Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-06
NEW YoRK EAsr CONFERENCE.

NEW YORK EAST CONFERENCE. The D0ings Yesterday-GeOrge \.
 Seney's Resignatfon-The Interest as
 to the Choice of Lay Delegafes-The
 Late Dr. Durbim-The New Haven
 Presiding EIdership.
 MIDDLETowN, April 5.-Conference opened at this morning, Bishop Foss presiding; about 500 persons present, one-half being preachers.
 J. B. Merwin, T. H. Burch and G. A. Hub bell were reelected conference trustees, their previous terms expiring at this conference. O. H. Buck was elected trustee for one year to fill the vacancy in the board caused by the decease of Dr. Daniel Curry, which was adopted. Dr. Hunt offered resolution ex- pressing the qualification of the conference at learning that suitable memoir of the late Dr. Durbin was in preparation by Rev. J. Fl. Roche, and expressing the conviction that the work would do justice to that distin- guished man.
 President Van Week was introduced by Bishop Foss, and invited the conference to visit Wesleyan university.
 A reception was then rendered by the col ! lege to both conferences to occur Friday af- ternoon at 2:30 in the chapel of the universi- ty. Eight candidates were presented and ad- vised and questioned by Bishop Foss. The class comprises Joseph Irons, James E. Holmes, Daniel B. Vasseller, John L. Brick | son, John W. Maynard, WilliamM. Warden, William NJ. Carr and A. R. Eagan. They will be placed on their admission before the l conference to morrow, Friday morning. l The Rev. Dr. Reed, for the committee on | the conference endowment fund, made a ! statement of the financial condition of the 1 fund. Subscriptions have been secured to l the amount of $37, ,83S.40, to which should be l added $5, ,000, the beauest of the late Oliver | Hoyt The sum desired to be raised is l $100, ,000 Churches that have not attended ! to the matter of subscriptions to this fund ! were urged by the committee to do so at | once.
 RECOGNITION OF ORDERS. l The following resolution was adopted:
 deaeons and ns edeGs conpe ei to us from otSe1 | branches of the Methodist churches by quarter
 asqsa general & S S so change % @ 119 Q he reeeate to the annual eonfepenee on the rec 1 ommendation of a quarterly conference. | Governor Lounsbury was introduced to ths conference from the pulpit platform bJ | Bishop Foss.
 | The resignation of George I. Seney as trustee of Wesleyan university new eam' up, He has been one of the most valuabl. lay members to the, M. E. church in thi conference. He resigned because be believed ! injustice had been done one of his deares 1 personal friends, Rev. Dr. Beach, in the lat ! ter's being deposed from the presidency O Wesleyan university. The resignation O Mir. Seney was regretfullv received and afte ! oE &ha committee Dr. Albert s. Hand was elected to fill the vacancy.
 J. H. Lightburn, George Taylor and w. T Pray were appointed the new standing com nittee on Sabbath observance.
 It is understood that the Rev. John w
 Beach, formerly president of Wesleyan uni
 versity ahd an ex-pastor of the First M. church, New Haven, will be appointed pre-
 siding elder to succeed Presiding Elder W H. Wardell, of the New Haven district
 whose term expires with this session. | Great interest of course centers on tn question who shall be chosen ministerial an lay delegates to the general conference of th
 NJ. E. church, which meets in New Tor
 next May The ministerial delegates wi ! number five or six, with two alternates; tn lay delegates two, with two alternates. Ther
 are four districts in the conference, two i
 New York and two in this State. It is GUS
 tomary to elect one lay delegate from Cor | AecGloub ana one 1IOn N0W 1OIk, Auu b0
 same method of selecting alternates prevailE ! Governor P. 0. Lounsbury and MT. John B
 Sessions of Bristol, both of whom are st tending the conference, are desirous of be ing the delegate from this State. Governo
 Lounsbury has the advantage of position
 but Mir. Sessions, who is wealthy msnufat
 turer and bank president, has wide reputs ! ton for most liberal donations of both spe ! cial and regular character for many yearf ' second choice ! of alternate. In the New York State part (
 the conference territory the lay candidate | are Cnauncey Shaffer of New York and Judg
 Reynolds of Brooklyn. The latter has bee four times elected and his friends think
 should be retained, though the supporters ( MT. Shaffer are many and say that he is th
 choice of the members from New York way
 Neither the New York nor New Haven dii triet has had lay member for many year
 and the members of each think one is due. , This afternoon the prospects of minister's
 delegates are as follows, though whether (
 not the given estimate shall be good tc morrow forenoon depends upon the amour l of lobbying done to-day and this ever
 ing. The prominent candidates al
 here mentioned in the order of preference l and the estimate is considered accurate: Dal
 iel A. Goodsell, Dr. Buckley, Dr. J. o. Peel 1, Presiding Elder Simmons, Dr. George Reed, Dr. Joseph Pullman, John John
 
 l Adams.
 On Friday morning at 10 the order will l
 the election of delegates to the general col
 ference.
 Miss Frances E. Willard has notified u
 conference temperance committee that si will be unable to be present at the annive ! sary this week. Instead the Rev. Sam Sma , l will speak, besides General Clinton B. Fisl ! Adrs. George E. Reed, wife of the pastor 1 Trinity Methodist church of New Have
 spoke forcibly Wednesday afternoon on u l work of the Womans Home Missionary soc , ety among the Indians and also of the wol in general.
 The vote for the fishing rod to be presen
 ed to the most popular candidate for mayt
 at the close last evening was as follows:
 A. York %, James Reynolds F, E. G. Stot
 dard 30, George Grant 5, Hugh Daley 8, Jam | D. Dewen 10, Lynde Harrison 8, N. D. Spel " 19, Peter Lynch 12, G. W. Babb 50, Ms Adler 29, J. w. Howe l.
 The vote on the barrel of flour to be ore
 sented to the most popular baker stood
 follows: P. Ferry 5, Gilbert 1, s. {
 Thompson 9. Root & Son 49
 The vote on the strawberry pig to be pr
 sented to the most popular market mar . Q. E. Minor 181, Pfaff 6 Son IA, s. Barnes 29, Youngerman 2, F. S. Andrew ! c. E. Hart 9.
 Frenchman Beheaded.
 A Frenchmsn named A. Frazier, who fo | arIx o1A fn~ NY IT