Evening star., 1901-04-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONFER
ENCE TO BE HELD IN MAY.
Great Interest Being Taken in the
Gathering-Its Aims and
Purposes.

the body. Brought into being about
thirty years ago by leading thinkers, 1t is
a voluntary organization with seml-of-
fetal character in which all forms of be-
nevolent preventive and reformatory work
are represented by accredited delegates,
and all phases of the work are discussed
at its meetings, which usually last for one
week. The conference Is devoted to ques-
tions which involve neither political nor
theological controversy, and it welcomes
to it's membership persons of all creeds and
all parties without distinction. The meet
ings are open to the public and all are
made welcome.
The conference last year was held at
Topeka. Kansas, and. upon representations
made by the committee on charities and
corr ections of the Washington Board OF
Trade. the delegates unanimously voted TO
meet in this city this year. Arrangements
for the entertainment of the conference
are in most excellent hands, as the list of
committees will show. The sum of about
5000 will be required to meet expenses.
The committees are as follows
Committee of One Hundred.
B. T. Janney, chairman; VIM. NJ. Shus-
ter vice chairman; Jno. w. Douglass, sec
retary.
Rev. w. C. Alexander, Rev. A H Ames.
Mrs John W. Babson. Mrs. Kate B.
Barlow, Miss Clara Barton. Capt. Lansing
IL Beacn. MI. CntlrleS j. Bell, MI SCotI
Bone Justice Edward F. Bingham, Col.
Henry F. Blount, MIR. VIM. j. Boardman,
Justice Andrew c. Bradley, Mr.. Justice
Brewer, w. Z. Barker. Mr.. Justice Brown,
A. A. Birney w. w. Burdette, NJ. c. Bar
nard.
A S. Caywood. Col Cecil Clay, w. A. H.
Church. Justice C. c. Cole. Z. Carusi, John
F. Cook, W. W. Connor, Justice Walter s.
Rev. William L. Devries. w. F. Dow
ney.
John Joy Edison.
Miss Frances G. French. Edw Farquhar,
Rev. NJ. Ross Fishburn Charles E. Foster,
Chief Justice Fuller.
Secretary Lyman Gage, William B. Cur
ley.
Justice Alexander B. Hagner Justice
Harlan, Mrs HANNA, w. T. Harris, Cen
eral George H. Harries, Mrs. J. B. Hen
derson, Bishop John F. Hurst, Senator
Hoar, Colonel Archibald Hopkins, Rev. E.
Lawrence Hunt.
Miss Bessie Kibbey, I. G. Kimball, Chas
King, DR.. R. Kingsman
John B. Larner, Herbert W. Lewis, Mrs
Henry Cabot Lodge, T. A. Lambert, John
Leech, Charles Lyman.
Mrs. H. D. McLanahan, Mrs. James H
McGill, H. B. F. Macfarland, B. P. Mann,
W. S. Montgomery Rev. DR.. Mackay Smith,
Mrs. H. B. F. Macfarland F. L. Moore.
DR.. c. P. Neill, Charles F. Nesbit, Theo-
dore w. Noyes, Thomas c. Noyes.
r. A. Pearson, Rev. W. E. Parsons.
F. P. Reside Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe
John w. Ross, Miss Fredrica Rodgers,
Cuno H. Rudolph, DR.. w. P. Reeves, DR..
A. B. Richardson.
Rt. Rev. H. Y. Satterlee, Mrs C. Emory
Smith, A. T. Stuart, Justice Shiras, j.
Harry Shannon, Thomas w. Smith, Mrs
Margaret Sutherland, T. w. Sidwell, Gen.
| Ellis Spear, Russell Smith, Mrs. Sara A.
| Spencer W. H. Stoutenburgh, Gen. Geo.
! NJ. Sternberg, NJ. NJ. Shand, Rev. DR.. D. J.
| Stafford, G.. W. F. Swartzell, Maj. Richard
| Sylvester.
