The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-14
Twenty-third Meeting Of the Ma
ti0nal Convention Begins
at st. Louis
With the Greatest Attendance
Ever KNOWN Continues
Five Days.
Miss Wizards Annual Address.
Reports Of Officers Sat
iStactory.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. ll.-Thc 2"d annual
convention OF the National ". {. L. I.
opened III Music hall, with the greatest
attendance OF any onc previously held.
At least 800 a"cC"ndItrd delegates We're
present, and uS many more visitors
from every portion of the country.
Among the distinguished workers III
rhllanthropic fields i'll attendance are
Miss Agnes +. Hook of England. Sccrc-
:arv of the Worlds w. G. L. L., Miss
Maud Booth of TIE American Nolun-
teers; Mr~. Gwynoth Vaughan of
Wales; Miss Rclrcca klrkorIon of Ar
menia. and Rev. +. d. Greene, secre-
tary Of the Armenian relief committee
of New York. Three sessions . day for
five days, will be held during the con-
ventlOn.
Miss Wizards Address.
Miss Willard, in her annual address,
touched on the work done for temper
ance in the several states, and then
spoke of the A~rmenians, and of the ex-
cellent work done by Mrs. Stevens of
Maine, Mr.. Fessenden and Miss Black
we'll of Massachusetts, in finding homes
for the refugees sent over by herself
and Lady Somerset. She praised the
Armenian relief committee and the
Salvation Army for the admirable
work done by them, 5 O that nearly 400
friendless men had found friends and
occupations. She stated that the
Worlds Womans Christian Temperance
union intended to take up the work for
sEhe Armenians, as an important part of
its ~endeavor; they would probably
found a colony in Cyprus for the women
and children.
Receipts Were Lagre.
The report Of Treasurer Helen NJ.
Baker Of Illinois, stated that the re-
ceipts, Notwithstanding the hard times,
had been larger than for several pre-
vious years. The appropriations for
all lines of work were greatly increased,
yet there vas a very encouraging bal
ance after all bills had been paid.
While many states had made a gain in
membership only seven had added over
500 and would share in benefit night"
These were Massachusetts, Maryland,
New Jersey, Louisiana, Michigan, Vir-
ginia and Kentucky. The total receipts
were $27, 7OS, and the expenditures
SEA, ll5, leaving a balance of So, 592.
Gain in Membership.
The report Of the corresponding sec.
rotary, Mrs. Catherine Lent Stevenson
of Massachusetts, shows that during
the year l,175 new unions had been or
gained, the gain in membership being
lj.SSS. The gain, however, had been
offset by a corresponding loss. a gain
III membership had been made in New
Jersey, Maryland, Michigan, Massa-
chusetts, Kentucky, Virginia, Louis
lana. Colorado, Mississippi, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Tennessee, New Hampshire,
Texas, District of Columbia, South Da-
kota, North Dakota, Eastern Washing
ton, Connecticut, Georgia, Number ,,
Florida, Utah, Arkansas. Wyoming,
Indian Territory, Alabama, Oregon,
Maine and Rhode Island. The order
of the states indicates the relative gain.
There We're losses in Illinois, Kansas,
Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wiscon-
sin, South California, Minnesota, Cali
fornia, Vermont, Georgia, WeSr Nir-
glnia, Idaho, New Mexico. Nevada,
Oklahoma, Arizona, Indiana, Western
Washington, Delaware. Montana,
North Carolina and South Carolina.
The Department of Mercy.
Mary +. Lowell OF Pennsylvania, su.
~perintendent of the department OF
mercy, reported that Io.j32 children
We're enrolled i'll the band of mercy.
The crimes with which the world i.
cursed she said, ARE crimes OF
cruelty. Eliminate that hideous ele.
ment and the worst crimes would cease
to exist. We cannot ~regenerate man
but we can do a great deal of preventive
work. We can reach the rising gen
Grafton, and we can educate ourselves
a deeper spirit of charity should in
tuence the acts of daily life. Let no
custom or cowardice cause us TO con
tlnue fashions i'll dress or indulgence il
food which cause agony to sentien
creatures and every step of self.denia
III the way will bring us into close
communion with the Father of All"
Eagles Sent to Mckinley.
DEADwOOD, 5. D., Nov. IA YER