Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-28

The report was adopted. The result
Of the ninth ballot was announced ms
follows Necessary to choice, 50; ii. \.
| Butts. 2ls: Earl Craustun, 80: {. {.
McCabc, 23s: j. W. T.. bowen, Il; +. II.
Medley, -; j. W. Hamilton. I59.
CLEVELAND. o.. May co. bishop Bow
man, the venerable senior bishop of
| the Methodist church, presided over
the general conference probably for the
/ last time Tuesday morning,
! On the sixteenth ballot Rev. {. {. Nc
Cabe was elected bishop. as follows:
/ Necessary 20 choice, 80; {. {. Me
/ Cabe, ai4; Earl Cranston, 32S; II. A..
/ Buttk, III; I. w. Hamilton, 100; T. L.
/ Neelcy. 81; !. W. +. Bowen, 80.
Chaplain McCabe is IS years of age.
/ lie il of Methodist parents lie has a
brother who is a professor in the Ohio
/ Wesleyan college at Delaware lie
twas taken prisoner during the war
and was for long time confined in
Libby prison. lie inherited some
money. and by wise investments his
wealth rapidly grew. Much of it has
been spent in advancing the cause
/ of Mcthodism. He has now about
| f fly thousand dollars. Many Methodist
institutions have been backed tinan
cially by him. lie is now engaged in
raising money for the great American
university. to be erected at Washing.
| ton. and as bishop he will continue
this work lie is considered the great
/ est money raiser in the Methodist
church His place as senior secretary
Of the missionary society will he ex-
trcmely hard to fill. lie is the man
who first raised the cry: "A million
| for MISSIONS, lie naiscd the mission
collection from 100000 to sl,23O,OOO.
Earl Cranston was elected bishop on
the seventeenth ballot The vote was:
| Necessary to a choice, Safi, Earl Gram
ston, SCOT ii. A. Buttz, 81; J. W. Ham
ilton, 50; L. H. Medley, 10; scattering,
10.
! DIR. Earl Cranston, was r n in Se:oto
county, O., about 60 years ,go. His ed
ucation was obtained at he Ohio uni
versity at Athens, o. lie was fellow
now editor of the Western Christian
Advocate of Cincinnati. lie became,
after leaving college, a travelling min
lister of the Methodist Episcopal
church and served in that capacity
until the breaking oGt OF the war. lie
enlisted in the. United States service
and rose to the rank of captain of the
Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer infantry. In
consequence of that service he is now
an IGNORED member of the Military Or
der Of the Loyal Legion of the United
States in the Ohio commandery. His
service in the church after the war
was in Ohio conferences until he was
transferred, about 1850, to the Colorado
conference, where he became presid-
ing elder. In 1884, upon the election
of Bishop Walden, Cranston was
chosen To succeed Walden as one of the
book agents of the Western Methodist
Book Concern, of Cincinnati. He has
held that position until now.
CLEVELAND, o., May 2i.-Bishop Fos-
ter presided at the session of the gen
eral conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church Wednesday morning. The
feature of the session was the discus
sion of the amusement question.
Lewis Curtis was elected on the first
ballot as agent of the Western Book
Concern, with headquarters at Cincin-
natl. He, with the other agent to he
selected, will have charge of the Meth
odist book business at Cincinnati, Chi
caCo and S. Louis,