St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-07
WOMEN WE'RE ALLOWED TO VOTE
In Some of the Parishes, While In
Others They Were Denied the
Privilege.


fore, not extensively indulged, some parishes
accepting the change and others awaiting
more definite instructions. But at ST. James
church, De Soto and Lawson streets, the ac-
tive participation of the ladies was not the
only interesting incident of the evening. This
church also elected a new rector in the per-
son of Rev. j. o. Ferris, heretofore chaplain
of St. Adams academy, Knoxville, ILL.,, and
previously rector of Chicago parish. Mr..
Ferris is an alumnus Of the divinity school
at Nashota, Wis, and, although quite a
young man, brings with him an excellent
reputation for character and ability. Mrs.
Ferris will join her husband within few
days. st. James has been deprived of a
rector since last autumn, when Rev. Robert
H. Cotton resigned in order to accept a
charge in the Southern climate, whittier his
impaired health obliged him to remove. The
officers elected by the various churches last
night comprised, in each case, senior and
junior warden, and a board of vestrymen.
Delegates were also named in most instances,
to represent the parish at the diocesan coun-
Gil of the year and in city mission work.
The elections resulted follows:
CHRIST CHURCH.
Ruben Warner and John O. Adams were
reelected senior and junior wardens, re-
spectively. Little change was made among
the yestrymen, who will be: W. H. Light
ner w. S. Timberlake, Harvey Officer, e. N.
Saunders, John c. Hill, w. R. Ladd and A.
A. Whirte. The rector, Rev Charles D. An
drews, will appoint the ten delegates to the
diocesan council and the four delegates to
the city mission association. The reports of
the parish officers showed that, as one of the
officers said the church was truly in splen-
did condition. 1t was mentioned that the
Easter offering alone had exceeded 81, 200.
ST. PAUL's CHURCH.
The parish meeting was well attended and
most harmonious. For many years DR.. A.
Wharton and W. J. Sloppy Jr. have been
the senior and junior wardens, respectively,
last night. The vestry remains almost un-
changed, and now consists of Hon. w. R.
Merriam, Hon. H. F. Stevens, Dr.. L. NJ.
A. Spies, G. NJ. P. Pridham and James ].
Gillette. The delegates to the diocesan
council will be: s. Forbes, F. o: Osborn, J.
Whipple, DR.. A. ]. Thompson, w. Blaine and
w. c. Knight. The church will be repre-
sented in city mission work by S. Forbes,
A. ]. Thompson. The treasurer of the
vestry, W.. A. Sloppy, was reelected, as
was also the secretary J. 1. Gillette. The
1t was evident that st. Paul's maintains
that prosperity and influence which 1t has
displayed since the days Of the early set
tiers.
ST. JAMES,.
R. ]. Eggleton, who has served in the
capacity of senior warden of this church for
number OF years, much to the satisfaction
of the parish, announced previous to the
nomination Of officers that he would decline
reelection inasmuch as he felt that he
should be relieved of his responsibilities j.
A. Barr was thereupon elected senior warden.
MI Barr positively declined to serve. The
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imous request Of the assembly Mr.. Eggleton
was induced to accept another term. The
junior warden this year will be Henry Bry-
Rischatek, Samuel S. King, Thomas Coates.
and Wilfred Crowther. The delegates to
the diocesan council will be J. A. Barr and
and George King Sr. as alternates. II re-
quired session of but five minutes for the
yestry to elect their new rector. The re-
dies guild, the Young Peoples society and
the Junior society, demonstrated that the
state.
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST.
=, In accordance with the rules of the church
that the annual meeting must be held upon
the first Monday after Easter, a meeting was
called only to be adjourned until Monday,
April 70 when 1T is hoped that the rector,
DR.. Dudley Rhodes, will be sufficiently recoy.
cred from his illness to be present.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPARD.
At the Church of the Good Shepard the
following officers were elected: Senior war
den, George Bell; junior warden, Conrad T.
sanders; Vestrymen, Edward H. Hale, Edwin
Hobbs, Frederick Bell, Richard E. Exley.
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.
At the Church of the Messiah both ladies
and gentlemen were present at the annual
meeting although the ladies were debarred
from voting. The minutes of the annual
meeting We're read, and they proceeded to the
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Senior warden, John Wann; Junior warden
L. ]. NJ. Holland; vestrymen, H c. Conyers
William c. Kent, A. Bland, E. Sephton, ].
Then came the election Of delegates to the
council of the diocese to be held at Gethse-
mane church, Minneapolis, on the first
.,.9CI Wednesday in June AS each church is en-
titled to one delegate and one for every fifty
communicates, four delegates were elected.
George j. Hewson, E. Sephton William q
Kent, George NJ. Reade.
1t was voted that the appointment of alter
mates be left to the vestry.
various interesting reports were read.
showing that the work of the church for the
year had been considerable. The report of
the parish treasurer in brief is as follows:
General Fund
TSecelpss ,94S II
expenditures ........ ....."........... 2231. 90
Balance on hand. nd.................. s117 II
Building Fund
receipts ........ ....................... $137 At
expenditures .'...'........ ........... 20 Sc
Balance on hand. S112 OF
The enrolment in the Sunday school was
given as 2S0, SO per cent of this number
having been in attendance during the mast
quarter. In the Sunday school during the
past year the receipts were $161 Sc, the ex-
penditures S147.69, making a balance of
$14.27 on hand. The mite boxes brought in
81! so, which is given to the board of church
missions. ~
The Messiah branch of the woman's auxiI
larry seems to be in very f1ourishing condi-
ton, as evidenced by the report given. II
mas at present thirty-one members and COW
ers several lines of work, including mission
ary work, both at home and abroad. and
hospital work. Mrs. ]. c. Crossley repre-
sents the parish on the board of visitors IN
st. Luke's hospital. She collected during the
year $52 for this work, and considerable
sewing is done for the hospital by the ladies.
during the Lenten season, both this wear
ana last, the ladies of the society each gave
Lenten onering Of penny a day to the
hospltal; quite sum Of money was raised
| by the ladies' auxiliary during the year.
Inc Deaconess home and the kindergarten
larger part Of the funds are raised outside
this parish, although this church has these
! institutions In charge.
DE FORREST Bolles, as a representative of
! the boys club, told what they boped to do
| This parish hopes to enlarge the church
soon.
st. Georges Day Supper.
| The regular meeting of the Sons of ST.
George was held in Odd Fellows hall last
evening. The report OF the entertainment
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