The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-21
FRIENDS YEARLY MEETING.
Assembly Votes to- Remodel the House
at PIainfieId.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PEAlNFIELD, Ind, Sept. 20.-The Yearly
Meeting is on the wane in point of
numbers, but not in interest The business
Is being rushed The committee reported
last evening on plans for remodeling the
Yearly Meeting house. For several years
this has been vexed question, some adj
vocating a removal of the Yearly Meeting
to Indianapolis; others asking for a sum-
mer tabernacle, still others for tent while
many insisted that as the walls are good,
the present house should be remodeled. The
committee reported yesterday plans that
will cost about 81 600, providing for raising
the floor to secure better ventilation NOV
ing partition, putting in a furnace, provid-
ing better sanitation and fitting up the east
end of the house for the sessions of the
yearly meeting. The report provoked
heated discussion, but it was finally adopted
by a large majority. The trustees were
directed to have the work done, and Elem
ing Johnson, of Howard county, was APP
pointed to superintend it.
The report of the Womans Foreign Mis-
sion Society was interesting, giving import
ant information of the mission field in Mex
leo. There are 622 annual members of the
society. sixteen honorary members and
thirty-six societies in the yearly meeting,
with twenty-seven missionary conferences
held and ninty public missionary meetings.
The treasurer's report shows 81, 155 received
for the work the past year, of which 81. 592
have been expended. The report of the
American Friends Board of Foreign Mis-
sions was read, and Rev. Thomas c. Brown
and Lydia Z. Painter were reappointed
trustees of the board from this yearly meet
ing for five years The report of the as
S0ciated executive committee on Indian af-
fairs presented and ordered printed.
A request from some of the meetings
that the yearly meeting again join itself
with the American Peace Association of
Friends deferred to another session.
Rev. Albert j. Brown. Hannah n. 7. Pick
ering. Rev. Amos Sanders, Rev. Esther T.
Pritchard and Rev. Lewis +. Stout were
appointed to have charge of the Eariham
Eible institute next sumTper in conjunction
with a committee from Indiana yearly meet
ing. Prof. Robert Kelley was elected dele
gate to the Friends educational conference
at Providence, X. l.. with Prof Mores Z.
Stephens, of Purdue University, as alternate.
Amos K. Hollowell, of Indianapolis, and
John Stout. of Paoh were reappointed trus-
tees of Earlham College.
The question of aiding the Dukhobortsi,
the Russian sufferers was referred back to
the representative body for further consid-
Grafton.
Frank H. King presented the report of the
home mission and temperance department,
showing the need of work along these lines.
The delegates appointed last year to at
tend the convention of the American Anti
Saloon League, at Columbus, O., reported
superintendent of the league in Indiana.
was present and was given a cordial recep-
ton. He spoke briefly of his line of work.
Milton Hanson offered the following resolu-
ton. which was adopted:
Resolved That il is the sense of the
yearly meeting that the organization known
as the American Anti-Saloon League is
movement in the right direction: and de-
serves the support of all order-loving people
in our State. We indorse its plan and pur-
pose, and hereby urge our membership to
give their influence and support to the
movement"
1t was announced that conference was
held in Indianapolis last week of workers
representing the Good Citizens League and
other bodies at which it was agreed to
merge all the work into the Anti-Saoon
League the principles and plans being prae-
tically the same.
A committee. with Samuel Trueblood as
chairman, was appointed to nominate a
superintendent and committee on home mis-
sions and temperance work also delegates
TO the next anti-saloon convention of the
American league to be held in Cleveland
next winter.
This afternoon the report of the committee
on books. tracts and peace was presented
The yearly meeting will hold it's concluding
session tomorrow night. Already many
of the visitors have returned home.