Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-25

noon at Three O'Clock.
Conservation Service by Rev. h. NJ.
Burrs, of Cataraugus, NY.
Addresses Of Welcome, Responses
and Reports Will Occupy This
Evenings Session = The; Pro-
gramme for To- Morrow-Ihe First
o. the Visiting Delegations Ar
rived in the City Yesterday Will
Come Thick and Fast To-Day.
This afternoon at three o'clock the
biennial convention of the Fourth
General Conference District of the Ep-
worth League will open in the big
tent at Epworth Park, at the west end
of Virginia street, Island, and will con-
tinue it's sessions until next Wednes-
day at noon. All the arrangements
have been completed for a most sat
isfactory meeting, and the attendance
is expected to be large and the inter-
est great. The various local COM
mlttees, some of which have been act
lively engaged in the work of prepar-
alton for six weeks past have per-
formed the tasks allotted to them in
the most thorough manner, and moth
ing remains which earnest endeavor
could accomplish to ensure success.
While most of the preliminary work
had been accomplished early in the
week, the finishing touches, for the
most part, having been given Thurs
day evening, yesterday was neverthe-
less busy day with the members of
some of the committees, notably dec
Grafton and reception. By last even
ing the decorations at he Fourth street
and Thomson churches had been COM
pleted, and both edifices looked
very handsome, as do the tents on the
grounds. Business men in consider
able numbers followed the recon-
mendation of the Mayor and hung out
decorations yesterday, and doubtless
many others will go up to-day and
Monday.
The first of the visiting delegates ar
rived yesterday morning at eleven
o'clock, over the Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling railroad. They were met by
detachments of the Committee on Re
ception and promptly cared for. Dur
ing the day there were quite a number
of individual arrivals, and last evening
the first detachment of the Washing
ton City delegation, numbering fifteen,
arrived over the Pennsylvania road and
met with hearty reception. At half
past eleven last night the Philadelphia
& Ohio, and were met by the Reception
Committee according to programme,
escorted to Fourth Street church, and
thence were assigned to their quarters
and escorted there by the guides and
pages. Prof J. M Black, of Williams
port, Pa, in charge Of the musical
work, arrived during the day and is at
the Stamm. Miss Ida L. Martin, of
Pittsburg, Junior League Superintend-
ent, also arrived in the city during the
day, and has already commenced pre-
parations for the Junior rally Monday
afternoon. The second detachment
from Washington, D. c., will arrive
this morning at $50 o'clock.
The Board of Control will assemble
at Thomson church, South Broadway,
at 10 o'clock this morning. The Mem
bers of the Board and Advisory Com
mittee are as follows:
President A. M Schoyer, Pittsburg,
Pa, Pittsburg Conference; first vice
president, T. M. B. Hicks, Williams
port, Pa, Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence; second vice president, Rev. w. H.
Ford Columbia, Pa, Philadelphia Con-
ference; third vice president, G. Frank
Brown, Titusville, Pa, Erie Confer
ence; fourth vice president. Rev. M. ].
Naylor. 2207 Division street, Baltimore,
Md, Baltimore Conference; correspond
ing secretary, Harry o. Hine. 1929 New
York avenue, Washington, d. c., Balti-
more Conference; recording secretary,
Roland E. Remley, All Wood street,
Pittsburg, Pa. Philadelphia Confer
ence; Junior League superintendent,
Miss Ida l.. Martin, 9 Freeland street,
Pittsburg, Pa, Pittsburg Conference.
Members of General Board of Con-
trol-W. L. Woodcock. Altoona, Pa,
Central Pennsylvania Conference; Fred
w. Tunnel, Germantown, Pa, Phila
delphia Conference; rev. j. w. E.
Brown, D. D., Atlanta, Ca, Washing
ton Conference.
Advisory Committee-Rev. ]. H. Mil
Ter. Jacksonville, Fla, Erie Conference;
Rev. D. L. Johnson. Monongahela, Pa,
Pittsburg Conference; w. B. Matthews,
Charleston, w. Va. West Virginia Con-
ference; Rev. H. D. Mitchell. N. Ais
cuith street. Baltimore, Md, Baltimore
Conferences; Rev. William L. Mcdowell
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