Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-23
THE NORTHERN METHoDlsTs.

Cleveland O., May 22-Bishop An drews, the senior bishop of the Methodist church, presided at this mornings ses- sion of the general conference.
 Portland, Ore, was selected as the place for the last of the Episcopal res idences.
 It was decided after much discussion that the bishops should select their places of residence in the order of se- niority.
 Bishop Goodsell was granted leave of absence in order to go to Europe on a tour of inspections He will look after the consolidation of the two churches in Germany. s.s-s4 s,1lss A 4
 A memorial to .thirty-two different na- tions and rulers on the subject of ar btration was adopted,ss,e.
 When the election of Df.ARuekley as ed- itor of the Christian Advocate was an- nounced the delegates and the galleries gave him an ovation. It was fully five minutes before the house could be qui- eted.
 Dr. c. w. Smith of Pittsburg, Dr. Levi Gilbert of the First church., Cleveland and Rev Dr. Miller, presiding elder of the North Ohio conference, were placed in nomination for editor of the Pitts burg Advocate.
 The last two named represent two diff ferent factions in local church circles and are not on very good terms person. y.
 c. w. Smith was elected on the first ballot. The vote stood: e. W.FSmith 376 Rev. Dr. Gilbert, 66.
 The following officers were elected Secretary of the Sunday School Union and Tract society, Merritt Hulburd of Wilmington, Del. secretary of the board of education, Charles H. Payne of Cin- cinnati; editor of the Methodist Review, w. V. Kelley of New York; editor of the Christian Advocate, Rev. Dr. Buck ley of New York; editor of the Western Christian Advocate, David H. Moore of Cincinnati; editor of the Northwestern Christian Advocate, Arthur Edwards of Chigago; editor of the Central Christian Advocate, Jesse Bowman. Young of St. Louis; editor of the Pittsburg Christian Advocate c. w. Smith of Pittsburg; ed- itor of the Northern Christian Advocate J. F. c. Sawyer of. Syracuse. editor of the California Christian Advocate, w. s. Mathews of San Francisco; editor of the Apologist Dr. A. J. Mast of Cincinnati.
 The amusement question will again come up in the Methodist general con- ference. The committee on Judiciary has adopted report declaring the sec tion of the discipline relating to amuse- ments unconstitutional. A minority re- port will be presented.
 Plans will be submitted to the confer- ence for establishing an insurance so- eiety under the auspices of the church. The idea is that the board of bishops shall appoint five of their own number and one member of the church from each general conference in the district. nak- ing nineteen persons in all. they to con- stitute the board of directors of the in- surance company.
 Under the plan proposed by the com niittee each congregation insures its property for three years and pays the same premium as though the assurance Af hn .f q and arsxt, panies, but only ene-third of the pre- naium for the entire period Is paid in cash. Notes are to be given for the other two-thirds of the premium and at the annual meeting of the board of directors, when the dividend is struck, each con gregation's proportion of the profit shall be credited on the notes given by such congregatiOn.