Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-09
ASSIGNED TO PLACES
Bishop Merrill Makes His Appoint
ments for Next Year.
TEE WASHINGTON CITY CHANGES
Business Concluded and the Con-
ference Adjoums Sine Die.
THE BISHOPS REMARKS

THE BISHOPS REMARKS
The most important item in today's pro-
ceedings Of the one hundred and thirteenth
al nual session of the Baltimore confer
81 ce Of the NJ. E. Church. which has been
In session at Waugh M. e. Church for the
past ten days, was the announcement of
the appointments by Bishop Merrill this
afternoon. When the time came for thu
great body Of Methodist preachers to ad-
journ. and all OF the business for which
they had assembled had been transacted.
Bishop Merrill stepped to the front of the
platform and announced that he was ready
to read the list of appointments. as it had
been made up by himself and his cabinet
Of advisers.
The bishop spoke in feeling terms of thu
great strain this work had been upon him.
He said he had received committees. let
tiers and kilograms in regard to the reten-
ton or removal Of preachers who had
the great difficulty found in trying to
p:ease everybody. However. he had done
his best under the guidance of the
Almighty, he said, ard hoped every one
would be pleased with his location. He
referred to the ttilerant system of the NJ.
E. Church as being the best known and
most available in church matters.
The bishop thanked the conference for
the maLy favors bestowed and announced
the following appointments:
Baltimore District.
W. NJ. Ferguson, presiding elder.
Annapolis-First Church. L. T. Wideman:
Maryland Avenue. John Edwards; Balton
Memorial, c. A. Jones.
Baltimore-Bennett Memorial, A. H. Thorn
| sen; City Station First Church, Hugh John
sen; Twenty fourth Street, to be supplied;
Grilford Avenue, to be supplied; Oxford f..
H. Smith; Eutaw Street and city, G. c..
Bigg; Missionary end Church Extension
Society, ]. w. R. Sumwalt; Eutaw Street
Deaf Mute Mission. to be supplied: Fort
Avenue, Watson Case; Grace, Woodbury.,
F. A. Kilburn; Madison Avenue, o. A.
Brown; Mt. Vernon Mills, d. c. Miller; Mt.
Place, J. A. Smith; Roland Avenue, w. G.
Bryant; Roland Park, L. E. Bennett; South
Baltimore. H. S. France; Strawbridge, Z. S.
Todd; Wesley Chapel, S. r. Murray; Wood
bury 8. F. ClarksCn.
Baltimore circuit-B. F. Devries; Calvert,
Sol. German; Curtiss Bay Mission, L..
NJ. Chambers: Glyndon. d. A. Ford; Hunts s,
| ]. w. Hammersley; Lutherville, to be sup
piled; Magothy and Mt. Carmel, J. r. Par
| due; Mount Washington. G. E. Peters;
Reisterstown, L. z. Dutton; Smithville, R.
s. Burns; Solomon's. W. D. Bell: South
River. G. r. Saunders; West River, r. r.
"e5l OHluueli
w. Germond.
East baltimore District.
w. S. Edwards, D. D., presiding elder.
| Aberdeen, r. w. H. Witch; Baltimore city,
| Appold. w. A Kuntz; Bohemian Mission,
F. d. Chodder; Broadway, C. w. L. Nc
| Dowell; Canton Street, W. W. Burns; Caro-
| line Street. W. G. Herbert; Chester Street,
| J. L. Hart: East Baltimore, F. H. Havener;
Exeter Street, j. P. Wilson; Greenwood
Avenue. q. L. Navel; Hartford Avenue,
Jas. Neil; Highland. J. R. Edwards: Home
| stead. w. G. Mcneil; Jefferson Street, H.
