The age-herald., 1899-07-21
EPWORTH LEAGUERS
 AT INDIANAPOLIS
Opening Session Attended by Ten
 Thousand People,
MANY SPEECHES WERE MADE
California Delegates Want the 1901 Convention and Are About Equally Divided Between San Fran
 cisco and Los Angeles.

Indianapolis, Ind. July 20.-The opening
 session of the international convention of
 the Epworth League conducted simultane-
 ously today in Tomlinson hall and the Ep-
 worth tent, was attended by ten thousand people. Only four thousand delegates had
 arrived, but Indianapolis people turned out
 and swelled the attendance to overflowing. The entire session was devoted to speeches. Bishop o. P. Fitzgerald, of Nashville, Tenn, representing the Methodist Episco-
 pal church, South delivered an address in
 Tomlinson hall, which kept the audience in continual good humor. The California delegates are working
 hard for the 1901 convention. About thirty
 delegates are here equally divided between
 Los Angeles and San Francisco. They bill-
 ed the city today with streamers inscribed
 California, 1901"
 Dr. c. B. Mitchell, of Minneapolis, arr
 rived last night and has unexpectedly sprung the announcement that Minneapolis
 will be entered in the contest for the next convention He. said 800 delegates are en route from Minnesota fully determined to
 secure the convention. The committee on resolutions met at 10
 o'clock this morning to consider what shall
 be the policy of the Epworthians with re-
 gard to the seating of Congressman Brig ham H. Roberts, of Utah; Attorney Gen. eral Griggs' decision on army canteens and
 the amalgamation of all the young peoples s societies of all the Evangelical denomna- tions of the church. The meeting was held
 behind closed doors and the recommenda- tions of the committee will be kept under
 cover until Saturday night.
 The sun beat down on the unprotected
 canvass like hot iron pouring through a
 sieve, but the Leaguers famed and seem- ed to enjoy themselves. The tents seating capacity is 1000, and it was well filled, but
 not crowded. Throughout the assemblage
 the ministerial cloth, surmounted by
 white tie, gave the convention a decidedly religious aspect
 The interior of Tomlinson hall was much cooler, and many who first entered the tent went over to the hall. The night session was held in three pal aces, the tent Tomlnson hall and an op- era house. The evening trains augmented the number of delegates, and the three
 meetings were crowded to standing room The fore part of the three meetings was
 devoted to song service under the leader
 ship of E. o. Excell, of Chicago w. A.
 Hemphill of Texas, and J. M. Black, of Williamsport, Pa.
 Henry w. Rogers, of Evanston, Ia., pre-
 sided in the tent; Rev. A. Carmon, of To-
 ronto, in Tomlinson hall, and Rev. H. A.
 Gobin, of Greencastle, Ind, in the opera
 house. The following four topics were dis cussed:
 ;rIxC Cal,o CNllo
 "Self Culture; Its Value and Possibli- ties"
 Books and Reading" "The Bible and the Intellectual Life" The speakers of the evening were: In the tent Rev. G. c. Workman, Toronto; Rev. S. H. Werlin, Kansas City; Rev. Frank Hamilton, Boston; Rev. w. F. Mcdowell, New York.
 In the opera house, Rev. w. F. Lloyd,
 Fort Worth, Tex; Rev. E. L. Thorpe of Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev. Samuel Plantz, Ap-
 pleton, Wis; Rev. D. A. Hayes, Evanston, III.
 Tomlinson, Rev. J. W. Bashford, Della
 ware, Ohio; Rev. James Elliott. Kingston, Ont, Rev. H. D. Knickerbocker, Los An
 geles, Cal; Rev. J. w. b. Bowen, Atlanta Ga.
 '"rhe High School and College" was the topic of the address by Rev. W. F. Lloyd, Fort Worth, Tex. He said in part: ''To my mind there are three great req sons why higher education should be eagerly sought by our young people. First. a college education should be secured first of all for its own sake. "Second, a collegiate education must be secured by our young people for necesslty's sake
 Third an education-a collegiate educa- tion-for Christs sake is the final reason that I give why our young people should secure this equipment" Department conferences will occupy the | day tomorrow and the meeting places will | include several of the city churches. DECATUR K Weelxes Falls Overheard from the