The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-25
MISSION MOVEMENT.
Delegates from ALI Over the World
to Meet at Cleveland.
DAUGHTERS OF The REVOLUTION
The Annual Convention Opens at Washing
ton-Pneumonia at ". Louis-Na-
tionaI University Enterprise
The Chicago Temple.

CLEvELAND,O Feb. 81. - "The World
for Christ" Is the war cry emblazoned
upon the banner of one OF the most
unique and what is claimed to be one
of the most powerful and efficient
Christian enterprises the Interna-
tional Student Volunteer Movement
for Foreign Missions, which will hold
its convention in this city, beginning
Wednesday, 1t will probably be one
of the largest missionary gatherings
of the century. Some of the best
known men engaged in missionary
work, both in the field and at home,
and the greatest number of missionary
boards and organizations ever brought
together at one time will be here.
Practically every nation of civili-
zation as we'll as of heathen-
dom will send delegate. Students,
men and women and professors,
will come from the Eve great conti-
nents of the world and from the islands
of the sea. Cleveland will have the
latchstring out to receive these repre-
sentatives of the educational world.
Five thousand young men and women
"
them the possessors of more than one
college or university degree and hun
dreds of them pledged to go into the
mission field-such is the character of
the Student Volunteer Movement and
of such material will the coming con-
vention be composed. Important and
far-rea ching results are dependent
upon this gathering. A great revival
and awakening of missionary interest
in all civilized countries is expected to
follow in its wake.
DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
WAsHTNGToN, Feb 2l.-The annual
meeting of the Dar ghters of the Amer
lean Revolution pened here to-day.
Delegates from :hany states are al
ready quartered az the uptown hotels
and are carrying GA an animated can
vass for the coming election. The
New York chapter will hold its usual
reception at Raucher's this evening
This year there is hot fight in pros
pect over the Office OF president gen.
eral, to be vacated 5y Mrs. Adlai
Stevenson, who has held it for
the full legal term. The organi-
zaton for the first time will depart
from its usage of electing to this office
the wife OF the vice president of the
United States The two most promi-
nent candidates are Mrs Daniel Man
ming, of Albany, wife OF the eX-secre-
tary of the treasury, and Mrs Donald
Mclean, regent of the powerful New
York city chapter. The fight will be
between the most powerful factions of
the d. A. X. in the empire state, and
1t has already been announced as war
To the knife.
PNEUMONIA AT ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2l.-Out of total of
lSS deaths last week 40 were caused by
pneumonia and other diseases of the
respiratory organs. Consumption
claimed 20 old age, 10; diphtheria, L;
Group, 3; scarlatina, /; typhoid fever, |.
Cases of contagious diseases were re-
ported to the number of1I. During the
corresponding week in 1897, Ella deaths
occurred. Damp weather, such as
prevailed last week, breeds pulmonary
diseases and is especially hard on con-
sumptives and persons with weak
lungs
M lioNAL UNIV Ehhil1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-ln reply to
an inquiry into the present status and
prospects of the national university
enterprise, eX-Gov. John Wesley Hoyt,
chairman of the national committee,
says that good progress seems to be
making in all quarters unless it be in
the senate. There opposition has oc-
Cured OF ecclesiastical origin in COM
mittee, and this, in connection with
the other circumstances, has simply
delayed action. Nevertheless, the
friends of the measure are confident of
early and favorable results.
THE CHICAGO TEMPLE.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2l.-The fate of the
temple of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union is more in doubt than
ever. Miss Willard was believed to be
the only person who could raise the
debt and save the temple, and Miss
Willard is gone. One plan, however,
has been proposed that is generally
approved. 1t is TO change the name
of the building to Willard temple and
solicit funds for it for monument to
the great Temperate leader.