Evening star., 1898-10-08

his jubilee or fiftieth year OF service in the
church. He has the distinction of being
the senior bishop in the British empire.
and was the original promoter Of the Lam
beth conference. He has been in Canada
forty-nine years, and was a bishop thirty
seven years and was made archbishop five
years ago. He lives at Kingston.
Archbishop Makes a Statement.
After the ceremony of welcome he sat
in the house of bishops and made to The
Star reporter the following statement:
The object In bringing about the confer
ences at Lambeth was to unite all the En-
slish-speaking churches of England and
the Episcopal Churches of the world.
There We're four conferences, ten years
apart. The progress has been very great.
The world regarded them somewhat in this
way: The first, with suspicion: the second
with liberation; the third with approval.
ard the fourth, with acclamaton.''
The archbishop is proud of his Irish ma
uvity, and his words sparkle with the wit
and his eyes brighten with the sense of
humor of the true son of Erin's sod. His
wife preceded him to the city and is a con-
spicuous figure in the woman's auxiliary
work.
Dean of Ruperts Land.
The very Reverend James Dallas
OMeara, DID, dean of Rupert's Land and
deputy warden Of St. Johns College, was
born in Ontario, CaEada. He was educated
at the University of Toronto and was the
gold medalist in mental science. He went
to Winnipeg i'll 1873, and has been in church
and educational work ever since He is
an enthusiastic free mason, being a past
grand master Of the order. He is deputy
warden in charge OF St. Johns College un-
der the archbishop, which has the distinc-
ton OF being a theological college of the
Church of England and also is an arts col
lege, being branch of the College of Mani
toha. He has been associated with the
church in Canada since the earliest days,
and was a member of the first provincial
synod and of the first general synod. This
is his first visit to the United States.
Il am perfectly delighted said he to
The Star reporter. Il have seen but little
of Washington, and yet enough to say it is
the most beautiful city 1 have ever been
in."
Judge Mcdonald.
His honor Herbert S. Mcdonald is judge
of the county court of the united counties
of Leeds and Greenville, in Ontario. He
was born at Gananoque, Ontario. and was
educated at Queens University, Kingston.
where he received the degree of NJ. A. He
was called to the bar in 1863 and was ap-
pointed to the bench as Junior judge in
1873 and senior judge in 1873. In 1871,
he acted a member of the Ontario legiS-
lative assembly until his appointment
judge. In 1892, he was appointed by the
government Of Canada member of the
royal commission to Investigate the liquor
traffic and visited the United States, going
through Iowa. Kar sas, Nebraska and Min
neSota
He was a delegate from the Church Of
Canada to the general Episcopal conven-
ton in New York in 1889, and to the gen
eral convention of the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew in this city in 1894
They Will remain here until Tuesday
next. Yesterday they went sightseeing
under the guidance of Rev. Mr.. Williams.
The delegation yesterday was taken by
Rev. Mr.. Williams. chairman of the local
executive committee to the Congressional
Library, and they expressed unbounded ad-
miration for the beautiful building Today,
escorted by Rev. Mr.. Williams and Col.
Cecil Clay chairman of the hospitality
committee. they went to the Capitol and
later to the Boys Reform School. where
addresses to the boys were made by the
party.