Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-18
The LAST DAYS SESSION
OF The Convention Of Tho Woman
Christian temperance Union.


81. LOUIS. Nov. ls.--Thn last day.
session OF the W. e.. r. u. national
convention op, ,ri with tho usual
prayer meeting.
The report Of the executive CON.
miltee, containing the names OF organ.
liars, tupefiniendents Of departments,
evangelisis, editors and the business
manager Of th. Union Signal, piesi.
dent OF the board OF temperance hos
pitai and members OF Standing COM
mittses, recommended for appointment,
Was approved without division. Tho
names OF supsrinlsudents were given
10 tho dispatch yesterday. The others
arc NJ follows.
Evangr iiats-MI. J. X. Barney; Airs.
4. NJ. /. Hcn.y; Mn. Annie N. Pal.
mel, Mis-. Navy SPARES Wbtsinf; Mrs.
H. J. Trcgo; Mis-. Mary J. Weaver;
Mrs. l.. NJ. HuusnioD; Mrs. jennie II.
Willing; Miss Cassie Smith; Rev.
frances l.. Townslss; Mis-. Mary @.
Woody.
Editors Of the Union stigma: Mrs.
susanna M. y. Fey; Miss Clara q.
Chaplin. Mfs. Ads N, Melville.
Business manager. Mrs. &. r.
Graw.
President OF the board Ut trustees Of
the Temperance hospital; Mrs. Mar.
garot lnkienart.
President OF tho board OF temple
trustees; MIS-. Matilda Il, CAfse.
Stanuing committeet! lfAnspatta.
tot, Mts, Mary q. Hoy; SabbAth
meetings, Airs. Rebecca Is. Chambers,
overflow meetings, Rev. Anna shaw;
convention seEtlugs, Miss Carrie Bus.
by; telegram, Mfs. Lucy u. ryng;
auditor, Mrs. &, r.. BigelOw.
Mrs. Matilda ". Care, president OF
tho womRu's temperance cub assooia.
ton, reported that despite the finaneisl
| depression, the treasury showed net
gain tot the year OF s6l6. Tbs cash
receipts were sl.5, 1887; expenditure,
sl20,Ibl. Mr.. Car.s said when 10
wa considered that the receipts for
1895 were 81 1909 lose than tue pre-.
| csuing year, II was remarkable that
the association had been able 10 hold
ils own.
Miss willard read a letter from Titan
Tolslol, daughter Of the Russian count
OF that name, 10 which she sAidi
"Your nephew said you and Lady
Somerset were perhaps coming TO Illus.
ris. My father anu were very pleased
TO hear that news anu we hope you
will then psy us q visit"
Miss Willard spoke OF another letter
from the same source, In which the
writer said she anu her father were
Interested, heart and soul, In the WORK
OF ths w. e. 4. u. Through some W.
T. q. U. documents read by the count,
he anu tue whole family became total
abstainers, Miss Willard reported.
Miss Frances J. Batnesof NJ \ nix,
general secretary oi the young wOuIe n =
branch, reported ON the work d1nr
the past ysar, duriug which there had
been an increase In tnlEty.threo states,
Maryland leadiHg with tho greatest
number Of new recruits.
Invitations weTe received from Port.
lAnd (Maipe) aud Portland lOrogoH)
Milwaukee anu NASHVILLE, los the nex
national convention. Action was de
ferred. IL ID Probable tho convention
will DO held In one OF the lake cities
possibly Buffalo. The inlefnationa
convention Vt tue w, q. II. u. will b,
held at Toronto next year sud Il Il
the d.siTe OF MitH willard and othtl
members 10 hold national c0nven
ton al some place near tho CanAdlat
city so this delegates can 20 from on,
10 the other.
Last night several members Of tn,
W. q. 4. u. made q Summing tour
einging aud praying, among Ia,
hauilues Of dives In the tenderloin uis
trici.
rhe afternoon session opened will
an Informal reception by the genera
officers in the Music Hall parlors. IN,
nDal report OF the executive cOmmi.
tee was made, followed by addresse
by Emma booth Tucker aud Brigade
Susie n. Hwiit Of tue Salvation Army
A aumber OF fraternal delegates wsf
introduced and delivered short AZ
dresses,