The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-09
FRISCO CONQUERED.
"Wickedest City in America" in the
Hands of the Christians.

San Francisco, July SIT may now
be said that the Christian Endeavor
hosts have completed their conquest of
this city. They have arrived in such
numbers during the last "a hours as
to permeate every quarter of the city.
All through the late hours of the night
and every hour this morning trains
have arrived from the east, north and
south, bearing thousands of delegates
and visitors
Special boats have carried the crowds
across the bay, and at the ferry they
were met by scores of Xhite-capped
| guides, whose sole duty it was to make
/ the delegates welcome and to pilot
/ them to the headquarters at the great
! Mechanics pavilion, where every dele
gate is registered and directed to COM
/ Portable quarters in some part of the
/ city. The scenes at the pavilion re-
semble a national political convention,
! except that women are more in evil
dence on this occasion than usually at
tend great gatherings. In fact, fully
two-thirds of the delegates are of the
gentler sex. But their presence tends
to make the scene more striking in
color and more animated in spirit. All
the streets in the business districts of
the city and in the neighborhood of
the different headquarters are con-
gested with the countless thousands OF
visitors. Every one seems to be on the
move as if the cooling breezes fror-
the Pacific are most welcome ate.
journey through the burning alkali
plains. Men and women alike are
decked with ribbons of purple and gold,
Endeavor colors on which are words
announcing their state and town.
Streams of delegates poured into the
pavilion throughout the night and this
forenoon, and the young women en-
gagged in the registration booths were
kept busy. Tkey came in driblets and
they came in rushes, but the registra-
ton department was prepared for any
thing and not even the big mass dele
CATION could rattle them.
Most of the state delegations are
supplied with literature and it is not
confined TO Christian Endeavor publ
cations. There are pamphlets pro-
claiming the fruitfulness of the soil,
the beauty of the scenery, the vastness
of the industries and the fields OF la
Dor
The busiest scenes this morning are
about the California headquarters.
There are $4,000 Endeavorers in Cali
fornia and it seems as though most of
them intended putting in an appear
ance at some time during the conven-
ton. Not the least attractive part OF
this part of the pavilion is the score
Of pretty California girls who are en-
gagged in distributing badges and i'm
parting information TO all those VINO
call.
The work of decorating the different
state booths is about completed and the
installing of the coat of arms of each
state on the different booths has given
life and color to every nook in the big
building. One of the largest and hand
soonest booths is that of Oregon, decor f.
ated in purple and gold, the state name
appearing in gold letters. The other
northern state, Washington. has hand Z
some quarters, violet and white being
the predominant colors. The total
number of arrivals, including those of
this forenoon. is about 5000.