The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-04
BISHOPS TO. SIT IN
State AP|T0l
Governor Swanson Issues Per-
nit for Use of Hall OF House
Of Delegates.
OFFICE WILL Be OPENED
Local Committees Busy Making
MISUNDERSTANDING of Those
Who Will Be Here.

Il
The Episcopal triennal convention,
which begins in Richmond on Wednes-
day, October I'd. will bring to the city |
one OF the most notable gatherings of |
clericals and laymen ever assembled in
the South. Delegates will attend from
the mission fields, special representa-
tives coming from China, India and |
Africa. An official party, conveying the
greetings of the Church of England. Will
be sent from London, and in addition to |
the members of the convention great |
host of visitors will no doubt be here
for part or all of the three weeks the
body will be in session.
Where They Meet.
The sessions will be held in several
places, the opening services being at
Holy Trinity Church. When the con-
vention is formally begun the House of
Deputies will meet in st. Paul's Church
daily It's sessions being opened to the
public as far as the seating capacity OF
the church will allow.
The House of Bishops will hold Its
sessions in the hall Of the House OF
Delegates, Governor swanson having
issued the necessary permit for the use
~ certain rooms in the Capitol Building.
The meetings of the upper prhhe', LAC n,
held behind closed doors, no one pe'ns
admitted except the bishops and their
TIE Woman's Auxiliary which as
sembles with the convention, will sit ut
the Masonic Temple, and the other Ep's,
conal churches of the city VIII be use"
for various incidental meetings y, .,e
interests of Sunday-schools. ST. Anurew
brotherhood and other agencies Oh '''
church. ,ba
nur,nr the convention n number OF me
,,stinr,,ished visitors will deliver ad-
5rosses IN missions and other topics pc
fore great mass meetings. and the uss
~ me citys new auditorium. which Is
heinr remodeled for the Confederate t.s-
union. will be requested for these gam
crings of popular interest.
Who Are Coming.
As to the number who will attend the
| committee in charge say that IL is IN
possible at this time to make any aa,us
rate estimate. The number of delegates
| &c fixed, but the attendance OF vlsltois
viii he determined largely by the rates
and accommodations that can be secufeu.
| Richmond Is the smallest city In popnRi-
1 tion In which the convention has met
1 since II was here in 1885, and many nave
| expressed the fear that the hotels ana
boarding houses will not be able 70 ehtel
| tain all the visitors. Certainly. II tEe
idea gets abroad that the city will be
4 oyercrowded, and that eHorbitant rates
| are being charged, the attendance VIII re
1 materially reduced. The committee looks
| for anywhere from three to five thousand
| people The House of Bishops numbers
lO4. OF whom at least eighty or ninety
| may be expected, The House OF Depu-
ties is composed OF diocesan delegates,
there being four cergymen and four lay
men from each diocese in this country
making 5O4 officially appointed delegates
nearly all Of whom will certainly be IN
attendance. There will also be abon'
forty missionary deputies. divided equally
between clcrgymen and laymen, repre-
senting the various mission fields Of the
EpiscdRal Church, Nearly hundret
secretaries Of the convention. officials o.
the boards of the church and priva tt
secretaries OF the bishops will be present
In addition to this gathering will be thu
meeting OF tho Woman's Auxiliary ant
the Junior Auxiliary, which together vii
bring from five to eight hundred ladies
to the city.
Will Open Office.
When the convention met In Sal
Francisco some years ago tho Souther,
lance round-trip tickets from point
east of the Rockies. At the Boston
. convention the Eastern Tariff Associa
ton, representing all the railroads, Is