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Show I FIIBMT STATES "Christian Evangelist. 'Special" Train Stops for Day in Zion. H TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY H DELEGATES ON BOARD Bound for San Francisco Con-vention Con-vention American Christian Missionary Society. I "The Christian t Evangelist Special." boarlng two hundred nnd fifty delegates to -tho fifty-seventh annual convention of the American Christian Missionary society, so-ciety, to bo held In San Francisco from August 17 to 23, laid over In Salt Lako City from 9:30 yesterday morning until 9 o'clock last night. Tho train was mado up of eight sleeping cars, and tho delegates dele-gates on board represent tho States of Now Yorlc. Virginia, "West Virginia, Maryland, Mary-land, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, nilnolR, Kentucky, Tennesson. Nobrnska. Wlscon-Bin, Wlscon-Bin, Arkansas and MIsHourl and tho District Dis-trict of Columbia. Itinerary of the Trip. Tho special enrao to Salt Lake over the Colorado Midland and tho Denver & Rio Grande, and departed over tho San Pedro. Los Angolos & Salt Lake road. It started from St. Louis tho 6th instant, and will return to that city about Soptember 1st. Leaving Salt Lake, Its itinerary will Include In-clude San Bernardino. Riverside, Los An-gclca An-gclca nnd San Francisco. From the last named city tho special will. return cast by way of Portland, Soattlc, Spokane, Helena. Billings, tho Yollowstono National Na-tional Park and Kansas City. Will Be Many Delegates. According to G. A Hoffman, superintendent superin-tendent of tho Christian Evangelist Publishing Pub-lishing Company, who la conducting the Kpeclal, which takes Its name from- his company, there aro six or seven moro train, laden with delegates to tho con vontlon, bound for San Francisco by various va-rious other routes. Thero will bo an nt-tendanco nt-tendanco of more than four thousand delegates dele-gates upon the convention, representing .3,250.000 members of tho Christian church In tho United State. Thoro will also bo nrcsont special commissioners of missionary mis-sionary brnnches of tho society In England. Eng-land. Australia. China. Japan and India. Union of Churches. Mr. Hoffman announced that the most Important topic to como beforo the approaching ap-proaching convention is the plan to form a union of tho Christian church with tho Free Will Baptists, of which thero are about 2CO.000 In tho United States. This plan, ho stated, has been under consideration considera-tion for several years, and It is likely that It will bo carried into effect at the convention In tho coast ltv The delegates dele-gates passed their time In Salt Lako in sightseeing. |