New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-14
MONEY FOR METHODIST MISSIONS
APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY THE GENERAL COM

MIITEE IN CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, Nov. 13 speclaD.-The third days ses.
don of the General Missionary Committee was caiien
TO order by Bishop Warren, Of Denver Dr. r. I. lhn'
superintendent OF the Utah mission. conducted the de-
votional exercises. The following appropriations mace
nv the Womens Foreign Missionary society, for le92
were presented and unanimously approved: For work
IN India. s9oO77; China, S53,075: Japan, S53.6o4 ;
Cor,a 80 AGO. Mexico S29, $50; Bulgaria, S4,43o :
south America, S15.475; Italy. S4,869; for sending
out missionaries, buying property, and other sundry
expenses, $17,e92
The special committee appointed last year 10 con-
slider the question of recommending to the General
the propriety Of dividing the Missionary So
c,etv into two bodies one Of which should nave the
sunervlson OF home missions and the other the care
NJ foreign missions, reported resolution IN faVor VI
such division. This report WITS signed by the Kew
prs Goucher A. 5. Hunt and s. +. Upham ana oy
George G. Reynolds. DR.. Leonard, the other member
NJ the committee desired to have his inconvenience
in the report entered on the record. This was done
Tic reception of the report seemed likely to precip
tate a hot discussion. Several bishops cl'Inoreo ior
the floor at the time. After oroer han oeen IT.
stored the consideration Of that report was postponed
until Monday afternoon.
DR. Buckley called for communication which
had been received from the Board of Managers
>, tho eocjetv recommending that the committee
bopA distribute the money for foreign missions In the
following proportion: For Protestant countries, 100
nar cent: for Catholic ard Greek count!ies =" per
cent: for heather countries $50 per cent d.
Buckley regarded this suggestion as an infringement
upon the prerogative Of the General Comm'Vee' sna
moved that the consideration Of the Recommendation
te Indefinitely postponed He withdrew his NOTION,
opa the attention of the recommendation was favored
hv Dr Baldwin But TIE committee was In no mood
20 consider anything which esomhlsd dc'suoh' Ac
cord,ngly the whole subject was tabled
piebon Foss presented q resolution nstrlcting the
eecretary to convey 10 Bishop Taylor, OF AFRICA 'e
svmnathv OF the committee account OF the serious
accident which recently hefell MIN in ROTTERDAM ana
"a assure him that the members would pray ior hs
sreedy recovery.
The consideration of work among foreigners resueH'
in the United states, then taken up INC 'hlnc'
rori, ir San Francisco represented as Delhg IN
rrosn~rous condition. Ninety per cent Oh inc 'oii'
reris stood firm. They were liberal Contributors i"
thn missionary cause. TIE superintendent oil Ue
"'e eohc Chinese like q native and was uni
-.o,,v r,sr, cted The sum Of re,9oo was aPp.o'
-. a.. tbi. work an increase Of rle3. shn'i"
-, came from Tho work in New-> oTi'' u" "I"'''
., con was Appropriated. The sum OF S''o "%
o,4.d IN the Chnese work In oregon fo' nv" e.
e. s,,tbcr, California 500 was ordered ana inv
y,u for p,w work In the Pueet SOui'u - ca,,
-, ~, 400 For the japanese WORK III oen-
t'' - -, NJ n 900 was voted for that III uS
~ district of the California Conference S1'o''
vi, among Dohcin OBS and Hungadishs' Was " !.
sou+.d o. being hopeful in several piae-s' ~. ~, %
a. US smnhaslzed BY the statement ihat - Per pTtnge
~ % sdnots ~ Chicago were Of ioreisn , POI trn IN
NV tbo1saod Bohemians I've In thas Guy '' '
tho Anarchists. = - 49, ,,ro, ted as follows: Patti
total Of 81, 80 Ts s; APP ~ boo pittsburg 81 $50
NOR morS RjyeT $1,000 Philadelphia. sSoo t rIsan. in
49, - reported 20 be prosperous III ne"
w. Work and Philadelphia There Wiz "Rf chicago
I've" "a .c0e ana tor new Italian WOIh ~, IL ST,y
90 Work among the Portuguese ~ o~'aIos was
80 ,oJ prosperous, the apPopllatgy
ss,csS "a $500 FOR work among Al.r'i ~ go re.
re- thrteen pIsces se $50 was set as!ue, and
solved 10 push the mission among ."s co. she purpcse
s nm o. 20 800 was Appropriated ior 1e oroaf tho
rho cnm,ottce took up WORK al3endy I-tui rau,nrna
tisms,bs I'm Oregon and the Uhish Ia ~, .,1ccess
nIInn Fowler expressed Total uDbeiiei w w
p1' Ut emnny American indians; but ihe 0oH
! sncrensed It's appropriations a., t.soos includes
ii' Tbs thiyd class OF domestic n.isso,.. ti,s
ro,iish sreskIng conference For theSn Maine
were made as follows Detroit. yi,SoO 81 zoo
40 GOO Michigan ~ 500: New liampsss,e,o o Wesi
Northern NewYork ~ 500; vermont ,rir,Ga' $500
Wlnconsin s4Io5 Wilmington On Nrs.i a 81 700
Wilmington In Maryland $500 Wi,eon poacm,r and
otal Sl5i23 for conferences north OF te S,,ng tale
the oo and east Of the Mississippi s'aI H. na,ts Of
m.nts showing the religious Distribution ~ pa, pa ~
Wey England we're made by Drs. Day ana DLo ,s
Ne,vYork The rapid Increase OF me loeis' =, 40
- g. sone cities ~ Central ONO wa SIT ~ "
sr,v,rg out the Methodist preachGs and cnurchos'
g g,r s,b;oct viii be resumed tomorrow.