The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-14
INDIAN ASSOCIATION MEETS
1NNUAL SESSION OF NEW HAVEN
 BRANCH YESTERDAY.

ports Read-Transfer or the AssOctn- tions, Territory and Buildings in Idaho to the Episcopal Board of Mis- sions.
 The annual meeting of the New Ha- Ven branch of the Connecticut Indian
 association was held yesterday after
 noon in United church chapel and was
 fairly we'll attended. The meeting was
 called to order by Mrs. Sarah T. Kin
 ney, president of the state association,
 in the absence of Miss Marie Ives who
 Is traveling in the south for her health.
 The officers of the local branch were elected as follows: President, Miss Ma
 rie Ives; vice presidents, Mrs. Newman
 Smyth, Mrs. Thomas H. Bishop, Mrs.
 F. H. Jenkins, Mrs. F. V. Reynolds,
 Mrs. R. Trowbridge, Mrs. G. B. Stew ems, Mrs. H. A. Dubois, Mrs. Henry
 Rogers, Miss c. E. Collins, Miss Rose Munger; secretary, Mrs. Edward w.. Scripture; treasurer, Miss Zella Bishop; missionary committee, Miss M Ship man, Mrs. D. '. Thompson, Mrs. s. A. Booth Mrs. Jules Luquiens, Miss Dag gett, Mrs. c. H. Smith, Mrs. &. D. Gil- bert; press committee, Mrs. K. F. Coe, Mrs. c. l.. Mitchell, Mrs. Williab Black man; petition committee Miss l.. J. Bennett, Miss M. Der, Skinner; enter tainment committee, Mrs J. c. Schwab, Mrs c. DeForest, Miss s. F.. Jocelyn Mrs. E. V. Reynolds; nominating com mittee, Mrs. Henry Royers and Miss s. J. Bennett; auxiliary committee, Mrs. Charles Fabrique Miss c. M. Galpin, Mrs. S. F. Merwin, Mrs. s. J. Fox, Mrs. G. M. Duncan, Mrs. Eli Mix advisory committee H. B. Harrison, Francis Wayland, Prof W. H. Brewer, Prof. A. J. Dubois, Justus Hotchkiss. Dr. E. H. Jenkins, Prof. F. " Reynolds, Rev. Newman Smyth, Rev. T. T. Munger, Prof. c. E. Day, Prof G. B. Stevens, Prof. J. M Hoppin, Prof. F. B. Will liams
 The treasurer's report read by Miss Zella Bristol showed that $S27.35 had been received and $797.20 expended dur ing the last year, leaving comfortable sum of $30.15 in cash in the treasury.
 Sometime between now and spring the association will decide on the work to be done in the future. Miss Bishop also read the secretary's report in the absence of Mrs Scripture. The report gave an interesting account of the work done by the association, and in it was mentioned the transfer of the as- sociation's lands and buildings in Fort Hall, Idaho, to the Episcopal Board of Missions. In the report of the state secretary, Miss Booth, is an accurate account of the work done in Idaho and of the transfer as follows:
 The transfer of our State misison at Fort Hall, Idaho. with it's buildings grant of farming land, together with all properties and the good will of the associa tion to the Missionary Board of some Evangelical church, has been the subject of first importance and consid- eration before the society for the past two years or more.
 In March 1897. meeting of the ex- ecutive and missionary committees was called by Mrs. Kinney to consider the transfer to the Episcopal Board of Missions. At a previous meeting Mrs Kinney had been asked to open corre- spondence with the various mission
 
 ing whether any denomination would accept the transfer and pledge the fu- ture care of the Connecticut mission on the Fort Hall reservation.
 It was felt that the Connecticut asso- l citation had possibly reached the limit of it's effort and that the time had come when the broader and more com work could be undertaken by some Evangelican mission board | Correspondence had been held with the of the Congregational | Methodist, Baptist, and | Missionary societies They were all interested and would have been glad to have taken up the work | but each and all expressed themselves as unable financially to assume the ob- igations of a new mission Bishop | Talbot of Idaho was the only one who | spoke encouragingly of the possible transfer, and at a later interview with Mrs Kinney he suggested basis up- on which the transfer might be accom- oished with the Church Missionary so- ,iety.
 By unanimous vote it was agreed that f satisfactory arrangements could be made with Bishop Talbot the plan of | transfer should be referred to the and finally, for definite &C., ion, to the delegates at the next annual meeting of the association
 The appointment of Bishop Talbot to he jurisdiction of an Eastern state and lis removal from Idaho followed before my progress could be made toward .arrying out his plan, and the matter vaa left in abeyance.
 With the appointment of Bishop Fun ten to the missionary district of Boise he subject was again brought up and lrged upon the attention of the board if managers of the Church Missionary ociety with the following result at heir stated meeting Tuesday, June 1S, S99:
 "Ar offer of certain property now be- onging to the Connecticut Indian as- ociation at Fort Hall agency having een made to the society the following esolution was adonted.
 Resolved, That title be taken to the at Fort Hall agency in the Missionary district of Boise, but that uch action be delayed until after the of bishop of Boise, if uch delay will not endanger the con- of the transfer"
 The following month the president alled a meeting of the executive and f t4x,,. l