The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-06

The spring meeting of the Womans
Auxiliary of the Archdeaconry OF
Scranton was held yesterday morning
and afternoon in the Church of the
Good Shepherd in Green Ridge. There
were over fifty delegates in attend
ance from all parts of the arohdea-
conry, including many from Carbon
dale, Pittston and Wilkes-Barre.
Holy communion was celebrated in
the morning by Rev. DR.. Rogers Is
raol, rector OF st. Lukes church, as
sisted by Rev. Frances Bateman. rec
tor of the Church of the Good Shep-
herd. A dainty and appetizing lun-
cheon was served between the hours
of II and 9 o'clock by the ladies of the
church.
Following this came the business
session, presided over by Mrs. Rogers
Israel, who is the organizing secre-
tary for the archdeaconry. Rt Rev.
Bishop Ethelbert Talbot. of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania diocese, gave a
brief informal talk on the work being
accomplished by the Woman's Auxil-
iary in assisting in the raising of sew
eral funds now being raised in the
diocese.
He introduced Rev. d. II. Hunting
ton, of Hankow, China, a missionary.
who gave a graphic description of the
recent trouble in the Celestrial king
dom. The reports from the various
societies throughout the archdeaconry
were read by the several secre-
tares and contained detailed ac-
counts of the work accomplished since
the last meeting, which was held in
January.
DIOCESAN FUND.
A committee, consisting of Mrs.
Everett Warren and Miss Emma Jer-
myn, of Scranton, and Miss Paine, of
WilkesBarre, was appointed to ad
wise with Bishop Talbot regarding
ways and means for the raising of
the diocesan fund for home mission
work.
AT the suggestion of Mrs. Wood. Of
Wilkes Barre, it was decided to have
the secretary appoint a committee to
arrange for a regular course of study
in mission work, and to arrange pro-
grammes for weekly meeting, so that
each society in the archdeaconry may
be following the same line of work
at the same time.
Rev. Mr.. Huntington spoke at the
evening service at the Church of the:
Good Shepherd, and gave a most in
teresting account of the uprising in
China, Of it's causes and of its final
collapse. In the course of his re-
marks he had a few interesting words
to say in reply to certain critics. who
have seen fit to charge Rev. DR..
Of hn ice IN, ~ !,
lootng.
He said that after the legations had
been relieved, there were over 1000
native Christians left in Pekin. who
could not be sent back to their homes
on account of the unsettled condition
of the country Minister Conger gave
DR.. Ament permission, he said, to
take possession of several of the
Chinese officials who had led in the
attack against the legation, and au-
thorized HIM to house these natives
there.
WHAT HE DID.
DR.. Ament did house the natives
there, ana he sold the goods which
he found inside the houses and util-
lied the money realized from the sale
for the feeding of the natives. Every
cent realized was used for the sus-
tenance of these poor Christians, said
Mr.. Huntington. The statement that
some Of the money realized had been
used for other purposes, was abso-
lutely and totally false, he said. The
owners of the confiscated goods had
in his opinion. according to all the
laws of decency, forfeited all right to
them.
He protested against criticism q
DR.. Ament by newspaper writer's sit
ting comfortably at home, who have
no knowledge of the real facts at
issue.