The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-07
BUTTE News.
THEY HAD A BUSY DAY
Work for the Brethren of the M.
e. Church South.
WILL MEET IN BOULDER
n Remaining Business of the Con-
ference viii Be Finished To-
Day and the Appoint
ments Made.

The brethren of the Methodist Epis-
copal church south were very busy
yesterday dosing up matters of i'm
p~ortance connected with the annual
conference which will end to-day.
Bishop Hendrix will preach this morn
ing at the Auditorium and this evening
the annual statistics will be read and
the conference appointments an
nounced.
The conference met at 9 o'clock yes
terday morning and the devotional ex-
ercises were onducte by Rev. w. e..
Forbis. Question No. 20 was resumed.
The name of ]. H. Shelton was called
and at his own request he was granted
a location. The following committees
were appointed:
On conference relations, s. BsTaber.
r. e. II. Warren, r. III. Shaeffer. w. IL.
Goulder, r. b. Swift. ]. r.. Hubs. l..
Bramble. On board of missions. f. j.
Stanley, r. s. Clark, ]. w. Kemper.
J.. NJ. Settle. w. G.. Forbis. Board of
education, r. II. Shaeffer. J.. N. Settle,
d. B. Price. Sunday school board. w.
r. Goulder. ID. r. Price, ]. w. Kemper,
w. T. CapIice. Board of church extern
sion, r. f. H. Warren, A. H. Barrett,
- a. oldhlt1s II ID pNllNs ~ IL nv
T. w. Flowers. Committee on exami-
nation, r. s. Clark. J. NJ. Settle. First
year, z. ]. Stanley. s. B.. Tabor; sec
n year, w. T. Goulder, l.. Bramble;
third year, B. e. Warren, r. H. Shaef-
fer; fourth year, d. b. Price, r. b.
Swift.
Nominations were then called for for
the place of holding the next confer
ence. Stevensville, Deer Lodge and
Rou1dar uvapa nlana6 in manhattan and
Boulder was selected.
The bishop announced that he had
sent a message of Christian greeting to
the bishop and members of the Mon
tana Mission conference now in session
at Belt. The characters of the preach
ers of the conference were passed. The
sum of S12.25 was reported collected for
education. T. w. Flowers and f. j.
Stanley were granted a supernumerary
relation and r. s. Clark was continued
in the s-uperannuated relation. r. H.
Shaeffer was located at his w re-
quest. Rev. f. j.. Groeneveld. pastor OF
the Presbyterian church, was intro
duced to the conference.
The appointments of the pastors of
the conference called are as follows:
At the Auditorium, II a. M. Bishop
Hendrix. The ordination of elders will
follow the m At the Auditorium
at S D. m. the missionary and anniver-
sary address will be made by Bishop
Hendrix. A. NJ. f. church, 8 p. M, Rev.
L. Bramble; First Presbyterian church,
s p. m, Rev. j. Whiteside; Christian
church, II a. M. Rev. r. S. Clark; Sill
yer Bow, 8 p. m, Rev. w. G. Forbis
Third Presbyterian church, s p. m.
Rev. ]. r. Hubs; South Butte NJ. f.
church. IL a. m, Rev. j. ID. WATSON
Emmanuel Presbyterian church., IL a.
m, Rev. A. A. Walker; Centerville,
p. m, Rev. ]. D. WATSON; First Bap-
fist church. 8 p. m, Rev. d. r. Price.
Resolutions in regard to temperance.
Sabbath Observance, the Bible aus
and other matters were adopted. The
resolutions on Sabbath observance com
mend the Boston & Montana and Butte
& Boston Mining companies for clos
ing their mines On Sunday.
The conference then adjourned to
meet at the close Of the services at the
Auditorium this evening. when the ap-
pointments will be read and any unfn-
ished business will be attended to.