Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-13
CHRISTIAN ENDEAroR.
The Attendance at Montreal is Disap.
pointing, But the Enthusiasm is Great.
Some of the Delegates Kicking.

pointing But the Enthusiasm is Create
Some of the Delegates Kicking.
MONTREAL, July 7.--Some of the Chris
tian Endeavor delegates who attended the
tent meeting last night complain that pick
pockets awaited their exit and that more
than one attempt at understanding was
made.
The delegations from Missouri. Arkansas
and Texas arrived in the city by boat last
night and their arrival about concpletes
the roll-call. 1t was for their arrival that
the presentation of the 1893 committee
banner was postponed until Sunday. New
York will doubtless get this banner.
The sensational reports sent out from
Montrealthat the delegates from the states
are dissatisfied with their quarters have
taken their rise in the individual kicks
from various members rather than from
any considerable body of visitors. Now
that all the delegates have arrived, it is adj
mitted by some of tie head men in the
convention that the attendance is rather
disappointing, and that 1900 is an out
side number for the delegates, but this
detracts nothing from the enthusiasm.
This morning all the O'Clock prayer
meetings We're well attended, and the tent
and hall we're comfortably filled. The
principal interest centred in the drill hall
meeting, where the orators of the morning
were assembled. The delegates marched
to the meeting with banners flying and
singing Endeavor hymns. Seven thousand
people were assembled in the hall.
The papers read were: THE PLEDGE
by Herbert T. Dale Of Worcester, Mass;
THE Committee Work." by L. A. Hardy
of Lindsay, Ont; THE Conservation Meet
ing by the Rev. L. NJ. Young of New
Britain Conn; christian Endeavor Eel
lowship," by r, W. Dillon Of Toronto;
"Christian Endeavor Society, a Typical
Church Institution" by the Rev. Kerr B.
Topper of Denver.
A parade of the fire brigade at noon was
witnessed by thousands of the delegates.
Committee conferences were held In the
city churches this afternoon.
MONTREAL. July 9.-The Christian En-
deayor convention held its evening session
| yesterday under circumstances of peculiar
interest, and many exaggerated reports of
| the condition of things here have gone out
over the wires. During the afternoon it
was reported among the hotels and board.
! ing houses that trouble might be expected
! in the evening, so that hundreds of dele.
| gates remained at home, and were filled
with anxiety for those who went to the
meetings. The programme in the Drill
Hall Was carried out, and one feature was
| OF great interest to Pennsylvania delegates.
Montreal offered mileage banner to the
State which would use the greatest mileage.
This was calculated by multiplying the
mileage from the centre of q given State to
| Montreal by the number of its delegates.
| Pennsylvania won this banner, for she
had made $4,000 miles. Massachusetts,
was second with $4,000 miles.
PREPARED FOR TROUBLE.
During the whole evening session there
was nervous tension observable in the
audience. This was increased by the "Red
Coats" who performed sentinel duty at the
HfaFsa 9f
Those persons who were at the press tables
and near the doors also noticed that long
lines of hose were being laid along the
walls. Five or six field cannon had been
brought in under the platform during the
day. The tent had been vacated for the
evening session because of the rain.n The
delegates did not consider that good
| reason, and looked about for another. A
special force of police formed in double
line in front OF the Drill Hall.
On Friday morning, in the tent, Rev. s
Y. Karmarkar of India, i'll his address, re
tiected on the ceremonial of the Roman
Catholic Church, compartment with Hindot
worship. His address was reported anC
answered in The French paper, La Piesse
The readers were angered and great mum
bers OF them inliamed by the reading OF
the article headed Our Country Insulted.'
AN ATTACK on THE TENT.
Many of them, mostly quarrymen from
Cote st. Louis and Mile End, assembled
last evening in Craig and Sc, James streets
formed in procession with clubs and horn
and three colored aags, and marched an,
countermarched in front of the Drill Hall
AT $50 an attack WAS made OH the tent
which, fortunately, was empty, and tw
holes were cut i'll the canvas and 81 rope
were cut. Chief of Police Hughes ordereI
his men to CHARGE and. after u strong figh
with clubs, the crowd was dispersed. The
Il Ell gathered i'll Craig street and sung til
Marseillaise. They were again charge
by the police and their flags captured
! They assembled a third time, BUT marche
away singing and hooting and BLOWN
their horns. No further trouble is el
pected.
, NONE OF THE DELEGATES HARMED.
, The Christian Endeavor delegates VIII
! were in Drill Hall To the number of som
5000, left the building without modest,
ton, The mayor OF the city is doing a
, in his power to guarantee protection. fh
Catholic clergy denounced the riot in a
the churches this morning, Provision wa
made for meetings in many of the churcht
this evening. so as to accommodate thos
= who might fear to go to the Drill Hail
! the closing conservation meeting. II
q morrow mornings trains will carry ii
!. majority of the delegates out of the city.
: The closing conservation meeting tn
! evening was conducted by President CLAIR
I, Two hundred and fifty soldiers protect,
!, the building, and the audience dispers,
without serious molestalion.
: Piles permanently cured; no pain. d
Reed, 10 South 18th Street, Philadelphia