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dred and one, and every fifth year thereafter, and at such other times as the Legislature may direct, the Legislature shall provide for an equalization of assessments by a State board on all taxable property except that taxed under laws passed pursuant to section 10 of this article."

The amendments having been adopted at the November election, the Governor called another special session, to begin Dec. 12, in order to carry them into effect by appropriate legislation, giving as a reason for a special session that the existing Legislature, being thoroughly familiar with the subject, could deal with it much more expeditiously than the new Legislature at the regular session.

Invalid Laws.-In October the Supreme Court declared the sugar-bounty law, granting manufacturers one cent a pound from the State treasury, to be unconstitutional.

A section of the tax law was declared unconstitutional. It was designed to act as a statute of limitation and to bar owners of property from disputing in any way the validity of a tax sale under which their property had been sold, unless question was raised within six months after service of notice of purchase. The decision is on the ground that there are provisions in section 143 that are not only beyond the natural limits of the title, but are directly antagonistic to its spirit.

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A decision in the court of Kent County in a garnishee case holds that no public official can assign his salary before it is earned. Fraudulent Transactions. Discovery was made in 1899 that new military goods which had been bought to supply the troops for the Cuban war and had not been used had been sold by officials for $10,500, and then bought back for about $60,000. An investigation by the grand jury brought out the fact that on July 17, 1899, at a meeting of the Michigan Military Board, a resolution was adopted authorizing the sale of all military supplies, and in furtherance of this scheme four or five letters were sent to various parties offering all the tents and quartermaster general's supplies for sale. On July 19, a letter was received from Chicago, purporting to come from the Illinois Supply Company (per Edson C. Cobb, manager), offering $10,500 for the goods without even having seen them. The offer was at once accepted, the goods were sent, and Cobb, without opening the cars or examining the goods, forwarded them to the Henderson-Ames Company, of Kalamazoo. At the same meeting of the board at which the resolution to sell supplies was adopted, another resolution was adopted, and in pursuance of this the board proceeded at once to buy of the HendersonAmes Company, of Kalamazoo, goods almost identical with those which had been sold to the Illinois Supply Company. The gross amount purchased was more than $60,000. Subsequently it was discovered that the Illinois Supply Company was a myth; no such company ever had been in existence; that Edson C. Cobb (manager of the company) was an employee of the Chicago Beach Hotel Company, at Chicago; and that he was closely related to at least one of the principal stockholders in the Henderson-Ames Manufacturing Company. The goods were followed through the hands of the cartage company at Kalamazoo, who acknowledged that within two weeks they began shipping the same supplies back from Kalamazoo to Lansing, where they were traced to the quartermaster general's department.

For connection with these frauds, indictments were found, in December and in January, 1900, against William L. White, Quartermaster General;

Howard A. Smith, Assistant Quartermaster; Arthur F. Marsh, Inspector General and chairman of the Republican State Central Committee; and Eli R. Sutton, Regent of the University of Michigan and member of Gov. Pingree's military staff.

The same grand jury brought indictments against other officials and others, namely: Edgar J. Adams, Speaker of the House of Representatives, two indictments for bribery; William A. French, State Land Commissioner, offering bribes; Charles Pratt, agent for a law-book concern, offering bribes; Representative D. Judson Hammond, of Pontiac, soliciting bribes; Frederick A. Maynard, ex-Attorney-General, misdemeanor in retaining portion of his chief clerk's salary.

The alleged bribery was in connection with an antitrust bill and a bill for purchases, from the State treasury, of the national system of reports of the courts of the several States for each county.

White and Marsh left the State when it was known that indictments would be out against them. Marsh soon returned, but White not until November, 1900, when a reward of $1,000 was offered for his apprehension. Marsh was brought to trial March 20, and after a trial of fourteen days was convicted. His attorneys took steps for an appeal. Sutton's trial was in May and June, and he was acquitted. Smith, having testified in the Marsh and Sutton trials and incriminated himself, pleaded guilty when his case was called in October, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,200 on or before Oct. 22, or be committed to the county jail for two years. When White returned he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to ten years in prison, where he was taken, Dec. 4. The next day Gov. Pingree pardoned him and Marsh, whose appeal was pending, making the condition that each should pay a fine of $5,000 in five yearly installments to the treasurer of Ingham County; should he refuse to receive it, the money should then go into the State treasury. The State had been reimbursed by the Henderson-Ames Company, the bondsmen of White, and the accused themselves or their friends, for the amounts embezzled. The Governor gave among his reasons for the pardons that the company had not been prosecuted, and that the sentence of White was excessive, since the State had been paid. There is some question as to the validity of the conditions attached to the pardons.

