The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-20
LAST SESSION IS HELD
WESTERN YEARLY MEETING OF
FRIENDS HAS ADJOURNED.
and Trustees Chosen
Meetins-Big Camp Meeting.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PLAINFIELD. Ind. Sept. 1s-Western
Yearly Meeting held its closing sessions
to-day. AT s o'clock the usual devotional
meeting took place. led by David Hadley.
who this year retires from the superintend-
ency of evangelistic and pastoral work in
the Yearly Meeting TO assume the pastor
ate of the meeting at Whittier. California
The 10 o'clock meetings were conducted by
William Hobson and Mrs. Hobson. in the
main part OF the house and by Nathan and
Esther Frame in the Plainfield room. AT
/ o'clock Harry r. Keats led a meeting in
the house.
The business session began at o'clock
with the report of the committee on re-
turning minutes. Returning minutes have
been prepared for all visiting friends en-
titled to them, as follows: William and
Elizabeth Hobson. of London; Harry r.
Keats, OF New York; Harry Hays, of Iowa;
Allen Jay, Oscar Moon, Franklin and Mary
Moon Meredith, James p. and Anna M
Price, Luke and Elvira Woodland, Esther
Cook Richard Haworth. Frank c. Stanley,
s. Refina White, Charles E. Hiatt, o. T..
Gotshall and Daisy Barr, of Indiana Year
ly Meeting; James r. Jones, William L.
Wilson and Calvin and Eliza III. Osborn. of
North Carolina; Nathan and Esther G..
Frame, of Wilmington; William X Prutt
and Zenas l.. Martin. of Iowa; Tillman
Hobson and William f. Cox, of California.
SON :" w. Ford. of OHIO ts W " + S. Cat
tell, Of Iowa; Cyrus r. Dixon, of Kansas;
Maud Miner, of Wilmington; Abijah
Weaver. Of Indiana, and William II. Perry,
of Kansas.
The report on devotional meetings, was
read showing the satisfactory condition of
too
OF assignment of ministers reported their
work accomplished. The care-takers made
their usual report. The committee to nomi-
lowing names: Sylvester Newlin, Albert J.
Brown, Emma Pretlow, Charles d. Marley,
Dinah I. Henderson, Murray n. Hadley,
Lewis Il. Stout, Sarah A. Kelsey. Eliza c.
Armstrong, Syrillda Ellis. Lenora n.
Hobbs and Townsend Cope. The commit
tee TO nominate trustees for Earlham
College reported the name of Morris E.
Cox to succeed that of Robert L. Kelley
and the reappointment of Sarah ]. King.
Memorials of two Friends, deceased since
last Yearly Meeting, were then read. The
Yearly Meeting representatives to sit dur
ing the recess of that body were appointed
The following were named as members of
the Earlham Bible Institute committee:
For three years. Amos Sanders and Flora
p. Miller; for two years, Albert j. Brown
and Sylvester Newlin; for one year, Eliza
c. Armstrong. The report of the associated
executive committee of Friends on Indian
time was given to Allen Jay, who gave
some facts regarding the work of Friends
among the Indians. The report of the
delegates to the Anti-saloon League was
then read and the central committee on
books, tracts and peace appointed The
epistles from Iowa, Ohio Wilmington
Kansas, Oregon and California were read
The epistle from Western to the other
Yearly Meetings also read.
Ruby NJ Vestal and Sylvester Newlin
were appointed the new committee on re-
ports to the press Five new trustees
were elected-Benjanin Anderson, for one
year; Jonathan Johnson, for two years;
Nathan E. Hubbard, for three years; Lewis
Robbins, for four years: Townsend Cope
for five years. The superintendent of social
purity for the coming year is Anna Mills
of Indianapolis. Milton Hanson, Henry
Harold and William Furnas were appoint
ed to assist the three trustees of Indian
apois Meeting in arranging the new vault
In the meeting house there for the library
and the records of the Yearly Meeting
The committee order of business for
next year consists Of Jonathan Johnson,
Robert Pretlow, Deborah Furnas and Perry
Kendall. The clerk expressed the appre-
citation of the meeting for the services Of
Drusilla Wilson in the department of social
purity.
The last session of the Yearly Meeting
was held tonight and was a devotional
service With its close the forty-third an
nual assembly of Western Yearly Meeting
finally adjourned.