Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-05
CAPITAL GOSSIP HEARD At WASHINGTON
necessary to provide a separate vessel
for that purpose.

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The famous National Museum at
ashington has just received the final
shipment of the big natural history
collection made by the Paul J. Rainey
expedition in British East Africa, the
territory covered being mostly to the
north and east of that ~traversed by
Theodore Roosevelt on the Smiths0n.
ion Expedition, and included the coun.
try lying between the northern part OF
British East Africa and southern AbyS-
sinia. Unlike the Roosevelt one, this
collection does not cost the Museum
one penny. 1t Is of immense size. In
Guiding about 1000 specimens. more
than 700 Of which are those Of large
game.
Paul Rainey was accompanied by
Edmund Heller of the Smithsonian In
stitution, who was his guest during
the entire hunting trip, and to him IL
, due the credit for preserving the ami
mails for the work OF the Museums
taxidermists. While Heller had charge
Of the preservation of mammals In
, general, he paid special attention to
! collecting cornivores (flesh.eating an
imals) and ungluates ( a species Of
hoOfed quadru2eds.)
Among the wild game secured was
a splendid series of lions, captured by
Paul Rainey's American bearhounds.
There also are specimens of different
| kinds of antelopes including the harte-
beestes, and w~aterbucks, as well IS
| immense buffaloes, zebras, cheetahs,
monkeys and "a new species Of Afri-
can rodents. An elephant, a lot of
hippo skulls and rhino skins were also
collected.
A magnificent collection Of birds
was secured, including some Of the
rarest species. Many of tAem are
| game birds, among them guinea fowls,
and francolins (Which greatly resem-
BILE our partridges), and plalntain-eat-
ers, crows, bustards, %yultures, vultur-
inc guinea-fowls, owls, hawks, kites.
secretary birds, sunbirds, fly-catchers,
etc., are also represented.
Protestant Episcopal, Presbyterian,
Baptist and Methodist clergy and laity
at the National Capital are noting
with qualification that, just after the
several great national church confer.
ences have been devoflng so much val
liable time and thought to Christian
union, comes the announcement that
the Rev. DR.. William T. Manning, rec
tor Of the famous Trinity Church, New
York, and chairman on Faith and Or
der Of the Protestant Episcopal church
is sailing for England with Bishops
Anderson, of Chicago, Vincent of
Southern Ohio, and Hall of Vermont.
They go to confer with the Archbishop
Of Canterbury and other distinguished
English prelates with regard to a con-
ference of the commissions on Faith
and Order, and on Church Union,
which the other denominations have
appointed at their respective national
conventions.
1t is hoped that, after this prelim-
mary conference, all of the commits.
siOns of the United States and Canada
may meet together this autumn. At
the same time, steps are being taken
among the denominations of Europe
to get together. The object of all of
these commissions is to set In opera.
ton the machinery for calling a great
"World Congress of All Churches on
Church Union in the not distant fu.
ture.
When discussing the length of time
it may take to complete the plans for
such a worlds gathering. The Rev. DR..
Manning said, just prior to his sail
ing: 81 do not think that such q task
could be accomplished in less than
seven years, though it may be done in
five. With the conference at Lambeth
we may be said to inaugurate the pre-
liminaries, which in itself is an &C.
complishment.
IF the world conference of dele
gates from all denominations can be
assembled within six or seven years
great strides will have been made.
When that conference assemblies there
will be no new thoughts to be digest
ed. 1t will be ready to get down to
work on the serioes Of propositions
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