Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-27
CoNGREGATI0 I0NALISTS MEET
AT PASADENA
Former City Electrician ReImburses
City-Slx-Year-old Journeys
East AIone-Other
News
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street

the busiest places In the city this MORN
ing when the delegates and visitors
began to gather there for the first for
NAL session of the big Congregational
convention. And there has been some
thing doing every hour in the day.
At a. m. Rev. F. ]. Culver of Pasa-
dena, registrar and treasurer, called the
long roll of delegates, after which came
the election of officers of the associa-
ton.
Rev. Henry T. Stats, pastor Of the
North Congregational church, this city,
was promptly elected moderator, with
Judge Harwell as assistant. DR.. r. B.
Larkin of Ontario was made scribe and
A. 3. Palmer of Redlands assistant. A
number of honorary members were
elected, among them the following:
Rev. J. B. Holly of Los Angeles, Rev.
A. H. Hooker Of Santa Ana, Rev. j. M.
Thurston of Massachusetts, Rev. ]. H.
Lash of Rialto, Rev. J. M. Johnson of
Los Angeles, Rev. e. S. Hill of Attain
tic, Iowa, Rev. M. M. Everly of Moreno,
Rev. J. K. Harrison of San Francisco.
Prof. E. F. Haffert of Occidental COL
lege, Rev. C. M. DeBois of Oil Center.
President George A. Gates of Pomona
college addressed the convention upon
the needs and prospects of that col
lege, and was followed by Prof. Frank
A. Sanders, who spoke of "The Relig-
ious Element in Education" Rev. Will
liam J. Tate of Higganun, Conn, led
an echo meeting" in which impress
sions were given coming from the an
nual meeting of the American board ut
Seattle. Miss Emily C. Wheeler, intro
duced as the mother of 5000 orphan
children in Turkey and India, talked
of the missionary work there and she
urged need for persistent prayer and
liberal contributions of money. Rev.
Tie morning session with a strong plea
fer better support for missions.
The hours of the afternoon were
given over to number of strong ad-
dresses upon foreign missions. DR.,
James L. Barton of Boston, secretary
Of the American board, made the prin-
cipal address, outlining the plans of
work followed by the board. Harry
Wade Hicks, another secretary of the
hoard, spoke for twenty minutes, draw
ing contrasts between the home and the
foreign work. These two brilliant me1
were followed in turn by a number
of missionaries who spoke of the work
in their own fields.
This evenings session was given to
the home missionary outlook. Addresses
tendent John L. Male of Los Angeles,
Rev. George E. Soper of Redlands and
s,upt. James K. Harrison.
The sessions OF the convention are
resumed tomorrow at 9 a. m. and last
throughout the day.
Dickey Reimburses City
Mayor Waterhouse states that the
attorneys of former City Electrician
Arthur S. Dickey paid into the city
treasury today the sum of $59670, al
legged to be the entire amount of the
discrepancy in the accounts of the
former official. In receiving this money
from Mr.. Dickey no promise was made
looking to a discontinuance of the
present suit. 1t will be remembered
that Dickey was arrested few weeks
ago on the charge Of appropriating the
sum of $40 paid TO him as fees and
belonging to the city. At the hear
ing before Justice Congdon the Incl
dents of which, by the way, resulted in
the sensational resignation of Justice
Congdon, Dickey was held for trial in
the superior court. The trial is set
for some date early in November and
Dickey is out on bail. The expert ac-
countants who have been reviewing the
books of the several city offices brought
In a special report today upon the
former city electricians books, and it
Is alleged that the amount paid the
city by Dickeys attorneys Is as re-
ported by the experts as still due.
Cora D. Hopkins began suit yester-
day against South Pasadena for $500.
She says that her property there was
damaged in that amount by the cut
ting of a street along Pasadero Mon
terey. The trustees will fight the case
in the courts.
Mrs. Luna A. Giddings, aged so
years, widow of the late L. w. Gid
dings, died at an early hour this morn
ing. She had resided in Pasadena
thirty-one years, and since the death
of her husband has been with her
daughter, Mrs. E. H. Royce.
Six-year -old Bertha Russell, niece of
Mrs. f. L. Foster of. this CITY, started
last night on a 2500-mile journey to
her home In Indianapolis, Ind. She
goes alone except for the watchful care
OF the conductor on the Santa Fe over
land, and carries a tag hung around
her neck giving her name and destina-
tion.
international Secretary Won Ogden
Vogt of the Society of Christian En-
deavor will be in Pasadena tomorrow
md at 2:45 will make brief address