The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-08
DAY FOR BUSINESS.
NJ. f. Conference Elects the
Other Delegates.
MISSIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Dissertation OF the Persecution They
visiting Preachers IN
Many Pulpifs.

The Methodist attending ne annual Pu-
get sound conference accomplished a gooq
Zeal OF work yesterday. Tn rnor1inz ~as
devoted as usual 80 routine work o. tie
conference. and the afternoon and evening
were taken Up with eyangslsfir services
and committee meetings. To-Day the p1i-
mtg Of most og th~ CITY churches VIII -
arr,,rsad nv ont ef sogrn ministers. and IN
The tent AZ Rainier and Jackson streets
services will Be almost coz. lnuouH during
the day. Tomorrow b. the last Gay o. tie
conference. The reports NJ nc NaElo'ls
committees viii be completeG ana pFeafI r.
Cd and the work of tne conference cioStI-
Al the morning session the devotohal
EXERCISES we're conducted b. +. n Wheel
er The follow ing visitors were present
Rev ". II Harrington. Rev Gavin W
Stewart, president OF Whitworth college
Summer. and $. r Cnamoeriain, OF thS
Des Aoines conference
The Remaining Delegates.
Voting for delegates 20 tho general con
ference was continued from Friday. r J.
Massey was elected on The first ballot
ard George C. Wiiding after two ballots.
For reserve delegate. s. $. Sulhger was
elected. only one ballot being NECESSARY
Tina b.5ls committee presented IFS report
and Rev. r. G. HetZler. agent OF tf'3
American Bible Society. addressed the
conference The report was adopted.
resolution was adopted "a regard 20
the transfer Of ". II. Jennings 20 the Cal
if0rna conference, expressing regret FOR
his loss. and concentrating the California
conference upon his accession 70 its ranks.
The report Of tho committee on confer
snee relations was adopted.
Question &. WHO have been admitted
on trial?" was then taken up.
Joseph r. Williams and William J.
Rule ssere recommended by the quarterly
conference Of Two charges n the Chehalis
dls.rlc. George y. Frame By the quar-
-arly conference Of the Stanwood and
NaFysvi.le charge. New WhatC0m dis
1rlct r. f. Lee orviIle T.. Doaue and Ira
A Mills BY the Seattle district conference:
George A. sheafe by the quarterly con-
Serence OF Epworth church Tacoma.
They were presented and introduced 10
the conference
Reports of Committees.
vhose who had been in charge as sup
plies reported their work were favorabiy
recommended by the committee on exam
ination and the presiding elders. AID were
admitted on trial
The report OF the committee or exam
inaiion Of the Central Illinois conference
IN the case or y r. Williams. was accept
ei for the entire course Of study and ne
was excused from denomination.
The report of the special committee on
the Church Financial Record was adopted
The conference adopted a plan OF equal
izing travelling expenses. and s a Bright,
=. v Claypool and w H. Leach were
appointed committee on equalization, to
be continued from year 20 year.
The committees on the woman's For
eign Missionary Sociey and Freedman's
Aid and Southern Education Society pre-
scented their reports. and they were
adopted
The committee on Itinerants' club and
conference examinations made its report
=. S. Sulligor moved 10 adopt that part OF
ref - . gyfr .sf..
refer the other TO a committee Of three 10
report at the next session OF the confer
ence. This was defeated T J. Massey
then made A motion that the first part OF
tho report be adopted. which was carried
He then moved that the second part also
be adopted. which was carried
Question 9: What members are In
studies OF the fourth year" was resumed
The name OF Osborne a Curry was called
his character passed. the presiding elder
presented HIS case, and at his own request
he was allowed TO withdraw from the min
istry
a COMMITTEES consisting OF T. V. CLAY
pool G. II. Thohurn and a s. Gregg was
appointed 70 present resolutions on tho de-
parturo OF Osborne \. Curry and Sprague
Davis.
committee on the board OF deaconesses
was appointed. as follows l.. Y Clay
pool G.. G.. Ferguson. l.. J. Covlngton
William NJ Ludwick. c. q Cook Mrs s
: Si2l!ger Mrs. Samuel Moore Mrs T r
Massey. Mrs. T. h Ford The benedlctlon
was pronounced by tho bishop and the
conference adjourned. this being the last
business session until Monday
~ Z O'Clock the anniversary meeting of
the Noman's Foreign Missionary Society
was held tn the tent Mrs a J. Hansen
presided, and an address on the work Of
The society was made by Rev. ] L. Mar
iatt OF Tacoma.
Missions I'm Snrfb A,,orf.o
After Rev. /. T. Marlatt's address came
an interesting eXtempore talk on mission
work in Peru by Mrs T. A. HazelfFpc
wife or the editor Of tho South Bend Jour
ma. and daughter or Or T p Wood. head
OF the missions IN Peru. from which sbe
has just returned
She said Roman Catholicism in fhe
United states was not criterion bv which
South American Catholicism could ba
Judged In the latter country the prfests
had nad no critics. no opponents and no
advancing civilization 10 contend with In
Peru no public worship in any other ra-
Hgl2n hut the Roman Catholic was uerfnif-
ted The missionaries had. therefore ~
hold only private Conferences " haf,f,,F
closed doors, 90 which people were invited.
Senior FenzotU = Bible colrorfetir vas
fhfown INTO q nlthN dungeon and kent
there for eight months without triai an 4
ms lfhles We're burned Like = Paul no
preached 20 and converted some 81 his fol-
low prisoners. on the demand o. the
tgltcd States government that be 10
brought 10 trial. Pc was released as ho
had violated no law 1suarance WIS ala
most universal only one child ouf OF cfahtyr
could attend school Three Wears avo i.
priest burned a woman as witch The
n'sSionafies were nersecuta3 iD rNrr>. W AZ.
hut Notwithstanding fhntr trials IN f,,r-
years had built uD ~e>en ssv schools ia
CRllao ana had organizes e ths.r-h vyffh
l't converts IN the same esfv fu tnt city