Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-05
THE EPIsCoPALIANs.

The House Of Bishops transacted lit
tie business before the joint session
save the reading of standing commit.
tees, and the references to the proper
committee OF the memorial of the do.
cese of California asking the consent of
the house to the erection off new do
cese within the limits of the present
see.
One of the principal reports present
ed to the board of missions was the re-
port of the executive committee of the
American church missionary society,
read by Secretary j. Thompson Cole.
1t referred to the ENLIGHTENMENT OF
$41 ,000 by the former treasurer, Henry
A. Oakley, and the former secretary,
Rev. VIM. A. Newbold. 1t had been
hoped to avoid all public reference to
the affair, but this was found impossi-
BILE. The amount taken by Oakley has
been computed to be S21, 1924, and by
Newbold S19, 03416, from September l,
1887. The defalcation was made posi-.
BILE by the fact that there was no
check on the accounts of either save of
the other officer, and upon this they
relied for safety. The treasurer has
reimbursed the society, but the secre
tary had no money nor any one suf
6ciently interested in him to make it
good. The committee has de.
cided not to prosecute either Of
6cer. 1t would be impossible to
prosecute the treasurer without
returning the money made good, as it
had come from another source. No
promises had been made, but prosecu-
ton seemed impossible. The secretary
was old, penniless and disgraced. To
proceed against him and not against the
treasurer would be justly open to a
charge that the prosecution was not be-
cause he took the money, but because
he had no friend to pay it back.
The society has charge of the domes
tic missions, as well as those in Cuba
and Brazil. It was reported that Won
derful 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 contributions,
has received $11, 692 since August 81,
1894. 1t has balance of 81 ,70S.
The board of managers presented a
lengthy printed report to the board Of
missions. Among other matters it had
adopted resolution that it 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 Baker, Of
Olympia. The erection of the Church
of the Holy Trinity, at Toxic, Japan,
under guarantee as to tenure
of the property, was reported, TO-
gether with an agreement as to
conflicting Jurisdictions of Bishop
Bickerseth, of the Church of ENGLAND,
and Bishop McKim, of the American
Church in Japan. An appropriation Of
$40, 900 year has been made for work
among the colored people and CON-
mission named to supervise it. Rev.
Henry Forester has been commission.
ed as a presbyter to the Mexican mis-
sion. The society's gross receipts for
the fiscal year were 1927 1884, a hand.
some increase. OF the 5,4S4 parishes
under missionary control $500 made
contributions. Following the managers
report brief addresses were made on
their work by Bishop Ferguson, color.
ed, of West Africa; Bishop Graves, Of
China; Bishop McKim, of Japan, and
Bishop Nelson, of Georgia, on the Afro
American work, and by Bishop Brooks,
of Oklahoma, on the Indian work.
At the afernoon session the work in
Alaska and Brsz was presented.
The prayer book distributing commits.
sion made an interesting report, show
ing the distribution of 100000 prayer
books since 1892.
Resolutions of sympathy with the
Armenians and the missionaries in
China were adopted.