Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-17

South with General Weaver for the third
party. has gone West and now says IL vot
for Weaver out there is 10 help Cleveland the
third party people had better vote the repub-
lican ticket.
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
On Saturday i'll the House of Depu-
ties of the Episcopal convention in
session in Baltimore President Dix an
nounced that he had received the fol-
lowing message from the House of
Bishops That the house had concur
ed in the amendment to canon 10, sec
ton I. on clerical residence and remov-
al. that the house concurs in the reso-
Iution on distribution of copies OF the
Standard Prayer-book. and appointing
the bishops of Albany, Missouri and
Pittsburg on the committee; that tne
house agrees to the division of the Col
orado. and erecting the missionary
jurisdiction of Western Colorado; that
the house concurS to the erection OF
the separate missionary Jurisdictions OF
Arizona and New Mexico; that the
house proposes Il resolution to amend
title 8 canon I, article 4, for the APP
pointment of u missionary commission
to meet annually: that the house, look
ing to the care OF the archives OF the
Foreign and Domestic Missionary So
ciety. resolves that they be kept in the
new missionary building, now i'll course
of erection in New York city adopted
by the House of Dcputics): that the
house requests 4 committee OF confer
ence on Message No. s of House Of
Deputies as to insertion ofcertain words
in the penitential office, and appoints
the bishops of Albany Iowa and assist
ant bishop OF California on the part OF
the house: that the house concurs IL
the appointment of committee to
name Il place for the next lnas..ng, and
naming the bishops of Missouri, Ken
lucky, assistant bishop of California
and bishop of Massachusetts, on the
part of the house; that the house agrees
to the division OF Michigan: and that
the house concurs with the House OF
Deputies. and consents to the division
of Florida.
A committee of conference was
adopted on the proposed amendment to
the penitcntial office
The committee on election presented
a report on the seating of altcrnates.
A lively debate ensued over the pro-
posed division of Michigan, which had
been reported unflvorably by the com
mittee on new dioceses. The cross
firing was lively, and at times severe,
and the convention turned down the
report of the committee and agreed TO
division of the diocease.
Rev. Canon Pcntreath, Of hupcrts
Land, was introduced and told of the
wonderful growth of the church in
Winnipeg The house then adjourned
until Monday.
The order of the day was the pro-
posed amendment to the constitution
originally offered by Rev. DR.. Hunting
ton, of New York, the substitution of
the Apostolic and Nicene Creeds for the
first article Of the constitution, &c, and
presented as reported back by the COM
mittee. Behind this was thought TO
lurk the impending shadow Of a clash
between the high and low church ele-
ments. So chary were the deputies Of
this suspected resolution, however, that
the consideration was STAYED oil by
diliatory tactics until the hour of adj
| iollrnment had arrived.
In the House of Bishops the report of
the committee on canons was again
taken up. 1t was proposed to amend
canon u in order to allow greater free
dom in conducting services in mission
airy Jurisdictions. The canon was
adopted prescribing the manner of
choosing members of certain mission
AIRY boards.
The bishops then took up missionary
matters and formally ratified the set
ting apart Of the northern part of Mich
igan and the southern part of Florida
rs missionary Jurisdictions. Bishops
for these new fields will be elected this
week. Ten names were proposed from
which to select the missionary bishop
of Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
These names will be given to the pub
lie, but will remain on the private re-
cords of the house for three days, when
a bishop will he formally elected. 1t
was deemed inexpedient at this time to
elect missionary bishop for the juris-
dic,ion of Alaska, and Bishop Chap
man. whose election was economically ir-
regular, will serve until the matter is
finally in shape for regular disposition.
The House of Deputies sent mes
sage requesting the appointment ola
Joint committee on the translation Of
tle Common Prayer Book. The lower
house also sent Il message non-concurr-
ing in the changes in the dictionary.
The remainder of the session was oc-
cupied in discussing the report of the
committee on the hymnal, and a mum
Der of changes were made. Many old
hymns were dropped AID new ones adj
ded. The report came UP again to-day.
THE BRAIN CENTRE FOR EPELEPsY.-Sur-
gerry has learned a new secret of the brain.
An operation performed not long ago at the
Orthopaelic Hospital in Philadelphia referred
to briefly in the recently published report of
the county visitors to tho State Board of
Charities says that the patient under treat
ment. woman suffering from epilepsy, had
stacks which showed themselves III her
thumbs The operating surgeon removed q
part of the brain. which was c3lsisg all the
| trouble At last reports the woman 5 attacks
had ceased, and with her head still bound up
she was moving cheerfully about the hospital
wards. A cOnvalescent epilcptic is so rarely
known to surgery that the apparent recovery
of this patieut is triumph enough in itself