Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-21

here Oct. % and lasts through the
26th. The conventions sittings will
be held in Massey music hall. Among
the guests expected is a large delega-
ton from the British Woman's Tenn
perance association, including Mrs.
Hughes, president of the Manchester
union; Mrs. and Miss Lille, Mrs Ram
say, Mrs. Damn, Miss Cotterill, Miss
Lury, Miss Bleby, Miss Pearse, Mrs.
Ward Poole, private secretary to Lady
Helen Somerset and formerly press
superintendent of the B. w. T. A, and
Sister Lily, superintendent of the
Rev. Hugh Price Hughes West Lon
don mission, and Olafia Johansdottir
OF Iceland
The missionary work will receive
large share of attention At present
there are only four missionaries at
work in different PARTS of the world
all of them sent from the United States.
They are Miss Clara Parish of Illinois
il Japan, Mrs. j K. DamOy Of Rhode
Island, who is just back from Australia
and will return after the convention,
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is doing work in Mexico, and Mrs.
Anna Boiler of Washington, D. c.,
who has achieved considerable success
in Alaska. 1t is expected that the ad
visibility of sending out more mis-
scenarios will be strongly urged.
strong effort i'll be made to call the
next worlds co. Tention to Australia.
On Monday the 25th, between II and
II, memorial service will be held at
which Miss Frances e. Willard will
preside. Lady Somerset if she comes
will preach the special convention ser
mon on Sunday, Oct. "a, and arrange
ments have been made by the local
committees to supply the pulpits in all
the principal churches of Toronto on
that day with speakers from among
the members of the w. C. T. U. On
Saturday afternoon notable people
and representatives Of philanthropical.
religious and temperance societies will
be received and introduced Saturday
morning, Oct. %, Miss Willard, the
worlds president, will deliver the an
nUai address.
The music will be given by a chorus
of 400 voices under the direction of
A. 7. Crinigan. On the evening of
the child"ens demonstration a chorus
of 600 children will sing patriotic and
temperance songs. The number of
playing members of the different Or
carnations of the w. c.. T. q. all
over the world is about 100000. Of
these about 100000 are in the United
States, 10000 in England, 10000 in
Canada ard the rest distributed over
the British colonies in all parts of the
world the different countries of
Europe, Asia and Africa and Australia,
including Australasia.
Many of the delegates will go to Buff
falo, n. Y, to participate in the ma
tiOnal convention of the w. c.. T. U.
of the United States after the worlds
sessions are held. Here a sensation
is promised. 1t is said that the union
may be disrupted over the fight con-
corning the ownership of the woman's
temple in Chicago. Instead of owning
the building the w. G.. T. U. is only
tenant. Over 100000 is outstand-
ing in bonds and not enough money
has been collected to pay the expenses.
1t is alleged that the building scheme
together with other side speculations
has been worked" by a few women
to enrich themselves, and charges
have been made, notably by Miss
Emma C. SicFels, the celebrated In
dian worker, that over q million dol
lars have been taken from duped and
deceived women. These rumors and
charges are expected to get a COM
plete ventilation. So fierce is the
feeling that compromise is said to be
unlikely. 1t is expected that the re-
ports of organizers will be unusually
interesting. Mrs. Helen M Stoddard,
president of the Texas Union, will tell
about the work in Mexico; Mrs Anna
F. Boiler will have a full report of
organizing work in Alaska, which will
be supplemented by reports of Mrs. S.
M. Stahl and Miss Belle Kearney, who
have also been in Alaska Miss Martha
Mulnix will give a report on Indian
Territory. Miss Willard is president
of this body as we'll as the worlds Or
ganization.