New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-31
EAST CONFERENCE MEETS
THE FIFTIETH ANNUAL SESSION BEGUN
IN BROOKLYN
ORGANIZATION EFFECTED AND OFFICERS ELECT.
ED-AFFArRs or THE rREEDMENs
AID And SOUTHERN EDucA-
TON SOCIETY.

Inc hrst sessions OF the New-York East Confer.
ehecs hftieth annual session were held yesterday
in the James Methodist Episcopal Church a. Reid
ave ana Monroe-s' Brooklyn. At both the morn
ing ana afternoon sessions the attendance was
rather small. At o'clock in the morning HOY
Communion was administered by Bishop Mallalgu
the presiding Bishop. The Bishop was asslstoi In
the service by the Rev. DR.. John W. Beach u the
New-fork District: the Rev. Cranda j. Nth. OF
the ew-Havcn District: the Rev Or C;edge Van
Al'tyne OF the Brooklyn North Distrc, and tho
Rev DR. Charles S. Wing. OF the Broxlyn South
District,
After tho communion business scyion was held
TOT the organization OF tho Conferehce. The Rev.
Dr A. II. Sanford. secretary Of theiast Conference.
called the roll Of the members ard announced ths
following deaths for the year. The Rev. John Gil
bert, John y. Mcrwln j 4. Roche John W S.mp-
son. ID. $. Stevens. Nathas kbbals and ". A.
Dixon. The Rev. Dr. A. r. Sanford who was
elected as secretary. naBed as his assistants the
Rev. w. Z. ScofeId. the Rev. J. A. Macmillan tho
Rev. ". $. Manship and the Rev Theodore g.
Henderson The Rev. w. r. Estes was made Con-
ference treasurer and the Rev A. w Byrt was
chosen statistical secretary
The Rev. DR. james NJ Buckley introduced an op.
portunity for dsbate wher. speaking on the Rev
DR.. Nathan Hubbelrs motion to provide for q
standing commiitee on camp-ineeting he declared
that campneetings are not what they used 10 be-
and that the term camp-meeting was somewhat
queer. lie said he had not been to Sing Sing for
twenty,seven years to camp-mee,ng. because tho
cafnp-mee tlnSs there were "A source Of money max
ing for the livery stable keepers At the election Of
trustees, Or. Buckley the Rev. Or. &. r. Buck
ara the Rev. DR.. j. 5. Breckenridge
elected, ana the Rev DR.. James :. Chadwick
chosen in place Of the late Rev. J.. p Merwm
the latter part OF the morning session and the
entire afternoon session were occupied by tho
treedmens AID and southern Education Society.
Dr. Chadwick presided AT the afternoon session.
which opened az 2:5o o'clock and the speaker
the Rey J. ". Hamilton the corresponding secre-
t4ry OF the society. Mr. Hamilton said that the
Methodist Church had paid out 100000 since
the CIVIL War for education in the South. and that
his society had handled about one-half OF that
sum. In the nifty schools aided by the society.
scattered between Maryland and Mexico. there
had been ten thousand students and over i've
hundred teachers. Mr. Hamilton said that he had
found thar many OF the colored people In tho
South were more anxious to attend school than the
poorer whites.
In the evening the anniversary meeting OF the
,hurch Extension Society held The Rev. +.
Mason North presided and the Rev W. A. Spen-
GER made the principal address. In the course OF
his remarks he said that in the last twelve years
The present management had raised $4,000 more
than in the previous twelve years. when the soci-
ETY. under its old mana cement.