| F. Downs; Madison Square, E. L. Hub
bard; Montford Avenue. c. T. Weed; North
Avenue. w. c. Babcock; North Baltimore,
| r. L. Wright; wornly, F. G. Porter; Be-
lair. to be supplied; Darlington, H. d. Par
rott; East Hartford, w. D. Knight; Evans
town. G. w. Evans; Great Falls, r. n. Ed
| wards; Hartford. o. Belt; Havre De Grace,
w. E. Byrd; Hereford. E. T. Mobrick. E.
| Marshall; Long Green, Edward Hayes
North Hartford, NJ. W. Berryton; Parkton
E. c. Edwards; Patapsco, H. F. Roberts
| Sparrow's Point, ]. r. Wood; Towson, e.
c. Gallagher; West Hartford, H. w. Davis.
Frederick District.
! w. 1. McKenney, presiding elder. Bar
ten. ]. w. Fleming; Berkeley Springs. ].
N. Digges; Berkeley Springs circuit G. w.
Cecil; Bloomington. to be supplied; Bruins
wick. J. M. Gillian; Buckeystown, J. w.
| e'A"AeA'' Ae1'ASA AAAA's ]AathOhys Suui-
be rland. Center Street, M. B. Rice; Grace
Z. 8. Biggs; Kilgsley, A. R. Riley; Elk
Garden. to be supplied; Elleslie. R. E. Ben
son; Flintstown. c. J. Price; Fred
s1''k Carrots raSs Fr nSurp a nsSss0urg "
town, St. Paul. R. N. Moore: Ha-
gerstown, Washington Street. r. N. Writ;
cock. c. N. Yost; Harper's Ferry, to be
supplied; Hedgesville. W. R. Edwards;
Hyndmann. H. c. Smith; Huper, ]. o.
Reiston; Laconing, G. L. Walsh; Martins
burg, ]. A. Price; Mount Savage, A. H.
| Zimmerman; Old Town. ]. A. Gross; Paw
| Paw, M. Thomas; Piedmont, E. NJ. West;
| Rawlings, to be supplied; Romney, M. L.
Beale, Shepherdstown and Sharpsburg, w.
| NICK. Hammack; Urton Grove, w. 1. Dice;
Williamsport, o. M. Ruer; Winchester, J.
p. Wilson.
Washington District.
Rev. L. 3. Wilson, presiding elder
Brookland and Langdon, C. o. Cook; Con-
| gress Heights. A. R. Pendieton: Forest
| Vile, w. L. Dram; Gaithersburg, to be sup
piled; Kensington, T. C. Warner: Lam
| hams, J. w. Steel: Laytonsville, ]. H.
| Marsh; Leonardtown, to be supplied; Little
Falls, to be supplied: Montgomery, VIM.
Harris; Piney Grove, to be supplied; St.
Mary's, Henry Mann: Severn, w. F. Ger
n,ond; Spencerville, H. P. West; Tenley-
town and Concord, A. F. Spielman; Ana
costa, g. o. Isaac.
Washington city-Douglas Memorial. s.
M. Hartsock; Dumbarton and West George
town, j. b. Stitt: Fifteenth Street, L.
Clark; Fletcher Chapel, to be supplied:
Foundry, Mr.. Hart: Gorsuch. to be sup
piled; Grace, E. L. Watson; Harnline, w.
| L. Stricken: X Street Mission, to be sup
piled; McKendree, H. R. Naylor; Metro
politan, F. N. Bristol; North Capitol Street,
B. G. W. Reed; Ryland. A. ]. Guild; St
Paul. 8. L. Bryant; Trinity E. d. Huntley;
Twelfth Street, E. T. House; Union, A.
Bielasid: Waugh E. o. Eldridge; Wesley.
Chapel, J. F. Heisig; Lucy Webb Hayes
Deaconess Home, G. H. Aimes.
West baltimore Distrief.
DR.. C. w. Baldwin, presiding elder, Ar
lington and Pimlico; e. n. Lamar, Balti-
more: Bethany, H.. D. Mitchell: Columbia
Avenue 8. N. Afford; David Rogers Mis-