The movement spread with such rapidity that it soon bécame neces- sery to separate the dominion from the states, forming it into another cominission- ership. The phenomenal success of the Salvation Army gave rise to the establishment about this time of numerous imitation armies. The names themselves were so similar as to be ordinarily confound2d with that of the Salvation Army. There were a Chris- tian Army, Gospel armies, Hallelujah armies, Holiness armies, Blue Ribbon armies and others. All these, almost with- out exc2ption, speedily came to naught. * By 1885 the foreign corps of the Salva- tion Army had increased from 273 to 520. Those in Great Britain had risen from 637 to 802. There had been proportionate pro- gress in regard to officers. At Christmas time, 1885, there were no lees than 3,076, being an increase of close upon 1,000 for the year. ‘The respective figures for 1886 and 1887 shuwed no decline in the rate of progress. At th2 end of the latter year the corps had increased from 1,786 to 2,262, and the offi- cers from 4,192 to 5,684, while in the United Kingdom alone no less than 148,905" per- sons had professed conversion in the year. Among -other things, the training opera- ticns had been so much extended that 848,- cadets had been sent into the field that year, while as many as 2, the rank and file were candidates for, the post of officers, The rescue’ work had been greatly ex- tended, both at home and abroad. Through the twelve British homes 839 girls had passed during the year. In 1886 the general visited the United States and Canada, traveling 45,000 miles and holding 200 meetings during the three n:onths he was absent from England. The reception he met with everywhere proved that the Salvation Army was striking its Tcots deeply into the foreign soft: An International Connell. In the fall of 1886 was heki™the> first great Internationa} council, when repre- sentatives from all parts of the world were summoned to take part if a week of united demonstrations. Some 2,000 British officers were also gathered t6 meet the foreign contingents. The highest expectations chetished with regard to these meetings were’ more than realized. No less than 1,700 homes were gratuitously offered by London friends for the incoming officers. Sixteen nationalities were represented, including America, Can- ada, Sweden, Norway, France, Switzer- land and India. Never was thé cosmopoli- tan character of the movement more clearly demonstrated. National differences were forgotten, while officers and soldiers met each other under the oné universal flag and renewed their vows to do their utmost for the salvation of their country- men. Thirty public meetings ‘were held, with total audiences of 120,000 people. It was suggested by some of the pro- vincial friends who had come to London for the occasion that similaf meetings should be held in other towns, The gen- eral was pleased with the idea, and ar- ranged immediately for a tour, in company with fifty of the foreigners. Not only were the expenses of this party entirely covered by the collections, but upward of $13,500 profits were realized for the prosecution of the army’s missionary work. It was during this tour that the idea occurred to the general of sending out strong reinforcements to foreigg countries, in place of the few workers who had hitherto been dispatched. The plan was therefore put in operation, and before the new year had commenced 186 officers were on their way to foreign lands—probably the greatest effort any single missionary body. has ever made in so brief a space of time. The largest of the detachments numbered ferty, and was sent to reinforce the work in India and-Ceylon. In the folowing year an unexpected donation of $25,000 from a warm friend of the army in China enabled the general to dispatch to India another party of fifty officers. . Mrs. Hooth’s Death. Probably the werst blow that has yet fallen upon the Salvation Army was the death, October 4, 1890, of Mrs. Booth, wife of the general. She had so much to do with the work of the army that she had come to be regarded as a mother by its members. Upon the general the calamity fell with almost overwhelming force. Writ- ing to ¢he War Cry immediately afterward, he referred to it in touching terms, a part of which was as follows: “I need not say that in this visitation the army suffers loss. It is quite true that she was the army mother, The. coming generations will regard her as the pioneer mother, The army will mourn her death, and has reason for doing so; but she will live on and on and on in -the. hearts and lives of thousands of her dawghters. Never before perhaps, save in the case of one, and that one the most