The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-05
EPISCOPALIA $.
Thky Congratulate GOverncr Gull
bersOn on His Action.


MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4.-The two
houses of the Episcopalian convention
had a brief session today before going
into a general session as a board of
missions" A resolution commencing
the governor and legislature of Texas
for their stand on the prize fighting
question was adopted by the house OF
deputies. The house of bishops re-
ferred to the proper committee a me-
mortal of the diocese of California, ask
ing the consent of the house to the
erection of a new diocese within the
limits of the present see.
The feature of the afternoon meeting
oG the board of commissions was the
adoption of several resolutions and
the first indication of the coming con-
test as to whether there shall be
bishop elected to Alaska. The work of
the church in Alaska was presented by
Bishops BuliSOn and Barker, but
Bishop Nicely, of Maine, said that there
were two sides to the question, and he
had a. statement of the Alaskan stu
alton which made things look differ
emit He will present it later and mean
while announces that he will oppose
the election. of an Alaskan blshop. ne
prayer-book distribution committee
the distribution of 100000 prayer
books since 1892. The following reso-
Iutlons were then adopted:
Resolved, That in this first assembly
of the board of missions since the
massacre of the Christian Armenlans,
the committee expresses its horror at
the atrocities practiced on the Armen-
ians who have suffered for the truth,
as we'll as for the steadfastness with
which they have borne their unspeak-
able anguish and the heroism of their
appeals to secure redress as fast as
possible for the wrongs they nave
suffered;
Resolved. That the board Of mis-
sions has learned with deep sorrow Of
the outbreaks of violence in China by
which the mission property has been
destroyed, the safety of missionaries
threatened and in some instances the
lives of missionaries sacrificed and
women and children horribly treated.
Resolved, That this board conveys
to our own missionaries in China and
through them to all who are laborIng
in the gospel of Christ in the midst of
perils, the assurance of our prayerful
sympathy and sOlicitude for their well
fare.
Resolved, That the board express TO
the Chuch Missionary Society of Eng
land and to the Church of England
Zenana Missionary society, whose mis-
siOnaries were slain and wounded In
the late massacre of Ku Cheng, its
deepest sympathy in their sorrow, and
that we earnestly call upon the United
States government to lend its strong
arm of protection over the citizens of
our country residing in that unhappy
land and secure them in their treaty
rights.
Whereas, During the summer just
passed the attention of the country
has been directed to the so-called up
rising of the Bannock Indians in Idaho,
and
Whereas, An impartial and unofficial
investigation has shown that the In
dams were the innocent victims of the
whites. resulting in the slaughter of
helpless human beings, therefore be it
Resolved, That we call the attention
of the United States government to
these outrages and request a fearless
investigation.