The Washington times., 1895-04-07
WELCOMED TO MEMBERSHIP
Candidates Received iato the Itineracy
of the Baltimore N. r. Conference.
Supplementary Report on the Temperance
Question Brought in from the
Committee and Adopted.

Only one session OF the Methodist Con-
ference was held yesterday at Alexandria.
Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock was
agreed upon as the hour for hearing Daniel
Baker and others in the interest of the Bal
timore book house Of the church.
A supplementary report was brought
in by DR.. Treadway for the temperance
committee. 1t recommends the appoint
ment OF a committee OF seven members
OF the conference, to meet with committees
from other religious bodies, to see il some
general plan can not be agreed upon to
wipe out the liquor traffic. The report was
adopted.
The Sunday school committee next
handed in its report, which made certain
recommendations in regard to the pre-
pairing OF lessons by the teachers aud the
use of lesson helps in the work II iu-
dorsed the Methodist Protestant Sunday
school Literature as the best in the country,
and advised pastors 10 see that one OF the
Sunday school papers was placed in the
hands of each of the pupils in the school.
Rev DR.. Sunderland, chairman of the
faculty, then made the additional recon-
mendationofG George L. Wolfe eforordination,
and stated that 4. s. Beam, one OF the
candidates, had passed the examination
with 100 per cent in all his studies.
The hour for the reception of the oandi-
dates into the itineracy having arrived,
Messrs. Howard o. keene, Fitzhugh L.
Stevens, Howard L. Schlincke, Frank S.
Cain, Charles E. Dryden, George L. Morris,
A. Newman Ward, William K. McNett and
T. II. Wright were called forward and
Rev. DIR. ]. ID. Kinzer, president of the con-
ference, welcomed them into its member
ship.
TSba hoo rFos, NJ fl,a xy;s;,socr t,ratbra, ,ve q
set for the hour after the reception and
Rev. DIR. Stevens, editor of the Methodist
Recorder, and Rev. Mr.. Geddes OF the Iowa
conference, then made strong appeals for
heproposed MethodistP rotestant University
at Kansas City.
Rev. B. F. Stout, CORES sponding secre-
tary of the board of home missions, was
next called TO the stand. He was armed
with statistics in reference TO his board, and
said that the conference had under its care
church property valued at $56 ,113 in fif-
teen churches: that there were sixteen Sun
day schools attached to these churches W it'll
/, OF scholars in attendance and thatduring
the past year $5,69l.32 had been con-
tributed to the support OF the society.
After prayer by the Rev MIR. Benson the
body adjourned until tomorrow morning.
The ordination of tie class just passed
blythe faculty viii take place to-day in
the NJ p. Church after the IL O'Clock ser
vice.
Thomas Nelson, a carpenter, while at
work at ]. g. Cockey's confectionery on
King street putting up show window, cut
the end uf one OF his fingers off with
chisel. ard also cut deep cash - the
palm OF his hand.
Sheriff K. A. Yeitch, of Alexandra
County, says there is 10 gambling going
on at Jackson City that he is aware OF, and
il there is. and any one viii swear out q
warrant against the parties violating
the law, be viii do all that lies in his
power to serve the warrant and arrest the
guilty parties. He has recently broken up
the notorious dive OF Chapdler's at the
south end OF the Long bridge. and Chandler
himself is now in hiding TO escape punish
ment under an indictment OF the Alexan-
dTia County grand jury.
The strong Rockville. Nd, baseball
nine met with crushing defeat in a game
played with the first nine of the How ard's
OF the Episcopal High School, played on
the High School grounds yesterday even
ing The score was "a 10 1 in favor OF
the Alexandria boys.
1t is understood that the city school
board Will have its investigation in the
case of Miss EStella V. Knoxville, the
Alexandria teacher who was mixed up in
a scandal in Washington some months
ago al its next meeting. Miss Knoxville
has been suspended since the affair oc-
Cured.
The BELL Telephone Company is making
arrangements 10 correct Alexandria and
Norfolk by long distance telephone. The
new line will take in Fredericksburg
Richmond, Petersburg and Newport News,
and viii be the first loug-distance tele-
phone built south OF Washington. When
il is completed there Will be direct tele-
phonic communication from New York to
Norfolk