An incident of the Marsh trial was the withdrawal of his counsel, when Judge Wiest refused a continuance, with the statement that there was no chance in his court for justice, or something to that effect. Judge Wiest decided that they were guilty of contempt, and fined the two lawyers $250 and $200 respectively. Near the close of the year he summoned Gov. Pingree to answer for contempt on account of criticisms made on his course in the trials in an interview with the Governor, published in a Detroit newspaper. He had previously asked the Governor to have his conduct investigated by the Legislature. The Governor refused to appear to answer for contempt, and the case was continued to January.

The Governor asked the resignation of the officers implicated early in the year, and appointed O'Brien J. Atkinson to succeed White, Ford Starring to succeed Smith, and F. W. Green to Marsh's place. He also asked the resignation of the Adjutant General, on the ground that he was guilty of negligence, but the Adjutant General refused to resign.

The State cases against the ex-Attorney-General, the Land Commissioner, the Speaker of the House, and others were put over to the January term of 1901.

Political. The Republican convention for nominating presidential electors and choosing delegates to the national convention met in Detroit, May 3. The resolutions approved the administration of President McKinley, and instructed the delegates to vote for his renomination. The convention for nominating State officers was held at Grand Rapids, June 27 and 28. After reaffirming allegiance to the principles for which the party stands, the platform denounced trusts and combinations to control prices, expressed sympathy with the Boers, declared in favor of equal and uniform taxation, and said further:

"We favor the prompt repeal of all special railroad charters granting to any railroad in the State special privileges.

"We condemn the corruption of State officials that has brought shame and disgrace to the State, and we demand the vigorous prosecution of all who are guilty."

For the nomination for Governor there were six candidates-Aaron T. Bliss, Justus S. Stearns, D. M. Ferry, C. S. Osborn, James O'Donnell, and M. D. Campbell. Mr. Bliss was chosen on the nineteenth ballot. The remainder of the ticket was: For Lieutenant Governor, O. W. Robinson; Secretary of State, Fred M. Warner; State Treasurer, Daniel McCoy; Auditor General, Perry F. Powers; Commissioner of State Land Office, E. A. Wildey; Attorney-General, Horace M. Oren; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Delos Fall; Member of State Board of Education, J. H. Thomp

son.

The Democratic convention, May 1, chose delegates to Kansas City, who were instructed for Mr. Bryan. The nomination of C. A. Towne for

Vice-President was recommended. The resolutions censured the administration for its colonial policy, saying:

"We believe this policy has been dictated to and forced upon the administration of President McKinley by the mercenary combinations known as trusts. The trust is supreme in political as in industrial activities. In both it is an unmixed public evil. The economic advantages of industrial combinations are entirely lost to the people and swell the profits of arrogant and conscienceless magnates, who feed on the vitals of their victims. We request our delegates to the national convention to urge upon that body the selection of the most practical and effective of the many plans for curtailing the powers of the trusts, and to pledge the party to specific legislation upon the lines adopted."

Further, they declared against a large standing army and in favor of just taxation and municipal ownership of public utilities, a national income tax, and direct election of United States Senators. They expressed sympathy for the South African republics, and condemned "the present Republican administration in this State as the most corrupt and scandalous in the history of this commonwealth."

The second convention was held in Detroit, July 25 and 26. The nominations were: For Governor, William C. Maybury; Lieutenant Governor, Jonathan G. Ramsdell; Secretary of State, John W. Ewing; State Treasurer, Charles F. Sundstrom; Commissioner of the State Land Office, George Winans; Auditor General, Hiram B. Hudson; Attorney-General, James O'Hara; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Stephen H. Langdon; Member of the State Board of Education, James McEntee. The platform said in part:

"We denounce the last Legislature generally as the crowning infamy in the history of the Republican party in Michigan. We denounce it specific

ally for its failure to submit to the people the constitutional amendments relative to taxation demanded by the State grange and farmers' clubs; for its failure to increase the specific tax on railroads; for its failure to pass the mining tax measure; for its failure to repeal the special railway charter; for its failure to pass the anticolor oleo law demanded by the State grange and dairymen of the State; for its refusal to submit to the people the constitutional amendment providing for the so-called 'initiative and referendum,' and for which submission every Democrat of both houses voted; for its refusal to pass the measure for the regulation of freight and switching charges."

