Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-13
THE YOUNG CHRISTIANS.
Opening of the Fourteenth En-
deavor Convention at Boston.
A rLATTERIEG OFFER REFUSED
The Trustees courteously Decline the In
vitation Of Chicago Publisher TO Change
the Headquarters to That City-Rivalry
for the Next Meeting Place.


for the Next Meeting Place.
Boston, July 1.-THE most important
proceedings in connection with the four-
tenth annual convention of the Young
Peoples Society of Christian Enddeavog,
which formally opened at $50 this fore
noon, was the meeting of the trustees OF
the organization yesterday. The session
lasted all the afternoon, with a brief in
Permission for lunch.
The chief business to be considered was
the offer of H. II. Kohlsaat, of the Chicago
Times Herald. who had agreed to pay
5000 year for three years toward the
maintenance of the society's headquarters
on condition that they be removed from
Boston to Chicago After committee
had passed adversely upon the subject.
and reported. the report Of the committee
was unanimously accepted. and the head
quarters will not be removed from Boston
at present.
Mr~kohlsaat's offer was presented to the
trustees by Rev. John Henry Barrows, Of
Chicago. The committee appointed to
consider the matter consisted Of Messrs.
Burrows, James L. Hill. D. D., Of Salem,
Mass, and Nehemiah Boynton, D. d., of
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probation of the generosity of Mr.. Kohl
saat's'offer, which, they We're pleased to
note, indicated that the work Of the So
cietv was thereby recognized as being of u
national and international character.
The work. however, is wholly one Of in
fuence 1t is not necessary that the So
ciety. should have large buildings or in
comes The work is successfully carried
on at small expense and the principles
of the organization forbid the headquar-
tiers being more than a bureau OF inforina-
tion, levying no taxes and seeking no au-
thority. Therefore they concluded it to
be inexpedient to accept the kind offer
Besides the routine business, and the
consideration of the question of removal
to Chicago, the only matter Of general in
terest was the presentation of the claims
OF Los Angeles, Cal, for the convention
Of 1897. The delegates from lower CALI
fornia, which presented the claims of Los
Angeles, included Leonard Morrill,. state
secretary of the society, Rev. A. w Ryder
and Herbert Wylie, all of Los Angeles.
Mr.. Merrill made the argument and urged
as chief among his reasons the facts that
the city was the only one on the Pacific
slope or coast that had three railroads run
ming into it; that its climate at this time
of the year was suberb and unfaiing; that
the Endeavorers there had already raised
considerable money in anticipation of get
ting the convention, and that the business
men Of the place had guaranteed to sub
scribe enough to cover the expenses of
convention.
Today the claims of Portland. Ore, San
Francisco and Seattle, were presented.
and the matter was taken under advise
ment. The trustees then accepted au in
yitation from Mayor Curtis of Boston, to
go, with other guests, on trip down the
harbor on the city's boat, and TO visit the
public institutions Of Boston.
The trustees will today decide tho mat
ter of the '97 convention, and also take ac-
ton looking towards the expansion Of the
society into worlds organization.
Rev. Francis E Clark, d. D., president
and originator of the society, presided at
yesterdays meeting of the board of trus-
tees. Among the absentees were: Hon.
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia, Rev.
Wayland Hoyt of Minneapolis, Rev CA.
Dickerson of Boston, Rev. r. w. Broc-
kaw Rev. p. s. Henson and William II.
Harper. PHI. D., all of Chicago. The seq
sion was held at noon, an adjournment
being taken soon afterwards, after which
the trustees again assembled, and adj
journcd at 5 p. NJ.
A banner delegation of the convention
is from New York and vicinity They arc
nearly 5000 strong. Now York city con.
tributes 1879. Brooklyn half that num-
Der and other towns the remainder, max.
ing the largest representation of any state
outside of Massachusetts,