The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-11
Northwestern Branch of the woman's
Foreign Missionary society Closes
Successful Meeting.
BOLD THIEF AT STREET FAIR
LAUGHED WHILE SPECTATORS SAW
HIM STEAL A PURSE.
BIoodhounds Chase a Burglar Seven
Miles and then Lose the Trail
Other State News.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Oct. 10-The thir-
ty-second annual convention OF the North
western branch of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society Of the Methodist Church
closed its annual session here at 10 o'clock
to-day. Over 700 delegates and visitors were
present and the States of Illinois, Michi-
gan. Wisconsin and Indiana were repre-
sented. perhaps two-thirds of the delegates
being from Indiana. The convention was
by far the largest that has ever been held
by the society. and the probabilities are
that at an early date 1t will be made an
elective delegate body instead of each So
ciety sending such number as is convenient.
Because OF the large number present IL was
necessary each evening to hold an overflow
meeting at the First Baptist Church.
The services last night were opened with
invocation by the Rev. Dimmitt. Miss
Marion Newton. of Lucknow College. India.
made a brief address on her work as a
teacher. The first school opened In
little mud hut with only a few girls; now
IL has some two hundred students and a
good college building In 1886 a young In
dian girl OF a wealthy family, having re-
ceived an academic education, desired to go
to college. Her mother was a Christian
and gave to Miss Thoborne sufficient money
TO found a school for the higher education
OF women. Now Miss Thoborne has band
OF some twenty girls.
After Miss Newtons address Wallace
Pauley sang Christ Is ALL" Mrs. Emma
Moore Scott, OF India, was then introduced
and gave an interesting statistical review
or the Methodist missions of the past and
present The first mission station of this
church was opened in Liberia in 1888 and
It's founder after a few months died with
African fever. but in this country to-day
are three conferences.
Nine hundred dollars was subscribed and
pledged by individuals and conferences in
a short time last night for the return of
three OF the missionaries to the fields In
the far East. Three hundred dollars was
for Miss Fannie +. Fisher. who goes TO
Kolar, India; $500 for Miss Laura j.
Wright, who returns to Ajmere, and a like
sum for Miss Frances Craig, who will re-
turn to her work in Calcutta.
The appropriations for the coming year
amount to s106.5OO which is some $4,000
more than was given last year.
The report or the literature committee
showed the sales this year to be over $780,
and last year the sales were only $214
At the meeting this morning Mrs. Lib
bic Day Garrison delivered an address on
Work. She 81 said Shat that while % education.
help. energy and information were impor-
tant factors they alone could not accom-
plish all in missionary work.
Mrs. Hodgkins, editor of the Friend, gave
a talk on the uses of good literature. Mrs.
Barth. OF Indianapolis. surprised Miss
Dickson. returned missionary, by an
nouncing that in acknowledgment of the
1atter's good work in the foreign field a
certain hospital had been named in honor
OF her In China.
o'clock. and will meet one year hence in
Madison, Wis.