Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-06
IOTIFIED BY DR.. McKIM
Gathering Will Assemble in Church
of the Epiphany.
SENTIMENT FOR EARLY ACTION
Those Who Served in the May Meet
ings Entitled to Seats in the
Coming Assemblage.

to meet in the Church OF the EplphanS, Oh
G street. Wednesday. June Il. at 10 am.
Rev. Dr. Randolph II. McKim. president
Of the convention, decided on the date
last night. and this morning he sent out
the folio wing official notification:
ITO the members clerical and lay. OF the
vrntion Of tho diocese of Washington.
"Dear Brethren: am this day In receipt 81
a cable from Bishop Brent declining bis election
| TO the eliscopate Of this diocese
1T therefore becomes my duty. as president.
to reconvene the convention for TN. purpose of
electng a bishop. Accordingly in fnlhilment of
rhe duty laid upon me by resolution iafter con.
sutation with some OF the leading nlembers Of
| the conveniion,. I hereby call meeting OF the
the Church of the Epiphany. Washing m d. q
is n sas !" The n ads. .rs SERVED % At the
recent meeting Of the convention are sun e"
''RANDOLPH II. MckIM.
Attest: A. S. JOHNS. Secretary.
In making public this call for the con-
vention. DIR. Mckim said:
Before deciding to issue this call TO
til. diocesan convention i consulted
twenty members of the convention. both
clerical and lay. Seventeen of them
thought it desirable to call the conven-
ton together as soon as possible. ana
this number included five members of
the standing committee. the other two
being out of the city. Two of those whom
l consulted thought it better to vat
until the autumn and one was undecided
"A resolution was passed in the meet
| ings last May that when the convention
adjourned II did subject to the call
| of the president i'll case any emergency
| should arise. So. i'm issuing this call l am
| acting under that resolution.
Personnel of Convention.
| The personnel Of the convention which
| elected Rt Rev Charles Henry Brent
| Bishop of Washington and which Will
meet to choose another churchman for the
| high honor. is as follows:
Clergymen-Revs. c. s. Abbott, ir. John
| G. Ames. John A. Aspinwall +. V. Baer.
Joseph Baker David Barr. F. ]. \. Ben
| nett j. r. Bicknell F. H. Bigelow,
L.H.D.: ]. II. W. Blake. ii. \. Bovine.
G. c. F. Bratenahl. William Brayshaw.
| John r. Brooks. Thomas j. Brown, r. +.
Browning. c. E. Buck w. r. Bushby. G.
| c. Carter. j. W. Chesley. I. S. Chids
ID: J. w. Clarke. c. G. Cogley. \. w
II. Collier. w. J. Cox. J. B. Craighili W
! G. Davenport. J. II. Deis. W. l.. Devries.
Phi. D.: Edward Douse. G. F. Dudley.
Thomas Duncan, DID,: F.. S. Dunlap.
Nelson Falls. G c. Graham, II. A. Grif-
fifth. w. P. Griggs. Alfred Harding. ID:
G. II. Holmead. F. B. Howden. A. S.
Johns. I. A. Johnston. E. r. Jones. James
Kirkpatrick. c. .. Lafferty. r. II. Mckim.
DID. J. II. McGrew. DID,; r. +. McMa-
nus. NJ F. Minnick. o. J.. Mitchell W.
\. Mitchell. W. NJ. Morgan-Jones. r. NJ.
Packard. DID,; II. c. Parkham. G. F. Pc
ter. w. NJ. Pettis. DID,: {. !. LaRoche.
w. {. Shears. c. f. Smith, ID: Fl. S.
Smith. DID,: R. c. Smith. DID; W. T.
Stewart. G. b. Stone. Henry Thomas. W.
J. D. Thomas. f. NJ. Thompson. c. w.
II. Troop. w. Y. Tunnel. W. r. B. Tur
ner. J. C. Van Loo, r. p. Williams, W.
/, l.. A. Wye.
Lay delegates-R F. Baden. w. d.
Baldwin. J. o. Bampield. II. P. Blair G.
w. Brooke. a. S. Browne. FL l.. Bryan,
w Mex. Burroughs. J. Fl. Chew. Melville
Church. \. d. Cobey. J. A. Coe. r. l..
Cole. T. 6. Cornelius. J. T. Crane, T. r.
Davis. G. S. Dent. J. NJ. Dent. T. o.
Ebaugh, f. G. Emack. NJ. I. Endi-
cott. G. II: Evans, A. Y: Gray. G.. G.
J. H. Gordon. J. II. Garner J. W. Gray.
\. B. Hagner. c: c. Hail. Samuel Hay
den. W. H. Hebb II. A. Herbert. J. c.
Holland. c. l.. Hutchinson. G. NJ. Hustled.
Thomas Hyde. J. l.. Johns. J. Jones. Blair
Lee. ]. G. H. Lilburn. Nicholas Luquer.
j. Matthews, J. NJ. Mckinney. J. f. May
field W. B. Mabley. s. NJ. New
bold. f. J. Newcomb. j. {. Norwood.
NJ. W. Offutt. j. r. Owens 7: n Page
j. S. Pennyba cker. s. l.. Phillips. j. s.
Pole, D. N Rittenhouse. William G.
Rives. A. T. Robinson II. l.. Rust. Fred
erick Sasscer. Fl. II. Sasscer. w. Scantle-
bury. T. o. Selfridge. w. II. Singleton, {.
r y d
George Truesdell. w. J. Thorn. J. L.
Weaver. H. NJ. Wilson. P. n. Wilcox, e.
S. Whitmore.
= At Sea for Candidates.
The declination by Bishop Brent of the
honor offered him by the local diocesan
convention was such a surprise. local
members of the Episcopal Church declare.
that they are now at sea regarding prom
inent candidates likely to receive votes In
the coming gathering. 1t is believed
however. that the unsuccessful candidates
in the last convention will have their sup
porters in the coming one. and that sew
eral new candidates will he nominated.
Among the out-oftown rectors men,
toned before We're Rev. William Mercer
Grosvenor. rector of the Church OF the
incarnation New York city: Rev. Alex
ander Mann. rector of Trinity Church.
Boston: Rev A. T. Manning. rector of
Trinity Church. New York: Rev. Arthur
Lloyd. one of the church's national Off
GERS; Rev Edwin NJ. Jeffries Of Philadel-
phia and Rev. Philip NJ. Rhnelander.
Among the new men whose names are,
expected to be presented to the convention
is Rev DIR. Beverly Warner, rector of
Trinity Church. New Orleans. who has
wide reputation as pastor. Should the
convention look for another missionary
bishop to head the local diocese. 1t is be-
liayed that Biship Lucien kinsolving. the
bishop of southern Brazil, will be promi-
lima. KAN who was mentioned before the
ell .ction Of Bishop Brent also has local
supporters.
May Urge Postponement.
When the convention is called to order
il is expected move will be made by
some of the members TO have the election
of a bishop postponed until the fall. prob
ably September. II was pointed out by a
prominent member this morning that sew
era! local ministers and laymen have been
sent by the diocese to London to attend
convention there. and this election will
take place in their absence. In case of a
choice by small margin. II was added.
the votes OF these delegates who have
been sent away on official business Of the
diocese might he very important.
Sixteen Killed in Vienna Explosion.
VIENNA June 6-SiX:een Workmen
We're killed and seventeen more or less
seriously injured by an explosion this
in, coll, 1Dil