blesaed-ammong. wo- men, the mother of our as there lived a saint who has had:-the: privilege during her lifetime of seeing go many of her own sex encot iboldened prinei- uraged amd by her example working ogt her ples and walking in her steps” = Condition of Army ‘Work. ‘The present condition of the work of the Salvation Army in this country is espe- clally flattering. There are- at this time 78T corps, with 2,437 officers, who devote their entire time in ministering to their constituency. Statistics of the sgcial branch of the army, which’ has been of rapid development during ‘the past’ year, show that 266 = engaged in it. The institut the poor have been increased 81, m- Modations for 4,000 the accommodations for. 300 women, while through the seventy;:reseué : es of the army anni . In the The Evening Star is the only, afternoon paper in Washington « that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press, It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly transe mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press, MRS. M’LEAN NAMED New York Chapter’s Choice for Pres- ~ ident General D, A. B. . ANNUAL MEETING IS FEBRUARY 22 Her Selection Will Be a Departure From Established Custom. CANDIDATE’S PERSONALITY Bpecial Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 31, 1898. For nearly a year it has been known in social circles in this city that at the next congress of the Daughters of the Ameri- ean Revolution, to be held in Washington on February 22, there would be a depart- ure from, custom in the presentation of candidates. That this information is pos- sessed by «many of the Washington mem- bers is evident from reports that filter into this city of flutters of excitement ani thrills of anxiety of what they consider a breach of the rules of precedent. It is well known that the national headquar- ters of the Daughters of the American Revolution are located in Washington and that the president general has always been selected from some member of the official family- who possesses the ancestry and other attributes of eligibility. The present president general is Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, the wife of the former Vice President of the United States, and her term of office will expire the latter part of next month. From the incoming reports it is learned that there is at present no eligible success- or in the official family. In all probability Mrs. Garret A. Hobart, the wife of the Vice President, possesses the ancestry and vould be a formidable candidate if she were one of the “Daughters,” but up to this writing it is not learned that steps have been taken to promote her nomina- tion, and she may be considered as a “dark horse.” The most prominent candidate for the important office at this time is not of the official family, but as she appears to have extremely strong and enthusiastic back- ing the indications are that a departure from precedent will be made and she be elected. Mrs. McLean’s Boom Launched. Mrs. Donald McLean, regent of the New York Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, launched her boom for president general of the society at a specially called meeting of the chapter held today for the purpose of selecting delegates and alternates to the continental congress. The meeting was held at Sher- ry’s, and that aristocratic establishment was tastefully and appropriately decorat- ed in honor of the occasion. Mrs. McLean is always the most prominent figure in functions graced by her presence. She was by ali odds the most prominent lady in the last continental congress, held in Washington last year; is of commanding Nersbnality, genial and sympathetic’ tem- pérarcent, with a brain as clear as a bell upon all matters requiring diplomacy and executive ability, and has so endeared her- self to the 450 members of the New York Chapter during her three years’ regency that {ts members feel that they are in fact, as she affectionately calls them, her “daughters.” With this understanding of the affec- tionate fecling pervading the chapter for their regent it is needless to say that the definite announcement from Mrs. McLean today that her desire led her in the direc- tion of a higher position caused a commo- tion. The regent made a very pretty lit- tle speech, in which she said that she was heart-broken at the prospect of leaving her “daughters,” but felt that the general pressure was so great that she must re- spond to it. She then announced her can- didacy for the office of president general, and requested that the delegates and al- ternates elected be instructed to cast their votes for her. In closing her brief address she said that if she failed of election