The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-04
LABORS ARE ENDED
METHODIST MINISTERIAL CON-
FERENCE ADJ0URNS.
Yesterdays Sessions Were Busy Ones Al
mos. All the Time, Being Devoted to
Conference Business = Literary Pro-
gram Was Crowded Out-Two Wichita
Young Men Are Made Local Minister'S
Woman's Foreign Missionary President
Presents a Report-Epworth Leagues
Report Increases.

Yesterday session OF the Wichita dis
;rict NJ. E.. conference concluded the
work of this meeting and sine die ad-
journment was taken late in the after
noon. II was a very busy session and a
great part of the strong literary pro
gram that had been mapped out for the
day had. to be dispensed with.
After spending three-quarters Of an
hour in a devotional service, led by
Rev. William Clapper, the conference
was called together al 9:l5 o'clock by
Presiding Elder Martindale for the
morning business session. The reading
of reports from the presidents OF the
various Epworth leagues, which had
been left over as unfinished business
from the day before. was resumed and
six reports were made in each of which
an encouraging increase in membership
was shown. The cases of the thirty To-
cal preachers in the conference were then
consulted and the licenses of all renew
ed. The vacancy on the committee on
resolutions caused by the absence Of
Rev. d. F. Irwin, was filed by the ap-
Dointmert to the position OF Rev. j. f.
Irwin and the committee was requested
10 formulate memorial address on the
deaths that had occurred within the con-
ference during the year. A motion by
Rev. E. c. Beach for the appointment by
the chair of a board Of eight examiners
in the course Of study was adopted and
the following ministers were appointed
members of the board: Rev. Z. c..
Beach, ". V. Burns, j. F. Irwin, w. B.
Barton. J. w. Pruen, c. D. Hestwood,
J. n. Roberts and Dugald Mccormick.
Woman's Foreign Missionary society for
the Southwest Kansas conference, was
then introduced to the conference to
speak OF the work of that society. She
outlined the history of the society since
its organization sixteen years ago. and
spoke Of its methods and aims The ses-
sion was then adjourned until o'clock
\ long literary program, dealing with
the missionary interest of the church
had been prepared for the afternoon ses-
sion but the business session was so pro-
ionged that there was no time before ad-
journment for the reading of any OF the
papers.
During the afternoon session the appli-
cations of four candidates for full minis
terial connection were considered. After
a prolonged discussion of the subject the
names of three were rejected Rev. T.
Is. Lawrence OF TINS city on the recon-
rnendation of the presiding elder and the
board OF examination was recommended
to the annual conference for admission.
j. c. Fisher of Wichita, ]. D. Niles of
Rochester, Orlando Lawyer of Kingman,
". n. Russell of Derby and George
Parkinson OF this city, who yesterday
passed the examination for preachers,
were then admitted to ithe conference in
that capacity.
The recommendations of the commit
tee on conference studies were then ac-
cepted.
The report Of the resolutions commit
tee in memoriam of the departed men,
bers of the conference was read and Or
dered printed.
After unanimously adopting resolu-
tons thanking Rev. W. V. Burns and
the members Of the Enporia Avenue
church for their entertainment, the con-
ference adjourned to meet at a time and
place TO be appointed by the presiding
elder.
At o'clock last night large audi
ence. in which there were many Of the
conference members. heard sermon by
Rev. Dugald Mccormick, formerly pas
tor of st. Paul Methodist church Of this
city