MORAVIANS. 



611 



gation of the Missouri River is a matter of national 

 interest and importance ; that if the millions of fertile 

 acres that lie upon its banks are afforded the advan- 

 tages of cheap water transportation, its breadstuffs 

 and products will cheapen the cost of living through- 

 out the entire country : that hi the distribution of 

 the public money for tne improvement of the navi- 

 gable rivers of the country the Missouri River has 

 been practically ignored ; that the annual appro- 

 priation of a few thousand dollars for the improve- 

 ment of this or that harbor, or the protection of 

 some threatened point, is of no advantage or benefit 

 in promoting the general usefulness of this water- 

 way: therefore 



jResoloed, That we, the citizens of the States of Mis- 

 souri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, and the Territories 

 of Dakota and Montana, in convention assembled, do 

 hereby appeal to the Congress of the United States 

 for the creation of a Missouri River commission to 

 consist of seven members three Government engi- 

 neers and four citizens one from Missouri, one from 

 Kansas, one from Nebraska, and one from Iowa; 

 that an adequate appropriation be made to be ex- 

 pended by said commission for the general improve- 

 ment of navigation of the Missouri River. 



Jtesolved, That we hereby instruct our Senators and 

 Representatives in the Congress of the United States 



to use all efforts to secure the necessary legislation to 

 accomplish these results. 



Jtesolved, That the State delegations in this con- 

 vention shall appoint three citizens from Missouri, 

 three from Kansas, three from Iowa, three from Ne- 

 braska, one from Dakota, and one from Montana, who 

 shall form a committee to memorialize Congress, to 

 prepare and present statistics, and in every legitimate 

 manner aid our Representatives in securing from Con- 

 gress adequate appropriations for the improvement of 

 the navigation of the Missouri River. 



Jiesolved, That the whole proceedings of this con- 

 vention be published in pamphlet form and distributed 

 generally among the citizens of theMissouri Valley 

 and the Senators and Representatives in Congress. 



Resolved, That we are in hearty accord with the 

 plan for the improvement of the Mississippi River 

 and its tributaries, and urge upon the attention of 

 Congress the importance of making liberal appropria- 

 tions therefor. 



Several robberies of railroad trains occurred 

 in the State during the year. 



The population of Missouri by counties, ac- 

 cording to the census of 1880 and 1870, is as 

 follows : 



MONROE DOCTRINE. (See PANAMA CA- 

 NAL.) 



MORAVIANS. The report of the Provin- 

 cial Elders' Conference to the General Synod 

 of the Northern (American) Province, made 

 in May, 1881, stated that there were 65 minis- 

 ters in actual service in the province, of whom 

 57 had pastoral charges, and 8 were filling 

 other positions. Twenty-nine regular churches 



* In 1876 organized as a separate municipality. 



were entitled to representation in the Provin- 

 cial Synod. The total number of communi- 

 cants was 8,231, and the whole number of 

 souls connected with the Church was 14,356. 

 Adding the members in the Southern Province, 

 which might now be regarded as united with 

 the Northern Province, the members in the 

 whole American district of the Moravian 

 Church were 9,561 communicants and 16,491 

 souls. 