J. B. T. Tupper, Col. George Truesdell,
W. S. Thompson.
| Thomas E. Waggaman, B. H. Warner,
NJ 1. Weller, Miss Fannie Whelan, John
B. Wight, Beriah wilkins, George s. Will
son. ]. C. Wilson, Nathaniel Wilson, Rev
| G.. Wines. Simon Wolf S. w. Woodward
| Edward c. Wilson.
| Cook, Julia R. Hall, George H. Harbin,
| Mrs, Bessie B. Cheshire, E. E. McCaslin
B. B. McCaslin, S. S. Parkman. James H
H Harris, IS, j; Russell Verbrycke, G. A. Snow
| Geo. w Cook, l; L. Blout, n. L. Coiiamer
Henry M. Hoyt. Miss Amy Rule, Miss Flor
ence Spofford, l.. NJ. Cutler.
Executive Committee.
| B. T. Janney, chairman ex-officio; C. H
| Rudolph, W. NJ. Shuster, Rev. W. G. AL
exander, Mrs H. B. T. Macfarland, C. E
| Foster, w. W. Burdette. J. B. T. Tupper
Newton NJ Collamer, s. W. Curriden T
w. sidwell, F. L. Moore, R. A. Pearson
Or. W. E. Parson, Thos. W. Smith, DIR. F
h Wines, Thos. c. Noyes, F. P. Reside
Geo. s. Wilson, DR.. Chas. p Neill, G. w
F. Swartzell, Miss Fredrica Rodgers, T. A
| Lambert, A S. Caywood, John Joy Edison
Justice A. b. Hagner, John w. Douglass
| Edw. Farquhar.
| On Finance.
| c. E. Foster, chairman: ]. B. T. Upper
Mrs NJ. L. D. Macfarland. W. E. Barker
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W. A. H. Church, B. P. Mann, B. H. War
ner. Charles j. Bell, w. j. Boardman Col
Archibald Hopkins, Miss Bessie Kibbey
Mrs. Helen D. McLanahan, Chas Lyman.
On Reception.
| F. L. Moore, chairman; Justice A. 3
Hagner, Rev. W. C. Alexander. Mrs Kat
B. Barlow, Justice E. T. Bingham, Justic
A. c. Bradley, Justice Brown, Mrs. John r
Young, Miss Frances G. French, Mrs Mar
garet Sutherland. Mr.. T. L. Jeffords S.
Yoder, Mrs. DR.. HANNA, DR.. w. F
Reeves. Mrs. j. B. Henderson. Col. Gee
Clay, Judge Walter s. Cox, w. T. Downey
Richard Kingston. John b. Larner, Mrs
) Henry Cabot Lodge, H. B. F. Macfarlant
J John w. Ross, Rt. Rev. H. Y. Satterlet
Smith. Gen. Ellis Spear. Mrs. Beriah Wi
kins. W. w. Connor. Rev. VIM R. Devries
, Russell Smith, Edward C. Wilson.
On Entertainment.
S. W. Woodward chairman; C. H. RI
dolph, Mrs. ]. w. Babson, DR.. A. B. Rich
ardson, Captain L. H. Beach, A. A. Bi,
ney NJ. c. Barnard, Justice Charles {
Cole, John Leech.
Other Committees.
On press-Thomas C. Noyes, chairman
a Scott Bone, ]. Harry Shannon, Gener;
George H. Harries
On churches and halls-G. W. F. Swar
zell, chairman; Thomas W. Smith, DIR.
5 H. Wines, Rev. A. H. Ames, Rev. Ro.
Fishburn, Eugene Carusi, Charles King.
;, Printing-Raymond A. Pearson chairman
;, A. S. Caywood, Geo. S. Wilson.
i On hotels-B T. Janney, chairman e,
offco; Mr.. ]. B. T. Tupper
On badges-F. b. Reside, chairman;
W. Curriden, Judge 1. G. Kimball, Charl'
: F. Nesbt.
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