Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08

Rev. DIR. Nichols, of Minnesota, said
that there had been no understanding
that the house adjourn, and when a
division had been challenged, SO large
majority voted against adjournment
that the ''ayes" We're not counted.
No Slight Intended.
Some of the leading delegates after
wards explained to the representative
of the United Press that no slight to
the ex-secretary was intended, but SO
much business was on hand that every
hour was valuable. The committee on
new dioceses reported in favor of
the division of the dio.eses of Cali
fornia, Maryland and Kentucky, and
the creation of new sees. and the re-
port was adopted. This action now
goes to the house of;bishops for its con-
sideration. DIR. Ward, of kentucky,
made plea for the holding of the next
convention at Louisville and it was re-
ferred to the appropriate committee.
In Committee of the Whole.
After the house had received and ac-
cepted the final report of the joint
commission of 1889 on the revision
of the prayer-book and which was APP
proved at the last convention,
and had also accepted a magnificent
~ bound copy of the ritual printed on
vellum, the body again went into the
committee of the whole on the new
constitution with Lay Delegate Pack
ard, Of Maryland, presiding. The pend
ing question when the committee
adjourned on Wednesday was the mo-
tion Of DR. Harrison, OF Springfield, re-
snacting the first clause of the para
graph putting into legal effect
all legislation of the deputies in
which the bishops had failed to
concur or had demurred within three
days. A number of technical amend
ments were submitted the speakers in
favor of the clause insisting that it
was intended to prevent the bishops
'pocketing" matters with which they
were not in harmony.
At 11:40 o'clock the committee, in re-
spouse to an urgent appeal from the
general secretary of the board of mis-
sions, sent by deputation from the
Lyceum, rose by a vote of 157 to III
md the house adjourned.
i Missionary Report.
A voluminous printed report on for
eign and domestic missions was pre-
sented Friday afternoon in behalf of
the board of managers. The report
Mns referred to committees. In sub
stance it is as follows:
1t showed that the gross receipts of the
board for the year were, including the balance
OF last year and personal loan Of So, 900 from
Mr.. George Bliss, s7s4,s29 and the disburse-
r,nrkcH I,,,, $50
bSl In hand on September /. The loan from
MI Bliss had been returned. Comment was
made upon the fact that in not few instances
the Lenten offerings OF tho children, which for
the fiscal year aggregated $4,000, had taken
the pace of the gifts of the congregations for
wonld be unworthy of any parish to
permit tho youth to usurp its privileges and
discharge its duties In this regard. The re-
port OF the womens auxiliary showed that 1t
had collected s167.6i3 for The fiscal year, of
tng into the central treasury
Robbed the Heather.
A sensational incident came up in
the shape of report by j. Thompson
Cole. 1t was the first public and
official utterance regarding the detail
cations and embellishments of the
former secretary and treasurer of the
American Church Mission society,
which has its headquarters in New
York city. The treasurer referred to
in the report is Henry A. Oakley and
the secretary Rev. William A. New
bold. That portion of the report
which relates to this matter is given
below:
1.-The past year has involved the society In
severe humiliation and loss An overhnuling
of the soctetys finances disclosed that the
treasurer and the general secretary had each
OF them taken for mis- own use a large sum
from the society's funds received for q
sacred trust The misconduct of each
OF them extended over u period of sew
cral years, and, often the
case. even with the institutions organized OK
pressly for handling and taking care Of money,
was brought to light by an accident The
amount taken by the treasurer is computed by
an expert accountant ut ri "a The amount
taken by the general secretar; Is comput ted
by the same person at 9,034 l6. from Septem-
Der l, 1897
= The general secretary had been de-
posed from the ministry and was old,
penniless and publicly disgraccd. TO
proceed against him and not against
the treasurer, who had refunded,
would, the report said, be Justly open
to charge that the prosecution was
not because he took the money,
but because he had not friends to pay
1T back. The executive committee
was unanimous in deciding that the
society would not prosecute.
Foster Speaks on Missions,
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Oct. 5.-The
Lyceum theater was packed Saturday
morning in response to call for
mass meeting in behalf Of the mission.