The age-herald., 1902-02-22
GEORGIA WOMAN
 SLIPS ON THE ICE Accident Precedes Meeting of Daughters of Revolution WANT MARTYR DAY FIXED Announcement of Pledges to the Con tinentaI Hall Fund Aegreeatlns
 $78oo Are Announced, Besides
 an Appropriation of $15,ooo.
WANT MARTYR DAY FIXED

Washington, February 21.-Less than one hundred delegates were present when todays session of the Daughters of the American Revolution convention opened Mrs. Evarat Jones, a delegate from Georgia. slipped on the ice at the en- trance to the theatre where the conven- tion is in progress and broke her wrist She was hastily carried to the Finer gency Hospital, where she received medi- cal attention.
 After prayer by the chaplain general the reading of the minutes and transac- tion of some routine business, the con- vention, on motion of Mrs. Dennis Eagan, state regent of Florida, agreed to here after omit the reading of reports of state regents in order to facilitate busi- ness
 |, Announcement was made of the result of yesterdays election for vice president generals as follows:
 Mesdames Mary Hepburn Smith Of Connecticut Belle c. Lyons of Kentucky. s. P Morgan of Georgia, Harriet Simp- son of Massachusetts, J. V. Quarles of Wisconsin, D. D. Cotton of California, Arthur R. Bedle of New Jersey, Henry w. Burnham of New Hampshire, J. Her. ron Crossman of New York and Eliza beth c. Williams of Maryland To Establish Martyr Day.
 Mrs. Stratton, of Minnesota, offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
 Resolved. That we recommend to Con gross that the Sunday following the
 birthday of our late beloved President
 Mckinley be set apart as day of prayer in memory of our martyred Presidents, Lincoln, as the master mind the great hearted emancipator, who we all revere i; Garfield and particularly Mckinley, the
 man beloved by the people as possess ing all the virtues of heart and mind that combine to make one good and
 great. We suggest Sunday that the mem- | ory of these men, year by year. be
 associated with thoughts of our duty
 as citizens to live nobler and purer l lives"
 The troubles of the Monmouth. Ill.,,
 chapter. which have been aired at in- ] tervals for a considerable time, were in- 1 troduced Into the convention by Mrs.
 Nash of South Carolina, who inquired
 when the committee should report. A
 number of delegates sought postponement 1 until the next convention, and a lively | debate followed.
 | It was decided the report should be l presented tomorrow.
 A report on prison ships was read by 1 Mrs. s. V. White of New York. She es-
 timated that the remains of 20, 900 revolu-
 tionary soldiers were buried in and about
 the harbor of New York, She urged the
 erection of a monument to their memory.
 Against Desecratine the Flag. | The congress voted to use Its influence
 with the committees of Congress against the dissertation of the American flag. | Announcement of pledges to the con | tinental hall fund aggregating $7S00 were | made and In addition the congress appro- | priated $15000 making the total amount | now available and pledged for that pur- | pose about $109, GOO. The national commit | tee on continental hall suggested as 8 site | for the proposed hall a lot at the corner | of H street and Connecticut avenue, op- | posite Lafayette square and about a | block from the White House. The estl- | mated cost of the site is about $107. 900. | It is proposed to have a building of clas- sic architecture and the committee report in favor of competition in designs for 1t.