St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

feau the answer WHICH ne lai p!tlitieu 10
be sent in reply to the memorial To the gen
eral assembly from /, 900 Christanized Chi
neSe L-+-s
HOME MISSIONS. st9,t
Woman's Work Among the Indians
and Freedmen.
The eighth annual meeting of the WO-
mans Executive Committee Of Home Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian church was held
yesterday in Plymouth church. AT 8
o'clock the devotional exercises We're led
by Mrs. E. f. Pomeroy of Minneapolis
Mrs. D. Il. James. Washington, ID. c.,
opened the exercises by reviewing the
work of the past and commencing the eff
forts of the officers. Mrs. f. E. Haines
secretary of the committee, had very
| lengthy report read. giving synopsis of
the reports from all the synods in the
| United States. Mrs. NJ. E. Boyd, who
had acted as treasurer for eight years. read
| the annual report. The report was read by
| synods and showed an increase In nearly
| all. In Minnesota they contributed Sl.542,
with an increase of SS0S. Total receipts.
| S115 269 with an increase OF S31, $50 over
the past year.
Mrs. E. Coulter of Pennsylvania read the
| Secretary'S report of school work among the
Freedmen. She referred affectionately to
| the death of the secretary. Mrs Mary AL
| len. She said there are 100000 colOred
| women, and that taking all the Indian men,
women and children together. the negro
women outnumber them twelve times. then
add the MeXicans and Pueblo Indians and
the Alaskans and they still outnumber them
seven times, again add the Mormons, and
the colored women Outnumber them five
times. She alluded to the schools under
the charge of the board-one in the Indian
Territory and the Mary Alien seminary at
| Crockett. Tex.
Mrs. E. V. G. Williams, president of the
woman's synodical meeting of the synod OF
Atlanta, 81.
ANEGRo WOMAN H-r2fs
of more than ordinary ability, graduate of
Howard university, made an earnest appeal
for the Southland. She said they were not
slaves to men, but were slaves to political
| tricksters. She said that the titles home,
mother, sister, brother, were as endearing
to them as to the whites. but after $50
years of servitude corruption had become
most prominent and wickedness was sown
broadcast. She told of the great progress
| that had been made, and told an instance of
a little girl years old who had learned to
read through the First reader and could
| cOulll ny IWOS, tuICeS lives up W lUU
| Greeting was extended to the board from
the Indians by Mrs. Soahmain, Mr.. J. P.
Williamson acting as interpreter. She
| said:
! I did not expect, when came here, should
make a speech. / knew if I spoke in my
| native tongue you could not hear what said !;
| but was very anxious TO come and see this
missionary society. Mrs. Faribaut was COM
| ing, and
| WANTED TO SEE THESE FACES.
| so / had to labor for some time to find some
means to come, and l am very grateful to see
! you: when / work for the Lord Jesus Christ
| it encourages me to work; / know that my
| great reward is above; So my sisters, am
laboring here looking forward for reward,
| and labor looking up. l presume that We
! are very poor: we do what we can for the
Lord Jesus Christ; but Jesus has told us ii
we do not labor and work for him are
| not his; and so with our faith. we
visit the sick and by our means send the
| gospel and show that Jesus fulfillS His
promises to us: so having heard of: the good
work you are doing we want to assist and we
are gratihed to come and those who
| started the work. Now, my friends, have
been here three days; have not known what
| you were saying, but have known in my heart
what is said. We all start home soon, an
look up to Jesus and now in closing L shake
| with you with my heart. The Indian boys
and girls sang "Sing Them Over Again to
| MIG, w ONQ0rIul w OrQS OF Lie. Mary Manu.
an Indian girl in the school at Sisseton agency,
read pretty little word of greeting. One of
the boys, William Pain, recited 1.-THE Village
Blacksmith" and hymn was sung by all the
children in the Dakota language.
Rev. George W. Martin. synodical super
intendent of Utah, told of the work among
the Mormons. The session adjourned for
lunch, pl divided by the Presbyterian women
of the city.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The synodical committee of home mis-
sions met at l o'clock and elected officers as
follows:
President, Mrs. D. R, James, District of
Columbia; vice presidents, Mrs. A. r. Quaiffe,
| District of Columbia; Mrs. G. E. Walker Col
orado; Mrs. w. A. Smick, Oregon; Mrs. Ed
| ward Ely, Illinois; Mrs. M. L. Scott, Illinois;
Mrs. j: F. Kendall, indiana; Mrs. J.. L. Will
/ Jams, Indiana; Mrs. T. M. Sincair, Iowa;
| Mrs. w. N. Page, Kansas; Mrs. W. NJ Ferry,
| Michigan; Mrs. E. S. Moore, Michigan; Mrs.
e. F. Pomeroy, Minnesota; Mrs. J. W. Allen,
Missouri; Mrs. G. T. Crissman, Nebraska;
Mrs. G. L. Little, Nebraska; Mrs. II M Childs,
| Mrs. B. T. Potter, Mrs. Ed N. Crosby, New
| York; Mrs. S. f. Scovel, Mrs. R. Folsom
Ohio; Miss Ada Ellis Mrs. William Morris,
| California; Mrs. G. L. Bailey, Mrs. G.. Nor
cross, Mrs. S. S. Bryan. Pennsylvania; Mrs
| III. NJ. Parmlee, Texas; Mrs. J. V. r. Hughes.
| Wisconsin; Mrs. W. F. Cummings. Tennes
see. Corresponding secretaries, Mrs. C.. E.
| Coulter, Pennsylvania; Mrs. ]. NJ. Ham, New
| York; Mrs. c. H. Langdon, New Jersey.
Secretary, Mrs. w. c. Roberts, New Jersey;
recording secretary, Mrs. S. B. Brownell, New
York; treasurer, Mrs. NJ. E. Boyd, New
| York.
Mrs E. r. Perkins of Ohio conducted
memorial services for Mrs. Louisa Green
OF New York. senior secretary of the board,
who died some time during the past sum-
mer. Mrs. c. E. Walker, the newly
elected secretary of the woman's executive
committee, read a paper ON The Outlook.
wherein she reviewed the needs of the
hour, the various schools and mission sta
lions all needed help. Among all nations
and tribes of the home work and among
the $4,000, 600 of the South money and
workers were sadly needed. Mrs. A. R.
Mcfarland, the
FIRST MISSIONARY TO ALASKA,
was introduced, and said it is only nine
| years since the first missionary went to
Alaska. 1t was at Fort Wrangie, the work
was begun; there were 500 white men in
| that place the first night she spent in
| Wrangle. and they were class that had
thrown off all restraint and were worse than
the Indians; the first school was opened in
dance house; the manner of teaching was
to go at o'clock and stay till Q; some DAYS
she would not have scholar that she had
the day before. The school did not consist
entirely Of children; many men and women
come. and the chiefs of the tribe came and
learned to read. At Sitka during the last
ten months there have been thirty-four
conversions; they have seven schools with
missionaries at each point; at one station
the school is entirely in charge of native
missionaries, Louie and Tille Pearl. The
church at Fort Wrangle has a membership
of forty-six at Sitka the membership is
sizty-five. The Presbyterian Indians of
Alaska are an exception to the Presbyte-
| rians Of the states all the women taking
part in all the prayer meetings. Fannie
| Willard, native Indian from Alaska, a
pretty little girl, came forward, and with
modest self assurance read the twenty-third
Psalm, both in English and her own Ian
guage, and sang ''What Hast Thou Done