The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-12
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Important Work of the House of Bish-
 ops and House of Deputies.

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 ops and House of Deputies.
 Washington, Oct. 11.-Almost the en- tire afternoon session of the house of deputies of the Episcopal convention was consumed in debate on the amend ment to the constitution providing for the formation of provinces out of the diocesan and missionary districts and it was finally recommitted to the com- mittee for recommendation and report on certain amendments offered during the long discussion. The deputies re- jected the amendment proposed by pr. Egar of central New York, limiting the boundaries of the proposed provinces to state lines. An amendment offered by Dr. Huntington of New York was adopted providing that no province shall be so bounded as to contain only fractional portion of state or states. The action of the house of bishops in changing the golden numbers in the prayer book making certain corrections of print therein and presenting several copies of the standard edition of 1892 to colleges, was agreed to.
 In the house of bishops the report of the church university board of regents was agreed to and resolution was adopted abolshing the board The eX- istence of the body is regarded as un- necessary as it's work is now done by a volunteer association, having for it's object the promotions in this church, schools, seminarles and colleges. This action of the bishops was afterwards agreed to by the deputies. After some discussion of articles two and three re- lating to the organization of the gen eral convention and the consacration of bishops for foreign service, the bishops formally non-concurred in the action of the deputies and a confer- ence committee will be appointed. The provision in the constitution that no city shall form more than one diocese was stricken out After briefly touch- ing upon the proposed canon on mar riage and divorce the bishops ad- journed.
 The deputies held joint session with bishops, both sitting as a board of mis- sions. Bishop Whipple of Minnesota presided. Resolutions complimentary 1 to Bishop William. Hobart Hare of i South Dakota, who has occupied that position for twenty-five years, were | adopted. The board also presented the | bishop a handsome silver loving cup, | suitably inscribed. A resolution offer | ed by Treasurer George c. Thomas of | Philadelphia was adopted providing | that on the second Sunday after Epiph- any and on the Monday following ad- l dresses are to be made and collections %11, 41,n 1In, fE, L,o | benefit of missions A resolution pre-
 scented by the bishop of Massachusetts
 was adopted receiving with gratitude l the united offering of $S0,000 for mis-
 sionary work contributed by the Wo-
 mans auxiliary and placing on record 1 the boards appreciation of the devotion
 of the women of the church and hailing with thanksiiving their increasing gen. | erosity. The board listened for fifteen
 minutes to Bishop Peter T. Rowe of l Alaska regarding the growth of the | church work in that territory. A very t! important part of this work was in | connection with the establishment of | hospitals at Skaguay and Circle City | at which many of the KlondikerS had | been treated and also the founding of | scsools, as a result of which four hun
 dred native children are now receiving l the benefits of a school education. | There are now twelve central mission | stations of the Episcopal church in l Alaska Brief addresses were made by
 Rev. William Smith of Hartford and 1 Bishop John H. White of Indiana in
 support of the formers proposition for
 a training school for men intended for | the missionary field, and then board of
 missions adjourned until tomorrow
 morning.
 The house of bishops to-day agreed | to the report made by the secretary,
 Rev. Samuel c. Hart, recommending
 the correction of several errors of print
 in the standard copy of the book of | common prayer kept at the mission i house in New York and of which MT.
 Hart is the custodian. Copies of the
 book were printed from the plates from which the standard volumes were pro-
 duced and the bishops decided to do-
 nate copy each to the university of l Virginia and Rutgers college.
 The bishop also agreed to the chang | es in the golden numbers in the | prayer books, by which the Easter date
 is ascertained for the next 300 years
 The bishops of Albany, Pennsylvania,
 and Kentucky were appointed members
 of the Joint committee to consider the
 questions presented by the Lambeth conference. The bishops of Albany Pittsburg, Delaware, Ohio and the CO., adjutor of Rhode Island were designat-
 ed members of the committee to consid- l CT the memorial of the American l churches in Europe. A resolution was
 adopted expressing the gratefulness of the bishops for the earnest missionary ! Iabors of the Swedish clergy among the people of the Epicopal faith speaking i the language of that country.
 l Polo Leagues Combine.
 Wallingford, Oct. 11.-At a meeting