The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1892-08-10


ly minister president, who viii distribute
the ministerial portfolios himself and win
be alone responsible to the Gar.
1t is asserted that Canada win not take
any action in the canal tolls dispute until
the United States government is heard
from. If President Harrison issues n nro-
clamation bringing the retaliatory bill into
effect the Dominion Cabinet will meet
and send protest to Great Britain
With the prospect of Mr.. Gladstone's
return to power the Russians and the
French are, it is said becoming demons
tratiye. The French Press is particularly
jubiant, as they think that the English
evacuation of Egypt will be fastened.
The new British parliament met ON the
Attn. A conservative member moved that
the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel,
speaker of the last House. be elected sneak
er of the new body The motion was
seconded by Mr.. Gladstone and carried.
The election of Mr.. Balfour. the Con-
seryative leader in the House of Commons.
and the nephew of Lord Salisbury, is to be
contested on the ground that it was secured
by bribery, &c.
The four hundredth anniversary of the
day on which Columbus set sail from Palos
spain, on his voyage Of discovery was OBJ
served IN that town with appropriate cere-
monies on the Sd inst.
Russian troops have occupied the Pamir
region as far as the Hindoo- Koosh noun
talns, the country from which they retired
last year. The Afghans are skirmishing
with both the Russians and the Chinese.
The prefect of the Roman Catholic Pro-
paganda has written to the bishops of the
United States, urging them to devote spe-
clal attention at the coming synod to the
important question of parish schools
United States Consul Ryder and wife are
still in prison at Copenhagen on charges
OF fraudulent transactions by the husband.
The eruption at the great sangir Island
destroyed the crops so extensively that
there is great danger of famine.
The Pope has officially declared that the
actions of the Freemasons of Italy are sub
yersive of religion.
Mr.. John Morley has agreed to accept
the post of chief secretary for Ireland, un-
der the Gladstone government.
The cholera returns for all Russia for
August , and show a total of G,T4l new
cases and {, 3,496 deaths
A letter in the London Jewish Chronicle
confirms the report of the failure of Baron
De Hirsch's colony in the Argentine Repub-
A revolutionary cons piracy mas b, en- dis
covered in Bolivia and martial law has
been proclaimed.
Lord Tennyson celebrated his $50 birth
day on the 6lh inst.
A new Jesuit general is to be elected
this month.
Miscellaneous.
A "pan sectarian" divinity school has
been organized at Boulder, the seat of the
University of Colorado. 1t is TO be in
dependent and to be maintained bv the
co operation Of the churches The Dean
of the Faculty is a Baptist It's chair Of
Church History goes to an Episcopalian.
while that of the History of Church Doc,
trines is filled by UniVersalist Its Sys-
tematic Theology f. to be PRESBYTERIAN.
while Unitarian teaches COmparative
Religion, and Congregationalist gives in
struction in the ethics of Social Reform.
Over twenty years have passed since the
Rev now Bishop Charles b. Cheney of
Illinois was deposed from the ministry of
the =. q. Church for the omission of the
word Tegenerate' in the baptismal office.
The case was carried into the courts and
now the Supreme Court of Illinois has
declared that Dr. Cheney's der, sition is
null and void, the proceedings not having
conform ed to the canons Of the church.
This decision brings the whole subject be-
fore the House of Bishops at the coming
convention in October
Two Iowa Roman Catholic preIates,
Bishops COsgrOve and Hennessy. have
declared that the Order of the Knights of
Pythias is condemned by the Church i'm
common with all secret societies, and that
the penalty for membership i'm it is excOm-
munication
The Convention of the Young Mems
Christian Associations of Maryland Del
aware, District of Coiumhia West virginia
and Virginia assembled az Mountain Lake
Park, Md, July 27th, and continued i'm ses-
sion until the 8th inst
The late General Assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church refused to- accent n
veto power on the The election of profes-
sors i'm the Theological Seminaries, OF to
order annual reports from them
Besides their State College at Wake
Forest, the Baptists Of North Carolina
control three female seminaries, and four
academies In which are forty-one ir5truc-
tors and nearly seven hundred pupils
The Rev DR. r y. Clark. President of
the United Society of Christian E1deavor.
started ON his tour around the world I'm the
interests of Eude8vOrism on the jfh inst.
The twenty-secoud annual convention
of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
America was held aft Indianapolis last week.
A the Asbury Park national service
on Sunday, Gen. Grubb, cx Minister to-
Spain, spoke I'm favor of woman suffrage
The Episcolal WlHodaL of Baltimore
has been sold 60 the Rev. G.. F Poland, of
West Va.
Sixteen thousand T.utherans -afbered