The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-08
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS
FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE N.
L. E. CONFERENCE CLOSED.

Yesterday Devoted Entirely to Business
Reports of Treasurer and Various Com
mittees Read-Many Decreases in Collec-
tions Reported-Rev. DR.. Prince Placed
on Supernumerary List-Handsome Pres
ent to Janitor Mead COMMITTEES Ap-
pointed-Pastoral Appointments and
Other Business.
The final session of the conference
was called to order at 7:30 last evening
by Rev. f. Mason North in the tenn
porary absence of Bishop Merrill. Rev.
Joseph o. Munson offered prayer. Most
of the business transacted was routine
business for the closing of the session.
Rev. DR.. Reed moved that vote of
thanks be extended to Rev. DR.. Prince,
pastor of Trinity church, to the trus-
tees and members of the church. to the
other Methodist pastors of the city, the
members of the press, and to all Others
who had extended favors to the con-
ference The motion was carried unan-
imously
The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed as tryers of appeals: Dr. j. =.
Chadwick, w. A. Dickson, L. K. Moore,
w. A. Layton w. A. Richard, w. f.
Pray and w. G. Cheney.
The members of the conference board
of church extension were appointed as
follows: President, John B. Merwin;
secretary HI. w. Byrnes; treasurer,
/ Richard Savery; other members, ]. s.
Chadwick, o. J. Cowles, G. w. Carter.
M. F. Compton, D. G. Downey, and the
presiding elders as ex-officio members.
The conference boards of church To-
cation were appointed as follows:
New Haven district, Presiding Elder
w. A. Richard-Gilbert Rogers, w. E.
Sessions, F. A. Scofield.
New York district, Presiding Elder
DR.. Joseph Pullman-A. H. Goode-
nough, Richard Sayery.
Brooklyn. North district, Presiding
Elder H. G. Byrnes-H. D. Weston,
Marvin Robbins, J. H. Vogel.
Brooklyn South district, Presiding
Elder J. NJ Birwinkle-John French,
w. w. Clark c. w. Lyon.
Rev. F. C. Haddock was appointed to
preach the missionary sermon at the
next conference, with J. w. Maynard
as alternate.
H. w. Eklund G. A. Cedenberg and
Olin Swanson were appointed a com
mittee to examine Swedish candidates.
The selection of a place for holding
the next conference was left to the pre-
siding elders. In the meantime a col
lection was taken up to defray certain
small expenses of this session of the
conference, and when the collection was
counted it was found that there was a
surplus of over $100. A collection was
also taken up for the sexton of Trinity
M. E. church to pay him for his SER
vices in taking care of the church for
the conference. The collection netted
$106, and was presented to the sexton
1 by Rev. DR.. Reed
Mr.. Mead, the sexton, received the
neat sum and made bright little
speech in accepting, which was heartily
applauded and pronounced the best
ever made to the conference on like
occasion.
Other routine business was transact
ed and finally everything was ready for
the final business-the appointment of
pastors to charges for the coming year.
to adjourn sine die at the close of the
reading of the appointments by the
bishop.
The appointments are as follows:
BROOKLYN, SOUTH DISTRICT.
Charles P. Wing, Presiding Elder.
Each appointment is in the State of
New York, unless otherwise indicated.
Amityville, H. B. Munson G. B. Shus-
ter; Babylon, H. e. Wing; Baldwins,
James Coote; Bayport and Blue Point,
B. F.. Gilman; Bay Ridge, c. w. Lyon;
Bay Shore, G. C. Peck; Bellport, James
Robinson; Bellmore, e. S. Wright;
Bath Beach, Birkus; Blythebourne, G.
P. Pardington; Brookhaven supplied
by John Nash; Brooklyn, Cropsey ave-
nue.. c. p Christopher; Eighteenth
street, E. A. Noble; Embury church, G.
E. Strowbridge; Fennimore street, C.
S. Williams; First Place, S. 0. Curtis;
Fleet street, O. F. Bartholow; Fourth
avenue, w. A. Dickson; Grace church,
Allan McRossie; Lenox Road and Flat
bush, w. c. BIakeman; Hanson Place,
L. A. Banks; James church, J.. E.
Adams and Davis Scott; New York
avenue, NJ B. Chapman; Memorial
church, w. M. Stonehill Nostrand ave-
nue., John Rhey Thompson and F. W.
Adams; Russell Place, w. c. Steele;
Saint Paul's, Fred Stiehler; Ridley Me-
mortal, Lemuel Richardson; Sands
street Memorial, D. A. Jordan; Simp-
son church, J. o. Wilson and Ferdi-
nand Iglehart; Sheepshead Bay, J. A.
Churchill; Sixth avenue, w. w. Clark;
Sumner avenue, ]. S. Chadwick; Sum
merfield church, Herbert Welch; War
rem street, F. S. Price; Wesley church
and Godsell church, Nathan Hubbell;
Williams avenue, r. w. Jones; Wind
sore Terrace, Henry Ashton; York
street. W. NJ Hughes; Long Island,
Center Moriches, w. r. Sears; East
Meadow, supplied by H. H. Birkins
and F. B. Adams; East Moriches, sup
piled by William Dalziel; Elmont, Will
liam Wanner; Farmingdale and Mel
willie, E. F. Lounsbury: Flatlands sup
piled by Jaboz Scott; Floral Park, c.
P. Tinker; Freeport, w. W. w. Will
son; Hampstead, J. w. Maynard;
Islip, r. F. Morton.
Lawrence, w. E. Scofield; Norris
Park, Gustav Laas; North Amityville,
G. B. Thurston, Ozone Park William
Ross; Patchogue, A. w. Burt; Pear
sails, W. NJ. Carr; Rockville Center,
F. W. Cowder; Sayville, NJ. o. Lepley;
Seaford, F. D. Wallis; Springfield, A.
c. Bowdish; Valley Stream. to be sup