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TAYLOR RETIRED.
Veteran Missionary Bishop to Africa
Declared Non-Efective.
Proceedings of Other Religious Meet
ings at Asbury Park, N. u,
and Saratoga, N. Y.

Cleveland, O., May 2S.-Some impor-
tant reports of the committee on epis-
copacy We're discussed and adopted by
the general conference of the NJ. l..
Warren, of Denver, presided. These Of
ticers were elected:
Treasurer of Missionary society, Homer
Eaton; assistant treasurer, Lewis Curtis:
editor of Southwestern Christian Advo-
cat, l. b. Scott, to succeed e. w. S. Ham
mond; editor of House and Herd, +. J..
Nayler. of Cincinnati: editor of Epworth
Herald. j. Il. Berry. of Detroit; trustees
of Methodist church. for eight years, Luke
Hitchcock, Lewis Curtis, John Pearson,
G. B. johnson, ]. N. Gambler; for four
years, ]. d. Hearner, William Newkirli
and w. T.. Boyd.
Rev. DIR. Buckley, chairman of the
committee on episcopacy, presented a
report, saying that it had carefully eN-
amined into the charges preferred by
Rev. DR.. A. C. Bowdish against Bishops
Fowler, Fitzgerald and Warren. The
charges of DIR. Bowdish were that dur
ing the annual conference of the New
York east conference, in the spring of
1894, he was transferred without his
knowledge or consent by Bishop Fowler
to the New England conference, and he
was told at the time by Bishop Fowler
that Bishop Fitzgerald would take good
care of him. BY reason of the transfer,
Rev. Mr.. Bowdish said, he was thrown
out of an appointment for about II
months, during which time he was ut
great expense.
The report eXonerated the bishops.
1t was adopted.
Bishop Taylor Retired.
Bishop William Taylor, missionary
bishop to Africa, was declared non-ef-
fcctive.
DR.. Buckley, in presenting the re-
port, said that the committee had care
fully gone into the retirement of Bishop
Taylor, and they had decided that the
Methodist church could no longer trust
its work in Africa in the hands of a
man so old. ut was hard thing to
do" he said, "but it must be DONE"
Bishop Taylor objected to his retire
ment, but no attempt was made to pre-
vent it on the floor. He was recon-
mended to the generous consideration
Of the Book concern. The report of the
committee on episcopacy, recommend
Ing additional missionary bishops. was
fathered by DR.. A. J. Kynett, of Phil
adelphia. He said that the great work
Of the church in foreign lands demand
ed more bishops.
Two More missionary Bishops
! The committee on episcopacy of the
general conference has decided to
recommend the election of missionary
bishop for South America and an adj
ditional missionary bishop for India.
To Curtan Young Peoples Power.
The committee on Epworth league
Of the general conference will adopt IA
report providing that Il members of
the board of control of the league be
elected by the general conference.
If adopted by the conference, it will
shut the young people off from all say
in the leagues government
The committee also decided that the
Methodist~ehurch should not recognize
in any matter of legislation the Chris
tian Endeavor societies now existing in
the church, or sanction in any manner
the utilization Of some of these societies
with the Epworth league.