The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-01
FRIENDS MEETING ENDS
LARGE OF WORK TRANS
ACTED YESTERDAY.
EpistIcs Received from Many Yearly
Meetings-Dfvorce Law and
Temperance Reports.
ecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Sept. 30.-The Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends transacted a
large amount of work to-day in order to be
able TO adjourn this evening. The devo-
tional service this morning was conducted
by William p. Pinkham, Jacob Baker and
Ethel Cook. The devotional exercise in
connection with the business session was
conducted by Exile Estes, of Rhode Island.
TIL epistle from Wilmington Yearly Meet
ing was first taken up. Ii says there is
continued faithfulness in the various lines
of church work and especial interest
in them in the causes of peace. temperance
and missions. The epistle from Oregon
Yearly Meeting says all the needs of the
church have been supplied the past year,
and that there is steady growth in peace
sentiment. The California epistle says
there is life and growth in that meeting
and that peace and temperance have
claimed special attention. The Iowa epis-
tie says that meeting is actively engaged in
evangelical and pastoral work. The mis-
sion work in Jamaica is encouraging and
they are glad TO cooperate with other
yearly meetings in mission work in Africa
and Cuba.
The minutes of the representative meet
ing were presented. This body is of a
SupCA " IdlulCs dHu dulOIS lS QuNlCS
is to look after the title to land, the add
ministration of justice within the State and
United States, prison reform and the i'm
proVement OF penal laws. Memorials were
read for Anna NJ. Johnson. of Cincinnati,
and Samuel g. Mills, late superintendent of
pastoral and evangelistic work.
The following was named TO
report on the advisability of establishing a
new yearly meeting at Marion: r. w.
Douglass. Margaret HoSier. Alice Bergman
Johnson, Elizabeth j. Hill, Hannah II.
Smith and Abel Gilbert. Rev. Allen Jay
was appointed to serve on the Bible Insti-
tute committee, and Rev. Enos Harvey, of
Paramount, was named to fill the place on
the same committee vacated by Prof. FL
bert Russell, now in Chicago University.
Isaac Elliott and Samuel c. Cowgirl. of
Summitville, were named as trustees OF
Whites Institute. The appointed
to secure legislation on the subject OF dl-
vorce reported that public sentiment in In
diana has not yet reached a stage at which
effective legislation upon the subject OF
divorce is possible, notwithstanding the
fact that the evil is apparently steadily
upon the increase.
This afternoon epistles were ordered sent
to London. Dublin, North Carolina, OHIO,
Western Iowa, Canada, Kansas, Whining
ton, Oregon and California Yearly Meet
ings. Special epistles will be sent to the
Friends in Mexico and Southland College.
Arkansas. a suggestion by Francis w
Thomas that T.. q. Ellis and Charles "A.
Francisco, of Indiana; stephen A. Bogue;
of Michigan, and Thomas J.. Stubs, of
Ohio, be appointed to petition the senators
and representatives of Indiana, Ohio and
Michigan to help in passing a bill TO ex-
clude intoxicating liquors from our articles
OF with the new Hebrides
islands. was approved. The members OF
the Board of American Friends Foreign
Missions were made members of the Board
of Indiana Yearly Meeting Foreign Missions
and Ida ). Henley and Joseph A. Goddard
were added to the latter board. The dele
gates reported that $500 should be raised
by the Quarterly Meetings the coming
year.
made it's fist report. Ten yearly meetings
are associated in the work p. w. Raida-
baugh. Plainfield, Ind, is president; Emma
h. Malone, Cleveland, o., secretary; w. G..
Taber, New York, treasurer. 1t mas been
decided to send out a pioneer party of three
men about the first of next April to pros
pect and locate a mission near the north
buildings are to be erected. and later an
other party, including women, will be sent
out. The advance party will be Willis r.
Hotchkiss, Edgar Hole and Arthur Gibson.
The Indian Aid Society, which has charge
of assisting the work among the Otoe In
dians, reported the following officers for
next year: President, Mary Jay Ballard,
treasurer. Elizabeth j. Hill; advisory mem
Der, Mahalah Jay; quarterly meeting cor
respondents-Dublin, Louisa Wickersham:
Eastern, Mary r. Dugdale; Fairmount.
Ella Winslow; Long Lake. Hattie Frank
lin; Marion, Mira Small; New Garden,
White; vandaIia, Nancy Wright; Van
Vert, Catherine Supp. Wabash, Anna
Jones: Walnut Ridge, Almira p. Brown;
West Branch, Martha NJ. Elleman; West
field. Eva Talbert; Whitewater, left va
cant: Winchester, Mary A. Ozbrin.