At its convention, late in August, the Prohibition party made the following nominations: For Governor, Frederick S. Goodrich; Lieutenant Governor, Trowbridge Johns; Secretary of State, Reuben C. Reed; Treasurer, John F. Eesley; Auditor General, William D. Farley; Attorney-General, Walter S. Westerman; Superintendent of Public Instructio David S. Warner; Commissioner of State Land Office, Gideon Vivier; Member of Board of Public Instruction to fill vacancy, Samuel W. Bird.

The platform declared against any act legalizing the traffic in strong drink, and censured the present administration for "its shameless bargain and sale of public interests for private gain."

It censured the past Legislature for the attempt to pass a law allowing the sale or liquor upon a great national holiday. The sincerity of tax reformers was questioned as long as they are silent concerning the liquor traffic. It reindorsed woman suffrage and said there should be no application of public moneys for sectarian purposes, closing with an appeal to voters, especially those who follow Jesus and honor his Church, to unite with the party in killing the liquor traffic.

The People's party nominated D. Thompson for Governor; The Social Democrats, Henry Ramsey; and the Socialist-Labor Party, H. Uhlbricht.

The result of the presidental election was: McKinley, 316,269; Bryan, 211,685; Woolley, 11,859; Debs, 2,826; Barker, 833; Malloney, 903. Republicans were elected to Congress in all the 12 districts.

For Governor, Bliss received 305,612 votes; Maybury, 226,228; Goodrich, 11,834; Ramsey, 2,709; Uhlbricht, 958; Thompson, 871.

The State Senate in 1901 will stand: Republicans 31, Democrats 1; the House, Republicans 90, Democrats 10.

The proposed amendment to the Constitution, permitting the enactment of laws for assessment and taxation of the property of railroad, telegraph, telephone, and express companies and certain other corporations, upon its cash value, instead of specific taxes upon earnings, was carried.

MINNESOTA, a Western State, admitted to the Union May 11, 1858; area, 83,365 square miles. The population, according to each decennial census since admission, was 172,023 in 1860; 439,706 in 1870; 780,773 in 1880; 1,301,826 in 1890; and 1,751,394 in 1900. Capital, St. Paul.

Government.-The following were the State officers in 1900: Governor, John Lind; Lieutenant Governor, Lyndon A. Smith; Secretary of State, Albert Berg; Auditor, Robert C. Dunn; Treasurer, August T. Koerner; Attorney-General, Wallace B. Douglas-all Republicans except the Governor, who was elected on a fusion ticket of Democrats and Populists; Commissioner of Insurance, J. A. O'Shaughnessy; Adjutant General, George C. Lambert; Chief Grain Inspector, A. C. Clausen, till August, when he resigned and was succeeded by Edward S. Reishus; Chief Justice

of the Supreme Court, Charles M. Start; Associate Justices, L. W. Collins, Calvin L. Brown, John A. Lovely, and Charles L. Lewis; Clerk, Darius F. Reese. All the justices are Republicans.

State officers are chosen in November of even years. The Legislature convenes in January of odd years, and the session is limited to ninety legislative days.

