New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13
MErHoprsr MISSION WORK.
VOTING MONEY IdBERAGLY FOR WORK AMONG
FoRH1GNERs IN THIS COUNTRY.

VOTING MONEY IdBERAHLY FOR WORK ANON"
FoREzGNERs IN THIS COUNTRY.
Cleveland. Nov ~ tspeciaD.-Tho second day Oh
fhe session of the Cercnl Committee Of the MISSIONARY
Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church was Aen
M with the consideration Of work among Foreigners
resident In the United states The society carries o"
missionary operations among swedes, NorwesaH''
Danes, Germans French, spaniards, Chinese Japa-
nese Bohcmians, Hungarlans, Italians, Poles ana
Portuguese in their own languages. These operauohs
are scattered sll the country, from New-hamp-
shire to New-Mexco and from Puget Sound to New
Orleans. In making appropriations more than MY
separate cases must be considered The rpresehu'
tons made In the committee to-day showed Una. ia
many places the society's operations were aesu''''!
and tentative. Indeed tbe work was fouho W o'
unsatisfactory in many cases and entirely SATISFACTORY
only among nomnally Protestant people. hmons
these tho Welsh and Films found to be oodura'c'
The former Weld only slowly TO Methodist 'eachhe'
while the attempt to reach the Firms IN Minnesota
during the last year had been entirely unsuccessiui
The French work, which has been measur~eS sue
cessful In parts of New-England was denhloeiy sus
pended in New-York City and in Cohoes. The WORK.
both in English and in Spanish in New-Mexico' which
,ra. be1un in 1s4O was discussed at length. 1t
was generally conceded that it had not bsen
at all adequate TO the QUAY Due
in view Of the promising outlook fol the territory OWING
m the establishment OF a system OF free schools and
the settlement OF land titles IL was occiuea 10 0ohuno
TO support the mission for another year
Reports from the different missions were presented
nv the bishops who have episcopal supervision OF them
and by the representatives Of the mission districts In
which they are. Some Of these reports were fuil OF
interesting facts it is not possible to give them In
detail.
Tho following appropriations were made
For Welsh missions. 1920, distributed e. follows
Northern NewYork, $500; Phadelphia, SSo ,0 ROCK
River 5000 Minnesota. $3.50 wyS sn $HOU a..
follows: Austin tswedish), Sc FO6; California Nor-
wegisp 81 500 California (Swcdish(, 800 COLORADO
Swedish $500 Louisiana swedishl. $780, New, f9rk
Sex.York Swedish saeoo; Ncw-EnslanS Swedish ", nSn
81 500: NewE England, Southern swedlsh), Yl,oOo
swedish $1,000; Norwegian ana Danish, $1,000
Philadelphia swedishs 81 900 Puget sSmas
Utah or Scandinavian sehOois), $500. For work
frbuied As follows California S5, 900; Central % OO0
Chicago $4250; East, $4,000; Northern, y4oV
North Psc,ac $4,000; st. Louis "a 600 South S''oo'
For the French work total Of $4,000 was ap-
propriated This was distributed Is follows Louisiana
81 700; New Ep gland 81 200 New England s9usnan
81 200 New Hampshire 81 200; Northwest Indiana
$500; Rock River, 81 900.
For the Spanish work in New-Ms1ico $4,000 was
appropriated. n.. .co J.,
Thus far the appropriations have been 81 1850 In
excess of what was given for the same work last
wear The attendance of spectators to-day has been
larger than II was yesterday But On 3eitner Gay mas
hen present to-day were ministers from Cleveland and
The nschboring cities who looking for clersymen
70 preach for them on Sunday.