The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-20

AS'tputAlEU OHlOl ptuOl
In Queens hall, this city. ut $3.50 a. m.,
with u prayer mOotins lcd by Mrs.
Charlie, Archibald, president Of tho
Maritime Provinces ". O. T. IT, Of
Canada.
AtlOa q. m. tho convention was called
10 order by the president, Miss Franccs
L. Willard. Tho rolf call OF Official
members followed aud thcH came tho
appointment OF committees on crUdon.
this, courtesio,, finances and rcaolu-
tions.
Thon followed tho report Of tho exec.
uiiyc committee, tho address OF vel.
como by Lady Henry Somerset, prcsl.
don't OF tho British Woman's Temper.
ancc Association, and the singing Of
There Are Bands OF Ribbon Mute" by
tho white ribbon choir OF 500 voices.
Miss Willard tncn addressed tho meet.
ing.
Tho reports OF tho different ~superin.
tcndcntS woru delivered and ut midday
there were prayers. lol by Mrs. Eliza.
both H'lmcr. president Of tho Denmark
W. @. 7. u, OF Copenhagen.
The prayers were followed by 4 me.
mortal service In honor OF Our Pro-
NOTED Comrades" tho memorial nd.
dress being delivered by Mias Frances
L. Willard rs follows:
"We have lost priceless jewels from
the temperance cGskGt SINCE we lust
mot. Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, OF
Ohio. U. S. A., and Mrs. Ella Williams.
Of Montreal, Canada. ara tho first
names OF the general officers, except
that OF Mrs. Margaret Bright Lucas,
that have been transferred to the roll
call oiour promoted comrades. 1t was
tittin. tia. tho first secretary OF tho
Worlds W. G. +. u, Mrs. Woodbridge.
should have been by birth Il New Eng
land woman. by training a woman OF
the west, and a leader in that whisky
war from which has come the woman's
temperance work OF christcndom.
"lIer great dignity Of character and
genial warmth OF her greeting shared so
many times BY mos. oil Us. will always
remain rs n brish; example whoa wo
think Of Mary Woodbridge. Her deep
womanly voice has rung out over great
assemblies for well nigh score OF years.
Her fair symmetrical handwriting is
familiar to every quarter Of tho globe,
where white ribbon ONE congrc-ate,
and always bore messages OF cheer,
counsel and intelligence.
"Mrs. Williams was treasurer OF the
Worlds ". CT. U. and her remarkably
acute and rusty mind was invaluable
10 us in this too often thankless, hut
always vitality important task. She
kept 10 her task long after she knew
hcrself to be stricken by a mortal die.
ease, and seemed TO have u wonder.
working power Of self-eilacemcnt, for,
never speaking OF her suffering. she
toiled On to the very day OF her depart.
ure.
with voice and ucn Mrs. Williams
wrought like this master builder that
she was, on the strong foundations Of
the beloved Dominion W. q. T. T., OF
which she was president.
Mrs. Mary l. Lathrop. OF Michigan.
although not a general officer OF this
convention, was tor twenty years the
chief vice president OF tho national ".
c. 7. U. by reason OF intellectual power.
uneQualed gift OF speech aud pen and
that indorniiable ~womnuhood which
carried conviction homo to the con.
science OF the citizen.
Few men who have passed. from con.
test TO conquest have left behind them
mementoc5 so enduring as our prohibI.
ton pioneer, William jennings Demon.
eat, oil New York city. lIc had tho in.
gcnuity OF plan and tho wealth To carry
out a great enterprise. which his family,
vino like himself ARE devoted to good
works. will, there Is reason to believe,
render perpetual. rs monument to tho
name now noaored aud beloved in every
country.
"Airs. Demorcs., one OF the leaders
from the first OF the famous Sorosis, tho
chief society Of women in New York,
is also 4 chief among white ribboners.
Her home is the contrc OF hospitality.
her hand aud heart open to the cause
and ita advocates.
Mrs. Demorcst gave away 1000
medals OF silver and gold beside the
diamond medals that wero awarded to
those who had already won those OF tho
fret and second class. Two hundred
AID fifty thousand OF the flower of tho
worlds youth and maidens, speaking to
moro than $1,000 900 OF persons in audi
onccs, having competed for these
medals; all OF their addresses enforcing
the purcst principles OF personal living,
home oxidation and national upright
ness.
Key. DR.. J. A.. Gordon, OF Boston,
Mass, was n groat thcologian and de-
voted missionary worker and ardent
prohibilionlst and woman sutrragist.
and tho most successful and beloved
Baptist pastor In tho United States.
Tho white ribbon movement had no
more priceless friend to logo than DR..
Gordon.
"With these my heart prompts mo to
group Mira. Jane Staplor, OF TalGQuab,
/. T., whom ! first met whom travelling
in that remote region rs Il white ribbon
pioneer in 1881. Mrs. StapIcr was n
Cherokee Indian and daughter OF a
native chief, n woman Of tho rarost
Christian character and conduct. u truO
mother OF Israeli Sho was the leading
woman in that great territory, and led
hor sisiors in tho work of the white
ribbon, attending several OF our na-
tional conventions and coming across
tho continent to grOot Lady Henry
Somerset when shc visited us first in
1891, whcro the British noblowoman
mud tho dark.iaccd daughter OF the forest
c!a.pcd hands in tho common love and
faith Of homS protection for all lands
and people.
"Aud besides all these, within a Tow
weeks, va have lost Mr.. John NJ. St%oarns,
for thirty years SECRETARY and moving