Population. The population of the State, by counties, according to the census of 1900, was as follows: Aitkin, 6,743; Anoka, 11,313; Becker, 14,375; Beltrami, 11,030; Benton, 9,912; Big Stone, 8,731; Blue Earth, 32,263; Brown, 19,787; Carlton, 10,017; Carver, 17,544; Cass, 7,777; Chippewa, 12,499; Chisago, 13,248; Clay, 17,942; Cook, 810; Cottonwood, 12,069; Crow Wing, 14,250; Dakota, 21,733; Dodge, 13,340; Douglas, 17,964; Faribault, 22,055; Fillmore, 28,238; Freeborn, 21,838; Goodhue, 31,137; Grant, 8,935; Hennepin, 228,340; Houston, 15,400; Hubbard, 6,578; Isanti, 11,675; Itasca, 4,573; Jackson, 14,793; Kanabec, 4,614; Kandiyohi, 18,416; Kittson, 7,889; Lac qui Parle, 14,289; Lake, 4,654; Lesueur, 20,234; Lincoln, 8,966; Lyon, 14,591; McLeod, 19,595; Marshall, 15,698; Martin, 16,936; Meeker, 17,753; Mille Lacs, 8,066; Morrison, 22,891; Mower, 22,335; Murray, 11,911; Nicollet, 14,774; Nobles, 14,932; Norman, 15,045; Olmsted, 23,119; Ottertail, 45,375; Pine, 11,546; Pipestone, 9,264; Polk, 35,429; Pope, 12, 577; Ramsey, 170,554; Red Lake, 12,195; Redwood, 17,261; Renville, 23,693; Rice, 26,080; Rock, 9,668; Roseau, 6,994; St. Louis, 82,932; Scott, 15,147; Sherburne, 7,281; Sibley, 16,862; Stearns, 44, 464; Steele, 16,524; Stevens, 8,721; Swift, 13,503; Todd, 22,214; Traverse, 7,573; Wabasha, 18,924; Wadena, 7,921; Waseca, 14,760; Washington, 27,808; Watonwan, 11,496; Wilkin, 8,080; Winona, 35,686; Wright, 29,157; Yellow Medicine, 14,602; White Earth Indian reservation, 3,486.

Finances. For the year ended July 31, 1900, the receipts of the State treasury were $9,015,168.24, and the disbursements $6,845,830.72, leaving a balance of $2,169,337.52. The State debt was $1,279,000, having been reduced $70,000 in the year and $380,000 since Jan. 1, 1897. The permanent school and university funds were, respectively, $6,776,767.27 and $925,300.

The principal classifications of the State treasury receipts for the year were: Revenue fund, $3,640,061.15; permanent school fund, $1,186,198.71; general school fund, $1,258,446.75. Disbursements: Revenue fund, $3,582,976.93; permanent school fund, $1,090,455.57; general school fund, $1,306,352.19; general university fund, $383,054.99. The amount of railroad taxes paid was $1,443,992.13. The principal receipts from taxation of insurance companies were: Domestic fire, $62,819.17; foreign fire, $31,127.64; life, $70,389.85; stock, casualty, fidelity, and title, $11,357.59.

Charities and Corrections.-The number of inmates of the three hospitals for the insane was 3,364. Two additional hospitals are being built, and the estimated number of inmates in all five hospitals at the close of the next biennial period is 4,100.

The population of the State Training School was 383; of the State Soldiers' Home, 289; School for the Deaf, 173; School for the Blind, 59; School for the Feeble-minded, 668; State Public School, 236; State Reformatory, 153; State Prison, 508. The year's expenses of the 13 charitable and penal institutions were $969,337, or $187.20 per capita, and the estimates for the following year were $1,066,336. The State Prison has one of the largest binder-twine manufacturing plants in the United States, whose capacity was increased in 1900 to 8,000,000 pounds per annum.

Lands. The most notable event of the year in relation to the State's lands was the termination of the long-standing litigation over the validity of the swamp-land grant to the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company. The amount involved was 606,720 acres. The State had denied the validity of this grant, but was finally beaten by a decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of the railroad. In November a great sale of timber stumpage was held, at which nearly 90,000,000 feet of pine were disposed of at an average price of $5.57 a thousand feet. The following shows the conditions of various public funds, derived from the sale of State lands, July 31, 1900: Permanent school fund, $12,546,529.30; permanent university fund, $1,286,817.13; internal improvements fund, $2,754,184.57. The first two funds are invested mostly in Massachusetts, Alabama, and other State bonds.

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S. R. VAN SANT, GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA.

