Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-18

The treasurer 1rpfared his report with
brief review 1f the year from TIE uuaucla.
standpoint He declared that the closing
year had touched low wafer mark N tlclI
history financially as a union The state
work has suffered sor want Of funds In
the course u the year offerings have been
received frum only siTty-stx societies anu
three city unions. making total uf no.
more than seveuty-fire offerings. averaging
S1.s5 TO each society. Receipts for he years
1S9s-4 we're s505.65; ior Is1t-5. ssI-.lI. to1
1855. S2zT. -. or an average 1f = cents
per member FOR TIE state The total re-
ceipts from every source Hrrr fa51.is- eN-
peuditures. Ssi9 90. balance cash on hand.
$50 &C. The report was signed by ~. Ernest
johnson. treasurer Among other drawbacks
mentioned IN this report wore that special
department work has all been abandoned
and the gathering % statistics has beer
hardly provided for ~ -l- beginning Ct
this convention they were sl65.I7 shur- lu
the years running expenses and The neces-
sity 1f making arrangements FOR Immediate
relief vas urged UPON the convention n =
society hAs been compelled 70 give M the
plan u making offerings 1u Nebraska ta.
and return 20 the old plan OF having all
societies pledge specific sums for expenses
81 union work. The paper uf Rev F L
Hayden Of KeAruey vas a bright and thor
oughlv earnest exposition of the relation ot
bible texts and preCeptz 70 he daily life yl
every vounG man and young woman. IfE
subject and sub-hgsd were. The Bible
Citizens Brak-Mural Foundation stones tor
Politics" Az the AFTERNOON meeting In the
First Baptist church. superintendent Jay
Burns Of Omaha presided. After spon-
taueuus song service, Rev. Robert l.
wheeler D. D. Of South Omaha addressed
the delegates upon The Church Of Tomor-
row
The convention tonight elected the fol-
lowing officers: President. A. D. Harmon.
Bethany. vice president. Rev. ]. ", Dell.
Nebraska City: secretary. F. r. Tucker. Lin
coin, treasurer Z VI. WeitZei. Albion, /,
superintendent OF mission work Miss Sarah
J. Bushnell. superintendent uf junior work.
Rev n. A. Carlahan. The nominating com
mltfee reported the name Of y. Ernest
Johnson Of Omaha superintendent Of
good citizenship but the nomination vas
referred back 20 the committee upon bis
refusal 70 serve which vas based upon the
ground that there vas no longer any ac-
tive society in his home church.
Sundays services in the various city
churches will be conducted by the Young
Peoples Society Of Christian Ende4vor
societies Of each denomination modelled upon
the following program
Ats prayer meetings "L.-avns or .Fr1l..''
Matthew =. xix, Third Presbyterian
church. Eleventh and Plum streets. leader,
Mr Waiter Il Rhodes. Hebron. Grace
Fourteenth and streets. leader. Ar. John
BOose Fails City; Vine Street Congre=a-
uonul. TWenty-nffh and Vine streets
leader Miss Nina Carpenter. Hastings
Cotner university chapel. leader. Mr. c. II.
Noores Curtis. Butler Avenue Cougrega-
tIonaI church leader Mrs George a Raw
mer. Fremont. Lincoln Normal chapel
leader, Ar. ". {. Roberts. Normal; lo:N
church services
The convention VIII adjourn after service
Sunday evening. for which the following pro-
gram has been prepared
Central Church OF Christ. northeast cor
ner OF Fourteenth and streets. president
elect presiding Al 7-3l HYMN study. Rock
Of Ages Mr. ~ J. HF-FuEtI- Nor
mai, = The Baptism Of the Hoiy Spirit" q"
Rev " Z. Ringiand. D. D., Hastings: =
Thanksgiving and cunsecra don. benedict.on-
TEACHERS CONCLUDE A CONFERENCE
Tha annual state conference Of the c!ty
superiu.enients and principals Of Nebraska
adjourned to-day without setting A date
for the next convention, after carrying out
the ruut4ne program and electiug the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: PresI-
dent Ian Miller Fremont. tres gIIrar !
X. Stableton. Lexington secretary. Miss
EOlins Clark. Fremont member OF siucA-
tiOnal council a. A. Munro. South Omaha.
Prof r ". Taylor OF the State univer-
sity returned yesterday Afternoon from a
trip 70 Europe. HIS tour embraced por-
tions u Russia and he toOg IN CONSTANT
nupie, Buda Pesth and Par's. sailing from
Southampton.
Chancellor HacLean lsft yesterday after
noon for the east via LaayeuWorth. He
viii attend the meeting Of college preSi-
dents At Princeton y. J.
As closing exercise. The Nebraska branch
Of the " g. N l. grouped themselves il
front Of the Congregational church. ana had
their photographs taken. The next annual
meeting sIlI occur at Omaha in October
The names Of speakers Who addressed
the district Grand Army Of the Republic
reunion. which has Just closed at silver
Greek, Aerriek county. as reported by Cen
eral Gage Sho has Just returned from there
and Broken Bow, we're Marsh elder. ex-
speaker Of the last house; General Thayer
and General Gage From Silver Greek a
large number 1f old soldiers vent 20 the
district reunion Al Broken Bow which vas
the largest reunion ever held IN that dis
trict The sessions lasted four days. and
the sraakers were: Tom Majors H. c.
Russell. Captain Henry. S. NJ Elder and
John Powers No politics crept into the
addresses
Ms J. J. Douglass. stenographer in the
oifics of tha land commissioner has Just re-
turned from a visit 70 her home in Sabilz