The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
fhGhsE-scvcnth Annual Repnrt nm
Interesting Document

1
| H"S"'!-scNcnth Annual Reunrt nm
interesting DOcument.
lhe American board of foreign missions
in session at Boston, gave out its eighty.
seventh annual report as follows:
The receipts from the New England
states amounted to a total of 1856. 49,. -
me receipts from other States and Terri.
tories were as follows New York SEA.
OS6.O3; New Jersey. $7740.36; PENNSYLVANIA
SS36565 Maryland, s697.5l: Delaware. $40:
virginia, $5095; West Virginia. $27S14.
District of Columbia, $685. g5; North Caro-
lima. $l9632 South Carolina $40; Georgia
S14S,l1: Florida, S462.79; Alabama, Sli.S3:
Mississippi $l4.70; LouAiana, $55.01: Ten
nessee, $2i673; Arkansas, $3.50; Texas
$46'6S; Indiana, $135l,6l Kentucky. $50. "a;
Missouri, S3ySS.5O Ohio, $685.; Illinois
$SS,sl5. IL; Michigan, SIS, 1856. 49, Wisconsin
S924SsS; Iowa $l31S6.73; Minnesota
sSi5S Ii; Kansas. $219464: Nebraska,
$25SO.sl; California, S1O.S9s76; washing
ton, S395s6; North Dakota, $l29 90; South
| Dakota. $lS375S; Montana, 1852: Idaho
S2I52 Wyoming, Sl22.9l; Utah. $74 10: Ari-
zona S204,S5; New Mexico 5000; okla
homa, $256O. The receipts from all sources
The report deals at length with the
Turkish massacres and says that while
many Christians were killed or fled. the
| number of protesting Christians exceeds
that previous to the outrages. In several
| places the suffering has been very great.
! The generous gifts that have come well
nigh from every State for The relief of the
sufferers is acknowledged
| The demand for indemnity for losses in
| CURED at knarDut and Marash live,
! 10 Sloo l'0 was pressed, as yet without re-
| suit. The changed conditions at Constan-
| tinople by the arrival of Dr. Angel, the
I new United states minister to the porte.
may reasonably he expected to secure early
and satisfactory action in regard TO this
claim and all other questions at issue be-
| tween this government at Turkey The dis
tribution of funds from all countries for
| the relief OF suffering is more than SSH
| $50.
The massacres, In which at least 5000 Ar
| menians We're slaughtered in Constantine
pie were the result ostensibly Of an attack
| on the Ottoman bank of the city by revo-
| lutonlsts, but in reality Of the same fanat-
| icsm and race hatred which deuged the
whole empire with blood the previous year
When the sovereign spoke the. word on the
third day blno1shed ceased instantly
| throughout the whole city. The criminals
nave received little or no punishment, but
oned, employment denied them and threat
ened until more than 10000 of them fled
| from the city.
In India during the famine food rose to
abnormal prices AS d result, large nam
bers of the poor OF India died; nearly cne-
third of her people live constantly uIon
the verge of starvation when prices are
normal; it is easy to imagine the lcsIlt of
suck times as these. Grain ic CITY rrC-
cured at a few places.
The plague or bubonic fever frs came to
public notice in Bombay. panic seized
the 100000 inhabitants The trals and
steamers from the city became crowded
with people fleeing TO the country The
mortality OF the city rose from 5OU week
to 1000 The Christians in the city have
been marvelously preserved. among them
| only few cases have occurred. W death
from plague has taken place in Bombay
church. DR.. Van Allen is bHl ling cne Of
the largest residences in Southern India.
Native women have less and less foai OF at
tending the European dispenslry and are
almost as we'll represented as men.
This has been by far the most fruitful
year in the history OF the South China mis-
sion In the Foo Chow mission within
the last two years there has been an ca
pansion OF field and growth OF churches.
schools and hospital work unparalleled
in the history OF our missions in China
There are but five ordained missionaries
in a field that Includes 100000 souls for
whom this mission is considered res"onsl-
BILE. The North China mission, located
near the center of the empirs- giving 1e-
cess TO more than 600 Of souls, ably
manned and we'll established in seven
wisely chosen centers. is one OF TIE lndst
important and promising under the care
Of the board In the China mission, North
western China, an opium refuge Was ol.u,
NJ Il
large number OF patients anf-has- eesn
nearly self supporting
The problems which face tle mis- SION
aries in Japan today are enHel! u"tti
ent from these Of twenty-five yehs Az
The educated japanese are &etuilE T'uus
ing the social and religious questions III
witch The scholars of the Vest are liner
ested and always the beginnings of en-
lighteument are times OF DOUBT ana CUES
tionng. ,,is
In Hawaii one great drawbaek 10 lalid
propress Is tho backward condition OF tht
Hawaiian churches. The large moiu't,oh
9, Hawaiian churches are not 9IS
uorant. but Indifferent TO the ot'ila'lonS
of common honesty in the mater OF p'"'i
ised salaries OF their pastors. a.,,,
In Snain the fact that the miss 'AaTles
are citizens Of country AGAINST "hicp
there is such strong feellag groHlps
Ont OF the Cuban question loss hst 800.
10 he charged against them by We H.
Of those with whom they come ~ ~.
contact and relations. Tine dlihcult, IT,.
,s the nowerful ultramontgne symplthles
80 tha queen regent This influence Ie-
dominstes entirely in the court ana irsh
thera reaching the most distant village
and gives courage and strength " ~
dictionary element throughout ut
The queen regent Is good moln q, u
La II q