The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-25
URGENT REQUESTS
FOR RESIDENCES.
Prominent Delegates 70 Episco,
pal Convention Offering to Pay j
Large Sums for Homes.
BISHOP s. 1 % OF LONDON COMING.
Duke Of New Castle Also EN-
pected 70 Be Here-Mr Morgan
Engages House.

s ihe committee appointed to arrange
iort tho entertainment of the delerntca
una visitors who are expected to nj.
tend tho Episcopal Convention in M.
,ts next October Will begin to lay
.ncir pans possibly this week. Mr..
- -. Funston has been made chair
nun ~ OF the committee. but he has not
YET named his fellow workers.
sh the convention is yet some
mon mon ths off, 1t will require much lima
70 make all the necessary prcpara lions
Tor the holding OF the meeting hers
= VIII probably be the largest gath.
lerihs OF Its kind ever seen In this CITY.
ana VIII certainly last longer than
A.'s other organization which is SEIZED.
uieu 20 meet In Richmond during tho
'fan'e > town Exposition. The sessions
VIII continue three weeks, as ia ina
n n,s ana they Will be attended not
t u".y oy delegates from MI over tho
odn states. but from England. Can.
WE'LL - countries as
Bishop of London Coming.
,,,i Hnii, ,s those to come from England
WI, VIII DC the Right Reverend a. n. Win.
Nh, lily ION gram. the Bishop Of London.
VINO has written to Bishop Gibson
stating that he will be present fin
Mi, oe entertained by Bishop Gibson
WINE WINE mere. Other dgnitarics of Inn
~, OF England viii attend. and
- 10 stated that the Duke OF Newcastle
WHO mas been several times to Anerlcn
a aaul, i.ichmond. and is said to be very
convention VIC
me greatest amount OF careful n,an.
nihs VIII be necessary to arrange for
AZ 5the delegates to have s,Iitnblc6
piaces Tor occupancy while in Rich
. mona. Many OF the Weather among
.t,sll VIII rent houses. and several have
airehdy sent urgent requests Offering
10 pay almost any amount to owners
!. =. mas been Kenerallyl understood that
Mr. y. Plerpnnt Morgan would secure
Westbrook. on tho Ginter estatc INF
~ was reported last night that he had
n a.ay rented the handsome Franklin
street residence OF PROMINENT Rich
mona man. Another gentleman OF
New York has telephoned, asking that
q mouse large enough to accommodate
niteen or twenty people DO engaged
Tor him and MS guests.
or- j. 9. Thomas. q wealthy rhila-
deiphian, is also trying to engage q
suitable house, as Is Miss Mary Coles.
also of Philadelphia. Bishop Potter.
Iof New York. Will rem, a house, II
possible.
Problem Of Housing Them.
As the Episcopal convention viii
come much later than the other largo
bodies scheduled to meet in Richmond
during the exposition. Mr.. Funston.
chairman OF the committee on arran ge- VI
ments, expects to receive the aid of
the committee of the Baptist General
Association, the Confederate Veterans
committee, and the committee of the
Chamber OF Commerce. to aid him in
securing quarters for the delegates
Large numbers of them will be accom-
modated In the Jefferson and In MUIR
phys Hotel, and in other hostelries
several of which arc being enlarged
for this occasion. But the hotels Of
| the city will not be able to accommo-
date all the representatives who Will
assemble here. and the committee will
make campaign Of the city In order
| to secure suitable boarding llouses.
Many of the visitors will be enter
taincd by their friends. but this will
not be sufficient to relieve the COM
mittee Of its labors.
] 1t is expected that the number of
delegates and visitors will greatly cX-
| coed that of the convention held in
San Francisco SIX years ago, which
was itself very large. During the three
/ weeks the convention Is sitting many
| Important questions affecting the well
| fare OF the church and religious In
terests at large will come UP and be
fully discussed.
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