she was assured that she could always come home to “ther daughters” of the New York Chapter. List of the Delegates. After some further speaking, in which considerable emotion was displayed, the following delegates and alternates were elected: ; Delegates—Mrs. James’ Fairman, Mrs. R. Ogden Doremus, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Gobel Lathrop, Mrs. John Russell Young, Mrs. Ciarence Postley, Mrs. J. Le Duc, Mrs. J. . C. Hamilton. : Vstemates—Mre. Vernon H. Davis, Mrs. Ingraham, Mrs. John Stanton, Mrs. Don- aghue, Miss Martin, Mrs. Brookfield, Miss Springer, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. W. ‘Cum- mings Storey, Mrs. Bloom. After the delegates and alternates had been selected the feeling of the chapter manifested itself in the following resolu- tion, presented by Mrs. James Fairman, which was unanimously adopted: “Our regent is about to become a candi- date for the highest office in the National Organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution—namely, the office of the president general of the National So- ciety. While her accession to this office (if elected) would be a severe loss to this chapter, we are desirous of doing all within our power as individuals and as a chapter to further her candidacy, for any honor paid to the regent of the New York city chapter is paid to the chapter itself. Ia recognition of the work that has been ac- complished for the chapter during Mrs. McLean's regency, it is moved that there be purchased with an appropriation from the treasury of the chapter and presented to our regent, Mrs. Donald McLean, @ tribute of our regard for her. It is sug- gested that this tribute be in silver in the form of a laurel be hioere which can = used as a garniture for a corsage.” In 8] ing to her resolution, Mrs. Fairman said: “I have offered this resolution be- lieving that the chapter may desire to present this tribute before Mrs. McLean goes to Washington, in order that the rep- resentatives of the society from thé coun- try at large assembled there may recog- nize the estimation in which the New York chapter holds its regent. And having this for Mrs. cera the eed may. express it by putting its sentiments into Tanthur toc bichiaper sway. theraressaaan, election may result—but with the hope and reasonable assurance that the laurel may prove symbolical of the victorious outcome.” May Be Used as a Crown. Your correspondent has seen the draw- ing of the proposed tribute. By an in- genious arrangement a concealed spring may be touched and the two branches of laurel fold at the center, so that the wreath may be worn upon the head as a crown. ceres “cindgod timnmsiven ts oteng. bye ernates pl ives to hi regent’s candidacy until the last’sen fired. There was le discus- New York chapter, the latter has the open support of a of New England and of the middle and northwest, many of the southern states, and a great part of the Atlantic seaboard. Besides, Mrs. McLean has a most effective body of workers in the nine delegates and alternates selected today. Probably the lady who will take the most prominent part in the movements of the congress will be Mrs. James Fair- man, who has long superintended the Mary Washington work. Of sweet personality, she is beloved by all her acquaintances in the city. An excellent speaker, with clear, ringing voice and perfect enunciation, she will probably be selected to make’ the nominating speech. Question of Residence. The question of residence has been gone into in the event of Mrs. McLcan’s election. Of course. it could not be expected that the headquarters of the national organization would be moved from Washington to New York. While Mr. Donald McLean is a very prominent lawyer, with a large practice in this city, and while their home life here is very pleasant, Mrs. McLean will arrange to spend alf of her time, if necessary, or a portion, if possible, in Washington, so that there will be no disturbance in the conduct of the national affairs of the society at the nation’s capital. ——— COLLECTORS AND CONSULS. Nominations Sent to the Senate Yes- tel ¥. The President yesterday sent the follow- ing nominations to the Senate: Tbe collectors of customs—Benjamin B. Brown, district of Erie, Pa.; George F. Bowden, district of Norfolk and Forts- mouth, Va. To be consuls—Benjamin Johnston of Iowa, at Utilla, Honduras; Elias H. Che- ney of New Hampshire, at La Paz, Mex- ico; Charles E. Macrum of Ohio, at Ta- hiti, Society Islands; John E, Rowen of Iowa, at Port Stanley, Faulkland Islands. Postmasters: Indiana—Newton H. Myers, Jeffersonville. Ohio—Pallo S. Clark, Portsmouth; John B, Strobel, Ironton. Texas—L. C. Revare, Corsicana. lows Willis