oville, Cal.
" Miss Jessie Martin, " "
Petaluma, Mrs. M.H. Colby, Petaluma, Cal.
Sacramento, Mrs. Rilla Carrington, Sacramento, Cal.
" Chin Foy, " "
San Buenaventura, Mrs. Ida White, San Buenaventura, Cal.
" " Gin Foo King, " " "
San Diego, Mrs. M.A. McKenzie, San Diego, Cal.
" " Quon Newey, " " "
San Francisco.--_Central_, Miss J.S. Worley, San Francisco, Cal.
" " " Mrs. M.A. Green, " " "
" " " Miss Rosa E. Lamont, " " "
" " " Miss Violet W. Lamont, " " "
" " " Thomas E. Haven, " " "
" " " Jee Gam, " " "
" " --_Barnes_, Mrs. H.W. Lamont, " " "
" " " Wong Gam, " " "
" " --_West_, Miss F.N. Worley, " " "
" " " Mrs. C. Goodwin, " " "
" " " Chin Gaing, " " "
Santa Barbara, Mrs. E.M. Shattuck, Santa Barbara, Cal.
Santa Cruz, Miss Mary L. Perkins, Santa Cruz, Cal.
" " Yong Jin, " " "
Stockton, Mrs. M.H. Langdon, Stockton, Cal.
" Hong Sing, " "

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CONVENTION OF COLORED ROMAN CATHOLICS.

"A National Convention of Colored Roman Catholics, composed of delegates
from nearly all the colored Roman Catholic churches and societies in the
country, began its sessions on the morning of January 1st, in the St.
Augustine Colored Catholic Church in Washington. Every seat was occupied
when Father Tolton, of Quincy, Ill., the only colored Catholic priest in
the United States, began the celebration of solemn High Mass.
Immediately in front of and beneath the pulpit sat his Eminence,
Cardinal Gibbons, who delivered the sermon. He was clad in scarlet
robes. At the conclusion of the sermon, the Cardinal welcomed the
delegates in his own name, and in the name of the cler