The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-08

S79l, Brooklyn North district S44l,
Brooklyn South district $l1,04, a total
decrease of $23S.
To the Educational society-New Ha-
ven district $S0S, New York district
1851, Brooklyn North district $7S6,
Brooklyn South district 1858, a total
increase of 1881.
To other educational works-New
Haven district $113, New York district
$47, Brooklyn North district $S7, Brook
Ign South district $669, a decrease of
$51.
To the Womans Foreign Missionary
society-New Haven district s2S32 New
York district $2662, Brooklyn North
district, S349, Brooklyn South district
$4,000, in increase of $685.
To the Womans Home Missionary
society-New Haven district $4S9, New
York district s1OS0, Brooklyn North
district $901, Brooklyn South district
$4,623, a decrease of $1SS.
To the Episcopal fund-New Haven
1878, New York $S42, Brooklyn North
$64O, Brooklyn South S1,039, a decrease
of Sill.
To pastoral and church aid-New Ha-
ven $1,5O5, New York $S0S, Brooklyn
North $3.50, Brooklyn South 1897, a de-
crease of $194.
To conference claims-New Haven
81, 657, New York 50, 800, Brooklyn North
50, 1888, Brooklyn South $4,03S a decrease
of $3.50
To general conference expenses-New
Haven $572, New York $4S5, Brooklyn
North 5000, Brooklyn South $3.50.
The total receipts have been $131, 462,
total decrease of $3.50. The entire
amount of conference claims has been
during the past year s16,S36, a decrease
of $537.
The report of the general committee
shows that there are 59,S41 members
of the church in this conference, 5,691
practitioners, 65146 Sunday school
scholars, 1877 teachers, 1923 church
buildings, 206 parsonages. Total value
of church property in the conference,
$6,371, 700. Total Indebtedness, $972,4
Rev. Mr.. MacBride then read an in
vitation for the next general conference
in 1900 to meet at Ocean Grove Camp
meeting ground and asked the confer
ence to lay the matter before the gen
eral conference. 1t was voted to do so.
The appointment of district officers
was then made. those for the New
Haven district being Rev. c. ]. North,
Rev. DR.. Masden and Rev. Mr.. SEQ
field.
A request from the Epworth league
was read asking that a column of the
conference minutes be granted publish
ing statistics of that society
DR.. Wing moved that the request be
granted. DR.. tombstone moved to
amend by also granting space in the
minutes to the Brooklyn Church So
ciety and the City Missions society.
The motion as amended was carried.
The bishop announced the transfer
of G. E. Strawbridge, F. c. Eigelhurt
and Charles Samuelson from the New
York conference to this conference On
motion of DR.. Wing r. s. Pardington
was appointed superintendent of the
Brooklyn Church society, DIR. ]. B.
Hamilton special agent for Syracuse
university, and the other special ap-
pointments of the year were reaffirmed.
1t was then voted that Rev. John
Pilkington be changed from the super
numerary list to the effective list; that
the relation of c. A. Moya be changed
from effective to supernumerary, and
that John LorentZ, a present deacon,
be LEFT without appointment that he
may attend school. 1t was also voted
that Rev. Edwin Warmer be removed
from the examining committee at his
owne request, and F. Mason Mutt be
appointed in his place Rev. Morris w.
Prince was removed from the effective
list to the supernumerary list on ac-
count of Ill health. Clarence T. Will
son was removed from the supernum-
erary relation to the effective, and was
left without appointment, to attend
school. Supernumerary relation was
granted to w. M. Cleveland and NJ A..
Lathbury.
The next business was admission on
trial and on that matter Bishop Mer-
rill spoke briefly. He advised that it
was time for the conference to act with
caution in admission to trial that the
conference might not fill to rapidly.
Those admitted on trial were W. M.
Fenton, w. H. Bergmont e. G. Rich
ardson, Richard Reynolds, Henry Medd,
Walter W. T. Duncan, Benjamin S.
Sexton, Frederick w. Adams condition.
ed in Scriptural history and history
of Methodism, and F. D. Walker.