The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-18

convene In Trace NJ. IL ShtNch vi
Wednesday, morning and will continue
until next Monday. Tomorrow evening
there will be missionary meeting N
Grace Church and the sermon Will d.
preached by the Rev. Il. A. II. OBrien
The conference committee meetings Will
be- held in st. Paul's NJ. Il. Church.
Although Presiding Elder Watt and
the pastors of the various Methodist
Episcopal Churches have had less than
week to prepare for the conference,
all arrangements are expected to be com
plted by Wednesday morning and the
program with the exception Of the Ep'
worth League reception which was to be
held tomorrow evening will be carried
out AS it was prepared for Seaford. The
pastors have been working hard to OBJ
tain homes for the visitors and all the
delegates will be provided with homes
by tomorrow evening. Presiding Elder
Watt has received notice from Assist
ant Passenger Agent George W. Boyd,
of the p. W. & Il. railroad, stating that
orders have been issued for the confer-
ence railroad tickets TO be good to Will
mington instead Of Seaford.
Presiding Elder Robert II. Watt of the
Wilmington district of the Wilmington
Methodist Conference denies that he eX-
ercised any undue influence or assump-
ton of authority regarding the holding OF
the conference in this city instead of in
Seaford. He also asserts that he did not
ignore the other presiding elders or Il.
X. Stephenson. pastor Of the Seaford
n II. l. 81 toto IN
the conference sessions.
DIR. Watt says he communicated with
the presiding elders and the Rev. r. X.
Stephenson all of whom agreed with
him that Wilmington was the best place
to hold the conference under the circum-
stances.
Bishop Daniel A. Goodsel will pre-
side at the conference.
At Il meeting held in Grace NJ. e.
Church parish house last night by Pre-
siding Elder Watt and the pastors of the
various churches, appointments of the
delegates expected to attend the confer
cnce to their homes while in this city.
were made. Homes have been obtained
for all of the delegates and official visi-
tors and half of them were provided for
by Grace Church.
The delegates and their homes while
in this city will be partly as follows:
II. II. Adams. 1916 Market, Mrs. Ilof-
fecker: q. 4. Anderson, S06 Broome, DR..
Winner; J. Il. Anderson, 900 Jefferson,
DR.. Smith Cooper; j. A. Arters, l1t3
West, w. II. Foulk; Il. G. Atkins, SOs
Adams, NJ. Alexander; w. Il. Avery,
1872 West Sixth, at home; j. NJ. Arters.
corner Eighth and BrOome, j. II. Null
lin.
c. s. Baker. Hotel CLAYTON. G. w.
Pussy; l.. Il. Barrett, Eighth and Jack
son, w. A. Hukill; j. Fl. Beauchamp,
Tenth and Adams, William Dane; w.
o. Bennett, FOG Delaware avenue, Prof.
Goldey; N. G. Benson, 1924 Poplar, Mr..
Evans; G. w. Bounds, 3O5 West Seventh,
st. Paul's parsonage; w. l.. P. Bowen,
931 Pine, Thomas Quillen; G. w. Bow
man, 80 Tatnal, Mrs. Williamson: J.
A. Brewington, SO2 Adams, T. B. Smiths
Ii. q. Buud, Eighth ana broomc. d. =.
Mullin; ASbury Burke. 1928 Tatnall,
Layton; q. w. Burke, 1921 Poplar, Mrs.
Shultz.
j. X. Cannon. Central Hotel. Geo. $.
Capeilc; II. n. oahtwell' SZS "est, MI
NGofdlng; f.. #. Carpenter; James
Carroll Sol West. Epworth; II. w. Gas
wen, ll25 west, Nj. henwor'NF' W. W.
Chairs. So2 Adams, Mrs. II. b. Smith; Al
bert Chandler, 1924 Washington, Mr.. All
mond: i. J. Cochran, 1923 West Sixth.
q. w. Joseph; j. NJ. Collins. Ninth and
lalnall, MIS-. Lambdln, l.. +. Tyre v.
). Collins 694 west. MIS-. d. Mo"d' ~
II. Collins, 1923 Madison ME- dambslii'
W. +. Compton, hentmere, w. NJ.
Field; q. ). Conaway, 1873 West
Seventh Mrs. Lee Conowy; Il. l.. Coch-
ran, S26 West, DIR. Cochran; W. r.
Corkran, Hotel wilmington; A. Ii.
Covey, sol West Epworth; James
Grove. 222 Walnut, Asbllry parsonage.
Il. ii. Dashlell, 5o' west Fourth, j.
j. Wyatt: Edward DAVIS. 922 Jefferson,
X. L. Whalcr; Howard Davis, IO6 Del
aware ave-, i'rof. Goidey: w. +. Daw-
son, Sl4 South Jackson, Wesley parson-
age; q. W. Dawson, S26 West, DR.. Cork
ran; e. IL. Derrlckson, cor. Ninth and
West. &. NJ. Dousherty; .. W. DE
Ncnish. Mrs. NJ. Nandever; W. j. Du
Hallway. III West. Mrs. Rowland; II.
IS. Dulnny. 1905 west, Ii. w. Iodd;
j. W. Falsely, zoos Market, Brandy
wine parsonage; G. II. Ellis, 7Os French,
by Mrs bloomsbury; James Esgatc,
private.
J. w. Foglr. Central Hotel by DIR.
Jones |. G. Fosnocht. SIG Jackson. Mrs.
w. II. Riley: John France, Sixth and
Franklin. Mrs. Haddock: f. n. Faulk-
Nor, 100 Market, by j. 1. Smith.
Edwin Gardner. 9l4 Shipley, Mrs
Gasscr: j. III. Geoghcgan, GA Shipley,
Mrs. Gasscr; ID. j. Gilvan, POI West