Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27
/ SAN FRANCISCO WINS PRIZE,
Coast City the Next Meeting Place
of Epworth Leaguers.
SUNSHINE AT INDIANAPOLIS,
Perfect Weather Has Enabled the Dele
gates to Thoroughly Enjoy the Various
Meetings-Twenty Thousand Visitors
Were In the City.

Indianapolis, Ind, July 24.-San
Francisco will entertain the Epwortt
! league convention in 1901. The com.
mittee having this matter in charge
reached its decision Friday evening
| after hearing the claims of the various
cities seeking to be honored. The
more important places considered aside
from the one chosen were Denver and
Los Angeles, Cal. The vote in the
committee stood: San Francisco, 6;
Los Angeles, 3; Denver, l.
Beautiful weather, hot but not swell
league convention. More have arrived
and the registration was closed after
1t had reached $1,000 Members of the
local committees insist there are 10000
here, with more expected. Every serv-
Ice is largely. attended, and at most OF
the meetings many people have been
| unable to secure seats.
The leaguers were up with the sun
| Friday morning for a sunrise love
| feast at the soldiers and sailors mon
ument. The meeting began at $3.50
o'clock and was led by the Rev. w. A.
| Spencer of Philadelphia.
Social work was considered at two
| meetings-at Roberts Park church and
the Second Presbyterian church. The
| first meeting was conducted by the
Rev. Horace B. Ogden and the second
| by the Rev. John Morrison of London,
Ont.
The department of spiritual work
| met at Tomlinson hall and at English's
opera house, 1000 people being at the
hall, with 1000 turned away. The
Rev. W. A. Frye of Kalamazoo, Mich,
presided at the hall, and the Rev. j.
w. Newman of Birmingham, Ala, at
the theater.
The department of finance met at the
Meridian Street Methodist church at 9
| o'clock The speakers were the Rev.
Mr.. Paine of Lincoln, Neb., the Rev.
Mr. Bennett of Mississippi and DR.. w.
Earl Wilmott of Toronto.
The biggest meeting Of the day was
the evangelistic meeting at Tent Ep-
worth at II o'clock. The Rev. l.. W.
Munhall, evangelist, of Germantown,
| Pa, led the service.
The band concert at the state fair
grounds was the only general meeting
on the program for the afternoon. In
connection with the concert was held
| the state Young Mems Christian asso-
citation meet, and 5000 people thronged
| to the fair grounds.
Bishop McCabe presided at English's
opera house. Here also there was a
patriotic concert and devotional exer-
cises. There were two lectures on
"Anglo-American Relations" by the
| Rev. James NJ. Buckley of New York
and the Rev. A. Carman of Toronto.
An old-fashioned "love-feast" was
conducted in the tent during the after
noon by the older members of the
| league.
The Illinois state cabinet met and set
July 10 to 10 as the time for the next
| meeting of the Illinois Epworth league.
OF the $500 colored delegates expect
| ed here 1900 have arrived. The dele
cation of colored people to this con-
vention is said to be the largest ever
sent to meeting of this sort
Friday afternoon a delegation from
Chicago numbering 600 went directly
from the union station to the Illinois
headquarters. Illinois has a larger reg
istration than any other state except
| Indiana. The registration from Illinois
| is 1851, from Indiana 3,546. The next
| largest registration is from Ohio, 459.