People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — RAIN AT WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

RAIN AT WASHINGTON.

Christian Endeavor era Have a Chilly Reception at the Capital.. Washington, July 9.—The hosts of incoming Christian Endeavorers were greeted by a cold, Chilling rain. Those who attempted to spend the day In sight-seeing found cheerless comfort but this drawback was of but slight consequence to the earnest young men and women who are gathered here to do God’s bidding. Every one took the weather philosophically, and grumbling was not heard. Every ijetail in connection with the big convention has virtually been completed. and nothing remains to be done but to carry out the plans perfected. The committees were busy with new arrivals who continued to come tn at frequen| intervals and wanted to know everything about the convention, the city, and the district. So far the arrivals have fallen a little below the original estimates of the committees, tfhich aggregated 50,000, but the indications are that there will be fully 35,000 arrivals altogether. The hotels are Alling up rapidly, and large number of boarding houses,* which failed to register the entertainment committee, are making strenuous efforts to secure guests by stationing representatives at the depots. ' ' W