The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-25
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE
rNxTf<L SESSION OPENfD. BISHOP
s.iLLOWaY PRESIDING.
Lat of Board and Committee Appoint
IN nts-w. sieyan Female Institute
Analr. Referred to Committee

s,r,1-NToN. VA. March H.-Special -
rrne ono hundred and thirteenth annual
sossion NJ the Baltimore Methodist Con-
ference. South. met here to-day III 'ho
handsome new building OF the denomiha-
tion. and was called TO order at y n. al
bv Rishop Galloway. Of Jackson. MISS
The session was opened by singing that
grand old hymn. How Firm fouho"-
lion" DIR. Armstrong was elected secre-
farv OF the conference. and named as ms
nssistants George r. Taylor. Asbury H.
Martin. James 4. stump, Henry ;. COs'
William II. Waters, ana EiuiiuEc v
boards and committees were appointed
as follows.
Mission-W H. Wolf. chairman.
Financc-L. l.. Lloyd. chairman.
Education-Rev. William Melville chair
Sunday-school Board-Rev. c. 5. Stan
ten, chairman. -.
Ccipsriago Board-Rev T. G. hewitt,
chairman. 80 c,,,,
Epworth Ieague-Rev. II. NJ. shaliins
chairman. ,...
Rev. J. H. Dulany. chairman.
Publishing Interest-Rev. John A. An
derson. chairman. o. -,
Tempcrance COmmittcc-Rev. j. :. En-
Bible cause-Rov. v. s. Hammond
Clerical and Law delegates were present
from Baltimore. Md. Eastern Snore' Md,
West Virginia. Valley of NirghiA' ana
Southwest Virginia.
Hymn No 22s And Are We Yet Alive.
was sung with the old-time Methodist
feryor. ,,,,,.
house at Nashville Tenn, addressed the
conference DR. Bingham. secretary or
Inc board Of Education. and Or. TiEert.
book editor. also addressed the confer
encc.
The matters Of the Wesleyan Female
Institute were referred to committee.
This conference will determine the iinal
disposition Of this valuable school prop
crty
(, renee on Sunday school WORK.
The conference will meet daily from 3
\. NJ. 10 1899 i. NJ.
Preparations for the meeting in Baiti-
more next year Of the general conference
OF the church will also likely come before
the conference.
Bishop Galloway who Is presiding over
the conference for the first time, enjoys
the unusual distinction Of having read his
own obituary as it appeared in print after
his supposed death. The premature an
nouncement came about during the yellow
fever epidemic I'm 1873. r..-.
The bishop. then an itinerant preacher,
was stationed at NicksburG. He refused
TO leave his post and was finally stricken
with the fever on September 8. of that
year ne was given up for dead and his
wife was called to his bedside to hear his
last words. f"
Many years afterward the bishop wrote
the memoir of a very dear friend who
Transcribed the supposed last words OF the
bishop. and this paper was found among
the friends private papers. Bishop Gal
loway now treasures the paper. together
with the newspaper announcements Of his
death. ..,''.
Bishop Galloway is a native of Mssis-
sippi where he was born at Kosciusko
in 1919 He was educated at the Univer-
sity of Mississippi. After recovering from
the yellow fever attack he was made
editor of the New Orleans Chris
tian Advocate in 1852 In 1856 he was
elected and ordained bishop. and now lives
at Jackson. Miss. He has gained prom-
inence In his native State and through
out the South by his advocacy of pro-
hibitory liquor legislation.
The conference embraces geographically
the District Of Columbia. Maryland. the
Northern Neck and Valley of Virginia
part OF West Virginia. and portion of
Pennsylvania. The members. lay and
clerical. number about 2S6. and in addi-
ton. about $50 visitors are being enter
fained
northern neck and velley OF NircmfwyD
Nortern Neck and Valley Of Virginia. part
Of West Virginia and a portion Of Penn
sylvania. The members. lay and clerical
number about 2s6 and in addition. about
$50 visitors are being entertained.