The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-10
PENSIONING OLD PREACHERS
Baltimore N. P. Conference Wants to
Raise Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Reports Of Committees Read at the Last
Days Appointments An
nounced by the President

The sixty-seventh annual session Of the
Maryland Methodist Protestant Confer
enee, which has been in session in Alex
andr ia for the past week, closed its
labors last night and adjourned finally
to meet again on the second Tuesday in
April of next year in the AlDutt Memorial
Church, Bait imore
The first report read was that of the
committee on education. II recommended
testant publications and OF its Baltimore
book store and was adopted.
The committee on benevolent agencies
recommended that Revs E. c. MoCoshy,
Alvey Donovan, and Dorsey Blake be made
life members of the Maryland Bible So
ciety, and that q. G. Boechus, F. L. Warner,
A. A. Bergman, w. r. Graham, and j.
W. ferret be made life members OF the
Tract SO ciety, were both adopted.
The committee on church extension asked
for an assessment of $3.50 for their
work but the amount was cut down to
$4,000
The report of the committee on eduoa-
ton was next taken up. Much debate
was occasioned by a portion of the report
instructing those in charge OF the seminary
to giveevery student trial of three months,
and then if they find he is not making salts
factory progress TO discontinue him. This
was amended by making the probationary
term one year, and in this shape was
adopted
The following additional committees were
named: Finance, W. NJ. Poisal, j. NJ
Sheridan, j. NJ Gill, Edward Reisler j.
NJ. Weiner and w. W. Smith.
On appointment OF an evangelist, W s.
Hammond, F. 7. Little, A D. Melvin, j.
w. Herring, c. A. Benjamin and L. M.
Ayarner.
Committee to meet similar committee
from the other churches, To bring about
the prohibition of the liquor traffic. b. f.
Benson, F. T. Tagg, S. b. Tredway, ID.
Baker, r. F. Griffin, s. B. Fenby and b.
+. Sweet.
AT the afternoon session the report of the
conference steward was read and showed
that the receipts from all sources had been
S164, S4S.61
Rev. DR.. Wilson and Rev. Joseph F.
Valiant requested to be left without ap-
pointments this year and their request
was granted.
The report OF the committee on stats
tics, which was read and adopted, shows
the number OF charges in the district to
be 1913, with 81 1873 members. 1t has
%, S13 scholars in the Sunday schools.
The number OF churches is 1853. The value
OF the church property is 81 ,4S1, 175,
and the amount of debt on it $50 500.
The committee on Aged Peoples Home
is as follows: j. w. Herring. f. o. Grimes,
Frank h. Hewes, j. ID. Cathell, S. p.
Fenby, j. ID. KiDzer. F. T. Tagg, David
Wilson, j. N Warfield, Robert Price, VIM.
Dale and j. n. Slayer.
Mr.. James X. Cation introduced a resolu--
tion empowering the president 10 appoint
a committee of five or ten to take steps
to raise the $50, 900 necessary to increase
the superanuuated fund to 500 900 This
was agreed TO.
The church at the night session of the
conference was packed to the doors. AT
8 o'clock President KinZer announced the
appointments for the year as follows:
Alexandria. F. T. Benson; Baltimore, T.
H. Wright; Christ Church, Baltimore, a.
~ Ward; East Baltimore, j. n. Sheridan;
First Church. Washington, G. @. Bachus;
Georgetown, ID. C., w r. Graham: Har-
per's Ferry. A A. Hartman; Laurel, F.
c. Klein: North Carolina Avenue. WASH
ington. +. G. Makosky: North Baltimore,
j. NJ. Gill: Prince George. to be supplied;
Payson Street, q. w. Hines; Potomac, j.
W. Norris; Quantico, w. w White; South
Baltimore, R. L. Lewis; Washington Street,
Alnuft Memorial, w. $. Hammond; West
Baltimore, j. W. Kirk; Towson, 10 be sup
Piled.
Left without an appointment at their
own request, David Wilson and .. L. Nor
row.
President of the Western Maryland Col
lege, T H. Lewis.
President of Theological Seminary j. T.
Ward.
Professor N seminary. L. w. Bates.
Editor of Methodist z rotestant, T. T.
Tagg.
Secretary of board of foreign mis-
sions, T. F.. Coulburn.
Loaned-First Church, Pittsburg, d. l.
Greenfield: to board of foreign missions,
r. H Vandyke; to st. Johns Church,
Baltimore, j s. Bowers; In ChattswoTth
Church, Baltimore, T. o. Grouse; TO
Maryland Tract Society j. T. Murray.
Superannuates-J. W. Everst, J. K.
Nichols s. B. Sutherland, +. S. Norris,
ID. w Bates. II. j. DAY, j. A. Weigand,
w. j. II. Lucas J. L. kilgoTe, w
A Grouse Ii q Cushing II q Holmes