Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-25
seattle. June 10. 1883.
N. O.. CONFERENCE.


VANCOUVER, Aug. 2S.
The conference opened its session at
$50 In, with prayer meeting. led by
Rey. j. n. Denrison. At . O'Clock Bish
op Warren took the chair, and the min
utes Of Yesterday we're read by tho Sec
retary, j. T. Wolfe, and approved.
The special committee on the division
cs conference into two conferences, re-
ported as follows:
WHEREAs. That part Of our conference
north Of the Columbia river and west of
the Cascade mountains, an area about
200 miles square, with population of
1000, and increasing rapidly every
week; and
WaERYAs, Puget Sound. with her 30
miles vi coast, Is embraced in this Ter
rtory; and
WHEREAS, There are thousands CON-
mo into this part Of our conference,
many Of whom are Methodists, they
With others attracted by our superior
resources of wealth, sneh as coal fields,
iron mines. interminable forests, farm
ing lands, and good climate; and
WHrREAs. We need mt least forty
preachers 10 man the work. this year as
Il ought to be; therefore,
Resoirc,i. I, That We hereby memorial
izs our next general conference, in 1854.
to set of all that part OF Washington
Territory north Of the Columbia river
and west OF the Cascade mountains as a
separate or new conference.
Resol,ei, 2, That the said Territory
when set 0d be called the Puget Sound
conference.
The report Of the committee was
unanimously adopted by the conference.
On motion of N. Doane, an invitation
was extended to visiting ministers to
participate IN the discussions II the con-
ference.
Rev. I. ID. Driver, in behalf OF the
Trustees of the Drain Academy, offered
the property Of the academy to the con-
ference and church free OF debt. On
notion, the offer was referred to the
Committee on Education.
Memorials from the Chinese work OF
California, and from the Woman's For
sign Missionary Society, asking cooper
alton in their work, were presented and
Inferred to the Presiding Elders.
The report Of the Chinese school in
Portland, written in very intelligent En-
Rlish by a Chinaman. was referred to
the Committee on the Chinese.
A. Atwood presented the parchments
Of j. w. Mc(}ill and Il. Q. Smith, who
had withdrawn from the church. They
were filed with the papers OF the oon-
ference.
The certificate of location of Mr.. Judy
was presented, and he was re-admitted
into the conference.
Il. Booth. J. Hobnre, d. L. Spaulding
]. II. Allyn, l.. Reys, p. n. Starr, ]. n.
ROurk and j. II. Skidmore we're contin-
ned in superaunuary relation.
IL. Parrish. j. w. York, j. b. H.
Royal, s. Mathew, John spencer, w.
Helm, A. Laubach and II. Patterson
we're continued a. superannuated.
The third question, Who remain on
tia?n was taken mp, and b. F. Van Ar
vsntsr and j. NJ. Sweeney were contin-
ned on trial.
The character Of l.. A. Banks passed,
and be was elected to elders orders.
]. h. Leach was continued on trial.
]. n. Dennison presented the report
of the Committee on Temperance,
strongly endorsing the prohibitory
novsment and the action and work OF
Dt. ]. w. Watts, the President Of the
b(Ats Temperance Alliance.
n. Doans made an elaborate and
aeTAy report on the Christian Sabbath
aed vas adopted.
The second question. Who are ad-
nistsd on trialf" was taken up, and w.
Z. Van Sooy, j. III. Wood, q. w. Landon,
Sinclair and p. H. Webb we're admit
I'd on trial.
Notices we're given out, and the con-
lessnee adjourned to 3 O'Clock to-mor-