Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-13
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MONTREAL Can. July fa-The clos
Tag ~rrnr> - the Christian Endeavrr
convention oa the inxaie % the Driil
ball last night werv characterised by
much warmth and hsnashaking. kiss
ing monx The women delegates who
hsA ksrrnsd frtsn.EShir~ in the city and
The singing ~ -ts~4 Be Vita You TIL
We Meet Again IL wAs very in-
pr~sSsve. o-atsAi~. the scenes we're
equally impressive IN aaosh~r way.
ThSu~aaiS - r~sspt~ we're ess1xrrrased
On the Champ a~ Mars and Craig
street IN fruatof the huilasnx aud east
AMI west The -i@m~nts % . riot
were th-r~ N fall snrrw. The talk
shsat the Csiifnrniaas fl-timsd re-
marks hal sprwsa all over Monfrcai.
and in he crw~d were many who were
e.Sana - avsngv the insult which thew
eunsssf~r mnr~ than personal. foe
Fr~neh-CsnastEan Roman Catholic re
fixbon eum-. IN h~forw anvthinw. Then
there we're Thousands assembled who
bad resolved - protect the Christian
knsieavur~rS when they left the hall
The >utaxuufstic elements in the crowd
k~ps st . r~~<p~etable distance from
Each other awaiting the opening % IN.
daors At the sla>~
A=rc< the Pru-r<..z. crowd we're
nearly q Thousand militiannen in plain
cloths and the sopo.inx crowd eou-
sisted 81 the tcwvr classes Of French
Canadians, principally q-usrryunsn from
Cor.s - Inc. or others Of = like stamp
Occasionally the volunteers and their
a~therensx fell into line and marched
arsund the hlerx enclosing the champ
de Mars AMI the opposing crowd did
likewise. marching around th. block
IN the west - Champ de Mars They
eyed each other i~alsssiy and ea~h
raonssnt IN. bitter feeling Increased
IN evidence Of which partisan tunes
were shouted By thousands oe Ius.y
voices. and pansienoniurn rrixu-d
This was the xitu alton when the
doors Of the hall were thrown open
Everybody expected . riot. the dele
gates emerged from the hall and
turned On tbs. west end Instantly the
volunteers formed . Gordon ut the edge
OF the sidewalk. and white handker-
chiefs were Pro~iue--l and held around
their neck< This VA. the diStin-
gushing badge. no one without
IL could spproash the End-avor-
srs from III. opposit. side "
h street AMI slowly and with
cut any manifestation u alarm the
delegates pror~esirsI Then came a
burst OF song A the Cross rolled
out upon the air. and the result was
something wonderful Almost perfect
silence fell upon the crowd The
Fr~nehmsn On the champ de Mars
stood silently gazing at the pruces-
sion Of Endeavorer~. which marched to
the time Of the piece of music they
were singing All emerged and
passed out of the dangerous locality
in safety. Then the milisiamen.
who had moved slowly after the
crowd turned right about face and
marched down east To q short distance
below the Drill hall singing Onward.
Christian Soldiers Marching as TO
War They we're greeted with some
iesrs from the crowd that anxriIy
watched them. but no blows were ex-
changed As they again turned and
marched west the multitude melted
away. the blockade Of cabs and street
ears passed on and closed the sr-ne.
and the Christian E~.ndeavor~ convention
was at n pcaecabte md
IL was ut one time intended tn dis
miss h Drill hall meeting by the rear
door, but President Clark. on assur-
ance from the military hat they would
amply protect all the delegates. caused
the front doors to be used Before
~pronouneing the benedictiou he told
the a~ss~mblagr that the soldiers would
protect them and that no violence
need be- feared at the hands Of the mob.
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