The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-30
MEET .E.|N ST.PAUL
GATHERING TO BRING ARMY OF
PEOPLE TO NORTHWEST.
Convention Booked to Convene July 2
and Hold Till the Twelfth; Choir
of Five Hundred Voices to Be a
Feature; Prominent Speakers, Bish-
ops and Members of Parliament
Are Scheduled for Attendance.

St. Paul, April 2S.-St Paul is pre-
pairing to care for the Christian En-
deavor convention which promises tC
bring $4,000 strangers To the northwest
during the fore part of July. The ma
tional convention dates are July
to ~
The features of the convention are
manifold. Among the speakers will be
bishops, members of parliament, phil
anthropists, presidential candidates
educators, world known clereymen and
wealthy business men. Thousands of
the delegates will live in tents, a
white walled city rising in the shadow
of the state capitol. The convention
sessions and branch meetings will re-
quire half dozen different locations
the Auditorium, the Armory. the Cen
trail Presbyterian church, the Metro
poltan opera house, the front of the
capitol, the House of Hope church and
Others. Added to the army of dele
gates will be thousands stopping off i'm
the twin cities from their tour to the
Seattle exposition. There will be in
teruIban ear rides with 10000 pas
sengers in one party. There will be an
international campfire, with speakers
from the world over i'm national dress
There will be a hundred and one fea =
lures besides.
Song Service a Feature.
This is to be the Singing Conven
ton Already it is heralded by that
name. Not only will the delegates sing
at the meetings. but they will go from
place to place in the street cars sing
ing their Endeavor hymns. The twin
cities will furnish 500 voices for the
great choir, and 200 more will come
from Chicago, under the leadership of
f. O. Excel, the composer and singer
of gospel songs. The founder of the
Christian EndeavOr has sent word all
to be the greatest singing assemblage
i'm the history of the society. There
will be many praise services, and
great patriotic service on the steps of
the capitol led by Mr.. Excel. Percy S.
Foster of Washington and +. Fl. Jacobs
of New York. On Saturday evening,
July 10. Memberships great oratorio,
"The Elijah" will be sung in the
Auditorium with great chorus and
eminent soloists.
The Noted Speakers.
Among the noted speakers and work
ers will be William Shaw, the general
secretary of the united society; Rev.
I low To- Nj Of dol IN
Bishop Samuel Fallows. DR.. William T.
McElveen, Rev. Francis E. Clarke, the
founder of the Christian Endeavor;
William Jennings Bryan, George Mich
oils, London, members of parliament;
Mrs. Bessie Laythe Scovil, president
of the Minnesota w. c. T. u; Senator
Albert J. Beveridge; Rev. Frank Hig
gins, the "lumberjack sky pilot" Dean
H. L. Willett of the University Of
Chicago, Charles Stelzle of New York,
an internationally known sociologist,
with fifty others. Among those taking
part in the various programs will be
H. A. imports, formerly Y. NJ c. A.
secretary in Minneapolis, and Miss Vio
let NJ. Roberts of Chicago, also from
Minneapolis There will be talks from
England, Quebec, the Saskatchewan,
India. Mexico, Alaska, China, Japan, a
Welsh conference, and even one in
Esperanto.
A Great Car Ride.
One great feature will be car ride
given 10000 delegates from st. Paul
to Minneapolis and back by the Como
Harriet line to Lake street, by cour-
tesy of the Twin City Rapid Transit
company, and a huge May party at
Plymouth church. Minneapolis, with a
Maypole thirty feet high. when the
streamers will be wound by hundreds
of delegates singing their convention
hymns.