H. Letts, Columbus June- jon. War: First heutenants to be captains— G. Palmer, 9th Infantry; 8. W. Miller, 5th infantry. Second lieutenants to be first lieutenants —H. J. Hirsch, 15th Infantry; Joseph zier, 19th Infantry; R. L. Hamilton, Infantry. Navy—Assistant Paymaster J. J. Cheat- ham, to be a passed assistant paymaster. Nominations Confirmed. The Senate in executive session yesterday afternoon made the following confirm tions: William J. Mills of New Mexico, to be chief justice of the supreme court of the territory of New Mexico. John R. McFie of the territory of New Mexico, to be associate justice of the su- preme court of New Mexico. John Eagan of Florida, to be attorney of the United States forethe northern district of Florida. Claude M. Bernard of North Carolina, to be attorney of the United States for the eastern district of North Carolina. Archibald K. Gardner of Rapid City, S. D., to be register of the land office at Rapid City, 8. D. er J. Bryan. of Alabama, to be marshal of the United States for the mid- dle district of Alabama. Edward P. Tremper of Seattle, Wash., to be register of the land office at Seattle, Wash.; John M. Hill of Colfax, Wash., to be register of the land office at Walla Wal- la, Wash. Thomas S. Sholers of Louisiana, to be’as- sistant appraiser of merchandise in the district of New Orleans. William E. Chaplin of Laramie, Wyo- ming, to be register of the land office at Cheyenne, Wyo. Postmasters: New York—Scott Mills, Warwick. Pennsylvania—Henry Davis, Catasauqua: W. H. Baker, Ridgway; Daniel W. Bedea, Shenandoah; William Kerr Galbraith, C nonsburg; Charles F. Humrich, Carlisle: Solomon 8. Ketcham, Overbrook; Ellwood Griest, Lancaster; George W. Schoch, Mif- finburg. West Virginia—James A. Hughes, Hunt- ington. Maine—Willard F. Pike, Calais. Hegees oorcpreiuee eerep ad A. Chase, Holy- oke. Ohio—William H. Baum, Batavia; Daniel Myers, Chicago; Charles W. Searls, Madi- scn; George A. Shaw, Barberton. Indiana—Nathan Shepherd, Geneva. California—Theodore W. Leydecker, Ala- meda; Edward Oakford, Tulare. Georgia—Joshua G. Harris, Barnesville., Missouri—August Schneider, Weston; George M. Goodnight, Cassville; Alvah H. Dooley, Excelsior Springs. Virginia—Thomas_ W. Carter, Orange: John N. Davis, Woodstock; William H. Faulkner, South Boston; John M. Goodloe, Big Stone Gap; Charles H. Hardy, Win- chester; John O. Jackson, Blackstone; Ja- cob H. McClintic, Hot Springs; William T. Miller, Shenandeah; Charles H. Rever- ccmb, Covington; Benjamin B. Weisiger, Manchester; Thomas M. Ware, Williams- berg; Joseph W. Waddy, Brena Vista; William G. Young, Tazewell. HE WAS NEARSIGHTED. Amusing Scene in Which an Elderly Gentleman Figured. There was an amusing scene witnessed on one of the street cars yesterday. The chief participants in the little comedy were a lady, who bac on a wet weather costume in view of the snow storm, and an old gen- tleman, who was evidently very near- sighted. The lady had prepared herself with great care for the storm, as she wore a short skirt and had on leggings. It was a typical rainy day dress, and the wearer was no doubt envied by many of the other lady passeengers in the car. The old gentleman, who, as it will be seen later, had a speaking part in the comedy, Feered: through his glasses with hjs little blue eyes. His white hair flowed over the ppearant good natured, evidently. The lady with tbe abbreviated skirts stood in the aisle of the car near him for some minutes. He looked at her with an idea of sizing her up as well as Possible by means of his near-sighted orbs, but she must have presented a rather blur- red appearance, as far as he was concern- ed. He finally made up his mind, however, as to what she was, for in a tremulous voice, while he shoved to one side of his seat and put a hand gently on her shoulder, he said: “Little girl, I think you could manage to squeeze in between me and this next gen- tleman. You don’t seem to be very fat, any- way. I don’t like to see girls like you stand up in the car, and if I was younger I'd give you my seat.” ¢ As the lady in question was anywhere from thirty years up, it was no wonder that she Oe stop the cag and left. = ‘The benevolent patriarch no doubt won. why his offer was not WOMAN SUFFRAGIST: Their Thirtieth Anaual Convention and Fiftieth Anniversary, THE ADVANCE OF THE MOVEMENT Many Well-Known Women Will Make Addresses. ee ES TWO FEMALE LEGISLATORS ———__ The thirtieth annual convention and the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Na- ticnal Woman's Suffrage Association will be held in the Columbia Theater February 14 to 19, inclusive. Especial interest will attach to the occasion because it will be the fiftieth