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ALASKA. 



with hot and cold water, and is fitted with 

 baths and closets of the most improved kind. 

 The steam-pressed brick of the new wing were 

 made in the yards of the hospital; and the 

 bedsteads, tables, seats, and other furniture 

 needed, were manufactured in its own shops. 

 The hospital now has accommodation for 750 

 patients. Since Sept. 30, 1882, 455 patients 

 have been admitted and 242 have been dis- 

 charged. On Sept. 30, 1884, the number of 

 patients was 630, of whom 539 were white and 

 91 were colored. Of the aggregate, 589 were 

 indigent, and 41 were paying patients. In the 

 yrar ending Sept. 30, 1883, the hospital re- 

 ceived from the State $71,344, and in the year 

 ending September 30th last, $78,789.75. 



Deaf and I Mi nib and Blind Asylum. In the In- 

 stitution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind 

 at Talladega, 106 pupils have been enrolled, 

 and the average attendance has been 83. Of 

 the whole number enrolled, 72 are deaf-mutes, 

 and 34 are blind. The cost of maintenance, 

 for the year ending Sept. 30, 1884, was $16,- 

 269.54; or, $203.36 for each pupil. 



Supreme Court, On October 25th, Chief -Jus- 

 tice Brickell resigned, and the Governor ap- 

 pointed Associate Justice Stone in his place. 

 David Clopton was appointed Associate Jus- 



Noyember Election. The result of the Novem- 

 ber election, as officially declared, was as fol- 

 lows: for Cleveland electors, 92,973; Elaine, 

 59,444; Butler, 762; St. John, 610. Eight 

 Democratic Congressmen were declaredelected. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature met on 

 November llth, and was in session at the close 

 of the year. On the 25th, James L. Pugh, 

 Democrat, was re-elected United States Sena- 

 tor by a nearly unanimous vote. 



ALASKA. An act of Congress passed May 

 17, 1884, provides that the territory that was 

 ceded to the United States by Russia, by the 

 treaty of March 30, 1867, now known as Alas- 

 ka, shall constitute a civil and judicial dis- 

 trict, of which the temporary seat of govern- 

 ment shall be Sitka. A Governor, District 

 Judge, Clerk of the District Court, District At- 

 torney, and Marshal, are provided for. There 

 are to be at least two terms of the District 

 Court each year, one at Sitka and the other at 

 Wrangel. The clerk is ex-officio secretary and 

 treasurer of the district, recorder of deeds, 

 mortgages, etc., and register of wills. He is 

 required to establish record offices in Sitka 

 and Wrangel, and the District Court may also 

 establish such offices at Oonalashka and Juneau 

 City, if it shall deem it expedient. Four com- 

 missioners are appointed, residing, one at Sit- 

 ka, one at Wrangel, one at Oonalashka, and 

 one at Juneau City, who, besides the powers 

 and jurisdiction of Commissioners of the United 

 States Circuit Courts, exercise the duties and 

 powers, civil and criminal, now conferred on 

 justices of the peace under the general laws of 

 the State of Oregon, so far as applicable. They 

 also have testamentary and probate jurisdiction, 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. 



subject to the supervision of the district judge, 

 and the powers of notaries public. The mar- 

 shal appoints four deputies for the above- 

 named localities respectively, who are ex-officio 

 constables. The general laws of Oregon in 

 force at the passage of the act are declared to 

 be the law of the district, so far as the same 

 may be applicable and not in conflict with 

 this act or the laws of the United States. 

 Alaska is created a land district, Sitka being 

 the land-office, and the commissioner resident 

 there ex-officio register thereof. The above- 

 mentioned officers, except deputy - marshals, 

 are appointed by the President, with the ad- 

 vice and consent of the Senate, for four years. 

 The Governor and judge receive an annual sal- 

 ary each of $3,000 ; the attorney, marshal, and 

 clerk, of $2,500. J. H. Kinkead has been ap- 

 pointed Governor. 



The Secretary of the Interior is required to 

 make needful and proper provision for the 

 education of the children of school age in 

 Alaska, without reference to race, until per- 

 manent provision shall be made therefor, and 

 $25,000 is appropriated by the act for that 

 purpose. Other acts of 1884 appropriated the 

 following sums: For the support and educa- 

 tion of Indian children at industrial schools, 

 $15,000 ; for expenses of government, $24,000 ; 

 for compiling laws for the guidance of officials, 

 $500 ; and for supervision of the seal-fisheries, 

 $28,350. 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. The Church of Eng- 

 land has enjoyed a year of relative quiet. The 

 exciting controversies that disturbed its life 

 during many previous years appear to have 

 subsided for a time. The most notable event in 

 the ritualistic controversy, and almost the only 

 one that attracted general attention, was the 

 decision of the High Court of Justice sustaining 

 the Bishop of Manchester in refusing to ap- 

 point the candidate named by the patron to 

 the incumbency of Miles Platting, except upon 

 a pledge that he would not repeat the ritual 

 offenses for which his predecessor was subject- 

 ed to discipline. Attention has been given to 

 the report of the Ecclesiastical Courts Com- 

 mission, proposing a reform in the organization 

 of the Ecclesiastical Courts, particularly to the 

 clauses constituting a Court of Appeal com- 

 posed partly of laymen ; and the questions re- 

 lating to this subject have been themes of 

 discussion in the meetings of representative 

 bodies, and in the published expressions of men 

 whose opinions are supposed to be influential. 



The Church Missionary Soeiety. The annual 

 meeting of the Church Missionary Society was 

 held in London, May 6th. The Earl of Clii- 

 chester presided. The total income of the so- 

 ciety for the year had been 232,448. 



The Soeiety for the Propagation of the Gospel. 

 The one hundred and eighty-third anniversary 

 of the Society for the Propagation of the Gos- 

 pel in Foreign Parts was held June 17th, un- 

 der the presidency of the Archbishop of Can- 

 terbury. The report stated that the gross 



