The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-18
THE Appointments MADE
Pinll Session Of the Methodist Confer
ence at Plymouth.
THE BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Report ON the Condition OF East oreen-
wich'Academy and Board Of Visitors
Constituted = Committee ON Swedish
and Portuguese Missions Reports.

PLYMOUTH, April 1s.-Between 2.000
and 5000 people. by far the largest mum :
Der that ever attended religious service
In Plymouth, assembled at the Standish
Guards armory to listen to the sermon
OF Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell OF San
Francisco. who Is presiding at the fifty
third annual session of the Southern New
En- gland conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Bishop GoodselPs
text was from Philippians ILL.,. 10.
The officers Of the board OF conference
of home missions were elected az follows:
President. Rev. G orge II. Bates; vice
president. w. II. Phillips; seer 'tary, Rev.
w l. Ward; treasurer, Rev. J. =.
ssf 1ittsa As follows; First year, Rev.
George w. Hum, Ray. w. r. Davis, Re v.
f. w. Goodier. II. w. Lincoln, j. ID.
Flint, Olnev T. Inman; second year,
Rev. NJ. S. Kaufman, Rev. A. J. Coul-
james Jar Taylor, Hezekiah B. S NTH: thir,
Rev III. ID. Robinson, j. w. Horton, r.
L. Douplass, George Griunell.
The question of the placs for holding
the next conferences was lett to the pre-
vited to go to Westerly, r. l., next year,
and the request was referred to the pre-
siding elders.
Rev. ID. A. wheldon, d. d. Of Provi-
dence. r.. l., presided at the afternoon
session. Rev. Nj. j. South of Bristol, II.
L. reported for the committee on Bible
work.
Rev +. ID. Blakeslee. principal OF East
Greenwich academy, ad iressed the con :
ference
The following board OF examiners was
Holden, P. f. Parkin. L. g. Horton. 4.
c. Bass. j. S: Wadsworsh. N: ID. Robin
son. w. j. Yates, A. w. Kingsley, j.
Tabor. J. N. Patterson, r. ID. Dyson. A.
j. Coultas, q. w. King.
w. j. Smith and j: II. Nutting were
appointed directors OF East Greenwich
academy. The board of visitors Is con
stituted as follows: M. j. Talbot, j. +.
Cooper, w. =. Blu *, j. +. Hawkins. X.
ID. Dyson, J. ID. King, Isaac b. Thomp-
son. j. ID. s. wadsworth. A. ]. Coultas,
saanas scnipps u wAiseT hiss Yates, Ra r. Ward "a d
James M. Taber. +. p Parkin, ]. II.
Mcdonald, G. w. Holden, M. s. Kauff-
man aud the wives OF these pastors. The
report Of the condition OF East Green
wich academy declared the institution to
be free from debt and making advance
in all depart ments.
Ats o'clock the conference took re-
cess TO 1880 o'clock, when these appoint
ments were made:
Appointments
Providence Distriot-Stephsu o. Ben
ton. presiding elder.
Bristol-W. j. Smith.
Central Falls-J. A. Leach.
Centreville-J. III. Buckley, u. ID.
Drownville and Riverside--E. Phillips.
East Greenw ich-J. f. Hawkins.
East Providence-L G. Horton.
Hill's Grove-H. A. RidYeway.
Hope-Merrick Ransom.
Newport-First church, e. G. Bass /;
Thames Street, III. B. Cady.
Middleto WV II. Allen.
Pawtucket-First church. p. NJ. Vim
ton; Thomson church, IL. ID. Robinson,
Phenix--J. Wadsworth.
Pontiao-Swedishm mission, II. G. Boive.
Ports nouth-G. III. Butler.
Providence-Asbury Memorial, Sam
uel McBurney; Broadway. j. f. Cooper;
Chestnut Street, w. =. Buck; Cranston
b. f. +. Studley; Harris Avenue, +. G.
Baker; Hope Street, M. S. kaufman;
Mathewson Street, II. II. Moore; St.
Paul, j. w. Webb; Swedish, G. A. Ceder-
berg: Trinity. II l.. Greene; Wanskuck.
Clarke Crawford; tabernacle. j. A.
Rood.
Rockland-Central church, supplied by
j. +. Jenness; Hatherby church. T. q.
BaLcock
Scituate--To be supplied.
Wakefield-Supplied by G. A. Lock
wood.
Warren--E. +. Jones.
Wasnington-To be supplied.
Wickford--D. L. Brown.
Woonsocket-First church. j ohm Old
ham; French mission, supplied by II. +.
Benoit.
+. ID. Blakeslee, principal, and w. w.
Alexander teacher, in East Greenwich
academy. memLers Of the East Greea-
wich Quarterly conference S. $. Cum
mings, missionary at the New England
Home for Little Wanderers in Boston,
member Of the East Weymouth Quar-.
terly conference. j. II. Nutting. caap-
lain OF the Rhode Island institutions at
Clanston, member OF st. Paul's, Provi-
dence Quarterly con ,erence. ". f.
Steele, professor in the Cliff school, Den
ver Col, member OF the East Green-
vic Quar-, erly conference.
The .ommltlee ou Swedish aud Portu-
guese missions reportel the distribution
OF money as follows: Providence well
ish work, S400; Brockton, Newport and
Pontiac Swedish missions, $50 each
Fall River Frencn missio 8, $oU0; w Woon-
socket Frenca work. $50: New Bedford
Port mission, $50. ApporJionment was
made AS follows: New Bedford distric Z,
Si25; Norwich, 5000: Providence, $50.
4 he officers ol Lue Board OF Church ex-
tension were chosen as follows: Presi-
dent. NJ. j. TALBOT; vice presiden., ii. A.
Fifield; score ary, A. w. Kingsley; treas
urer, w. V. Morrison; addilio al men,
bers, h. ii. Maynard, =. L.. Heard, Il. T..
cooper, T.. A. Stenh use. q. B. Il. Han
cock, Freeman Robbins. and the piesid-
ing elders.
inls board of church loc.sion was
elected: New Bedford district, Wal er
lila, w. a. Luce, r. Clark, Z. 4. Case
AID w. h. alaer; Providence district,
Stephen o. Bentoa, Ii. ID. Robinson,
CHARLES V. Hail, j. A. Rood and A. j..
Nickerson; Norwich district. Eoen Tir-
reli, .. W. Scott, q. ii. Ba,cs, "A. II. Wiz
lia,.,s amt Joseph Carpenter.
AT $50 p. IN. the hfty-Jhird conference
took It's final al journ nent.
NEWS CONDENSED.
A whole family was injured in runa-