St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-21
Conference Notes.

There was considerable amusement at the
meetng or the committee on time and place
OF holding the next conference yesterday af-
ternoon. j. II. Mills of North Carolina
proceeded in his unique and pleasant manner
the virtues of Raleigh, N. G. as a place of
tne next meeting claiming that the confer
euce could do more good there than any
where else. W. S. Whitimore of Nebraska,
uoI on tne committee, presented the claims
u " onaha, describing the advantages, al
enouen ne admitted he could think Of but
one point OF improvement for ST. Paul He
ueliueu Tue pavements of st. Paul and its
hetnoos OF building streets. sWhy," said
ne, III omaha you won't have to get your
o : cIeaned more than twice day
instead OF four or five times as in
st. Paul, and that is quite an ftem.'' He
thougnt st. Paul streets were run in the in
tefest OF the bootblacks. Mr. Mills said the
situation reminded him of story of two bows.
one asked the other if his father was Chris
.lan, ana ne replied, not wishing to say any
thing against his father; Yes but he aim
working at it now" He thought the confer
ence was engaged in charity, but it wouldn't
De working at it to go to Omaha 1t would
De ike some preachers who always went
where they could get easy beds and soft pill
lows, ana VINO did not do much good. The
nrst vote ON the question resulted: Omaha T.
Raleigh q, Chicago 2; the second, Omaha 9.
Raleigh 3, Chicago l. which sent next years
conference to easy beds and soft pillows.
j. H. Mills OF North Carolina, who has de-
voted years of his life to aiding the orphans
or the state and who is altogether one of the
plggest hearted jollest funniest men of the
lot Whenever he makes speech he brings
down the house with his humor. When he
entered the meeting yesterday morning a
little late some would-be wag thcuphf he
would nave some fun, confident that Mr..
NILS would enjoy it also. So he wrote note
10 Mr.. Mills the substance of which was:
~ Y GU come from
seen the governor OF South Carolina
Ihls morning?" and sent if around
by a page. Mr.. Mills put on his
spectacles' read the note and was sore per-
picked: so he arose, made the complete cir
cunt OF the room, and. tapping the writer of
the note on the shoulder. asked. earnestIv ~
the governor of South Carolina was in town.
1t was explained that the note was q Joke.
ana MI. Mills went away smiling, apparently
never thinking OF the time-honored remarl1
tnat the governor of North Carolina remarked
TO the governor of South Carolina that if was
u long time between drinks -
The council of charity officers met in tho
the senate chamber yesterday afternoon after
tue conference adjourned, elected new mem
oers ana received reports for the year.
Charles ID. Kellogg was made chairman for
next year, in place Of w. Alex johnson of
two years.
me committee on organization of charity
nelu meeting in the senate chamber yester-
gay AFTERNOON at o'clock and listened to a
paper ny Dr. Konan Of Baltimore on 1.-THE
rlnanclal PROBLEM of Charity Organization
Societies.
Two notable papers will be presented this
ai'eIhooh on The Treatment of the Epilep-
TIC and Imbecile," by DR.. Knight. formerly
o., the state school at Faribault, and DR.. Ker-
lin of Elwyn, Pa.
This afternoon ut 1850 o'clock Miss Emily
Huntington will address a meeting in the
caucus room on 1.-The Cooking Garden Sys-