The record-union., 1897-07-07
Train Load After Train Load of Delegates
Pouring Into San Francisco.
By Decision Rendered by United
States Circuit Judge Morrow,
Mrs. Florence B1ythe-Hinckley
is Likely to Lose the Property
Which She Has So Long Fought
for and Decided in Her Favor
by the State Courts.

SAN FRANCISCO, July Cit is al
ready evident that the Christian En-
deavor convention, which opens to-mor-
row, will be the greatest in the history
of the organization. The attendance
viii more than exceed anticipation, and
the royal welcome extended to the del
egates insures the success and enthusl-
asm of the gathering. All day long
trains have been rolling in, and nave
been met by members of the Reception
Committee, which Of itself is small
army, for the white caps of those whose
mission it is to welcome the strangers
within our gates are seen everywhere
on the streets. The latch string of
California is out, and the initials &c.
E' are the open sesame to boundless
hospitality.
Never before, not even by the
Knights Templar or Grand Army,
whose national reunions have been held
there, has the Pavilion been so we'll ar
ranged or so tastefully decorated as
now The whole auditorium above
and below is boarded in, and the
rough timbers are covered with purple
and gold. The floors are covered
with burlaps, underneath which is a
padding of cotton wadding, so that the
footstep will be noiseless and the SER
vices will not be interrupted by persons
moving about Potted plants, palms,
bamboos, cut flowers and wreaths of
roses are everywhere, and the Califor-
MIA poppy, either fresh from the fields
or in tissue similitude, may be seen at
every turn. There are comfortable
chairs for $500 people, and two or
three thousand may stand.
Machinery hall is divided off into
compartments, and in each are COM
mittees representing the different
States. Thus when the delegate from
any State arrives, they go Immediately
to the space set aside for them, and
there register their names in a book
alphabetically arranged. If the dele
gates are alert, there can be no confus-
ion. A strange Endeayorer finds the
stand on receptions, goes to one of them
in charge, presents his or her card, and
is given a badge and one of the books
on California that have been published
by the State Board of Trade. The
same with other committees, hotel or
other accommodations, literature, SOU
pie and admirable.
This afternoon there was a rehearsal
of the convention chorus, numbering
1000. With them was the bouquet
chorus and one hundred trained solo,
lists. Those who heard the singing
We're assured in advance of the success
of to-night's concert for it was evil
dent that the re-arrangement of the
pavilion had endowed it with acoustic
properties hitherto unknown in the big
building.
The decoration of Woodward's PaviI-
ion, where simultaneous meetings will
be held, is proceeding rapidly, and will
be completed tomorrow. This amphi-
theater will accommodate over 10000
people, and as all the churches will
keep open house, no Endeavorer will be
left out in the cold.
Tomorrow the preliminary work of
the convention begins. General Secre-
tary Baer is delighted with the out
look, for he believes that this conven-
ton will be memorable in the annals of
the Endeavorers