Daily Republican., 1890-03-28
Il N. +. CONFERENCE.
hop BOWMAN ARRIVES
ANN TAKES CHARGE.


fta JcuUtttuussoss ~
Peninsula.
L., bowman arrived In Milford
s''r vroa yrst,rday and was intro
r, IA the Conference by Bishop An
y. vito viii now retire and leave MIN
~" B0vman was born July 10,
'A~ ps,r berwick, Columbia county,
N, prepared Tor college at Wilbra.
Albany, Massachusetts, aud At
guoyIa N. Y. lie graduated from
I,n.ou College as the vAledlctoriAn OF
Ll.,s in 1887. He WAS licensed TO
n IN July, 1883, aud travelled ior
n, A, agent for the Pennsylvania
utiOn s,eis,y. In 1889 he Joined
Iltlmore Conference. From 1eA0
ID was teacher OF grammar In
I'M College, when, his health be-
1, ln,pslied, he was placed on .
rnualei relation until 1S4S. Then
n ,Opoiate., professor OF Dickinson
Sl,,r,. wll,i,msIort. Pa. which To-
krooie organacd and over which
Ir.dsl ior TN yesrs.
4 lS5s he wss s,i:iopel at Lewisburg,
| aud during the year wa' elected
Lllrp, o, Indiana Asbury University.
Ieopllauel ss rre.d mt from 1859 to
Wien No was elected to the epis.
NM We received the tito Of doctor
dy.usy tom OHIO Wesleyan Univer-
IN ls;S and d1clor Of laws from
kkiuson college 10 lS73. He was elect.
rhsplau oi tbs united States Senate
Eiur the .snIon Of 1864 aud 1865, aud
ksji wu spoia;cd by tho General
l,rpr % eIt d the Delegates TO at
tho British Wesleyan Conference.
wa u,mter Of the General Confer
Of 1865 and 1877, From 1880 TO
hs sa Genler OF Baltimore An
y cot'Genre, nom 1886 10 1880 East
tlmore Conlertnce, from 1850 to
sddbr,st Indiana Conference, aud
b lsli to ls72 North Indiana Confer
!.
be session opened at 0 o'clock with
|otioril exercises, conducted by the
A. ?. Prctlyman OF Chester bnd
ke. .-.
!. Hyre!l, the recording secretary OF
Chnrh Ext,Nsion Society, made u
ailrCss, in which he spoke OF the
y d taa society, and plans to raise
fy for tue same.
! Il was found that the elo o,tlon OF
nds, At The ilrst days tession. " as
le,sl. tue Rev. b. =. Price, the Sec
p, va, Instructed to csst the vote OF
foa'ercncc Tor the candidate elected
e,iay.
. lrin'fcr Of the Rev. George W.
ol PhIlslelpLis, the Rev. Frsnk
Flir Of West Virginia, tho Rev.
= o' New Jersey, the Rev. Tubler oi
flanali, the Rev. Edward Freeman OF
Maine to tlls Conference we're ac-
Eydgci, and the mlnis.ers into.
ps following, presented by the Rev.
b MafundAie, Was unanimousiy y
tel:
We have heard with profound sor.
y ihe bereavement OF our brot her
eihursf, In tho decease Of his gifted
u aeml ers OF the Wilmington
sscc, within whose bonds was hi
Ea0A's home, desire TO assure hin
|saEcsre and united sympathy II
lh, Of his sorrow, earnestly pray
at'a' God Of all consolation INA,
wv 10 present with he aud hi
snpoh of Alexander Kelley, treas
" 'le centenary and tract fund
ie'en.ed and read by the Rev. N
OAne Tho receipts Of the trac
were Si7l.O7 aud expenditure
leaving a balance Of si33.09; ba'
u % eT IL OF Cs ntcbary fund o
Mg. j. o. sypherd WIS eppo'nt,
70 eXamino the accounts o
its rlltr.,
tqacat OF the Revs. Talbot, Dali
ald Poole to be given = super.
hI Cain was referred to tn,
svh'ai too. Tho request OF tn,
lsIlhsn was Also referred.
vyS.aln'ttee appointed on the plal
iOunr, Tor apportioning collec
e''eh'ed The following rsI ort:
" weil-known fact tha. the ap-
leat oil the benevolent collec.
" tAe Conferences districts AM
u9l An equitable one. Ills ais,
rJsn N mat these beneyolences or,
~, wVpsh1ent upon the extra appor
,,s t,sets And That an Increase II
MI. ,l,;,aslons !, % is sometimes prevent
inn, t Wv y. lecessl,y Of q system O
q ana eu,' ', made according to th,
cng ao'hly Of the mem bershi II
,ary nsea iolt. 1t ia also sQuslll
e tsl,, nsVe u, plan that will no
pe ,' 'ia ,,.,. pfepe epef,ionate contribution
hrrs Win, ui,ahlsll the apportionment,
In, ,i no'e contributions are 10,
" uat would leave surh extr,
sns A. ~, ~, c edit OF those maxim,
il'ri,i 1"a 7 AZ wonld leave 10 the smnI
nrnn,,salue lue inll amount Of cquita
n it'olheht, Such q systen
,ir, '.,Ne ' provision Tor grading In
,sey ,lelll ,, In exceptional cases a
man,, my te able to meet the re
a.u ,a ,i.., gsrl when they have glvel
"a.1 snare by'a general plan,
n rra.' re- examined the nutoma ati
tllsrve rso,ahtsd by DR.. j. w. Young
m,n,e e 'Nat 1t meets ali these Il
lon,iN, we therefore recommeu
rsn., 9aoI oy this Conferences. And aIs
Ial me-, :. 70 me considsra lion of th
b,,r, ,rh,.ss'onary committcs and /
10 ,I's, 's having such work in chsre
incl,, ,'tt IA a standing com mittee /
iu,sa u,ga'alling u the presiding elders. h
u.els', y ", .ne bishop to dlssemins,
lo,e ,sa Information and other vi,
,ba w. interests OF the bene yolene,
Ie ,or i peases Incurred by this cor
IA y, bs i.,ostase siamps, priutipS. e,c
aud n .us treasurer OF the COME
fliss suafgsd pro rata to the ,nteres
.s W. y. CoRKnAH,
L r.no,, secretary Of COMMITTEES" :"
,,pt phott was adopted.
les HING HIi, .I va, offered BY the Re
lIrsc,I,ia's' There now exists md
ihr.e ai' oi the Wilmington Comic
h fnndss' dds''inct corporations holdi,
he beuea, 'as proceeds Of which .
board % o. conference claim ant
Legacy. 81 ,t Stewards holding |.
bsqas,,y I'm .he Riddle's fund, holdi,