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should be not only behind closed doors,
but, Bishop Hall of Vermont. a leader of
that side, declaredsS'be asacredly confiden-
tial."
When the conference adjourned for
luncheon shortly before 1go' clock this after
committee. said the topic that had been
under consideration was The Attitude of
the Episcopal Church Toward Churches
Subject to the Roman Obedience"
He said that two papers were read, that
a general discussion followed and that
committee was appointed to consider GER
tain resolutions which were proposed.
From another source It was learned that
the papers were read By Bishop William
Paret of Maryland and Bishop John Hearst
Van Buren, of Porto Rfco-,-
To Attend Churchman'S League.
The regular autumn meeting of the
Churchman'S League of the District of Co
lumbia will be held next Monday evening
at the Trinity Parish Hall. In addition to
a full attendance of the members, it is eX-
pected that a large number of the bishops
of the Episcopal Church, now in Washing
ton attending the Pan-American confer
ence. will be present
1t has been announced that the Rt Rev
Daniel S. futile, the presiding bishop of
the church; Rt. Rev. Thomas Y. Dudley.
bishop of Kentucky. and the Rt. Rev.
Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of central Penn
sion. The discourses will be upon The
Mission of the Church and 1.-The Pur-
poses of the Missionary Council" Fol-
lowing the meeting an informal reception
Will be rendered the visiting bishops
Personal Sketches.
Bishop Daniel Sylvester futile of Mis-
souri,. the eldest in point of service of the
bishops who are in attendance at the pan
American congress, is native of New
York state, where he was born in 1897.
The rector of the Episcopal church at Wal
lingford encouraged him in his studies,
helped him prepare to enter Delaware
Academy, at Delphi, and Influenced him
in the choice of profession.
In 1858 he entered Columbia College and
in 1857 was graduated. He then entered
the General Theological Seminary, and
while pursuing his. studies was private
tutor in the family of Bishop Horatio Pot
ter.
In June, 1862. Mr.. futile was ordained
deacon, and from 1868 to 1867 labored at
Morris, Otsego county, N. Y, first as as
sstant and then rector. being ordained
priest in 1863. In 1866, although not thirty
years old, he was elected missionary bishop
of Montana, with jurisdiction in that state
and Idaho.
He was consecrated in Trinity Chapel
New York, May l, 1867. and in two months
time was in Utah, where but three commu-
nicants of the Episcopal Church We're to
be found. Bishop futile did yeoman serv-
Ice for Christianity the frontier. In
1868 he declined an election to the diocese
of Missouri, believing he was needed more
where he was. On the death of Bishop
Robertson of Missouri he was elected sue
cessor and has since resided in st. Louis.
The Presiding Bishop.
Bishop Thomas Underwood Dudley of
Kentucky. who was elected yesterday to
preside at the sessions Of the pan-Ameri-
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Richmond. Va. He prepared for college at
private schools and later entered the Uni
versity of Virginia, where he graduated in
1853 with distinction.
At the outbreak of the civil war young
Dudley became a volunteer In the confed-
crate service, subsequently, being detailed
to the commissary department in Rich
mond. He was afterw!Nd promoted to the
rank of major and given q permanent ap-
pointment, At the close of the war he re-
solved to study for the ministry. To this
end he attended the Virginia Theological
Seminary, in Alexandria, and subsequently
spent a year at Harrisonburg, Va. He re-
ceived his ordination at Baltimore, where
he was afterward. January u. 1875, conse-
Grated assistant bishop of Kentucky. In
1884 on the death Of the venerable Bishop
Smith. he became bishop of the diocese of
Kentucky.
His pronounced executive ability and
missionary spirit made him the unanimous
choice of the Episcopal Church in the
United States for the difficult post of chair
man of the committee for evangelistic work
among the colored people. Bishop Dudley
Is a man of magnetic presence, which
makes him a general favorte. He has
great power a pulpit orator. his style
being intense, with rapid delivery.
Bishop William c. Doane.
Bishop William Croswell Doane of AL
bany, who preached the sermon at the
opening Of the pan American congress yes
terday, is native of Boston, and was born
March 2, 1882. He is a son of the late
Bishop Doane of New Jersey. He was Or
dained deacon NJ -reh 6, 1858, and in 1856
was made priest by his father in ST.
Mary's, at Burlington, N. j., where for a
time he acted as assistant to his father
and eventually became rector of the parish.
He was called to Hartford, where he was
rector of st. Johns Church until 1867.
From Hartford he went to Albany as rec