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with II and others very antagonistic. But
the founders hope in time to convert the
university. for they say that they have
come 10 oxford to make some return for
what oxford has done in the way of send
ing out missions and establishing settle
ments in the sluIns. They wish TO in
struct the young men who may one day
| control the English speaking people here
and in Auerica-to teseh them how to i'm
prove things. not to injGre- There VIII be
no limit as to age, and the only qua itica-
| lions VIII be moral character. the ability
| to read inteligently, and the readiness TO
| pay 50 week"
They have mo 'isms. to teach. no party
and creed. The men wanted are the
leaders who aspire to be vestrymen. coun-
| try councillors. members OF Parliament,
trades unionists. fellows who harangue
crowds in the streets and who organize
/ clubs.
| National Congress of India
| The National Congress of India recently
held its fourteenth annual meeting at
Madras Over 900 delegates and 1900 visit
! ors attended and great enthusiasm pre-
/ vailed during the proceedings. They were
/ representative of all the races and creeds
! of India, and the varieties OF costumes and
! color impaired a highly picturesque APP
| pearance to the sittings that took place in
! the occasion.
! The Hon. Subha Rao. member of the
| Madras Legislative Council and chairman
! of the reception committee, welcomed the
| delegates and referred to the beneficent
| forces through the action Of which the
| congress had been evolved to interpret to
| the ruling powers the wants and wishes
of the Indian people. He regretted the at
| lacks made on it from certain quarters.
n,,Ix Din tD- for !ha In
| dian people by constitutional means the
| full benefits of British citizenship promised
| in the proclamati0ns OF the Queen En-
! press.
/ Mr. Amanda Mohun Bose barrister, OF
| Calcutta, was elected president. In his
| inaugural address he referred TO the recent
reactionary and repressive policy OF the
| government of India. citing as instances
| the prolonged detention of political sus-
poets without trial and their Punishment
from their homes by administrative order,
| the sedition and press laws. the press CEN
! sorship committees. composed of govern
raent Of1cials. and the subyersion OF the
! first principles OF self government aimed
at in the Calcutta municipal bill. He also
alluded to the forward frontier policy that
embarrassed the finances of India, arrested
domestic reform, and retarded the eXecu-
ton OF necessary public works. He APP
pealed to the sympathy and sense OF JUS
tice OF the British people to procure Ie-
| version from this policy in order TO re-
| store the confidence and contentment OF
| the Indian people in the rulers of their
country.
The educated classes in India were. he
said thoroughly loyal to and foremost in
the efforts TO secure the pernanency OF
British rule. As representing the edu-
Gated classes and the uninstructed masses,
the congress was true friend of the gov
eminent and faithful interpreter Of pop
lar wishes and wants. In concluding.
Mr.. Bose expressed the earnest hope that
much needed and urgent administrative
reforms and a policy of trust and SYM
pathy would characterize the rule Of Lord
CurZon and restore contentment and hap
piness among the Indian people.
The arrival OF Lord CuTzon during the
sitting of the congress was availed or to
send him message of welcome, to which
he sent prompt and cordial reply ac-
cepting the coed wishes of the congress.
The reply was received with great en-
thusiasm by the delegates. who gave three
hearty cheers in his honor.
Resolutions were passed bearing on the
various subjects touched on in the presi-
dents inaugural address, and the congress
concluded its session after appointing
Lucknow as the next place OF meeting. in
December Of the present year.
! The Coli Ethical liarria.e.
They are still talking in London and
printing things in the London papers about
the marriage OF DR.. Stanton Colt PHI d.
and Miss Adela Wetziar. which occurred
at Kensington Town Hall recently. II was
said to be the first ethical marriage" ever
celebrated in England or anywhere else
It interested the folk of London town i'm
mensely, and now. so it IS reported. eth
zeal marriages are being seriously dis
cussed in London drawing rooms The
marriage was called an ethical marriage
because DR.. Colt is a somewhat celebrated
exponent OF ethical culture and because thl
ceremony was performed by Frederick
Harrison. for some time connected with
the London Society for Ethical Culture
| When the NeighbOrhood Guild was vel
established DR.. Colt was called to Londoi
to succeed Noncure ID. Conway as the
minister Of the religious society of Soutg
Place Chapel. Or. Colt made the society
one for the study of ethical culture under
took worl; among the London tenements
| and founded NeighbOrhood Guild there
| After time DR.. Colt returned to the
United States and took charge OF the Uni
versty Settlement During the hard times
in the winter OF 1891 Dr. Colt conceived
the idea of giving the unemployed worf
by having the city eXpeGd $50 Goa. Goa OF
Z
with labor leaders and arranged a mas.
meeting in Madison Square Garden Il
launch the scheme
The big amphitheatre vas packed will
a turbulent crowd OF Socialists. labor agj-
! tators. and what not. among whom were {
few sober minded. serious men of sub.
stance. As result of the meeting it wal
decided to circulate petitions in favor o
a demand for the following to be bull
at the public expense:
To build underground railroads adequate To tll
city's needs
To build all the doc'.s and whlrycs Of the cit,
| OF iion and granite
To construct in every senatorial district laTg,
public baths. with swimming pools for men IN,
women and private baths with all modern i'm
proyCmcntS.
To construct underground water closet, an,
lavatorteS at ever fourth street Throughout tn
tenement-llUC~e districts.
To erect i'll every senatorial district q publ,
hall for the Use ct the people, with rooms io
labor intelligence bureaus attached.
To build a. many new schoulhntl<sS Us the. ellii,
population requires
To tear down the rear tenement, Throughout
the tenement h",l>c districts. and To convert tht
back yard, into interior parks.
Shortly after this meeting DR. Colt
socialist views became too pronounced for
the patrons of the University Settlements
and he returned to England in March
1884, He has lived in or near London evel
since.
Invitations were issued in the name o.
the prospective bride and bridegroom fol
the wedding and Kensington Town Hal
was packed. The marriage was preceded
by the arrangement OF the usual formali,
ties at the office OF the registrar Tn,
ceremony took half an hour and consisted
chiefly of eXhortations by Mr.. Harrison
MIR. Harrison. according to The Londor
Q Npfi he l, i,lf