Products.-There were in the State 582 creameries and 60 cheese factories. The creameries were supplied with milk from 331,512 cows, producing 972,799,299 pounds of milk in the year. The butter manufactured therefrom was 44,007,933 pounds. Of this there was shipped out of the State 36,750,375 pounds. The amount paid to patrons was $6,959,914.55. The operating expenses were $930,739.95. The total number of creamery patrons in the State is 40,189. The amount of milk received by the different cheese factories was 29,998,924 pounds. The amount of green cheese made was 3,076,812 pounds; amount paid to patrons for milk, $217,192.20; total amount of cured cheese sold, 2,970,190 pounds; total number of patrons, 1,226.

Minnesota is the greatest wheat producer of the Union; but in 1900 the crop was considerably under the average yield, being about 65,000,000 bushels. The State, which with one exception produces the most iron of any, turned out 8,000,000 tons of iron ore in 1900.

Educational.-There were in the State 7,303 schoolhouses, of the value of $4,405,095, with 399,207 pupils. The male and female teachers numbered 2,052 and 8,534, respectively. The average monthly pay of the former was $47.84, and of the latter $35.24. The cash on hand and receipts aggregated $7,447,564.70; disbursements, $6,054,588.99; cash on hand at close of year, $1,602,903.23; aggregate indebtedness of school districts, $4,586,204.31. There were 2,539 public school libraries with over 300,000 volumes. The enrollment in the four normal schools was 2,376, and the graduates numbered 379.

In the University of Minnesota there were 3,236 students, including 907 women. With one exception it has the largest enrollment of any university in the United States. The students of 1900 were thus divided among the different departments: Graduate students, 124 men and 53 women; College of Science, Literature, and Arts, 416 men and 520 women; College of Engineering

and Mechanic Arts, 197 men and 12 women; School of Mines, 77 men; School of Chemistry, 5 men; Department of Agriculture, 423 men and 80 women; College of Law, 520 men and women; Department of Medicine, 524 men and 32 women; University Section of Summer School, 127 men and 262 women.

There are 28 buildings, and the professors and instructors number 245. The library contains 75,000 volumes. The annual resources for current expenses are $330,000; invested funds, $1,250,000; value of land, buildings, and equipments, $1,400,000. Tuition is free to all except in law and medicine, and coeducation has existed from the start, in 1869.

Labor.-The work of the State Bureau of Labor revealed both improvement of method and increased beneficence of result. It inspected 3,338 factories and other industrial establishments, covering 83,237 employees-70,951 men, 11,517 women, 565 boys, and 204 girls. These represented 69 separate industries. The enforcement of the law regulating child labor was more thorough than ever.

Direct Primaries.-Perhaps the most notable event of organic political importance in Minnesota was the first test of the direct primary election law in Minneapolis, to which city the Legislature had restricted the operation of the law after unsuccessful attempts to include St. Paul and Duluth. Under this law, all nominations for elective officers are made at primaries, under the Australian ballot law, instead of at party conventions. The results of this first practical test of the statute appeared to justify the contention of its author (Oscar F. G. Day) and champions that it would be instrumental in weeding out the objectionable element among office seekers and placing a better class of men in public station. Some of these results were sur prising, but wholesome. Officeholders who had long thrived at the public "crib" by reason of their skill in manipulating conventions were hopelessly defeated, as were others most eager for nomination; while many good citizens who for years had held aloof from public affairs were now placed in nomination by large majorities and triumphantly elected in November. So delighted were the people with the outcome of this significant reform experiment that a determined movement was at once begun to extend the direct primary election law over the entire State; and the Minneapolis object lesson, furthermore, strengthened the hands of those who are laboring for the enactment of a similar law in other States.

Political. The Republican State Convention was held in St. Paul, Sept. 5. The following ticket was nominated: For Governor, Samuel R. Van Sant; Lieutenant Governor, Lyndon A. Smith, Secretary of State, Peter E. Hanson; Treasurer, Julius H. Block; Attorney-General, Wallace B. Douglas; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Charles M. Start; Associate Justice, Loren W. Collins; Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners— four years, Ira B. Mills, Joseph G. Miller; two years, Charles F. Staples. The platform favored an amendment to the Federal Constitution to regulate trusts and prohibit monopolies; denounced the illegal manufacture and sale of oleomargarine; favored the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people; declared for fair and equal taxation; and commended the gross earnings system of taxation of railroads.

