St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-08

the year in the number of organizations
from twelve to twenty-thTee; member
ship from 400 to 657; subscription from
500 to s162.
AT THE EVENING SESSION
of the conference there was a large at
tendance and an immense amount of
business was transacted. Prayers were
offered by Rev. Tice, after which reso-
luton TO indOrse the DeaconeSs Home OF
Minneapolis. which had been laid on the
table at the morning session. was taken
up. discussed and adopted. Next came
the repsrt of the committee on home
missions, which was adopted as read.
Rev. Fl. c. Jennings read the report
OF the home missions, which was fol-
lowed by reports of the presiding elders.
Freemen's Aid society, Methodist Pub
fishing society, resolutions OF thanks to
pastor and people Of the Central Park
church for entertainment, the press.
etc. All were adopted. Rev. j. +.
Stout offered offered resolution in
effect that the publication of Sunday
papers was detrimental to the cause
of Methodism and Methodists should
refuse to subscribe for or advertise In
them.
Rev. Terwillerby was readmitted into
the conference OH certificate of location.
Supernumarary relations were granted
to James Door, c. A. Cressey and r. +.
Schulz. The conference treasurer re-
ported the amounts collected to be as
follows: Missions. S12,5S2; wOmen's
foreign missions, S4.421: Church Exten-
sion society. S2,552; Tract society,
S24S: Sunday School union. $3.50;
Freedmen's Aid society. s1.454; WOm-
ems Home Missionary society, S,735;
Educational society, Sill; Bible soci-
ETY., S229; episcopal fund. 81, 1879; con-
ference claimants. S5,053; Hamline uni
versity, $3.50; total, $50, 257.
MANKATO WINS.
On the matter of location for next
conference, Rev. F. NJ. Rule presented
the claims of MankatO. Rev. Dunn. Du-
luth; Rev. HiDgeley. Fergus Falls; Rev.
Stout, Clinton Avenue, st. Paul. On
vote MankatO received 30 votes, Duluth
p, Fergus Falls 80, and Clinton Ave
nue. 9.
The report of the statistical secretary
shows the following: Number of MEM
bers in Minnesota, 1850; increase since
1888, 2. J69; number Of churches. 276; in
crease, 81; value of churches, sl,2l0,-
OBS: increase. 1882, ,S9S; parSOnageS, 113;
increase, 5; value of parsOnages, S25l,-
1876: increase. S20.0i0; Sunday schools,
341: increase. SO; officers and teachers,
1896; Sunday school teachers, 27,O40;
increase. 4. 1873; benevolent collections,
SS8.2S3; for ministerial support, $685.
1911.
The following transfers to this con-
ference were made: q. z. Fuller, from
Northwest Iowa conference; G. S. More,
Northeast Southern: a. a. Archibald,
Holst0n; A. f. Thompson, Dakota; A.
G. Smith. Montana; J. E. Henderson,
Wisconsin; W. D. Gray, Missouri: j..
w. Mower, North Dakota; o. q. P.
Smith. Northern Wisconsin; 0. II. Tiff
fany, New York; T. S. Coulter. Illinois;
II. II. French, New Hampshire; G. s.
Perry, West Wisconsin.
The report Of the committee on tenn
perance declared that uncompromiSing
hostility was the only attitude for the
Christian church towards the liquor
traffic. and that the Methodist church
of Minnesota would never be satisfied
with anything short of constitutional
prohibition. High license would never
be accepted, and one saloon IN the state
was one too many. 1t called upon tenn
perance men to labor for the election to
the legislature of men who would vote
to submit prohibition amendment to
a popular vote. The Dakotas were con-
graduated and the w. G. T.U. indorsed.
An amendment was added declaring
that I'VE will support no party that
favors high license" The amended re-
port was adopted.
The following ministers have been
transferred out Of the conference: j.
Y. LiScomb to Northwestern Iowa con-
ference: II. J. Van Fossen, Tennessee;
NJ. B. Smith and NJ. j. Brock, Missouri;
NJ. X. Hackman, Idaho; c.. a. Van
Anda, Southeastern Indiana: j. w.
Field, Southern Illinois; A. G. Kiln
gell, North Dakota.