The Washington herald., 1907-10-26
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NOTES.


Rev. T. II. NJ. Villlers Appleby, Arch
deacon OF Duluth. Mimi, is In the city
and is the guest Of Mr. Richard j. Earn
shaw, 1225 Clifton street. The archdeacon
is here on Indian affairs. and he hopes
10 secure an interview with the 2resi-
dent through Commissioner Leupp, Of
the Department OF Interior. According to
the archdeacon, there have been several
bad cases Of land-grabbing. In one case
two claims of 16O acres have been appro-
priated at Red Lake. Mimi. by a local
railway. which is now using the same for
its own purposes. One OF these claims
Of eighty acres has actually been held
for thirty-fOur years and on it is a
chapel ans cemetery. In another case a
townsite has been filed upon claim re-
leased from forestry reserve by Mr.. PIN
chot for mission purposes. The arch
deacon has apparently no great hopes Of
getting those lands back, but he fully ex-
poets 10 get an equivalent for them.
The Indians are principally the Pilliager
| band. Of the Objiway tribe The Piliag-
ers who are only coo In number, had a
battle seven years ago with the United
States troops at Sugar Point and Bear
Island, in which seven officers were
killed and two wounded, who afteTwayd
I died Of their wounds. Reprisals of a
stern and summary character were talked
of, but Archdeacon Appleby was able 70
show that the Indians had been vigorously
Wronged, and even their going on the
warpath was not 10 be laid al their door
Achdeacon Appleby is one Of the most
successful Of the Episcopal clergy in rails
ing money for church purposes. For
church building in Minnesota he raised
$20l o40. He is a personal friend of Mr. J. j..
Hill, who esteems him highly and gave
him 1000 toward the endowment of the
Diocese Of Duluth, Mimi, he being at the
time chairman of the committee ON the
setting off Of Duluth from the Diocese Of
| Minnesota. With the exception Of about
| 5000 he also raised $4,000 for the endow-
ment of the Duluth bishopric.
| The journal Of the twelfth annual con-
ventiOn Of the Diocese Of Washington has
/ just made its appearance Following the
title page is a memoriam page, recording
4 the names of four prominent churchmen
who have recently passed away. Rev.
/ John B. Williams, former rector Of
| Brookland Parish, d. c.: Rev. Richard
IT. Kerfoot. former rector Of King George
/ Parish, Prince George County; Mr.. Lewis
| J. Davis, vestryman and wanden of Epiph-
| any Parish ID. c., and NJ. john p Tor
bert. yestryman, warden, and registrar OF
| st. Marks Parish, d. c.
Tie journal also gives the following sum-
mary of statistics which viii be Of much
! interest TO Episcopalians throughout the
diocese and the church generally,
! Clergy bjshop ]; priests 93. deacons. p. loi;
ClCrEy received I1- Clergy transCrtd 9, ordinations
rcsts l. deacOns. o. g. candidates for holy orders,
I, lay readers licensed 9. pOsiulauts, s. parishes
IS. churches. So chaugls 90, missions ). baut1ns
aduIts l25 infants Io5l. I30. confirmed, bishop 5
| report eos. c1mmunicants last reported Z 80:
present 8umber COMMITMENTS. lSl3o; marriages 4G,
burials 76s Sunday school teachers 7sS; sunday
school scholars 4-J. general contributions Slfss %,
diocesan contributions S22.95lS; paFuchal conrnbl-
I tous SE60512; total contributions. 1888 @ilsi par
| lsAes making 40 report, .
The Rev. J. NJ L. Mckee. OF 1884 s
street Washington, makes a report 20
/ the bishop Of work done and sermons
! preached while on a visit 10 Ireland
He otficiated. he says. on three Sundays
| in Christ Church, Strsbane. a pretty
town In the Province of Ulster, near
the famous old city Of Londonderry. This
ancient parish Of "CamaS-j -juXta- -MOurnet
/ possesses associations of interest for all
members or our American church. mas
much as it is the early home OF one OF
Irelands most gifted writers Of sacred
poetry whom poetic genius has won the
heart OF the Christian world, Mrs. Cecil