Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-15
STUNNING PARTIES
The Christian Endeavorers Make
Trips to Chinatown.
The GELD MINING CONVENTION.
Salt Lake City Chosen for the Next Meeting
Place-A Committee Appointed to
Secure Cabinet Oflicer for
Mining Matters.

SAN Francisco, July iO.-Slumming
parties through Chinatown are being
organized and are proving source Of
peculiar attraction to the Christian
Endeavorers. Yesterday seems to have
almost touched the high water mark
of religious fervor, but it is predicted
that by Sunday wave of even greater
excitement will sweep over the city.
Withal, much hard, earnest work is be.
ing done, and the practical results of the
convention will be surprising when the
full record is written. Yesterdays
proceedings and the incidents of the
great convention have fully demon
strated the fact that never before in
the history of this organization of phe.
nomenal growth has any of its annual
gatherings been crowned with such
success. 1t has required the efforts of
a big squad of police to keep people
away from the monster halls in which
the meetings are being held. For
more than an hour before the time
set for the opening of the serv-
ices in the evening the streets
near Woodward's and Mechanics
pavilion were literally packed
with men, women and children, eager
for admission, and almost before sun.
down the buildings capable of accom-
modating 10000 were so crowded that
the fire authorities positively refused
to admit any more of the endeavorers
or their friends. 1t is to the credit of
the police that admirable order was
maintained, and no casualty married
the enthusiastic religious demonstra-
tons. Thousands Of people from the
east poured into town yesterday, and
1t is estimated that not less than $4,000
visitors have already arrived, although
several trains are still delayed. The
arrangements for the convention made
by General Secretary Baer, aided by
the local committees, are admirable,
and everyone is pleased.
THE GOLD MINING CONVENTION.
DENVER, COL, July 10. The first
business of the last days session of the
international Gold Mining convention
was the selection of a place for hold
ing the next convention in 1893. j. 0.
Buckley, of Wisconsin, withdrew Mil
waullee from the contest After the
call of states had been finished and
before the vote was ahnounced Mr..
Montgomery, OF Nebraska, withdrew
Omaha, and moved that Salt Lake City
be declared the unanimous choice for
the convention, The motion was car
ried.
The following resolutions were in
troduced and referred: That for the
purpose of stimulating the mining in
dustry congress be memorialized to
establish in each United States land
district in the mineral producing states
a government experimenting and test
ing station, where ores may be tested
free of expense to the prospectors; to
change the name Of the convention
from international Gold Mining con-
vention to International Mining con-
gress.
Tho chairman appointed n commit
tee 10 take the necessary steps toward
securing the passage of constitu-
tional amendment establishing cabi-
net department, TO be known as the
of mines and mining.
N b, Guyet, member of the resolu-
lions committee from New Mexico,
offered minority report declaring for
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the ratio OF sixteen to one. On
motion it was laid on the table.