The Portland daily press., 1895-07-09

the Visitors-An Army of Detectives
viii Guard Them from Wolves in
| Sleeps Clothing and If Any Are Ill,
Doctors and Medicines Will Be Close at
Hand.
Boston, Mass, July s.-The advance
guard of Christian Endeavorers arrived
yesterday, and today hundreds were pour
ing into the city.
Those who came Sunday were unex
pected and consequently no provision had
been made by the reception committee to
greet the visitors and conduct them to
their temporary places of residence
Indeed, no state delegation is scheduled
to arrive until tomorrow morning but
scattering parties are coming in today
from all parts of the country Wednesday
the great bulk of visitors will arrive
| Chairman Gilman has volunteer work
ers on watch at the terminal stations on
the lookout for delegates, SO that all those
who arrive will be properly cared for.
The work of decorating the city has be-
gun in good earnest. By Wednesday the
metropolis will be resplendent in crimson
and white
| beginning with the meeting of trustees
on Wednesday noon, until the final conse-
| Grafton meeting on Monday night, the
EIndeavorers will have opportunities
of listening to the most famous divines
in the evangelical denominations.
AS there are seating accommodations
for but 20, 750 in Mechanics building and
the two tents only delegates with badges
will be admitted but the twenty opening
rallies on Wednesday evening, the nom
eyangelistic services in Faneuil hall and
Bromfield street church, the mammoth
gathering on the Common Saturday noon
and the Sunday services in all the
churches are open to the public.
President Clark, who is already show
| ing traces of care and overwork, will
preside at the Mechanics building Thurs
day forenoon, deliver his address in per-
son at the same place Thursday evening,
PRESIDE IN TENT WILLISTON
Friday forenoon, at Mechanics building
Friday evening, at Tent Williston again
Saturday forenoon, at the open air meet
ing ON the Common Saturday noon, and
at Mechanics building Thursday forenoon
and evening AT the latter meeting he
will conduct the final closing consecra-
tion service
Evangelist Moody will deliver an address
in Notwithstanding Thursday evening
John S. Woolley, the temperance
agitator, will be heard at Tent Endeavor
Thursday evening.
DR.. Ialmage will not be present, as was
anticipated.
On Saturday afternoon Mechanics hall
will be used for the big junior rally,
which promises to be one of the most in
teresting and entertaining sessions of the
| whole convention. There will be num-
Der of special songs, recitations in concert
by the children, singing by a children S
choir addresses by Mr.. Thomas Vain
wright of Chicago, Ill, and the Rev. W.
Knight chaplain, of London, England,
music by a junior orchestra, and special
exercise by three hundred or four hum
dred children. Mrs. f. E., Clark will
have charge of this meeting.
The corps of volunteer physicians, in
charge of DIR. W. b. French, have COM
pleted their arran gements for medical at
tendance at the convention meetings. A
Iphysician's S booth will be placed in each
of the auditoriunfs, and will be in charge
of competent doctor during all sessions.
The medical staff will be in constant
communication with the Emergency
hospital, which will receive and treat all
necessary cases. The ambulance will be
ready at all times to respond to calls. :
Theodore Metcalf has gratuitously fur
nlshed all necessary supplies at the meet
ing places and has agreed to put up all
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ENDEAVOR-
ERS
which have been prescribed by the
medical staff, free of charge.
General Secretary John Willis Baker,
of the Christian Endeavor Society called
at police headquarters today to settle
some details regarding the police protec-
tlon to be given the convention. lie took
an official programme OF the meetings to
be held and gave it to the superintendent
He promised however, to send up tonight
la list of all those gatherings, which
he desired to be looked after particularly
by the police. These will be such places
as the Common, Mechanics hall, Bunker
Hill, the Old South Church and other
such places of interest.
Superintendent Eldridge and tho board
of police had conference on the subject
this morning also. Some Of the plans
were perfected, but there are lots of little
details which will need their attention
yet. The convention will be we'll taken
care of from police point of view. A
couple of weeks ago Superintendent
Eldridge made requests upon the police
departments of all the important cities in
the country for officers to aid the Boston
police in the prevention of pickpockets
and other thieves from operating here.
1t WIS anticipated that the nature of
the convention would attract thieves from
all over the country and it would be a
wise thing to have officers from Other
places, who, being familiar with rogues
of their districts, could pick them out OF
the crowds. AS result a body OF
detectives will arrive in Boston tomorrow
for this work. They will be entertained
at the expense of the police department.
which will also pay their travelling ex
penses and their salaries.
These officers will act with the in
spectors force of the city, which will bt
augmented by the addition of a lot of the
brightest officers on the force, detailed fo
inspectors work by the department.
This will make a very large force O
officers in citizens clothes to mingle will
the crowds and prevent picking o
pockets They will watch the variou
depots the hotels, the big tents on th
Common the meetings at Mechanics
hall and other assemblies. The inspectors
will also be sent out on the crowde'
thoroughfares, and will ride on the cars
where considerable
PICKING OF POCKETS
= occurs on such occasions