The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 10, 1901, Page 1

@ all. VOLUME XC—NO. 13 > SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1901. HE House of Bishops, after a long debate yesterday, adopted the cganon which absolutely prohibits the re-marriage of divorced persons. come final the canon must be concurred in by thé House of Deputies Scriptures and accepted the report of special nt committee was appointed to consider the subject of changing commission in modifiéd form. Boston name of the church. CHURCHMEN HONORED BY RECEPTION Society Crowds Rooms of Hopkins Art Institute. Hundreds Arzs Unable to Enter Doors of Mansion. "PRICE FIVE CENTS. BISHOPS PLACE BAN ON REMARRIAGE OF DIVORCED PERSONS AND CANON BECOMES FINAL IF HOUSE OF DEPUTIES CONCURS To be- The House of Deputies spent hours in discussing marginal readings to was -selected as place for General Convention in 1904. — IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED Brilliant Debates Are Heard at Both Sessions. Report Ordered Upon Change of Name of Chureh. & tendered last | Mark Hopkins House of d deputies vention of copal church its kind ever the lightly gasped into the n of the spacious b The Hopkins Art Institute b fore held so many guests wi Although more than a participants in the reception, dis! went awa 00 s never be- people a reasons, is not but s were present during the evening. Great Throng Present. 1s crowd rendered impossi- eting for the guests me the doors opened which packed the a block and to the e operation of the Iroad, to the moment | was a case of | us, it elf. s were in constant dan- Y ger of destruction. Bishops' collars be- came limp in the struggle from room to Foom, and some of the Bishops even lost | thetr wives. The broad steps outside the mansion were at times crowded with mis- laid escorts, anxiously scanning the out- pouring stream for the wards the surging had swept from their care. ments were served. Ouly those, however, who were caught in the whirl- pool which swirled toward the basement had actual knowledge of the any Great care had been exercised in provid- | ing a dainty luncheon, but unfortunately | there was neither room nor time to break more than the most modest kind of a fast Although densely packed the crowd was | kept constantly moving and even J. Ple pont Morgan, once inside, was absolutely | powerless to direct his course. Society Well Represented. Apart from the crushing, however, the reception was voted a big success in that it indicated such enthusiastic interest in the visiting churchmen and incidentally the church they represent and govern. It was one of the smartest throngs that San Francisco has seen in many a day. Th Bishops and visiting clergy looked splendidly imposing in the severe black of their ecclesiasticals, while in the cos- tumes of the women ‘there was just | enough suggestion of the pomps and van- ity to make the scene one of brilliant in- terest to the most worldly. The crowd problem, which before the doors were opened, looked quite serious, was well solved by a special detail of policemen in full parade dress. Half a dozen detectives from the upper office scanned the ingoing multitude and in spite of discomfort and heat the reception will go down in the history of Episcopal con- ventions'as one of the biggest on record. fact. | BISHOP OF NEW YORK SPEAKS THIS EVENING Prelate Will Address Church Associa- tion for Advancement of Inter-. ests off Labor. The alumni of the Philadelphia Divinity School held a banquet last evening in the maple room of the Palace Hotel. There were twenty-elght members present and some eloquent speeches were made. A meeting of the Church Assoclation for the Advancement of the Interests or Labor (commonly known as the C. A. L L.) will be held in Trinity Church this evening at 8 o'clock, to which all are cordially invited. The Right Rev. Leigh- ton Coleman will preside. The principal speaker will be Bishop Potter. Organized labor will be heard and the secretary of the organization, Miss Harrlette A. Keyser, will make some remarks. ———— Harvard vs. Amherst. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 9.—Harvard defeated Amherst to-day on Soldiers’ field by a score of 11 to 0. Harvard had her hands full at all times, being unable to score in the first half. % ‘| timber.- = * :{ PROGRAMME ARRANGED FOR TO-DAY. | VENTS to be participated in to-day by the prelates, clergymen and lay delegates to the Gen- | eral Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, according to the programme, are as i follows: (" 10 a. m.—House of Bishops meets at Trinitys Church; also at 3 p. m. | 10 a. m.—House of Deputies resumes business in Trinity Church; also at 3 p. m. q 0:30 a. m.—Woman’s Auxiliary mects at 1609 Sutter strect. Address at moon by Bishdp | . Horner of Asheville. 4:30 p. m.—Address by Bishop Brewer of Montana. | 8 p. m—DMeeting of the Church Association - for the Advancement of Labor at Trinity i Church. ~ Address by Bishop Potter of New York. 4 } | 8 p. m—Opening service of Brotherhood of St.-Andrew at Good Samaritan Mission. — Ad- [ dresses in Convention Hall. ‘ 8 p. m.—Board of Missions meets in Frinity Church. |4 S + FLOODS IN NICARAGUA DESTROY MERCHANDISE Large Quantity of Flour Ruined in the Town of San Juan del Norte. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct. 9.—Later advices from the Pacific coast of Nica- ragua show that the' floods of Monday, following supposed volcanle action in the Pacific, destroyed a large quantity of flour and other mercnandise stored at San Juan del Norte, as well as much - export HE passage yesterday by the House of Bishops of the canon | totally prohibiting the remar- | riage of divorced persons was | the most important work done up to the present by the Gen- | eral Convention of the Episcopal church, | now sitting in this city. The canon was introduced in the upper house by the venerable Bishop Doane of Albany, who made a stirring speech for | the adoption of the amendment to the present laws of the church. Although the deliberations of the House of Bishops are held with closed doors it | was learned that a heated debate took | place upon the subject. Thirty-seven | Bishops voted for the canon, while twen- | ty-nine opposed it. | To become operative the canon must | be concurred in by the House of Deputies " and it is doubtful if that body will sane- | tion the inflexible law. The New York delegation has tried for the last few days to secure the considerafion of the report of the special committee on marriage and divorce and the question is likely to be | brought up for discussion this morning. ‘ _According to the views expressed by many of the members of the lower house | the old canon will probably be allowed to | stand. This canon permits the remarriage | of an innocent party to a divorce for in- fidelity. The House of Bishops and the House of | Deputies yesterday appointed a joint com- mittee - to . consider the propositiod to change the name of the church. ~4 “The House of Deputies and the Houseof | breakwater. 1 | | | | i } - + SCENE AT THE RECEPTION LAST NIGHT AT HOPKINS ART INSTITUTE TO THE VISITING MEMBERS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. - — - Bishops selected the city of Boston as the place for holding the General Convention of 1904. The House hours yesterda: of Deputies spent many in discussing the report on on marginal readings ires. The report had the House of Bishops, but the lower house modified the report and adopted it. The amendment as passed eliminated the corrections and alterations made by the commissioners themselves but accepted all others In the report founded on the Lambeth and American revisions. The Deputies adopted by rising vote a set of resolutions deploring the assassina- tion of President McKinley. The Woman's Auxiliary and the Girls’ Friendly Soclety held sessions yesterday and were addressed by prelates. In the evening a reception was tendered the members of the convention at the Hopkins Institute of Art. The hosts wers the members of the local Episcopal churches. It was estimated that more than 5000 people attended tie social func- tion. been actepted b; Additional Convention News on Pages Two and Four. [ o e ] ] Will Dredge Manila Harbor. SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—President Fowler of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, a Seattle corporation, was tc- day notified that his firm had been awan ed the Government contract, valued $2,000,000, for dredging the harbor of Ma- nila and completing the old Spaaish