St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-12
MINNESOTA METHODISTS.
What Was Done at the Saturday
Meetings at Duluth
Especial Telegram to the Globe.


DULUTH, Mimi, Oct 1.-THE NJ. E. con-
ference took up routine business without
special Importance tonight. The time was
mainly taken upon in passing on the char
acter and admission of applicants for
orders. The committees report was adopted
that there was no cause for investigation
in the case of W. NJ. Wright. Cyrus Brooks.
r. Cone, 7. A. Harrison, B. F. Nelson and
Alfred Dean were elected trustees of Hamlin
university for the class of 1888. The stew
ards made preliminary re-
port, fixing the basis of claims
showing 500, 975 in their hands and can pay
So per cent. of the claims. The fifteenth an
niversary of the founding of the Duluth
church was observed. Rev. DR.. Lathrop
spoke on the Centenary NJ E. church of
America; DR.. Gray, for the Freedman's Aid
society; Prof. Bradley, of Evanstown, for
the Garrett Biblical institute; Mrs Hobart,
w. w. Satterlee and w. S. Mathews, Red
Wing, on temperance. Bishop Fowler adj
dressed the class for orders. The appoint
ments will be made on Monday. Probably
the case of K. G. Amber will be taken up.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe
DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 1O.-The conference SEES;
sion to-day has been a very busy one and consid.
The report of committees of examination of
ministers in their course OF study was received
A greater than usual was shown in requir-
ing thorough work The amount of study re-
CURED each year for the four of the course is
equivalent to one whole term of study in college,
All cases not reaching grade of on the scale
of 10 were required to take the study oveI
again.
The conference passed again this year, as it
has so often formerly, a stringent resolution on
the use OF tobacco. Extreme efforts are being
made to shut out the of tobacco from the
Methodist ministry. Only one vote was
registered against this resolution to-day
DR.. Emory Miller, of St. Paul, was announced
by the bishop as transferred to the Des Mones,
Iowa, conference, and stationed at the NJ. E.
church, of that city. Several ministers were re-
ceived from various branches of Methodism in
Canada and the United States At 3 p. m. the
exercises were conducted by the Women's Home
and Women's Foreign Missionary societies. Mrs
DR.. Hobart, of Red Wing, gave the address in
behalf Of the former, and DR.. Scott, Of India,
for the latter.
AT the same hour in the Congregational
church, the Conference Aid society held its an
niversary. This is mutual insurance society
main ained by the ministers for themselves and
families.
At7:30 the chief anniversary OF conference
week, viz. of the missionary society, was held
Ut. l. d. scout, a missionary from north India,
gave an interesting address upon his field OF
labor. He showed that great advance is being
made against the firm prejudice OF that supersti.
tious people. He declared that there are now
500, 900 Protestant Christians in India, and this
native church is doubling once in ten years.
Bishop Fowler. who prior to last May, when he
was elected bishop, had been one of the general
secretaries of the missionary society, gave the
church address of the evening He swept the
whole field of missionary labor The unity Of
the American continent, the vast aud unde-
veloped resources of the unchristianized portions
impose upon US peculiar and emphatic obliga-
ton. The Anglo race is TO be the Chris
tiaDizer Of all the Orient. The coaquests we
have made lay upon US the responsibility Of this
task With this address, closed a most interest
ing anniversary. The conference, as far as the
work OF the cabinet is concerned, is pretty well
torn up. great many changes OF pastors will
be made. The bishop is pushing the work
rapidly.