Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-05
EPJSCOPALIANS.
Yesterdays Proceedings Of the Con-
vention at MinneapOliS-Reports
On Official Mismanagement,

Minneapolis, Mimi, October 4.-The
two houses 5f The Episcopal conven-
ton held brief sessions to-day before
going into Joint session as the Board
Of Missions"
In the House Of Deputies, morning
PRAYERS we're conducted by Bishop Wor-
thington. of Nebraska, and Rev. DR.. j.
Lewis Parke, Of Philadelphia.
Rev. DR.. D. c. Roberts, OF Concord,
n. H.. offered resolutions commend
ing the Governor and Legislature of
Texas for it's stand on the prize fight
inc question. A white haired delegate
from Pennsylvania, James S. B!ddle,
objected 10 immediate consideration.
He said he had no knowledge what
ever Of the action Of the Texas people.
This caused a roar of laughter in the
staid convention, and the resolution
was passed with few faint noes.
One Of the principal reports presented
to the Board Of Missions was the report
Of the executive committee of the Am
erican Church Missionary Society, read
by Secretary J. Thompson Cole. IL
was the first public and official utter
ance as to the embeZzlement OF S4l,OOO
by the former treasurer, Henry A. Oak
ley. and the former secretary, Rev.
VIM. A. Newbold. It had been hoped
to avoid all public reference to the af-
fair. but this was found impossible.
The amount taken by Oakley has been
computed to be S21 ,S23.24 and by New
bod $40. .034. .16 from September l, 1887.
The defalcatiOn was made possible by
The fact that there was no check on the
accounts of either save OF the other Of
fcer. and upon this they relied for safe
ty. The treasurer has reimbursed the
Society, but the secretary had no money
nor any one sufficiently interested in
him to make it good. The committee
had decided not to prosecute either Of
fcer. Il would be impossible to pros
ecute the treasurer without returning
the money made good, as it had come
from another source. No promises had
been made but the prosecution seemed
impossible The secretary was old,
penniless and disgraced. To proceed
against him and not against the treas
urer would be justly open to a charge
that the prosecution was not because he
took money but because he had no
friend to pay 1t back.
The society has charge of the do
nestle missions as we'll as those N Gu
ba and Brazil. It was reported that
wonderful progress had been made in
Brazil, but that the outbreak of the
war in Cuba had stopped promising
work around Matanzas. The society
which is supported by voluntary con-
tributions has received $11, ,692 since
August 81, 1894. 1t has a balance now
of S4,70S.
The Board Of Managers presented a
legthy printed report to the Board Of
Missions. Among other matters it has
adopted a resolution that is was incon-
sistent to receive grants in money from
the United States for any of its schools
The field in Alaska had been entered
with the assistance Of Bishop Barker
Of Olympia. The erection of the
church of the Holy Trinity at Toxic
Japan, under guarantees as to tenure
of the property, was reported together
with an agreement as to conflicting jur-
isdictions of Bishop Bickersteth, of the
Church of England, and Bishop, Nc
Kim. of American Church in Japan.
An appropriation Of $4,000 a year
has been made for work among the col
ored people, and a commission named
10 supervise it.
Rev. Henry 'FOrrester has been COM
missioned as presbyter to the Mex
lean Mission.
The society's gross receipts for the
fiscal year were 1921, 7,2S4, a handsome
increase.
OF the 5,4S4 parishes under Mission