anniversary of the first con- vention ever held to demand equal rights for women. In the announcement of the convention, which is signed by the follow- ing well-known ladies: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, honorary president; Susan B. An- thony, president; Anna Howsrd Shaw, vice president-at-large; Rachel Foster Avery, corresponding secretary; Alice Stone Black- Well, recording secretary; Harriet Taylor Upton, treasurer; Laura*Clay, Catharine Waugh McCulloch, auditors; Carrie Chap- man Catt, chairman organization commit- tee, it is stated that no reform was more needed and none ever had ¢: to overcome. Advance of the Movement. Continuing, the circular says: “The subjection of women was world- wide and of immemorial antiquity. It was rooted in the codes and customs of all rations. It was accepted men and women alike as the law of nature and of Ged. The thought of equality for women— ‘ater obstacles their right to education, to a chance for the self-support, to control of their own Persons, childr: and property— had searcely upon even the most progressive minds. “The grezt movement has steadily ad- vanced. In this half century a new world has been created for woman school, in church a In home and . in the courts professions, a 4, all the more ed through the rather than the Se ac sicw processes of evolution harsh m of revolution. “In the political world, the last stro hold of prejudice, the rights of women are being recognized. We have today a President and a Congress by the votes of the women. tions of Wyoming, Idaho secu In the two corporated cted in part he constitu- Utah and to women the full suffrage. r and eighty-five in- nsas women ex- uffrace. In twenty-two F ; 1 suffrage, Heth century belongs equally 0 women. All citizens of the United States, all friends from other coun- tries, are cordially invited to co-operate in celebrating the semi-centennial of the first convention ‘held for what Wendell Phillips declared to be ‘the most momen- tous reform that has yet been launched on the world.’ Colorado, states tie “The tw to men ard Well-Known Speakers, There will be three sessions daily, ex- cept on the day when the congressional hearing will be held, when the morning session will be omitted. An interesting feature of the convention will be the roll call of the years, in which the pioneers snd the younger members will respond to the call of the year in which they became identified with the work of the enfran- chisem of women. Among the speakers nm, Susan B. Lillie Devereaux Anthony, Clara B. Colby Bjake, Ella Knowles H - Anna oward Shaw, Mery Seymour Howells, May Wright Sewall, Dr. ‘a Marshall, dean of the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia; Rev. Florence Bu ck, Emma P. Ewing, Rev. Frederick A. and Carrie Chapman Catt. Addresses will be made also by two women legislators—Martha A. B. Conine, member of the Colorado lezis- lature, and Martha Hughes Cannon, mem- ber of the state senate of Utah. An executive committee meeting will be held at 9 a.m. February 14 at a room in the theater. The headquarters will be at the Hotel Regent. eal SOLDIERS THE GUESTs. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Give a Receptio The Woman's Christian Temperance Union gave a reception Monday evening at its headquarters, the guests being the sol- diers from Soldiers’ Home, Fort Myer and Washington barracks, eral hymns were sung and prayer was offered, fol- lowed by an interesting program of music and recitations, Duets were sung by Mr. and Mrs. Freer and Mr. and Mrs. Hill and a solo by Miss Ella Chase. Recitations. were given by Mrs. Nailor, Miss Edith Gideon and Mr. Patterson of the hospital corps at Washington barracks. Mrs. Hannah Crosby read an original paper, entitled “A Letter From Samantha Burdock to Her Daughter Polly.” Mr. Wm. Turner, from the Soldiers’ Heme, and Mr. McChesney, formerly of p B, Fort Myer, gave reminisconces of the temperance work done by Miss Lavinia Coffee and cake were served. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. propose to make these reunio. a regular monthly feature, and perhaps to organize a union of honorary members. : SSS For the Eastern Dispensary. The benefit entertainment given yester- day afternoon at the Columbia Theater for the Eastern Dispensary and Emer- gency Hospital proved to be a success in every sense of the word, and the managers of the institution will in all probability realize handsomely from the affair. The audience was a large one, filling nearly every seat in the house, was appreciative and at times enthusiastic, and every num- Miss Julia A. Seaman and caresa with sopel eae ond weet mucl she took her part at very short