, 1880-10-19
Or. Thomas Case Again Before
the Rock River Confer.
ence,
w,t,cr, Listens Attcnttvoly to tho
Doctors Reply, .Alrondy
;. Printed.
A Committee Is Appointed to
Decide as, to Further
Action,
rhc Eplscopn1 Convention at Work
upon Rules for tho Govorn-
ulcnt OF ,Deaconcsses.
Illinois Baptists IN oouncil-The Wis.,
consin Methodista.

consin Methodista.
ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE.
gptetal pl.patth 10 1hs Chtedgo Tribune.
nocKFonp, ILL.,, Oct. 1s.-,rhe laock River
couference opened at o'clock this morning
Win bishop John L. Hurst IN the el,atr
The session wns quite lnrgely attended, and
MI felt deep interest in tho business Of tho
Conference.
After tho usual devotional exercises tho
rcgular order Of business was taken up. A.
II. Miles was granted n suIernunernry re-
Iutiuusllip OIL account Of Ill health. Joseph
II, Roberts, coming from tic Baptist Lenoini-
nation, was admitted to work.
Tie following were tl.cn admitted on trial:
Josspl. 4. Roberts, Watson Granlx, Myron
G. wilcox. N. Il. Sunderlin, NJ. Sattertleld,
and John Kellogg.
at this point In the proceedings tho Rev,
II, ". rhomns arose, and asked tllo priyi-
tcge of readlng paper lie hud prepared III
reply 10 the action of tho Conference Of
Saturday last. Tie paper was the salne as
that which appeared In Mondays TRIBUNE.
During the reading Of the paI'er
DIR. THOMAS WAS LOUDLY CI1EENED,
80 mNeh SO TINT ts.e pyesld!ng Nlslsop made Il
request that tho audience dcstst from dcmV1l-
stratiuns Of my nature.
After the Doctor had finished reading, tho
Rev, W. s. Harrington, Of the Winnie
bago Street Church, Of this city,
ntose md asked Mr.. Thomas II
the reply had been published
In tho Chicago morning dulles OF this date.
DR.. Thonus said TINT d representative Of
THE TRtnuSE and other tnorll1ng papers had
learned TINT he would make reply, and
calcd on Him for copy, and he thought, as
!ong Us te was going to read It, 1le would let
him have 1t, aId 1t was scnt by telegraph lust
evening. The Doctor then took hts acnt, and
NJ. N. Parkhurst moved TINT the Conference
proceed Will, the business before them.
DR.. TlJbais arose, and tskcd tho bishop II
the character of Dr. Tt1oluns hil been
passed. The Bishop replied TINT 1t lad, but
the Conference had tho right to take 1t up
Gt any moment they saw lit.
On motion Of w. n. Goodfcllow, tho Board
Of Trustees Of tho Conference were re~
elected.
DIR. THOMAS REPLY,
s, A. ". Jcwett presented tho following
resolution md moved Its adoption, which was
carried:
Tssoluei, Tint committee OF tlvo bo nppoint-
e to eenssF the gn 5y p M
aS rhey n,ny SEQ sutnblc, tho response to bc
submitted to tho Contore.lcu tor aciion.
Tho Chair appointed as such Committee s.
A. ". Jewett, 4. W. patten, Il. 3. Pope, W.
+. Stewart, and F. T. Cleveland.
The Bishop then called for reports from,
atallling Committees, after which tho Con-
ference adjourned It'll : o'clock.
THE EVENING sgssloN
Of tho Rock River Conference opened Mt 7
o'clock, with nn Immense audience present,
and hundreds were compelled to leave the
church,
Tho opening services were conducted by
W. dandy. Bishop Hurst took tho cl,nir
and rrocrnlcd With tho h,stncsx of fl,o Cnn-
fsrence. rio first thing ID o1dor was tic
feadlnE OF the report 1or the Con-
tercnea Stewards. There Inns been
raIsed lurinr thu yenr for Conference
rlnInnufe a it,a so or Slano IN eycasa of In or
,.ss s,.,' y. 49, Ia. "a 40 sa.' ~. assa'
S a ~ H., ol r9asd es aH Vnsr ' 6s o
aa y su!1 n,!npt IL 70 ta'Sed ne@' seaf' wis
III; Il II i fia{ea ~ p5esss2ntea s2 report sett!ns M
iS71 ,yaa @ nn,,i1 @ 1kS ~ vt mG ~ ~ Vnan r ."
iii hni, '4apR. passfn 20 III "" Snntl.vs"6nnI
Hsse,nhjv @ naxt feg9 venrl " Ao sanu'' ''''Aoo'
n , nEr0l1s' 49,
,lt1o wno alilofent rem, standing commtttees tnon
Sdntuea Sioi, tnelf roports a11er e lcane OF o.
M'Gtl ~ a, ssarkS n, Wefe W maae 3n euacason Dy
ulo works Of tho Methodist Theological LII
stltuto; -.
Just before THO ContereHca nd ajournetl the
bish9p presented Elder W. II. Smith, of tho
Mehdota District, witl m elegant sltvuf ten
VT, Us tfst!m0nlA! 1f0!M tho lit sstefs Ill
1hat district. Eller II. j.. Marlin was
presented with Watoh aud Chain
from Tie clergyinen on Ills district, and Isaac
.oiH .mk,i. vi. ~ euo Dt"oA D'otAae'r VIVA !"
Tha " r"tIr,np E,dora ,,,do noat and nm,
hs n1csantniton ~ ~ ncc;,,d II tu nc oS ths,
linn ~ tbo nwamiuv u,ssfrH ttnt M Tia ftrm,n;t.
tea m lin rhnn,as noif..r wara Ts rat HfinWc.i
to ,e;ast. T,,,. ts.,,m,,!ttao Hayf4 T hsnn snT,i
ConfrHnca n!l}nnnrnmm 5m norw 'u, u,r,Mctnd
thnt Il viii 1n rnnaarSl Ia y az t!rT +,
liza ,N,rnint1 W e"'''u''oo u'o nto' |'us 81
s,ouppapoxnuyew
To th4 Editor of Tbs Chicago Trtb4tre.