The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-25
STATE SUPERINTENDENT Herr

| We're given as previously announced.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT HERE.
The state superintendent of the
| league, Rev. II. A. Tucker, d. D., of
| Harrisburg, was the most prominent
visitor in the city yesterday, and spoke
| in the Washburn Street Presbyterian
| church at night. He also delivered an
| address at o'clock in the Welsh Pres
| byterian church and spoke at 7.30 in
| the Simpson Methodist Episcopal
| church.
The congregations of the Providence
| Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal
| churches united in the Presbyterian
| church in the morning and listened to
an excellent address by Rev. F. f.
| Tower, d. D., superintendent of the
| North Philadelphia district. Rev. Mr..
| Tower spoke in the evening at the
| Tabernacle Congregation and Jackson
Street Baptist churches.
| Rev. Mr.. Williams, the local superin-
tendent, spoke in the Dunmore Pres
| byterian church in the morning on
what the league offers to young men
| and women. He was the busiest man
| of the day, as he spoke at three
| churches in the afternoon and even
| ing, namely, the Zion United Evan
| gelical, First Welsh Baptist and the
| First Baptist.
Rev. c. H. Heisler, d. D., president
of Susquehanna university, at Selin's
Grove, and state president of the
| league, spoke in the Grace Evangelical
Lutheran church in the morning and
in the Calvinistic and Hampton Street
| CT mi haG ot Nil
Rev. William G. Hubbard, d. D.,
superintendent of the South Philadel-
phia district, spoke in the First Meth
odist Episcopal church, Dunmore, in
the morning, and In the evening de-
| livered an address In the Puritan Con-
| gregational church.
Hon. w. II. Kell, superintendent OF
the Williamsport district and the
leagues attorney in this state, spoke
In the morning In the Ash Street Meth
odist Episcopal church and in the
| evening In the Grace Reformed Epis-
copal church. Rev. w. T. Riley, d. D..
superintendent of the Sunbury dis
trict, delivered an address in the morn
ing in the Dudley Street Baptist
church, Dunmore, and in the evening
spoke in the Welsh Congregational and
Asbury Methodist Episcopal churches
THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
Rev. A. w. Swingle, of Harrisburg
was the speaker at All Souls Univer'
salist church in the morning and a
the Court Street Methodist Episcopa
church in the evening. Rev. NJ. H
Gottschall, D. D., another prominen
Harrisburg clergyman, spoke at the
First German Methodist Episcopal an(
the Tripp Avenue Christian churches.
| Professor T. b. Birch, A. NJ, of thu
Female college at Mechanicsburg
spoke at the Calvary Reformed anC
Primitive Methodist churches, anC
Professor b. F. Dougherty, A. M, de
livered an address in the evening a
the Providence Christian church.
The Anti-Saloon league, in the in
terests of which yesterdays meeting
were held, is an organization whicl
had it's birth some five years ago II
Ohio and which has since grown will
wonderful rapidity. 1t Is strictly non
partisan and undenominational ant
seeks to create a sentiment agains
| the saloon among all the people.
1t is divided in each state into thre
departments, namely, agitation, law en-
forcement and legislation. Yesterday
meetings were held for the purpose o
agitation and at the close of each en-
rollment blanks were offered for tn
signatures of all who might desire t
become league members. Another An
ti-Saloon Sunday is being planned TO
| the churches not included yesterda,