Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-04

unanimously for president. Genera
Buckner, of Kentucky, was nominated
for vice president. The band played
"Old Kentucky Home" while the audi
ence sang and great enthusiasm pre-
vailed.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZED
Tie Black Hills Mission Conference adj
journed Monday Sine Die.
The most successful conference ol
the Methodist Episcopal church eve,
held in the Black Hills, closed Monday
evening.
Bishop Chaplain McCabe has made
splendid presiding officer in this his
first conference. The regular anniyer.
saries of the various benevolent socie.
ties were held last week and on Sun.
day at IL o'clock the bishop preached
very tender and touching sermon on
the subject Goods Little Ones" Many
of the audience were melted to tears
by the sympathetic and inspiring words
which came from the lips of one of the
greatest men in the church. At
O'Clock a large crowd came to the love
feast, lead by Supt. E. E. Clough, and
at 4:3O very sacred and helpful ser.
vice at the soldiers home was held
AT 4 o'clock the Epworth league and
at s Rev. DIR. r. L. Robinson, of this
city, preached the missionary sermon,
Monday was taken up in business
session and the mission conference ad.
journed sine die. and the Black Hills
annual conference was organized. A
commission consisting OF Drs. Clough
Hancher, Swickard, Revs. Lymer, Nc.
Adam and Boswell, was appointed to
confer with the Northwest Nebraska
conference regarding the lifting of the
boundary lines between the two con.
ferences and organizing one confer.
ence to be called the Minnekahta con.
ference.
The admission of women to general
conference was voted upon, there be-
ing Is yeas and no nays.
1t was determined to raise $1,000
among the various charges for the sup.
! port of Black Hills college, and a glee
club, with lecturers, will soon visit each
charge and work in the interest of the
college.
4 On Monday night the chapel and ad.
Jacent rooms were crowded to their ut
most capacity with those who came to
hear Chaplain McCabe's lecture on
''The Bright Side of Life in Libb,
Prison" The audience was kept in a
continual uproar by a graphic descrip
tion of the comical and bright side OF
life, occasionally being moved to tears
by some pathetic picture. We can not
describe it. 1t is worth going miles ia
II hear.
/ Bishop McCabe's life has been and is
a benediction to thousands, and nc
man living has greater power over
audiences. His singing of "We are
Coming Father Abraham, Six Hundred
Thousand Strong" was indeed an in
aspiration.
The following statistics of the worl
will be of interest: Value of churcl
property, s54, ,s75; improvements, s4,119
number of members, 1915; Sunda,
school scholars, 1856; total benevo
lences, s2,697; education, s2,033; in
crease of $3.50; pastors salary, s4O,5S6
Following are the appointments fol
this year:
Presiding elder-E. E. Clough.
u Belle Fourche-S. Muse.
I Central-W. d. Atwater.
: Custer-R. N. Kendall.
Deadwood-Geo.H H. McAdam.
Edgemont-A. L. Baker.
; Hermosa-R. L. Robinson.
Hill City and Keystone-W. r. Peters
Hot Springs-N. A. Swickard.
Lead-Wm. Van Buren,.
Nashville-J. NJ. Gardner.
Oelrichs-M. U. Stoneman.
Rapid-D. w. Tracy.
Rapid Valley Ct.-M. s. Foutch.
Spearfish-J. D. Skaggs.
Sturgis-G. NJ. Boswell.
N Sundance-R. L. Bailey, M. Nichols
Whitewood-A. o. Lockwood.
Hot Springs Ct.-O. w. Butterfield
j. w. Hancher, E. E. Lymer, profes
, sors in Black Hills college.
} Jno. Hall, Geo. c. Ulmer left with
out appointment to attend school.
A. L. B.