The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-22
BUT FEW RETURNED.
General Change Of Methodist
Episcopal Ministers.
Or. GEORGE NOT RsAPPolNTED.
Given . Nomisal Charge at His Own
Kequest-Paget sound University
susfained-Conferenee End.

The Puget Sound conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. which has
been in session in this city since last
Wednesday. adjourned late yesterday aft
ernoon. Just before adjournment Bishop
Goodsell announced the Iiss Of appoint
ments for the ensuing year. In this there
were number of surprises and over two
thirds OF the elders were changed from
their former appointments, only thirty
out of ninety-six remaining with their
former charges. OF course there were
many disappointments, some of which
were agreeable ones.
Most of the day was spent in listening TO
committee reports. the only one of any
Importance being that OF the educational
committee. which. contrary to expecta-
ton, was adopted without discussion. II
called attention TO the financial difficulties
OF the Olympia collegiate institute and re-
quests the Columbia river conference to
unite with this conference in the joint
support of the Puget Sound university at
Tacoma. Ii also recommends the appoint
ment of the following as directors of the
university: Ex-ofiicio. Bishop ID. A.
6oodseil, San Francisco; Mayor ii. S.
Huson. Tacoma; Rev. s. Moore, p E,
Tacoma Term expires in 1891: w. d.
Tyler, Tacoma; l. w. Hill, PuyaIlup;
David Lister. c. p Mastersoa
esq, T. a. Elder. Tacoma: W. ]. Morphy,
Seattle. Term expires in 1885, c. 5. Barlow,
w. III. Fife. Tacoma; Rev. Alfred Inwood.
Seattle; g. w. Thompson. Tacoma: NJ +.
Chestnut, New Whatcom; W. II. Hop
ping, Tacoma. Term expires in 1896, Theo-
dore Hosmer, J. ID. Caughran, Tacoma;
Rev. I. j. Massey, Des Moines: Rev ID. q.
LeSourd. New Whatcom; Rev. f. B.
Cherington, Tacoma; Rev. A. j. Hanson,
Vancouver. The committee also recon-
menied the appointment OF Crawford K.
Thobnrn as president, Rev. Charles W.
barrow as professor and Rev. Ernest V.
Claypool as principal of the preparatory
department.
The committee on Indian missions re-
ported that the only work being done in
the conference is at the Nooksack mission,
in the lower part of Whatcom county. on
the Nooksack river, where there are Ell ghty-
one adults. forty-one of school age and
eight infants, making in all i3l persons, a
mere remnant of great tribe. The horne
for Indian children is on the Nooksack
and is conducted by the Woman's Home
Missionary Society, supervised by Mr..
Daggett, of Boston. The school is in a
prosperous condition and the buildings are
now worth 1900.
An obituary TO Rev. ]. A. Remnant, who
died a. Lynden, Whatcom county, Feb
ruary II, aged 62 years, was ordered
printed.
The committee appointed to nominate
officers of the conference societies re-
ported the following names, which were
elected:
Conference Missionary Societies-G. C.
ident; T. w. Butler, secretary: c. c. Cook
treasurer; o. L. olander. NJ F. Chestnut.
W. ii. Drake. S. A. Bright and s. p. Bro
kaw. managers.
Conference Board of Church Extension
M. A. Hoxie. president; f. ID. White,
vice president; f. j. Moore. secretary; w.
+. Clark, treasurer. The presiding elder
{. L. Teetor, j. S. Smith, DIR. Rufus VIII
lard and Col. j. NJ. Benedict
Conference Educational Societv--C. r.
Thoburn, president; S. $. Snlliger, vice
Atkins, treasurer; W. j. Morphy. w. b.
Mcmillan and ID. II. Kenage, executive
committee.
Conference Epworth League e. II.
blaine, president; K. J. Moore. secretary.
A. ;. Greg, treasurer; A. ]. Joslyn, first
vice pFeslueHts NJ. n. COvington, second
vice president: u. w. Kirk, third vice
president; 5. ). SuIliger, fourth vice presi-
dent.
Board of Church Locations-Seattle dis
trict, the presiding elder, A. Inwood. ID.
I. Denny, I. J. Massey and A. III. Foote.
Tacoma district-The presiding elder. A.
J. Joslyn, John Berry. L. ID. ScofieId and
L. +. Morris. Vancouver district-The pre-
siding elder, w. NJ. Ludwick, q. @. Fergn-
son. George +. White and ]. NJ. Benedict.
Whatcom district--The presiding elder
+. W. Low, NJ. +. Chestnut, +. E. Drake
and A. Warren. Swedish district-The
presiding elder. ]. a. Anderson. John
Johnson, J. D. Rudene and n. r. Chris
Hanson.
Reports were also received from the
committees on books aud periodicals.
Freedmen's Aid societies, conference sec
rotary. Swedish work, Bible cause. tenn
perance, hospitals, Episcopal fund. sun
day schools, tracts aud Sabbath. all Of
which were adopted
Statistical Secretary Williston made his
report. which shows the condition of thu
conference hy districts II