The morning times., 1896-07-08
AROUND HEADQUARTERS.
Personal Mention of Delegates and
Their DOings.

Their Doings.
John WaDamaker will be here.
Mr.. and MB. Booth Tucker are here.
Chairman ". H. H. Smith now estimates
the crowd al 10000. .ss.
The hotels are sho wing al admirable com
bination or patriotism ana religion.
About the most enthusiastic praises OF
Washington come from the English dele
gates.
Rev. JesDe NJ. Yonan, native Persian,
is said 10 be one Of the most eloQue ut
speakers Oh the program.
Decorators have been a little slow in
putting out bunting for fear OF rain but
by Thursday it will all be up.
Stephen L. Mershon, who is n nephew of
I. Dewitt Talmage, Is one OF the most re-
| markabie speakers in America.
One of the busiest men OF Charleston,
s. c., Mr.. Dunbar Robb, found time to
take an active part in the convention.
Miss Jessie Ackerman has been around
the world twice which has convinced her
that there is no place like Washington.
Rev. ] {. B. Morgan, of Manchester. England,
is at the Ebbtt. He is virtually the father
OF Christian Endeavor work in England.
Perhaps among all Of the delegates there
is no braiDier man than Bishop Gaines OF
Atlanta OF the colored Zion II. E. Church.
John G. Woolley, the epigram matte writer
on the Rams Horn, and noted lecturer.
returned from the West to attend the con-
vention.
Thomas Wainwright, manager OF the
Christian Endeavor supplies department
at Chica go, Is one OF the brainy men Of the
convention.
Rev. Kerr Boyce Upper, d. D., pastor
of prominent Philadelphia church, is a
relative of Tupper of ProverbiaI Fhilos.
ophy fame.
Edward F. Cragin, who did more than
any other one man to raise money for the
Worlds fair and Grants monument, Is at
the Ebbitt.
Several women are booked to lead morn
ing meetings from $50 to T:15. 1t is tn
be noticed that all but one uf these are
from the West.
Miss Rebecca Kirkorian, the native
Armenian woman who will speak next
Monday morning, is one of the most unique
characters of the convention.
Bishop b. w. Arnett of wHberfurce. o.,
and Bishop A. Walters OF Jersey City.
who introduced the C. E. amnng the col
ored people. arrived yesterday.
II. ]. Robinson, IN ana ger of The Christian
Endeavorer of Chicago, is at the Ebbitt.
He is one OF the ablest editors in the country
and shining light in E. c. work.
Delegate Thomas Z. Murphy of New
York city is son of Francis Murphy, the
great blue ribbon temperance apostle. He
has inherited fine oratorical powers.
The clearest-headed colored man in the
United States is Booker T. Washington
Of Tuskeegee University, Alabama, who
is among the speakers at the convention.
Mrs. James L. Hill of Salem, Mass, has
at her home the largest Junior league in
the world, and has inaugurated soIne very
original and successful methods Of organ
izing children.
Hon. W. L. NOEL of Huntington, Tenn,
is banker and politician. He has been
a member of the Tennessee Senate, and
is one of the substa ntial men of the G. E.
conv enton.
Canada will not be outdone in elo-
quence represented by such men as Rev.
Canon ]. b. Richardson of London. Ont.
and Rt. Rev. NJ. 8. Baldwin, Lord Bishop
of London, Ont.
Bishop Tboburn, who for forty years
has been in India, will be here throughout
the convention. Accompanying the emf
native Indian of high birth.
Rev. James Lewis Howe OF Lexington,
Va, is professor In Washington and Lee
University, OF which Gen. Robert E. Lee
was president. Professor Lee Is one Of the
brightest men In Virginia.
Miss Armstrong, the noted Indian mis-
sionary, wired for rooms at the Ebbitt
yesterday. She is en- route from Louisville
where she lectured under the auspices of the
Federation of Woman's Clubs.
Miss Sarah F. Gardner of Ca,cntta. In
dia. who is spending part of her leave
of absence at the convention, is said to
he one of the most successful missionaries
ever sent out by the Presbyterian Church.
No one in the convention will excite the
attention that will be given Hon. Neal
Dow of Maine, whose DiDtieth birthday
was celebrated some months ago by the
temperance people throughout the world.
One of the most interesting sights at the
White Lot yesterday was five year-old