Evening journal., 1902-11-04
WHERE BISHOPS
WILL PRESIDE
Dates of Annual Conference
to be Held Next Spring
Announced
BISHOP WALDEN GOES TO AFRICA

Held at Easton, March 8, Will Be
Presided Over by ri
Cranston
The Board Of Bishops, at the meet-
ing yesterday afternoon, transacted the
most important business Of the confer
ence, which was the selecting OF dates
for every annual conference in tbs
world. in the United States and other
counties and the appointment of bieh-
ops to preside over the conferences.
Bishop Earl Cranston, OF Portland.
Oregon, is assigned to preside over the
next session OF the Wilmington Con-
ference, which will convene in Easton,
Md, on March IS. and Bishop Cherries
II. Fowler, OF Buffalo, was selected 20
preside over the Delaware African M.
q. Conference, which will open i'm
Pocomoke City, Nd, on March 20.
Bishop Cranston has never presided
over a session of the Wilmington Con-
| ference. but is widely known among
ministers and laymen.
( This year he conducted the Phila-
dlphia Conference, and some ministers
felt that the bishop would be assigned
to the Wilmington Conference next
spring because of that fact Bishop
Cranston was elected bishop in 1896,
and was senior book agent at Cincinl-
lnati for "a number of years previous to
being elevated to the episcopaCy Ha
is one OF the best administrators in
the Board OF Bishops and a hard
worker He is a cultured minister and
a strong preacher, and for years occll-
pied the leading pulpits of the West
He resides in Portland, Oregon.
Bishop James NJ. Walden, OF Cincin-
natl was assigned to visit South Africa
TO study the conditions I'M that held.
Bishop Hartzeil is the missionwly
bishop OF Africa, and will work In
conjunction with Bishop Walden.
Bishop joyce. who win go through
lthe South American field as the success
sor TO Bishop McCabe, will probably
start on his long journey around the
Horn today. Bishop Joyce presided az
lthe recent conferences in Crisheld, Nd,
land is a favorlte with Wilmington
ians.
The board issued an address to the
Methodists OF the country in the IN
terests OF the superannuated ministers.
OF the twenty million dollars asked TOT
as n Twentieth Century Thank Offe'-
= ltng Fund. all but two million dollars
has been collected. The bishops ex-
hort Mefhoaists to contribute the re-
maiuing two million dollars, in order
TO create am endowment fund Tor the
lrelief of the superanuates.
The closing public meeting OF inc
4nops was held I'M Grace Church last
night Bishop Walden presided, and
addresses were made by Bishop NC
lCabe on south America" and Bishop
Hamilton on Mexico.
THE following are the assignments
pisbop Merrill. Lexington Conference
chicago. III. March IS; Central Penn
svlvania. Altoona Pa, March 70,
Northern Now York, Carthage, N. T.
BIsbop Andrews, New ENGLAND,
Rrookline. Mass, April s: Maine,
Bridgeton, Me-, April Is; E9st Maine
Newport, Me. April 22
Bishop Warren. Virginia, Eagles
Rest. Va, March 25; Newark. N. j.,
April 1; Vermont, Northheld, Vt, April
9; New Hampshire, Woodsvillas N. H.
! April Is.
Bishop Foss, Kansas City, Holtoni
, Kan, March IL; South Kansas, Fort
Scott. Kan, March s; Southwest Kan
sas, March IS: Southwest Kansas
Sterling, Kan, Marclh 25; Northwest
Kansas, Stockton, Kan, April l.
Bishop Walden. Arkansas, Harrison
, ! Ark, January Is; Little Rock, Ark
Glow, Ark, January %; Northern IN
diana, Noblesville. Ind, April s; East
Central African Mission Conference
1 Umtati, Africa, July 80; West Central
s African Mission, Quepua, December 16;
. Liberia, Cape Palmas, January %, 1904
Bishop Mallalieu, Upper Mississippi
!, WinOna, Miss, January 10; Mississippi
Crystal Springs, January %; Louisiana
Natchitoches. January 20; Gulf Mis-
sion Conference. Port Arthur, Texas
d February 8; Philadelphia, Pa, March
q IS.
Bishop Fowler. New Jersey, AsbuIy
; Park. N. j., March is; Delaware. POGO
y mol1e City, Nd, March 25.; New Eng
o land Southern. Brockton, Mass, April
1; East German. Philadelphia, Pa
Bishop Vincent. nine European con-
" ferences.
J. Bishop Fitzgerald, Baltimore, Nd.
. Baltimore, April /; Washington. Staun-
ton, Va, April 9; Wyoming, Ring
hamton. n. Y. April 16; Eastern Swe-
dish, Providence, r. l., April %.
Bishop Joyce, Western South Amer
e lea. Conception. Chilli. February T.;
, South America, Rosario, Argentina,
: March is.
ol Bishop Goodsell. florida. ST. Johns
S River. Deland, Fla. January Is; Flor
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