Evening star., 1897-03-08
Preachers Aid Funds Will Lose About
$2l 900.
WHAT COMPARISON OF FIGURESSHOWS
Sermon by the New Pastor of
Foundry Church.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, March S.-The report
of the trels:ue er of the Preachers Aid So
cety was made to the Baltimore annual
conference this morning, and the reading of
the figures was listened. to with interest by
the members who remembered the defalca-
ton of funds of the society. Richard Cor
nelius. cashier of the Farmers and Plant
ers' Bank, who drowned himself in a duck
pond when his defalcation of bank funds
was discovered, was treasurer of the
Preachers Aid funds. The society has
never made public the exact amount of his
peculations, and a meeting was adjourned
| until March % apparently in order that
| the facts might not be brought out and dis
| cussed before conference. However, a COM
parison OF the figures with those of last
years report shows about $31 900 missing.
The treasurer began the year 1896 with
| over $4,000 balance in bank. Nothing is
| left of that amount. Last year the re-
ceipts from ground rents and dividends
amounted to 1890. This year the receipts
noted by the new treasurer amount to only
81, ia from those sources
Assets last year in ground rents, stocks
and bonds were $125, ,O79. This year the re-
| port shows deficiency of s21.S11 in that
item. as only $1O3, ,26S is reported. To Off
set this loss at the hands of the treasurer
the receipt is reported of $4,000 from the
Fidelity and Deposit Company, which is
the amount of the dead treasurer's bond.
This reduces the net loss, as shown by the
| report. to about $21. 900. and reduces the
payments to beneficiarles to "a per cent of
the allotment from the funds. In former
years as much as 81 per cent has been paid.
New Foundry Church Pastor.
Rev. DR.. Lucian Clark. who is slated for
appointment to Foundry Church, Washing
| ton. preached the annual missionary ser
mon from the text, The morning is COM
| ing"
Although SO near the close of the con-
ference session the bishop and his cabinet
have not yet reduced the chaos in the mat
| ter of appointments. and few, if any, have
been decided upon.
This afternoons meeting of the presiding
bishop and his advisers is expected to pref
| ty nearly settle the matter.
Presiding Elder Wilson Of Washington
signed resolutions which were introduced
| by Rev. DIR. c. Herbert Richardson indors-
ing the arbitration treaty now before the
United States Senate and urging its adop-
ton. Tine paper was passed by a rising
| vote. and copies will be sent to President
Mckinley. well Vice President Ho
bart. to be submitted to the Senate.
a memorial service closed the mornings
| session. Memories were read of Rev. 3.
Peyton Brown by Rev. Drs. TIP Frost, Rev.
| Dr. James A. McCauley by Rev. DIR. c.
| Herbert Richardson. Rev. Samuel Shannon
by Rev. DR.. J. B. Stitt of Washington, Rev.
/
Reiley.
Seven Ordained.
Seven men were ordained to church or
ders yesterday by Bishop Mallalieu, who is
presiding over the Baltimore annual con-
! ference.
| Three deacons were given power to preach
| at the morning service at Eutaw Street
| Church, which was attended by congre-
| cation which oyerhowed the church ac-
| commoda tions. The bishop preached an
| eloquent sermon from the text Yea, doubt
less, and L count all things but loss for the
| cxcellency of the knowledge of Christ
+; Jesus, my Lord
He spoke in his sermon of the oppos-
| ton of Christianity to tyranny and pre-
| Gicted the coming of the time when Tur-
| key would be driven out of Europe, when
| Crete will be free and when all tyranny will
| be driven out of the earth and everywhere
will be government for the people and by
| the people.
Bishop Mallalieu paid his respects to the
drink traffic and said the day is coming
| when the traffic will be "trampIed back to
| hell. where 1t belongs"
| Assisted by Presiding Elders L. B. Wilson
of the Washir gtcn district and J. R.Wheel-
er of the Frederick district. the bishop or
dained A T. Campbell Charles b. Tayl1r
| and VIM L. Mackubbin as deacons Mr..
Taylor is nephew of Bishop Taylor. who
has charge CT the work of the church in
Africa. Mr.. Mackubbin is city missionary
| in Baltimore.
Rev. DR.. George W. Miller of Grace
| Church preached to the elders in the after
noon at Madison Square Church. With the
solemn reading of charges to their con-
duct and the laying on of hands, Revs
John T. Ensor. Amos E. Spielman, George
w. Evans and Wm l.. Orem were ordaine ed
elders. They are now empowered to preach
and to administer the sacrament of the
church. The bishop was assisted in their
ordination by Presiding Elders Wilson
Wheeler, Edwards. Neal and Ferguson and
by DR.. Miller. The candidates were pre-
sented for ordination by Rev. George E.
Maydwell secretary of the conference.