New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-12
vryJsTER'S sELr-S4CRIiICE.
DECLINING TO SPEND TIE MYTH DIST MsNioN
MONEY IL THIS YEAR OF HARD TiNfS'

r,.,,,xtxc ro SPEND TIE MYTH DIST MISSION
MONEY n THIS YEAR OF HARD TINES
ui,ncapolis. Nov n.--Somcthlng OF sensation
v.os created r the Methodist Natona' M'ss'ohi'E
Conference to-day. when the tev Dr' D. w. fe'' u
.,,Yors one Of the esponIlnS seorcl'i's" Va
thc official board arl WHO had been d.sBl'.e'
hv that body 20 max, tour OF tho rnissioA he'ds
Of A-ia and Malaysia. rose 10 question o. per
.,r,i ,-,,ilccc and announced that no had DECIDED
n remain at home. \ TIP OF this character Is
one Of the few rich piclIingJ mat lai oHcF !" :"
lifetime to those high up III the mission movement
and M one OF them. whether bisnop or pain e'oe'
ho, aver bec, known before to refuse 10 embrace
such an opportunity of sscin5 strange iahuS d. Wv
expense Of the society. Hence the muFmur Oh sur
mis-. and establishment, that greeted DR. PECK an
nouncencnt He went on to say thas WHO ''e
board itself had made no suggestion IN the ha''er'
~. had come to the conclusion thht III We" VI ''ie
financial strinsency and the depletion OF the con-
r.r.,cA treasury 1t would be- neither wise, pru-
d.,. nor right TO incur the expense mat ms Tip
would involve In addition to this h felt that ne
was needed at home. When he had resumed MS
se,t Rishops Foss and Fowler. Or. J. VI. Buckley
and other delegates expressed their Satisfaction ''i
apprecation Of the NEWCOMERS magnsniriity ana
seif-sacrifice for the cause
,rbe pruning knife was again welded with a
vengeance in making the mission appropriations
to-day Piteous appeals foc at least last year
allowances were made b. many OF the presld'hs
elders bu. the conference was obdurate ana even
IN the few cases whore disposition toward hDer-
all;y seemed to be manifest Bishop Walden, Inc
/ Holman of the committee was prompt "!th oo-
jections and protests. ,,., -. I'm
When Kansas WAS reached Dr. Eentiey, OF Ran. haii-
s,s CAV said that the western part oil the state
could not possibly stand IL cut Tor IN II thef' Weis
numbers OF people that Were actually ~ want 81
bread on the call OF Nebraska Or HUNTINGTON,
Of Lincoln read statistics showing that tIefe were
many minister's IN the conference whose s''arleS
var. lesg than 500 year. Nebraska. ne Sald was
being nl!ci w with starvei-out New-Ens!aii1e.s
who hnd been stranded by the financial depresslol
4 hundred thousand oI such from the regions "hsl
OF tn mississippi had come INTO the state m the
past year. and things w-rc going from baa 10
worse IL had taken twenty acres % wheat 10 pp'
SRI into 4 farmers wallet. In one case that ne
krew of IN honest Methodist farmer took I'D pusN-
els of wheat to the elevator. II was the pr~iuc-
ton OF twenty OF Land. MI he got Tor was
Su With this he paid his taxes and hall oi MS
grocery Bill ana went home without dinner because
there was not a nickel LETT In his pockets. 49,,
ThrS. aud similar stories produced a proiohn" iii-
pression but ali the same the appropriations were
scaled 10 and IL per cent en- last years grants q,
'rh. Iayanese cause I'm california was charnploneu
l,v Bishop tioOdsc. who made AN earnest appear
for liberal appropriation. lie gave figures showing
the success Of the Church among the little japanese
ana said that 100 OF the Orentals had become menu
ers of ,hc Methodist Episcopal church in the last
year from this district