Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-12
HISTORIANS MEET
State Society to Convene at
Bloomington January
27.2o.
NOTED SPEAKERS ARE ENGAGED
To Formulate Best Methods of Sc
curing and Publishing
State History.

The program of the approachin:
fifth annual meeting of the Illinoi
State Historical society is cut. TIL
meeting is to be held in the circui
court room of the new Mclean coun
ty court house at Bloomington Jan
1928. Distinguished speakers will b'
present. among them Hon. Charles L
Johnson. of st. Louis. and Mrs. JOIN
y. Logan. of shington. ID. C.. tn,
widow Of the late United States sen
atOr. John 4. Logan.
1t is expected a committee of the
Illinois Press association will be pres
ent to confer with the society as t.
the best method of cooperation fol
the purpose of advancing the collec
ton and publication of the history OF
the state of Illinois. The board ot
directors of the society urge that as
many citizens of Rock Island county
as can, conveniently do so. be present
at this meeting. The program foI
the three days is as follows:
wednesday. Jan. 81.
- p. m.-Meeting of the board of di-
rectors. in conference with commit
tee of the Illinois State Press associa-
ton.
; p. m.-Busines> meeting of the so
ciety: secretary's report for the board
Of directors; treasurer'S report; re-
ports Of committees; election of Off
GERS for 1904; miscellaneous business
Memorial address. DIR. Bernard Stuve
Springfield; DR.. j. F. Snyder, Vir-
ginia.
7:45 p. m.-Music. Address of wei
come to the society. George p. Davis
president of the Mclean County His
torical society. Response. DR.. J. f
Snyder. Virginia. president of the H.
linoiS State Historical society. Memo
rial. Hiram W. Beckwith; +. j. James
Phi. d.. president Northwestern uni
versity. Evanston. Annual address.
"Per>onal Recollections of Some of
the Eminent Statesmen and Lawyers
of Illinois," Hon. Charles Il. johnson
y. NJ. st. Louis. Music.
Thursday, Jan. 28
$50 Il. MN MemOriam. John Mayo
Palmer. Chicago: Hon. Alfred Oren-
dcrff. Springfield. Illinois i'm the War
of 1S12-14. Frank +. Stevens. Chicago
y Trip from Pennsylvania to Illinois
in 1851, w. w. Davis. \. NJ. Sterling
Music. Newspapers and Newspaper
Men of Illinois, Hon. f. \. Snively
Springfield. In memnriam. DR.. Rob
ert Boal, Lacon, H.: DR.. j. +. Snyder
= p. m.-The Part of IIlinoisans in
the National Education Movement
1S5O-1S62. Paul Selby. y. NJ. Chicago
Music. Illinois in the Councils of the
Nation. Mrs. John y. Logan. Washing
ton. ID. {. The Country Lawyer. Hon.
James \. Connolly, Springfield. The
George w. Smith Southern Illinois
normal school. Carbonate. Ill.
$ p. m.-Reccptinn to Illinois State
Historical society i'm the parIors of
the Illinois hotel. by the Mclean
County Historical society: the Lett
tia Green Stevenson chapter. Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolutions; the
Woman's club of Bloomington; the
Bloomington Amateur Musical club,
and the George Rogers Clark chapter,
Sons Of the American Revolution.
Friday. Jan. 20.
$50 a. m.-The Destruction of Ka>-
kasllia by the Mississippi River. j. +.
Douglas, Of Chester. and Frank Moore.
of Sparta. Music. Morris Brkbcck
and His Friends. Daniel Berry. VI. d..
Carmi. In memuriam. Mai. Gen. James
ID. Morgan: Hon. w. II. Collins. Quin-
cy. The Life of Hon. Gustavus Koer-
ner. Hon. Il. +. Rombauer. st. Louis.
p. m.-The ScOtch-Irish in Illinois,
Hon. Robert A. Gray. Blue Mound.
Music In memoriam. DR.. II. H. Hood:
Miss Olive SattIey. Springfield. The
Woman's Club Movement in Illinois.
Mrs. +. {. Lambert. jacksonville. Nc
Kcndree College. NJ II. ChambcrIin.
Ii. d.. president of McKendree col
lege. Lebanon. III.
Oficers of the Society.
Pre>iCent-Dr. j. F. Snyder. Virginia.
First Vice President-Hon II. W.
Beckwith, Danville.
Second Vice President-Prof. Ev-
arts Il. Greene. Urbana.
Third Vice PreSident-Hon.W William
Woke. Chicago.
Secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. Jes-
sic Palmer Weber. Springfield
Board of Directors-E. j. James.
PHI. d.. Evanston; Hon George y.
Black Springfield: Hon. David McCul-
och. Peoria: !. II. Burnham. Bloom
ngtcn: NJ. II. Chamberlin. Ii. D.. Leb-
anon: the president and secretary. eX-
sfficio.
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