The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-21


thorough thrashing. In advance OF TINS
Camel. however, the board meets ana
#rascinds its action, merely SAYING t ''at
ii cannot put matters back TOT TINS 60
hut that they will do SO on next a anu = ~
sequent years. &c T.
This back down for the mahase .,,.si1 =,
tracing wide attention, and mere -
General rejoicing among the old processes.
the same meeting the tual.aS
n,r,ad .. committee on increased COLI VIZ
+icns from organized dtoceSes, d1tu u a.; =
fort will be made to solve me p..s.a.sa
helping the dioceses afecteo 70 III. .n go
their offerings to the POM ., nee N dome by
.uh =. and the convention OF tnat
1iIaoea- ralinouished its quota III advance,
ot;Srasota has for some years recelveo
~ sTno,1nt exceeding S6,OoO, anu ~ ms .a
axnressed a willingness to reilnauisr 80
share. There has been storm m. ~ a ~
SOL . FAIRS ever since the hrst acuon
ce etha managers. and it has not been a
- mid or Christian stor1n'
either. g.. t,,arew$ decides
-no+h;nr This year concerning the state.
noent Of its Rule of Service. " ,a,e
most part, its leaders desire d iao n.y., Sine,
nrehsnsive formula Strlceis Sp the
~ ming of another young man to cnuicii
Tba nronosed change is to make !. e.
e,1;-o an earnest effort each WeeA ~
snread the kingdom of Christ among LIZ LIZ
| A conservative element; aeiilsaio - COM
njteness OF aim, and altnous NO
nitIea vas continued, it succeeds -, -
l.a,ti,o actIon for another year at ieasl
49, PTotberhood also elects a ne" pies
| 49, THE president from the oesl,ii!iliS
| 49, t,e. t,ean lanes L. Houghteling, Chlca-
| go banker. he reiuses and in
! cause of pressing business cares, az .Iaod
| order to make way Tor you,I Ieeae othsr
| tha,,e tbe first one, the whole WORK o. ene
| p.atbarhood The new president Is n
T. ~ English. a business man OK Us t!E' :,
no is also at the head OF se'e, oil
nb,Tcb and social upl!ft eitorlss IL i'i'
| city. ,,oaars of that coun-
~, when they consider the larger as
~, ~ afrairs. note an increased inter
~ in Sunday-school methods on tiie
| - ~ E,niscoualians, marked liichiia
l pat If Roman Catholic rectcrs 10 Or
ganize and maintain schools on wa 80 .laS
Hs,,allv been called the Prosteslaiis p,S aa
| and the growth in the nuin1el " Aha,,t
80 S.1bl;shers OF Sunday-school lesson
| 1a,s1e+s nave been consulted ABOUT graz
ia.r The International series, but theE Us
Zoe of almost every point upon ~
feasibility as to cost, as to detall " &C.
Inc etc. so that what apeareu ~ ~
time to be a promise OF meetlns d po e,,
1ar need awaits a decision OF the CON-
Ia Who naturally are averse 10
rasnon-ihility so great home scilooi,
rani6,v increasing in number. anu
ia,,+,,ra &c now beginning to be supplleu
for it.
NORTHFIELD SCHOOL.
r,-ing the last three days there mas
heen in session in Northfeld cohLet - CO.
of ministers and Christian WORKERS opo ~
the question os religious conoitiohs ~
country towns. The conference was ceiieo
at the invitation OF the KEY. ~ So
fa,d president of the Northfleid bioe
rrai,,;pe school. who gave as the purpose
Of calling it a study of the problems III
a n1relv scientific manner, with the Ut
! most accuracy and importantly, DOM as,
Containing as far as possible the actuii
facts relative to the spiritual cohoieiohs VI
the rural districts, and giving due rec
! ognition to the work at present peiiiS
done. He hopes thus to prepare Gear
statement of the case, with susSes.Ioi -
| for further cooperation toward the alnei-
! ioration of the conditions in these dis-
| tricts. and to come step nearer 10 the
! solution OF the problem itself. a report OF
the findings is to be made at once anu
4 published widely. The aim IS 10 penelit
conditions in western as well as eastern
| State if possible.
Archbishop keane having become 10
| dcated at Dubuque, is forced TO give uE
| his work of increasing the endowment
! fund of the Catholic University at wash
| inetou Within a little more than a yeaI
! he raised in money $1,000 and in promises
! nearly S500,oC0. He set out to raise S2,eto'
! COO, but to do so contemplated taxing
| two to three years time. These promises
! do not include funds for the endowment
of FIVE new chairs, with q total OF SZSo,
| G00, among which are to De memorial ones
10 Archbishop Kendrick of st. Louis anC
to Archbishop Hennessy OF Dubuque
Knights of Columbus and Knights o;
| America are also promising chairs. The
| endowment fund Of the university IN
creased last year s3S,GG0, and now stands
! at $3.50. 2S3.
Congregationalists are moving slowly
with their proposed reorganization o
benevolent boards. At st. Louis there
was much talk OF holding hereafter one
annual meeting for all societies. Thi:
talk was intesihed by the smallness of th'
ST. Louis meeting, the number OF dele
! gates not exceeding three hundred from
| without the city. or fewer than at any
| American Board meeting in twenty years
! At Springfield next Thursday. at the
| meeting of the American Missionary AS
! ISOLATION. there Will be q contest over thu
! matter of rotation of executive members
/ and nobody can tell at this writing which
side will win. There was talk before III
St. Louis meeting of one secretary onl.
for the American Board, and there is tall
| now Of but one for the Associa ton, but i
is hardly likely, it is now said. that 81
! radical action will come at this time. TIL
Association will De able to report a
Springfield that its finances are in ex
! cellent shape. Its Porto Rico work ad
vances steadily. This work consists O
two normal schools, one at San Juan AM
the other at Lares. and q general mis-
sionary at work in the eastern end OF TIL
island, a portion generally neglected b
other religious bodies.