Evening star., 1896-02-22
FOUR THOUSAND VOICES
Arrangements for the Big O. E Convention
Ohorua
Church Headquarters for the Different
States and the Hotel and Board
ing House Arrangements.

Inc SfiIstian f.nueaNOr convention ID
several months away. hut the work of or.
ganizing the great chorus of four thou
| sand voices will be begin next week. Tho
plan has been matured for some time but
from now on to the convention the organ
izing, drilling and perfecting of the chorus
VIII be pushed vigorously. Every Chris.
tan Endeavor Society has selected one OF
It's members as its leader In this work.
ihese leaders, more than seventy in num-
Der, form the auxiliary music COMMITTEES
and will have the brun, Of the work In
forming the great chorus. A choir will
be organized in each Christian Endeavor
Society. The membership In these choirs
Will not be restricted to Christian Endeav-
orers, but will include others who are an.
proved by the leaders of The choirs. A per-
son not member of Christian Endeavor
society who desires TO JOIN the chorus
should apply to the leader Of the nearest
CHRISTIAN Endeavor choir.
Next tuesday evening the auxiliary mu-
Sic committee viii hold its first meeting in
the First Congregational Church at 7:30
o'clock This meeting VIII be for the pur-
poss of starting the organizing OF the
choirs and will not be a rehearsal. The
meeting will be under the charge of Mr.
committee and Mr.. w. H. H. Smith, chair
man OF the '96 committee. will be present
and address the meeting.
Church Hcnssq quarters.
State, territorial and provincial delega-
tions have been assigned church hcadquar-
tiers by the committee of '36 as follows:
Alabama-Ninth Street Christian.
Alaska-Church OF the Covenant 0Presby-
terianD
Arizona-First Baptist.
Arkansas-Mt. Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal.
Calirornia-Central Methodist Protestant.
Canada-Central Presbyterian.
Colorado-Westmins,er Presbyterian
Observation-Disclosures Presbyterian.
Deiaware-Church of the Reformation
Iutheran).
Floating societes-Peck Memorial Pres
byterian.
Florida-Sixth Presbyterian.
Georgia-Mt. Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal
Idaho-Westmnster PRESBYTERIAN.
llEnois-Foundry Methodist Episcopal.
lndiana-t ermont Avenue Christian.
Indian tefritory-AssembIy Presbyterian.
1owa-Wcstern Preshy terian.
kansas-Kendan Bapust.
kehtucky-Ryland Methods, Episcopal.
Louisiana-Ninth Street Christian.
Maine-West Street Presbyterian.
Aaryland-Metropolltan Methodist Epis-
copal.
Observation-Disclosures Congregational.
Mchigan-North Presbyterian.
| Minnesota Gunton Temple Memorial
Presbyterian.
| Mssissippi-Eastern Presbyterian
| Missouri-Memorial Lutheran.
Montana-Memorial Lutheran.
| Nebraska-Fourth Presby terrain
Nevada-Centrai Methodist Protestant
New Hampshire-union Methodist Epis-
copal.
New JerSey-Frst Presbyterian.
New Mexico-Peck Memorial Presbyterian
New York-Church of the Covenant pres
, byterianD.
North Carolna-Mt. Vernon Place Meth
cdist Episcopal.
North Dakota-Gurley Memorial Presby-
terian.
ohic-Now York Avenue Presbyterian
Oklahoma-Eastern Presbyterian.
| hyterian.
Pennsylvania-Calvary Baptist
Rhode Island-Mt Pleasant Congregation
South Carolna-Mt. Vernon Place Meth
| odst Episcopal.
South Dakota-Gurley Memorial Presby-
| terian.
| Tennessee-Assembly Presbyterian
TeNas-St. Paufs English Lutheran.
Ctah-Gurley Memorial Presbyterian
Nermont-Union Methodist Episcopal
Nirginia-First Baptist.
Washinston-Gunton Temple Memorial
Presbyterian.
West Virginia-st Paurs English Luther
an.
| Wisconsin-E Street BAPTIST.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Presbyterian.
Hotel Arrangements.
Many state excursion managers have al
| ready visited Washington IN the interests
| of their delega tons, and the following hotel
| arrangements have been thus far perfected:
| United Society, Ebhitt; Connecticut Ma
| ucnal; Indiana, Cochran: Massachusetts
| WIZARDS; New Jersey. National; Philadel-
| phia- Arlington and Hamilton; Tennessee,
| Lincoln: New York. Arno; Illinois, Regent;
Iowa, Bancroft: ST. Louis, Normandie: Ohio,
Fredonia; Pennsylvania, Oxford; Texas. La
tetra's; Vermont and New Hampshire
| Grafton.
The general plan Of entertaining delegates
| used IN Boston Will be followed this year
IhoSe who do not secure hotel quarters be-
| fore coming 70 the city will, Immediately
| upon their arrival. be assigned quarters in
| private homes and boarding houses located
as near as possible TO the church headq,Iar-
| ters. No hotel arrangements will be made
| by the entertainment committee Tor in.