New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-19
METHODIST MISSIONS.
WORK AMONG FOREIGNERS IN AMERICA.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR WELSH scANpiS"'i"''
GERMANS, FRENCH. SPANISH AND
n0uEMIANS
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p,s,or Nov ,s.-Thc General Missionary CommyIee
was uneasy this morning. Inc pa"pao' '"9. % an.
Msc Ia appeared to have told on the nerves VI ''o
.,n,ors Thev wished to do business rapidly pu'
800, an bour and O half In unavaillng auc"pos l"
snnt ru,cs which would enable them to GO so.
resolution was passed requesting the SECRETARIES VI ~
,,1,orv society TO arrange for series OF MS
CANARY meetings to be held In leading CUES OF '"e
oonnrv and pcdging the members Of the General Com
,t,oe IN assist such meetings. The question OF as
,hu,lnc among the different churches the amounts 10
10 raised Cor missionary purposes was brought up
hitherto this apportionment has been made DIV the
General Committee. resolution was passed 'ooaS
committing the work to the Board OF MANAGERS oi INC
society A resolution passed hxins the rcN''o"
beseen delegates and altcrnates. An alternate "no
has been seated in the absence Of delegate snail
weld his seat whenever the deicgate 'h'i w " "
tendance upon the General Committee
NV resolution Bishop Andrews and secretaries Pcch
and Leonard were appointed committee TO amend
il,e order OF business that appropriations u no'o
missions shall hereafter be made nrS' iio"o ms
slons then taken up The society Is earrsihs VI,
mission work In ten foreign languages IN oie .hi'e'
states Work among the Welsh people IN dHefcht
parts of the country was reported on anu ~-'''o
was appropriated to be distributed a. i'ilo"'
Northern Ncw-York Conference, 300; ROCK hiVer'
5000: wyoming 1900; Wisconsin, @@oo' rhiiadc
phla 1900; total increase for welsh "orh-@'oo. fo
scandinavian work, this was appropriate fo' 'n
rest Norwegian and Danish, $3.50; Utah, scandi-
novan a. 400. for schools 81 400; Austin, SWEDISH
40 700. california Norwegian, S117O; California
Swedish 81 $780, Colorado, swedish Sooo Lou,'' "
Swedish $3.50; Minnesota, Finnish, Sooo; oo'ulhp'"
River swedish. 81 800; New-York, Swedish, SLOW
New York East swedish. $24OO; Ncw-iorH Ea'''
Norwegian 81 700: New-England, swenish' "''4oo'
New England southern, swedish, S15Oo' Norwegian
and swedish Conference, 1850; Northwest So'ooo'
Northwest Swedish Conference, Soooo' sou'hern
California. Swedish 81 200; total for scandinavian
work. S51 ,142; increase 1900 49,,
Al this point il was announced that the Row. Afred
GouId Of the New England Conference who conducted
the exercises at the opening OF Fridays session OF te
committee had died suddenly this morning In tine
railway station at swampscott. The business OF 'he
committee was suspended and the members united VII
singing "Rock of Ages, and DR.. Upham, Oh Drew
seminary NJ Madison New-Jersey, led in prayer.
At the afternoon session Cleveland was seecteo as 'no
Mace for the next meeting of the committee APP
propriatlons we're made to the following herman
conferences: California, $4,000; North Pacific $4,000
Central. $4,000; Chicago, $500; East German
$1,000; Northern, $3675; Northwest SS'eoo' Sou.n-
ern $500: ST. Louis, $3.50; West German, Sc'S'o'
total S47s75 for work among the Germans.
There was appropriated for work among the French
In the following conferences: Rock River, @'oV'
Louisiana Fl $50: New-IIampshire, $1,000; New
England 81 200 Troy 5000: New England soutnern
1900: New York, 81 200; Northwest lndana, S1oo'
total for French work, $3.50; decrease, 300 ~
For Spanish work in New-Mexlco @i-'VV' 100 nO,
For Bohemian work, in East ohio Conference SI'oVo
pittsburg ~ $50: Rock River, $1,000; total for
bohemian work, $3.50; increase, Sl,3oo.