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The Jewish convention continued its session yesterday forenoon at 9:30. Mr. Rosedal was chairman. Dr. Vorsanger made a motion that for every community too poor to pay a rabbi one should be supported by the Union. The motion was carried. Another committee, which had been in

The Grand Lodge of the Order "Hermann's Sons" of the State of Illinois held yesterday its semi-annually meeting. The Chairmanship consisted of the following gentlemen: Adolf Mueller, President; Friedr. Meyer, Vice President; Henry Diets, Secretary; and Jacob Fleck, Treasurer. According to the

Mr. Edward Cook, the publisher of the Platt-German Newspaper, was intrumental in bringing to Chicago the convention of all the Platt-Germans of America, with the purpose of founding a National Society. Eleven societies were represented by their delegates numbering altogether 37. The conventio

The Catholic newspaper, the True Witness, edited in Chicago at 168 E. Randolph Street, gives an article in its last October copy about us Bohemians. This article was written by a certain W. Mungavin, and is worthy to be given notice, especially, as in contrast with the libelous article publis

The Conference of the German Methodist preachers closed yesterday in the Methodist Church at Center Street. This conference, presided over by Bishop Foster, has been in session since last Thursday. Altogether, 85 preachers, representing the districts of Chicago, Milwaukee, and Fond

There are many Americans who give our forefathers credit for their splendid support of the Catholic religion and their undying love for their native land. Not long ago something was said in regard to the above mentioned which caused hard feelings and misunderstanding among Polish pe

The German Catholic Central Society is holding its 32nd convention in Chicago this year, and our citizens of that faith have shown their guests from other cities through the reception they gave them, how very welcome they were. High mass was read at St. Michal's church during which Bishop Wig

The confederation of athletics considered yesterday some of the most important problems, which were scheduled to come before the conference. The discussion about the question, whether or not the confederation should take a definite stand against the anarchist movement, and which had been expe

The confederation of the North-American Athletics include only a small portion of the Germans in this country. If it should accept the most absurd and furious resolutions unanimously nobody could justly hold the vast majority of the German-Americans responsible for such actions, because the c

Even the more strict members of the German-Lutherans will have nothing to do with prohibition. The recent conferences of different synods have demonstrated this attitude. The synod accepted a resolution which is, basically, a definite stand against political prohibition, and contains the foll

The remaining battalion of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteers will hold a reunion at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the Grand Encampment of the G. A. R., on August, 1889. All comrades of the old Scandinaven Regiment are ordered to attend. Arrangements will be made for

The circular, which the Great Lodge of the Harugari Order sent to the Turner song, school and church clubs of Chicago, in order to organize a German Alliance, fell on fertile soil. The committee of thirteen did its work well. Yesterday's meeting of the delegates at the North Side Turner Hall

A special train over the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad left the city at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon with 500 or more excursionists bound for Davenport, Ia., to attend the annual convention of the German Veteran Societies of the United States, which will be in session all next we

At the quintennial convention of the Constitutional Grand Lodge, Independent Order of B'nai B'rith (Sons of the Covenant), held in Richmond, Virginia, last year, a committee was appointed to confer with committees which are expected to be appointed by the Kesher Shel Barzel and the Independen

The vice censor of the Polish National Alliance has expressed his opinion about that organization. According to him, the lodges belonging to the P. N. A. are not allowed to make any decisions without the consent, or rather without the will, of the central board of that organization.

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The Vahteich matter, which occasioned so much dissatisfaction among the North Side Turners a short time ago, has taken a new phase with the decision of the National Executive Board of the Turnerbund of St. Louis, read Wednesday night. Instead of the breach being healed it has been widened, an

Dr. S. Wolfenstein, Superintendent of the Cleveland Orphan Asylum, passed through the city early this week, on his way home from the I.O.B.B. convention held in St. Louis. On Tuesday evening, Mr. A. Hart, President of the Asylum,tendered the Doctor a reception at the Standard Club. Mr. Hart w

The German Methodist Episcopal Conference at the Maxwell Street Church lasted but a short time yesterday morning, transacted a small amount of business, and adjourned to meet again at 8:30 o'clock this morning. Two members, the Rev. Drs. Sepert and Keck, were passed by their presidi

The readers have been well [gap] of activities of the latest Catholic Day. This undoubtedly, has also been welcomed by the non-Catholics among German-Americans. An excdeption to this is, of course, the resolution regarding the restoration of secular power an

In the issue for September 26 of this year of Ameryka--a journal well-known for the publishing of deliberate falsehoods--we read an extensive account of the convention of the Polish National Alliance, which was held in Detroit, Michigan. One of the paragraphs in this article reads as follows: