The Portland daily press., 1894-12-18

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| disorderlY houses were frequently vlo-
lated, we did not suspect to what extent
and, above all, we had no idea that IL
was posi- Bile for two men in a lew Gay
| to lay open the whole system OF law
| breaking in our city and to collec5
mass of such clear, positive and exact
evidence that the guilty could not hope
! to break. it down. Indeed it bore the
very stamp of truth, and was bound to
| carry conviction to the mind of any I'M
| prejudiced judge or jury"
| Mr.. Thrasher replied to many questions
put to him by various delegates. The
courts are all right, and the police are
| forced to be, the search light of puollc
| opinion having been turned on by the
| league. The detectives employed by the
league are, withone exception. all CHRIS
| tian men. He gave an interesting de
scription of the victory won by the
league over the policy dea lers.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Rev.W.S Ayres of Portland conducted
| the afternoon devotional exercises, al
| ter which President Reed introduced
| Rev. G. W Hincki ley, of the Good Will
| Home for boys at East Fairfield. He
said that with the buildings they have
| now at the Home they are able to take
care of 65 boys. They have turned the
barn into schoolhouse, and two ladies
have given money for the building of
large school building, to cost $1,000,
x,,.l loft On hnVC
Mr.. Hinckley said'tha while he never
asks for moaey Tor the work, various
young peoples societies and Others who
have become interested in the Home,
are asking for and sending money to
him, and he receives many contribu-.
tions from parties who are unknown to
him. ss.-s@
A gentleman in New York wrote. ask
ing il cook stove would be of use to
them. They wrote back Eyes; the one
thing we want NEST at this time is
cook stove" 1t was sent, and it was
long time before they heard anything
from him again, and then he wrote
them that he was the editor of the
"Round Table" department of Harper's
Young People, and asked if there was
any work that the members of the
"Tabl," could do. They wrote back
that they needed a manual training
home, and the circle around the table
have undertaken to provide it, and a
fair was recently held in New York city
in aid of the fund.
They encourage the boys in talking
pains with their work. 1t boy washes
dishes week without breaking dish
he gets five cents, and one little chap
had earned five cents, and having heard
of the plan for founding home for
girls, he gave his five cents to the fund.
Ii such home is ever founded that five
cents -willTg in the corner stone
Mrs. E. c. Smith, who has founded at
her--own expense homes for boys and
young women, was the next speaker.
The idea is to help to give them Chris
tian training. She said that it was to
some degree discouraging to see the
greater care given by the Catholics in
their asylums to orphan children than
is given by some of the Protestant
churches and institu tions. In some in
stances, Protestant children have been
taken off the streets, sent to these in
situations, and will be brought up as
Catholics. She described her work, the
homes she has esta blished, and what is
hoped from them. As yet they are in
their infancy, but much is expected of
them.
H.B. Gibbud of Syracuse, Ny, spoke
of the work in the hop fields of New
York, where nearly all the hops used in
he world are raised. These hop fields
give employment at times to many peo-
Pile. Tramps of certain class go there
from allrover. the country, and the chill
dren of farmers work with them and are
exposed to immoral Influences. The sea-
son lasts about one month, and good
hop picker can make from dollar and
quarter to dollar and half day.
Rev. Edward Payson Hammond con-
Quoted very successful meeting for
young people in the vestry of the church.
He is the great evangelist worker among
the young people.
'N---- EVENING SESSION.
The devotional exercises were led by
Rev. Matt S. Hughes, assisted by the
delegates. The first speaker was Rev.
Robert Pierce of the Salem mission, who
told of the work of the mission.
"The m ission work is as old as the
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