The Democratic State Convention, held in St. Paul, Sept. 5, nominated this State ticket: For Governor, John Lind; Lieutenant Governor, Thomas J. Meighen; Secretary of State, Michael E. Neary; Treasurer, H. C. Koerner; Attorney-Gen

eral, R. C. Saunders; (candidates for the Supreme Court the same that were on the Republican ticket); Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners -four years, P. M. Ringdal, T. J. Knox; two years, S. M. Owen. The platform expressed the belief that "the Constitution follows the flag," and therefore denounced the Porto Rican tariff bill; extended sympathy to the Boers; condemned the Dingley protective tariff law; condemned trusts; favored the endeavor to reduce the number of hours of a legal working day; accused the Republicans of gerrymandering the legislative districts; favored tax reform; and demanded that the gross earnings tax of railroads be increased to 4 per cent.

The People's party convention was held in Minneapolis Sept. 5. The Democratic State ticket was accepted through fusion. The platform was largely an argument for free silver. It also favored a graduated income and inheritance tax, postal savings banks, and Government ownership of railroads; condemned trusts, and as a means to kill them off asked for direct legislation giving the people the lawmaking and veto power under the initiative and referendum; denounced the Government's efforts to suppress the Philippine rebellion; extended sympathy to the Boers; called for repression of illegal importation of foreign laborers; advocated municipal ownership of public utilities; denounced the issuing of injunctions in disputes between labor and capital; favored election of United States Senators by popular vote; called for "a full, free, and fair ballot and an honest count " in all the States; favored home rule in the Territories and their early admission to statehood; and denounced the management of the Pension Bureau.

The following partial State tickets were also placed in the field:

Middle-of-the-Road Populist: For Governor, Sylvester M. Fairchild; Lieutenant Governor, Erick G. Wallinder; Treasurer, Stephen W. Powell; Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners-four years, M. R. Parks, M. P. Moran; two years, John J. Hibbard.

Prohibition: For Governor, Berndt B. Haugan; Lieutenant Governor, C. B. Wilkinson; Secretary of State, Frank W. Carlisle; Treasurer, Charles W. Dorsett.

Social-Democrat: For Governor, Thomas H.

Lucas.

Social-Labor: For Governor, Edward Kriz. All the above-named parties nominated presidential electors.

The entire Republican State ticket was elected by pluralities ranging from 2,254 for Governor to 56,645 for Attorney-General. The vote for presidential electors stood: McKinley (Republican), 190,461; Bryan (Democrat), 112,901; Woolley (Prohibition), 8,555; Debs (Social-Democrat), 3,065.

A proposition to amend the Constitution so as to provide for loaning the permanent school and university funds to, or the purchase of bonds of, cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts was defeated.

ECUMENICAL

MISSIONS, FOREIGN, CONFERENCE ON. The Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions which assembled in the city of New York in April, 1900, was the third meeting of the kind that has been held. The first conference, which was small in numbers and was chiefly composed of returned missionaries, met in London in 1878; the second was held in London in 1888, when the one hundredth year of the institution of the missionary movement was celebrated, and was attended by 1,759 delegates. In prepara

tion for the present conference a committee was appointed by the Annual Missionary Conference of the United States in 1896, to communicate with the different Protestant missionary societies throughout the world. The enterprise was finally put under the care of a general committee, of which the Rev. Judson Smith, D. D., of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, was chairman, and the Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Missions, was secretary. All the societies invited to participate in the conference accepted the invitation except the Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and the following societies were represented:

