The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-29
M'cABE AND C%RANsToN
They arc Elected Bishopr by the NJ. e.
Conference.

Il 60 1 AAGy
McCabe and DR.. Earl Cranston are tx
two new Methodist bishops. bein
elected on the fifteenth and s~ixteent
ballots respectively.
On Il fourteenth ballot 5l4 vote
were cast, making 1856 necessary to
i1olce. The leaders were Cranstor
261; McCabe, 25s; Hamilton, 149; Buttz
i23; Nicely, liz; Bowen, ST.. and scat
tering, 70.
The fifteenth ballot was at one
taken and the tellers retired. Afte
the transaction Of Il little business th,
teliers returned and announced tina,
5o4 votes We're cast, making 336 neces
sary to a choice. OF these C. C. Nc
Cabe, OF New York, received 344 votes
electing him by eight votes. The vote
on others was: Cranston, 52S; Butts
IL; Hamilton, 100; Nicely, so; Bowen
30; scattering, IS.
Then the delegates began to chez,
and wave their handkerchiefs anc
calls for 'McCabe," Song anc
speech" arose from all parts of the
nall. Delegates rushed back to where
ne was sitting and he was surrounded
oy an enthusiastic following. In the
nrst lull a motion to invite sBishop
to the platform was heard.
IL was carried amid cheers, and as he
walked down the aisle cheers were in
cessant. He declined to speak at
present.
The sixteenth ballot was soon an
ounce resulting IN the election of
". Cranston as the second bishop. In
all 5Vf votes were cast, making 1856
necessary for a choice. Of these
Cranston received 800. Cheers again
hlled the hall, handkerchiefs were
waved and applause continued for
several minutes while DR.. Cranston
walked forward and bowed.
An attempt by Judge Caples of Ore
gon to make the election unanimous
was cried down.
Inc conference took up the election
OF two book agents for New York.
Ihe nominations were DR.. Homer
Eaton of Troy, n. Y, c.. R. MCGEE of
New England, j. n. King of New
York, r. +. ~Daugherty Of New York,
W. NJ. Swindetts OF Philadelphia, G.
&. Manis of New York, East, w. NJ.
Evans Of Central Pa. and John d.
Hammond Of California. DR.. Buckley
then obtained the floor and moved
that nominations be made on a call of
conference. This was carried.
Charles c. McCab e was born October
II, 1886, in Athens, Ohio. He entered
the Ohio conference in 1860 and was
stationed at Putnam. In 1862 he be-
came chaplain in the .22d Ohio Volun-
teer infantry. At the battle of Win.
chester, Va. in June, 1862, while
locking after the wounded in the
ne!d, ne was captured and taken to
prison. where he a
captive for over four months. After
has release he rejoined his regiment at
brandy station, but with broken
was sent back to the hospital
a. Washington. He was invited. after |
partial TO speak at an ami
'ersaTy OF the Christian commission.
and George 81. Stuart, the presi-
lent OF that organization. asked
o7eary Stanton to grant him
permission to make the tour of
great cities OF the United States
n the interests OF that cause. After
ne war he re-entered the regular
EoSs OF the ministry and was sta
sohea at Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1866
,ae ohio conference called him into
q service of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
'srsifF. In 1853 he first engaged in
;nnfcn extension work and for six
cen years he travelled through the
ana breadth Of the land and
the work advance with unex-
hpled prosperity upon every side.
n 1884 he was elected missionary sec
etary: Through his efforts the cry,
"A million for missions" is now one
the brightest facts in the history
I the Methodist Episcopal Church.
DR.. Cranston was born in Scioto
ounty, Ohio, about sixty years ago,
nd graduated at Ohio university. He
men became a travelling minister Of
ne Methodist Episcopal church and
erved in that capacity until the
reaklng out of the war, when he en-
'sted n rose to the rank of captain
I the Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer In
antry. In consequence he is now an
onorary member of the military
rider OF the Loyal Legion of the
Inlted States. His service IN the
hurch after the war was in Ohio con-
erences until he was transferred,
bout 1880, tothe Colorado conference,
mere he became a presiding elder.
n 1855, upon the election of Bishop
Walden, he was chosen n Of the
ook agents of the Western Methodist
look concerns in Cincinnati, and has
cid that position until now. He has
ways held a high rank as a pulpit
he Presidents Saengerfest Promise
P1TTsBuRG, Pa, May q. president
cleveland has written to the executive
of the twenty-eighth ma
s~aengerfest, which begins in
'lttsburg, June 8, that he will be I'M
HE to aftopjE L,,f will -.