The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-03-31
HOLD
A BUSY SESSION.
Election of Delegates to the General
Conference Completed--Other r!at-
ters of Importance Disposed OF.

At $50 this morning the Methodist
conference was opened by prayer SER
ice conducted by Bishop Mallalleu.
On~hotion of Rev. Mr.. Bates, Rich
ard Povey's relations were changed
from supernumerary to effective.
Twelve members passed in character
and were continued in the supernum-
erary division.
Brother George III. Hastings was
changed from the effective to the SUI
pernumerary relation.
Two of the Portuguese workers were
introduced and the discussion OF
whether the conference should go TO the
East Greenwich academy TO inspect the
buildings was taken up. The motion
made not TO go was voted down and
so the conference will go by special
car according TO the official programme.
George Il. n. Mind and A. Riviera were
admitted to trial in the conference.
A resolution from the lay electoral
conference providing that visiting min
listers be hereafter entertained in hotels
and boarding houses rather than gra-
tutiously as is the case at present, was
unanimously passed.
Rev. A. Il. Cristy, superintendent of
the Anti Saloon league OF Rhode Island
was introduced and devoted a few min
utes TO description of the work which
the league is doing. He said that with
a small sum il had already caused the
saloon keepers to spend a sum amount
ing to nearly $4,000. He closed by ap-
proving OF the work being done by the
Connecticut and Massachusetts
leagues.
Rev. DR.. Alfred Wright spoke upon
the work of the Boston Correspondence
SCHOOL,
AT this juncture the tallers an
nounced The results OF tn" last ba',o;
for delegate To the general conference.
w. J. Yates was declared elected as
the third representative at Chicago.
Another ballot was then taken and the
tellers again retired.
Rev. DIR. Il. y. Raymond OF Wesleyan
University, formerly a member of this
conference was introduced
He said that the men and women OF
the present day who are now foremost
in the world are the ones who received
the benefits of a higher education; the
men and women who Will take the ini-
tiative in the affairs of the world in the
future will be the ones who are now
i'm attendance at the schools which give
the higher education.
BY the report of the tellers J. j. Bar
tholomew was elected fourth member ot
the delegation to Chicago. This makes
the delegation consist of Revs. :. o.
Renton A. ]. Coultas w. j. Yates and
j. i. Bartholomew. a ballot to elect two
alternates resulted in Revs. T. j. Ever
rett and Geo. IL. Bates being chosen.
Rev. Joseph II. James. secretary OF
the Connecticut Temperance Union
spoke upon the cause.
Rev. ". ". Deveneau. a missionary
among the French population OF the
Blackstone valley, sang hymn I'm
French after which he told OF the work
he was doing.
A committee consisting of Revs.
George H. Bates. Il. G. Bass. 7. j. Ev-
erett. a. j. Coultas, j. |. Bartholomew.
w. 7. Ward and w A. Luce was ap-
pointed TO consider the matter of en-
pertaining mcmbers at hotels and
bonrdsng houscs in cha futu~e
Revs. Messrs Gardner Dahom and
Aenew were elected 10 deacon's or
ders Rev. +. .. Anderson was trans
ferred from the east Ohio conference
20 this one and was elected 90 elders
orders Rev. G.. ". Scrivenor was elect
ed to elders orders.
Chas. S. Thurber. Eugene w. Anter-
i'm, Edgar Jones and Samuel " ~.
Cross were admitted to local deaeon's
orders.
The election Of Edgar Jones was
made conditional bv a lat-r action.
Rev Wn +. Geisler was elected To
local elders order by unanimous vote.
The report on conference claimants
and missions was neyt taken M and
w. ID. Wilkinson and u. T. Raynor
were continued an fheir studies; IL II.
Murkett was also passed and eiecsed
. orders. .t
Jerome Greer passed IN his Studies.
MaKnus Peterson was elected 70 elders
orders. rrErf
=. After sevargl ann,ufcenentH had
been made. Bishop Mailaheu addressed
"A few remarks 90 the congregation 81
connection with the serv ces 20. he hsld
SppdaV Nf+st
The doxolngv was SUNG 10y the con-
gregatinn afer which Rev. DIR. Tai
hot p-onounrci banrdiotioR which
ended the morn nc session.
~ oclork this after~ocn therc vas
q joint session OF the Women's For