The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-04
APPEAL TO BISHOP,
Row in the Newark Confer
ence Over Samuel ster-
ling of Jersey City.
HIS ELECTION AS STEWARD DISPUTED
Anniversary of the Centenary
Fund and the Preachers
Aid Society Held Last
Evening.
Jersey City's Contribution to the
Worn Cut Preachers Fund
Sudden Illness of DR..
Nicholas Van SAINT.
Spacfal to the Jcaseu Cs.n Ne,rs.

" L L II4N 11<i<-A. L. <APsll +, lcJ0-
1T was with many sighs of relief that
members of the Newark Methodist Con-
ference rushed from Bethel Church yes
terday. at the close of the business ees-
sion, and climbed into the shaky. tum-
bie-down stages standing at the church
door, intended TO convey them to the
village, nearly two miles away. These
stages Were curiosHe.es; relics of by-gone
days, and of such primitive construction
that if Buffalo Bill ever runs short Of u
Dead@Uei coach al he has to do IS to
come to ToatenyiHe and hire one of these
dtllapiGlarted vehicles for his Wild West
Show.
Some of the brethren gcorned paying
five cents for a mud shake and footed
it to crazy. nondescrJpt building, digni-
fed by the name of '"rhe West End
Hotel" where dinner was provided for
those ministers who were not fortunate
enough to be bfNeised in private houses.
why. it's Saloon" shifted Rev. Dr.
NJ. L. Gates. of Grace Church. Jersey
City.
@HUraph" calculated Rev. Bro. Dutch
er, of Centenary Church, to nis friend,
Chancellor Day, of Syracuse University,
I'VE mustn't so in there. People might
say we We're going to get a cocktail, and
that would be terrible" .leaving his
friend in q state of pleasing doubt as to
whether he referred Ito the compound or
the act.
THAT settles it, chinled in Mr.. Gates:
81 won't slesp there; I'll SO home every
night TO Jersey CITY,, and it was agreed
that a night in tllat cheeriess hotel
would be torture. M
Bue dining there was imperative, and
the party took possession of q long re-
fectory furnished like Col Grimes din
iag-room fer TIE inmates at Snake Hill
Wishy-was:hy soup came first, followed
at long intervals py haf-done fish. abb
sent from the sea many days, sem. raw
grfsly beef. lukeWarm greasy vegetables,
and-a-alld hnseed pogff.ce. called by
wthich dec.eacies were served for the
9rifisag sum of fifsy cents Another
FIGURES. FIGURES, FIGURES
By no means in an agreeable mood,
the pas.ors pioughed their way through
rae mud Back to the church to enjoy
grave yard. As the roll of charges was
called, each pastor re sponfled with few
his church for various benevolent sources.
and at the same time handed N his
quota to the Golfers, of the. Conference
when the brethren trooped downstairs
and plunged into more figures. This time
y was the annual meeting Of the Con-
tion. The tail, venerable Treasurer. Rev.
john I. Morroy, reported that since the
took place in ST. Pauis Church, Third
amounting to ss2,ss5 have been paid to
fosal assessments paid In for that time
hsve only amounted to s3,So3.25, which
Mr.. Morrow and the directors claimed
was highly satisfactory, and could not
sst5tritions. The First Nasional and Provi-
dent Savings Banks of Jersey City hold
ROW AMONG THE STEWARDS.
While al this was going on, and the
sanle insep.ly many .r5olently. to the
VIE Insurance assod3ation, the conference
s'tewi~ds m an adjoining room We're
ito provoke hot fight on the floor of the
conference eifner To-day or tcgnorrow.
els.e officers. BY vote Of to s5aanuel
Sterling, a member of Hedding Church,
Jersey Cey, was elected pCpafe renee
ur.No..irgly, who precipftst ed ltlae fuss.
Some time ago Mr.. Sserlng was
S3cs ysy prTqers y, isn, ne2r ~ Of CIT Trinity aag
from that body. was elasted a district
steward, and sap,seauenssy made a MEM
Der CT t'H6 AnHD1l sfFJHIS Ff4fce.~t he QuHP-
elled wg'h Reg. JOHN Krarfz and the
fine Day arloed for MS 'getter." lie
patronage to HedHsng Church, Of which
NE is new member. or'unately, at
tihe Hast election of DISTRICT stewards
with even a nomination for election, and
so practically ceased being 9. member of
the 1885 conference WaS sherefore his s
ttlpt body yesterday, three of Hhe stew
ARDS. obje'cted on the ground that Mr..
ference, and en-, Outsider could not. under
the lew Of the Methodist Church be
made Treasurer of the body. They were
De'1'ei. APPfsaI. IS f5s. 70 70 THE BISHOP.
Thereupon Mr.. H: H Caa1nberlain, of
se ffc,al hoard ss frosn Eaory Ghurch s,
vo..o to Bishop Hurst.
TIE me dting of the Stewards broke UP
,ats aasr ssaboeh wo sera pa He a a5 a.seS Son eae
were busy gossping about NJ: If Bishop
Jlurri.'s decision be unfevorable TO Mr..
eerne n = ub bosrve 4a1e entire body for tem
70 seaehar affirm the Bisfsop's. ruling or
reverse It. The general feeiiig IS that
rot 4 merraer # the conference is
: - ff'st on tln.e m -r15ers OF Tse Cos1fsreiice
s7s = @ syer oss5,ra sefere
: The Il s.erI3 NJ arbrogno WAS 5ssd . ASIDE
for stsrapsr. Quarrels ran be taken up at
S Es aI nTt ana m ne asse nssors spg1g s6psered a
to Their various resorts at half-past
seven o'aaocl- 70 celebrate. the anniver-
e. e., AID fs,reesy, Or whi>h rpsst estdmable
and desorv.ng Of or.r1E zattons Rev.
Dantal TFaale~on. Of Simpson Chelrca,
Je.-ey CITY, IS the active and energetic
Z There ara tarea Methoas st churches in
To.tenvIlIs-geH1sl T, st. $, Mers Ss cac,ss s1a s.
!, ,s1,ifed no ssllTFsdy the music. Ut might