The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-12


Wooley-Programme Arranged for
the Opening Day of the Conference.
There was a tragic event at Kingston
last night in the church where was
held the service preliminary to the
opening Of the forty-eighth session of
the Wyoming conference this morn
ing.
Last night was devoted TO the ami
versary of the Temperance society and
just as the exercises began Mrs. David
Kline, Of Plymouth, was stricken with
heart disease and although physicians
were promptly summoned and she re-
ceived every possible assistance, she
died within half an hour of the time
she was stricken.
Coroner Mckee was notified and
gave permission to have the body re-
moved to the home Of the deceased in
Plymouth.
Mrs. Kline was a prominent MEM
ber of the Plymouth Methodist Episco-
pal church. and is survived by her hus-
band and three children, Harry, Of Dor
ranceton, and Mary and Walter, of
Plymouth. Mrs Kline's death was not
generally known by the persons who
were attending the meeting, which was
I'm progress while her life was gently
ebbing out.
The people of Kingston, Wilkes
Barre and vicinity apparently appre-
Ciate temperance meetings rather more
fervently than in Scranton, as the
large auditorium was crowded to its
utmost capacity, the throng being so
dense before the address of the even
ing began that no one could push
through the ases, while the other cor
rdors were filled with a struggling
mass of men and women who climbed
on chairs and almost jostled each other
down the steps in the vain effort to
see the platform.
MIR. WOOLEY SPOKE.
The speaker Of the evening was Hon.
John G. Wooley, the well-known tenn
perance advocate. He was introduced
by Rev. Austin Griffin, d. D., presiding
elder of the Wyoming district, and gave
lengthy and earnest address, speak
ing in the intense manner Characters
tic Of his methods.
Mr.. Nooley is n temperance orator
Of wide renown. His home is in Chi
cago and he is a lawyer by profession,
being at one time a leading criminal
lawyer of Illinois. He has, however,
given up the practice of his profession
and devotes his time and great ability
to the platform in behalf of the tenn
perance cause.
Some time ago he was offered $4,000
q year to give up leCturing and be-
come the private attorney for a great
corporation in New York city, which
he refused. As an orator Mr.. Wooley
is supreme, and possibly has only one
other equal on the platform today. He
uscS the choicest English, is logical in
his utteranCes and attracts vast
crowds to him by his wonderful per-
sonal magnetism. His remarkable in
tluencc over audiences mas been attest
ed on many occasions, Bishop John
p. Newman, who will preside at the
conference which opens this morning,
is a remarkable man. He was born in
New York city, Sept. l, 1926, and at the
age of tC united with the church. He
was educated at CazenoVia seminary,
and in 1S49 entered the Oneida confer
ence and has been a member of the
Troy. New York Mississippi and Bal-
tmore conferences. in 1858 he was ap-
pointed pastor of Bedford street
church, New York city, where his elo-
quence won him wide fame.
In 1853 he went to Europe, spending
winter in study in Rome and making
tour of Egypt and Palestine. On
his return he published From Dan to
BeorsheDa," which is regarded as an
authority among biblical students.
WENT TO EUROPE.
In 1S62-63 he was pastor of the
Washington Square church in New
York and was then sent by Bishop
Ames to reorgani2e the Methodist
Episcopal church in Louisiana, Texas
and Mississippi. His services in this
field We're of vast benefit to the church
and to the government. In 1869 he be-
came pastOrof the Metropolitan church
i'm Washington and was for three
terms chaplain of the United States
senate.
In the year 1873 he made a tour of
the world under appointment of Prcsi-
dent Grant. At the time of his eleC-
ton as bishop he was serving his third
term as pastor of the Metropolitan
church. Washington. He received the
degree Of d. y. from the Baptist uni
vcrsity in Rochester, n. Y, and that
Of LII. ID. from Grant Memorial univer-
sity. He is also author of Thrones
and Palaces of Babylon end Nineveh,"
ana several other valuable works.
Bishop Newman stands today before
the country as perhaps the most con-
splcuous figure in Methodism. His in
innate relations with the government
and the tact that he was one of Gen
eral Grants dearest friends have
placed him prominently before the
public, where his great ability as an
author, scholar and orator may be full
ly appreciated
The programme arranged for today's
! session of the conference is as fol-
lows:
900 a. m.-Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per.
100 a, m.-Organzation OF Conference
and Business Session.
200 p. m.-Statstical Session.
500 p. m.--Missionary Sermon, by Rev
George \. Cure.
400 p. m.-Lecturc, by Rev. Marcus d.
Buell., d, D., Dean of Bcs-
ton Theological Seminary
EXegetical Study Of Phil
ippans.
I3O p. m.-Anniversary of the Mission
airy Society Address, Rev
A. J. Palmer, ID. II,
All the STYLES in Straw Shapes