The San Francisco call., 1899-09-08
MARKED GROWTH
OF METHOD|SM
Reports Received at CAL
ifornia Conference.
PREPARING FOR ELECTION
CHANGES SUGGESTED IN GEN
ERAL RULES.
Committee Appointed to Prepare for a
Proper Celebration of the Con-
ference Jubilee in
1901.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PACIFIC GROVE, Sept. THE Califor-
MIA Methodist Conference convened at
o'clock this morning for its second day
session, Bishop W. X. Ninde presiding.
The conference opened with devotional ex'
erclses, after which Rev. j. w. Ross, VINO
has spent fifty years in the ministry
preached his jubilee sermon. The confer
ence business opened With the reading OF
Yesterdays minutes and calling the ron
of the first sessions absentees, the most
of whom were present to-day.
The first business before the BODY was
the election of the class of 19O2 on the
board of conference stewards, TO take the
place OF the class OF 1899, whose term mas
expired. J. w. ChynoWeth. I. u. Mines
and J. P: Macaulay were elected T. ~
Van Deventer, superintendent OF the Ne
yada mission; George &. King, Albert L.
Hazelett and George 3. Greenfield OF the
Colorado Conference were then introduced
by Bishop Ninde and their transfer 10 this
conference announced.
A communication was received from the
Baltimore Conference asking TINS conlei
erCe 10 JON others IN voting 10 allie!iu
me churcn discipline rules IesaIIAILlS eHtir't
Law ana. ministerial representations III ttIe
General Conference, passed last eat ~
All the. annual conferences before INC HeH
eraI Conference acts thereon. II WAS ettu
and the time FOR taking acton on II HAeu ~
al tomorrow, immediately aIleI tHe III o
ballot for delegates from TINS coHIet el!Ce @
to'the General Conference. Acuhs On tnio @
ouesrJon and electing delegates 10 the
General Conference viii make tomorrow
session one of the most important VI LIZ
present convention, 5000 r,rs II
r. Ollie. H. 3. Heacock and john A. d
Wilson a committee to represeht Tue coii7 ~
ference in the lay cIectoral conlGt eIiCe 80 "a
its session tomorrow. Two notable reSo-
lutions were presented and adopted, me
first arranging for a suitable celebration
Of the conference jubilee year IN IsUi any
the second request TO the boaLu ~
bishops 40 change the time for ConVen-
ing the California conference tlil iaSei
in September. BY special priVIIiesse IJr,
w. s. Matthew, editor OF the .lS Cdl!l1i ma ma
Christian Advocate, then addressed me
body on the use of the press III the luf-
theIance of church work -,
The report on the San Francisco as
trict the largest and one OF the most I'M
portant districts Of this conference, was
presented during the morning session py
It's presiding elder, Dr. " estW0oa "
Case DR.. Case began with brief MS
tory of the church in California, showing
the work of the past year in comparison
to previous years. During the year the
gained in membership in the territory of
this district. Many churches nave mad I'M
provements made on them, debts nave
been lifted from several churches, no
tably the California-Street Church IN san
Francisco, which has been freed from
debt largely through the efforts of Rolla
V Watt of San Francisco. In the course
of his report DR.. Case pronounced
eulogy on the memory of Dr.. f. F. Jew
ell OF Pacific Grove, who died in tebru-
airy last
After the reading of this report the
case of w. d. Crabb came up and the
matter was referred to a committee of
inquiry.
The afternoon was devoted to the work
of the conference missionary societies,
and in the evening the Epworth League
rally was held. l.. ]. Norton of Napa,
DR., w. c. Evans of Stockton and DR.. J.
W. Hamilton of Cleveland. Ohio, delivered
addresses. The day closed with the an
nual campfire" of the Conference Army
Veterans Club, Commander e. ]. McChsh
presiding.