In the United States and Canada-American Advent Missionary Society; American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; American Baptist Missionary Union; American Bible Society; American Christian Convention; Africa Industrial Mission; Africa Inland Mission; African Methodist Episcopal Church; African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South; American Tract Society; Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces; Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Ontario and Quebec; Christian and Missionary Alliance; Church of God Foreign Missionary Society; Canadian Church Missionary Association; Canada Congregational Foreign Missionary Society; Cumberland Presbyterian Board of Missions; Evangelical Association Missionary Society; Evangelical Lutheran Church (General Synod); Evangelical Lutheran Church, South (United Synod); Evangelical Lutheran General Council Foreign Missions; Free Baptist Missionary Society; Free Methodist Church General Missionary Board; Foreign Christian Missionary Society; Foreign Sunday School Association; American Friends Central Board of Missions; German Evangelical Synod of North America; Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Board of Missions; Missionary Society of the Methodist Church in Canada; Methodist Protestant Church, Board of Foreign Missions; Mennonite General Conference of North America; Moravian Church Board of Missions; National Baptist Convention; Phil-African League; Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; Presbyterian Church in the United States of America; Presbyterian Church in the United States; Presbyterian Church in Canada, Foreign Mission Committee; Primitive Methodist Church; Reformed Church in America; Reformed Church in the United States; Reformed Church in North America (General Synod); Reformed Episcopal Church; Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod); Reformed Presbyterian Church (Synod); Southern Baptist Convention; Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society; Seventh Day Adventist; United Norwegian Lutheran Church; United Presbyterian Board of Missions; United Brethren in Christ, Foreign Missionary Society; United Brethren in Christ (Radical branch); Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society; Woman's Union Missionary Society.

In Great Britain and Ireland-British and Foreign Bible Society; Baptist Missionary Society; Baptist Zenana Mission; China Inland Mission; Church Missionary Society; Church of England Zenana Missionary Society; Colonial Missionary Society; Christian Literature Society for India; Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society; Presby terian Church of England Foreign Missions; Friends' Foreign Missionary Association; "Help for Brazil"; Indian and Colonial Protestant Mis

sion; Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Foreign Missions; Ladies' Kaffrarian Society; London Missionary Society; Livingstone Medical College; Mission to Lepers in India and the East; North Africa Mission; Primitive Methodist Missionary Society; "Regions Beyond" Missionary Union; Religious Tract Society; Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese; Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee; South American Missionary Society; Student Volunteer Missionary Union; Free Church of Scotland, Foreign Missions Committee; United Methodist Free Churches Missionary Society; United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Foreign Missions; Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society; Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for Female Education in India and South Africa; Zenana Bible and Medical Mission.

In Jamaica, West Indies-Jamaica Baptist Missionary Society.

In Hawaii-Hawaiian Evangelical Association. In Australia-Woman's Missionary Union, Queensland.

In New Zealand-Presbyterian Church, Otego and Southland. In Finland Finland Missionary Society.

In Germany-Neukirchen Mission Institute; Berlin Missionary Society; Berlin Baptist Foreign Missionary Society; Rhenish Missionary Society.

In Holland-Mission Conferences in the Netherlands; Dutch Reformed Missionary Society. In Norway Norwegian Missionary Society; Norwegian Lutheran China Mission Association. In Sweden Swedish Mission in China, Evangelical National Society.

In Switzerland-St. Chrischona Pilgrim Missionary Society.

The conference was in session during ten days, including Sunday, from April 21 to May 1. The Hon. Benjamin Harrison, ex-President of the United States, was honorary president of the body, while special presiding officers were appointed for each day's sessions. The principal meetings were held in Carnegie Hall and the Central Presbyterian Church, and "overflow meetings" and sectional meetings were held in addition. At the opening meeting, April 21, for welcoming the delegates, ex-President Harrison, presiding, made the opening address; the Rev. Dr. Judson Smith, chairman of the managing committee, delivered the address of welcome; and the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw Thompson, secretary of the London Missionary Society; the Rev. Dr. A. Schreiber, of Germany; the Rev. Dr. A. Chamberlain, missionary in India; and the Rev. Dr. Joseph King, of Australia, responded. In the evening of the same day (April 21) a meeting for national welcome was held, when addresses of welcome were made by William McKinley, President of the United States, and Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of the State of New York, and the response on behalf of the conference by ex-President Harrison. The meetings of Monday, April 23, were devoted chiefly to the general survey of the progress and present condition of missions. A Century of Missions was made the subject of a review of the growth of missionary enterprise by Mr. Eugene Stock, editorial secretary of the Church Missionary Society. A report upon centennial statistics was presented by the Rev. Dr. James S. Dennis, from which the following figures are derived: Number of societies directly engaged in conducting foreign missions, 249, distributed as follows in the United States, 49; in England, 42; in Asia, 29; in Africa, 28; in Australia and Oceanica, 26; in Germany, 15; in the Netherlands, 10; in Canada, 8; in Sweden, 7; in the West Indies, 11; in Scotland, 7; in Ireland,

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