The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-08-14
NEWS OF THE STATE
Annual Session Of the N. B Church
Conference at Dillon.
THE WOODMEN IN HELENA
Colonel Sanders VIII Superintend
the Distribution of Gold Liter
ature In Montana-Park Pri-
marles-A Sudden Death.
THE WOODMEN IN HELENA
Special Dispatch to the standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Dillon. Aug. 13-The tenth annual
session of the Montana conference
commenced In the First NJ. L. church.
Dillon, at Q o'clock. Bishop Warren Of
Denver in the chair. The sacrament of
the Lords Supper was administered to
the ministers Of the conference and Wis
iting friends. after which Rev. p. Low
ry was reelected secretary by accla-
nation and Rev. Wilder Nutting treas
urer. The following ministers were in
troduced to the conferences: Rev. /.
N. Smith, Z. c. Avis, Tennessee; Rev.
Wheeler. Des Moines; Rev. p. ]. Smith,
Montana Wesleyan university; Rev.
James, Miles City; Rev. Howard, Can
ada.
The presiding elder nominated the
following standing committee which
were confirmed by the conference: |:
Missions. j. w. TAFT. G. ID. King;
church extension, /. o. Mintzer, j. j.
McAllister; Freedman's aid and South
ern education. Henry Warman, John
Hosking; education, William Rollins,
Jacob Mills; Sunday schools. J. II.
Nickel and r. ]. Forbes; Woman's For
eign Missionary society. George w.
Jenkins and s. ]. Hooking; parsonage
and furniture. William Hall and II. s.
Taft; book concern and periodicals,
Wilder Nutting and ]. s. Clemo; state
of the church, F. A. Cutler and II. A.
James; public worship. ]. w. TAFT and
j. w. Bennett; Bible cause. ]. II. Hicks
and II. Z. Morse; Sabbath observance,
f. c. Avis and r. p. Smith; temper
ance, Wilder Nutting and Z. c. Man.
ming; conference relations, Jacob Mills
and j. w. TAFT; memoirs, George Com
fort; Epworth league, w. b. Coombe
and Henry Warman; Montana univer-
sity. w. w. Van Orsdell. Jacob Mills
and G. c. Stull.
The bishop stated that one Of the
first questions asked by an annual con-
ference is: Has every minister a clean
bill of health? The name of j. w.
Bennett, presiding elder of the Boze-
man district, was called, his character
passed and he reported his work. De-
spite the financial stringency of the
year the church property of the dis
trict has been relieved Of thousands Of
dollars Indebtedness and the member
ship has been greatly strengthened.
Rev. John Hoskins' name was called
His character passed and he reported
his collections. The name of Rev.
Frank 10y, j. w. TAFT, II. A. James,
Chino oliver and others were called.
their characters passed and they re-
ported their collections. The name OF
@. C. Stull, presiding elder of Helena
viistrfcr. was called, his Character
passed and he reported his work In
the department of church building,
Sunday schools. Epworth leagues. re-
vivals and the liquidation of church
indebtedness; gratifying progress has
been made. The following ministers
had their characters passed and they
reported their collections: Il. C. Avis,
Wilder Nutting, William Rollins, Philip
Lowry. o. w. Mintzer. ]. J. McAllis-
ter. II. s. Taft, w. b. Coombe.
The conference adjourned at 1918 D.
m. to meet tomorrow at $3.50 o'clock.