Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-08-17
POWOS STILL INCREASE
vvopLE THAN EVER AT THE
...,rpy1rLp CONFERENCES.

Yang chsng, Chinese Ambassador.
,.,,, The Noted euests-Dsath of an
-. Missionary saddens Delegates
oan Sor'Aa'la News
,.,, conference now in session has
80 .D the top notch for attend.
fl - d,y witnesses the departure Of
49,. and the arrival Of still larg.
until every nook and corner Is
rs6aest was made among the au.
II Thursday to see II any were will
~ a, g, great had been the influx
Iii helm mad been provided, In one
g,ll.rl, where 100 seminary girls
u 400 or 1000 were entertained
ssn, AZ each meeting the audi.
.Sirb 4, supposed to seat 5000 seems
ana ana last sunday every part Of
,t.o, WAS packed II was estimated
.,15 v.r. present. Hundreds Of 9th.
,b,.-.d 20 sit around outside where
r.,. ,blr 20 hear parts Of the ser.
wednesday the two branches Of the
r from Springfield and those in
... .u western Massachusetts, had
~ IN connection with the assembly
", ,bfv made the occasion sort OF
lr taking their luncheon together
b! doors,
be afternoons have been taken up
| ..fgigp. lectures rather than left open
-. and recreation. These additional
..,. which are held at o'clock are
| n r,lgr,lrv and are not meant to in.
| al with the regular drives ten.
IN and baseball games which take
| grsrv afternoon. On account Of the
| 5.r,pd iar horses from the livery A.
| y.rrao. superintendent OF the farm,
i,., obliged 70 put in oxen TO do his
L work. The frequent appearance of
\. rplg the campus excites considerable
|. NV among people from the city who
Il. never seen oxen before.
| n. leading ones among the speakers are
g,,i,h divines, Drs. g. Campbell Nor
|. il5g.t9u Ross and John A. Hutton,
n the delegates classifying them as
,,,s The teacher, Ross, the scholar, and
|r. rhs theologian. In addition are
niatnl taeolosians and scholars and re-
H., teachers from all over the country,
n them being DR.. John Bancroft Devens,
T., q the New York Observer, Howard
L. nr Baiy of Washington, DIR. John
e., Adam and DIR. Len Broughton of
I,,y Ca, who gave his farewell address
\ s,urday previous to his departure for
k,hri where he goes to take charge of
4 Campbell Morgan's church during
|. huer's stay in this country. DR.. X.
Tsrey Of Chicago, who has Just returned
" trip 10 the south, gave his first adj
l., last Sunday morning the service be-
|, made as much like a Torrey.Alexander
|si5r meeting as possible. two-hOur
L, service was held previous to the adj
+, The conference quartet is doing ex-
IA, work. sOloists are interspersed and
pite Of the fact that Charles NJ. Alexan-
|, /, not able to be here, no dissatisfac-
1 /, felt over the music.
One Of the saddest events of the confer
vas the death last Sunday evening
yr,. Karl Kunn on Rustic Ridge. She
l. missionary from Nigeria and the
nam and had been one of the speakers
he Young wOman's conference. A me.
|nl service was held Monday evening and
simple funeral service was held on Rustic
[is Tuesday morning when only friends
n in attendance. The body was placed
nwrry in the vault in the village Gem.
|r
Inc annual missionary rally was held on
aiiy. three large assemblies being held,
I ID the morning with d. L. Pierson Of
ttsyn as chairman, the second in the
|,aogn with Howard W. Pope of New
|rtr presiding, and the third in the
|sring under W. r. Moody DIR. r. A.
|rey was one Of the main speakers, others
IN. Rev Henry B. Scudder of India, DIR.
c Tewksbury, who gave talk on China,
l Miss Julia Hand of Japan, who told
iar school in Yokohama. The most dis
tgshed visitor to the conference has been
|lung Lang Cheng, Chinese minister to
I United States He came over from Am
|n with a party Of friends in an auto
|tle Al the close OF the lecture by DR..
|aHs'on Ross ne expressed his pleasure In
!, address and in beautiful Mortified. Lat
his party went to the Hotel Mortified
[ be was shown around the campus and
|sael much impressed with the semi-in-
|lfill nature of the educational work.
By made frequent comments on the mag
|fsnt equipment of the school particularly
/ new central heating and lighting plant.
The minister is an unusually well educst-
Oriental and this year received an LII.
from Yale. In his Oriental garb he was
+ center of attraction during his stay,
turning the next day, On account Of the
apsranee rally here this week it is ex-
Fatd that few of the meetings will be
Foied to the temperance cause, that be-
|. The wish Of several prominent members
he union who are here.