Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-05
CONFERENCE NOTES.
Probable Fatal Shooting Acct
dent At Dover.
In ALLEGED Sholtlsss In a Ey-fal
Collectors Accounts.
Situation Among Maine 0tsiksTs-
News from All Around.

Down, May 3.-The name Of Thomal
J. Wright should be added to those admit
ted TO full connection, Friday. The fol.
lowing we're elected travelling descons Of
the second year: Frank W. Brooks. Cas-.
sius c. Whidden. Charles II. Fuller, Mslry
kearney. Wentworth T. Stewart Frank Z
Whitman, William A. MeGrav; travelling
descons elected elders. DAVID b. Dow,
Thomas A. Hodgdon, SAMUEL T. Page
Walter Y. Prince, Eli 8. Walker, deceased
The annual meeting Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society was held Fri.
dsy afternoon In the evening . public
meeting wss preceded ever by Mrs. W. T.
Jewell, who presented the work being done
She was followed by Bishop Andrews
speaking Of y hat he cav il China and
Japan. The church was crowded and many
went away.
Sunday morning social meeting Of greal
interest was held. Half dozen we're on
their feet ut once to give testimonies.
The regular conference business was re-
sumed At nine O'Clock. The following local
deacons were elected elders: Samuel NJ
Small. Lemuel A. Gould, William r. Camp
bell; local preachers elected deacons
Woodbury. P. Merrill. William T. johnson,
Nathaniel b. Cook, Jacob II. Barker. c.
II Leverton was granted = supernumerary
relation at his own request. The bishop
announced the transfer Of X. NJ. wilkins
to the New England Southern Conference
The committee on claims and claimants
made report showing that superanuuated
preachers receive one hundred dollars each,
4 material increase over any other previous
year.
The following were admitted on trial
james A. Weed, Nathaniel B. 'ook, James
T Nc ore. Charles W. Lowell, Ulysses G.
Lyons. Invitations we're received for the
next session Of the conference from Calais
First Church, Damariscotta. Machiss and
Rockland. The conference voted to 20 tc
Damariscotta. The conference voted
against making the number Of lay delegate
to the general conference equal in number
to the ministerial. G.. A. Plummer was
elected editor of minutes. J. W. Day was
elected statistical editor. w. L. Brown
and G. @. WinslOw were made q committee
to send a greeting to supersnnusted breth-
rem unable to be present.
Saturday afternoon was devoted to m ,m-
orisl services Saturday evening 3 temper
ance meeting was held
Last evening q large and enthusiastic
temperance meeting WAS addressed by
Fernald Of Bucksrort, Boynton of Machias,
Bragdon of kennebec and DR.. Leonard
of New York. This morning the confer.
ence love feast was conducted by Alber,
Church. 1t was a remarkable meeting and
hundreds Of testimonies were given. A,
l030 Bishop Andrews preached sermon
Of great power to multitude that thropged
Central Hall. subject, Faith in God.
Ordination of the descOns followed the
sermon.
This afternoon DR. Leonard preached tc
an immense audience. He denounced
Sunday newspapers ss serious obstacles to
Christian progress, and characterized care
parties in the home and parlor dances q,
recruiting agencies for gambling bells ant
brotheis. He declared that light wine
drinking led to drunkenness and WAS -
p- cislly severe in the denunciation of pro
fessed Christians who patronize the theatre
Following this sermon the elders were or
dained by the Bishop. assisted by members
Of the conference.