The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-19
W. {. 7. U. CONVENTION.
Count Tolstoi Is Interested 10 the
Temperance Cause.
HIS FAMILY ARE TOTAL ABSTAINERS
siumnitng Tour Throngh the Tender.
ioin District ut Niuht--A Good
showing Despite Hard rimcs.

session Of the Womon's Chriatian Tenper.
snoe Union National convention ononrl
with the usual prayer meeting In schuy,e,
Memorial House.
After singing and prayer at Music Hail
| the minutes OF the session were read aud
| approved. The report of the executive con,
| mlttee. containing the nanios Of the or.
eahlsers, superintendonts % Department.
oVanselists, editors and business managers
Of Ihe Union Signal, president Of the board
Oh temperance hospital aud members of
'he sNnding committees recommended for
appclntNent were read II WAS approved
without dNision Among those hs,ned are
the IollowiN
ENaueeIts,s<Mrs J. X. barney. Mrs. =.
NJ nc nry, MIN Annie NJ Palmer. Mrs.
May sparks- WhNcr. Mrs Il. j. 1rcgo.
Mrs. Mary j. WcnVSs. Mira r, NJ. lIough .
ton, Mrs, Jennie f. willing. Mias carrie
smith Rev, Frances Il, rownsloy and Mrs
Mary e. Woodin
Editors of the Union Signal Mrs. SUI
sauna NJ. y. Fry, Miss Clara G. Chapin aud
Mrs Ada NJ Melville
business manager Mrs c t. Graw
irosldoni board OF trustees OF Tomper
ancc Hospital Airs Matgarpt lnrlehArt
Nra MAJ, - IL, ii"lihpo'l',lVh'
ilchor"n n =" NV, Ivy 9''p"Nu IhVo'N'Ss' Mrs'
NoN' Anna SHAW. convention sealiula, Miss
Carrie Bugby, auditor Mics { u Bigclow.
Miss Matilda II Carsc. presideut OF tho
ton madn i, rnnor, st, ns., "ssuN,"
spite the financial donrcSst"" ~ Va Wv
ton had wen,hsrna IN, st,.,,s 80 -.
TREASURY showed a net rn,n To-" ~, 'V aar
OF s5l6, The cosh rccel,,e tar 49,, .,sa
were Sl25.3s7. and exnopal,urna siSs "a
MrB Carse said thft whom 4, v',,, cn,.
sidorcd that thu REGENTS fo, lSoG we've al
AGg lesn than the pr,c,linp Won, 4, ~.
remarkable thnt me nssorio,iou mad ,~"n
able TO hold It's own.
Miss willard road II letter from Tfitara
Toletoi. daughter OF the Russinn ,ount az
that uamc. In witch she tatd
"Your nephew said ,nu and Indy soncr-
set were perhaps comlug ia kussia My
father ana ,l,rr. v,.,y ,,t,,,,a1 w.
that nows and wa homo thnl Won win INV
us II visit II your voyage viii take place
In connection with this Miss Willard
spoke OF another letter received from the
same source. In which the writer Maid that
she and hor father were Interested. heart
ana soul in the work of the Women
Christian Temperance Union.
At',r the receipts Of some Women's
Christian Tonpcrnnco Union aocuu,out, Ia.
thr count, he and HIS whole iuIutly became
total ahatainerg. Mlse WilIard rpuor,,d
T,lrprn,rs of greeting vera o,,iore1 SON,
TO lula Ward Hove ma n,y,r,,', ,,.,,a,.'
If Wisconsin
Iuvitniiu,,s wore rc,.i,,.d ,,,r, po,,,,,., |
Me nnd pnrnnud nrc uu,.,,t',', ,.i |
In hold tho n,xt o,,,,,at ,,,,,,''.,,
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.vt,ia,I .I'' NM !. W t'l' u's're OF MISS
n,,'' ~ =" "ulu 'up Naupnal convention ~
!. , ,.'', t'"'u noni ,ic 'an"uiah side 40 that
"" .9 ,a' 10 ''o" one 10 mo o'her
nisu, son,rhi "e"oers OF inc Wpm-
,p',on 'e,nPsr"he' cniun MADE
,ui,,ins ,oufl S"R'hN hhn PRAYING with
ao.'''S Vi oiV't III mo Tcnderloin dis
s,,,
me AFTERNOON session opened with an
" o,'hai reception or the general officers
Hn music hHli parlors. The final re-
W VI w. executive committee was mode. ,
,ho"eu pV addresses h' Emma Booth
ncker ana Brigadier Hudo H. Swift of r
ne salvation Army 4 number Of frator-
al delegates who had not been zero be
IRE we're Introduced tn the conveution
no delivered short addresses
Tha last session M hc
! the programme mn .nnor,o' a,."