Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-03-05
OF CHRISTIAN ENOEAvOR INTEREST.


the Nations CAPITAL on the occasion
of the 10th International Convention.
July Sth to 18th are the dates, and as
the time draws near, the preparations
which Washington Endeavorers have
been for months earnestly engaged in
making, are assuming very definite
shape. II is confidently expected that
the attendance will be greater than at
any previous convention and estimates
of 60, 900 aud even more have been adj
vanced.
Washington is admirably adapted to
the purposes of such convention.
Within a very small radius are located
the hotels, boarding houses, many
places of public interest and most Of
the large churches. Good street rail-
way facilities place all parts of the
city in easy reach of these points and
no delegation will be located at any
considerable distance from the great
centres of interest.
Probably no city in the land CON
tains more of historic and general in
terest than does the Nations Capital
and many opportunities for instructive
and profitable observation will be
afforded after the convention has
closed and to some extent during the
days of the convention, ii being very
probable that one afternoon will be
devoted TO visiting various points Of
interest in and about the city.
All classes of citizens are entering
very heartily into the preparations and
the visitors are assured a most cordial
welcome at the home of the nation next
July.
OF prime Importance and interest are
the arrangements for the meetings of
the convention. The meeting places
will be more numerous than heretofore.
Three great tents, two of which were
used at the convention in Boston last
summer, a large hall and 10 or more of
the largest churches will constitute
the principal auditoriums and at GER
tain times meetings will be held stimuli
taneously in ali. Many other churches
will be utilized for early morning
prayer meetings and other smaller
meetings. A combined seating capacity
of more than 40, 600 will be available
at any given moment during the con-
vention. The three great tents will be
pitched on the "White Lot, " a govern
meut reservation just south Of the
Executive Mansion, the use of which,
together with the Washington Monu-
ment Grounds, was granted to the
Committee of '96'' by joint resolu-
tion of Congress recently approved by
the President. All the places of meet
ing are conveniently situated and easily
reached from all points.
The general plan of entertaining
delegates used in Boston will be fol-
lowed this year. Those who do not Sc
cure hotel quarters before coming to
the city will, Immediately upon their
arrival, be assigned quarters in private
homes and boarding houses located as
near as possible to the church head
quarters No hotel arrangements will
be made by the entertainment COM
mittee for individuals. Those desiring
to secure hotel accommodations should
write to the State excursion or hotel
manager.
States, Territorial and Provincial
delegations have been assigned church
headquarters. some of them are Della
ware, Church of the Reformation
lutheran; Floating Societies, Peck
Memorial Presbyterian; Maryland,
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal /;
Massachusetts, First Congregational ;
New Jersey, First Presbyterian; New
York, Church of the Covenant Pres
byterian); Pennsylvania, Calvary Bap-
fist.
Many State excursion managers have
already visited Washington in the in
terests of their delegations and the fol-
lowing hotel arrangements have been
thus far perfected: -.........
United Society, Ehbitt; Conneeti-
cut, Nationals Indiana, Cochran Mas
sachusetts, Willards; New Jersey,
National; Philadelphia, Arlington and
Hamilton; Tennessee, Lincoln; New
York, Arno; Illinois, Regent; Iowa,
Bancroft; ST. Louis, Normandie; Ohio,
Fredonia Pennsylvania, Oxford Texas,
La Fetra's; Vermont and New tiamp-
shire, Grafton.
1t is expected that the music will be
even more feature Of the convention
this year than formerly. A chorus of
1000 voices is now being formed and
will soon begin the rehearsal of the
convention songs under competent
direction.
The excursion committee is not yet
ready to announce definite plans, but
they say that most enjoyable trips will
be arranged for the delegates to such
places as Mt. Vernon, Harper's Ferry,
the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Norfolk,
Hampton Roads and Fortress Monroe,
Richmond and many other points of
historic interest.
The official convention flag of the
design in the heading of this bulletin
is now on sale at the house of NJ. G.
Copeland & Co., No. 400 Eleventh
street, N. W., Washington, ID. @.
Orders can ALEC be filled by the Pub
fishing Department of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, No
GAG Washington street, Boston, Mass,
and No. 1855 La Sale street, Chicago,
Ill. Those flags are rights" and
''lefts, ~ that is, on part of them the
stick is at the right, and on part the
stick is at the left. This is done in
order that when two flags are crossed
in decorating, the words may appear
correctly on each flag. Orders can now
be filled at the following prices: 10
cents each; 80 cents a half dozen; 81 a
do2en 81 gross. Orders of one dozen
or less should bo sent by mail and
three cents apiece extral SHOULD be added
for postage, or 30 cents for postage on
an order for dozen flags. Large
orders can be sent by express at pur-
chaser's expense, Payments should
accompany each order
Against Compulsory PiIotare.
A hill which is now before Congress
provides for the abolition of compul-
sorry pilotage. New England vessel
owners are credited with getting up the
measure. They object to paying pilot
age fees, holding that the captains are
as competent to take their vessels up
the rivers as many of the pilots. Under