The daily Republican., 1902-11-04
BISHOPS MAKE
ASSIGNMENTS.
Those Who Will Attend the
Annual Meetings and Where
# They Will be Held.
BISHOP CRANSTON HERE.
Work of the Church in Africa
Considered and a Bishop
Appointed to Review
the Work. =
The business that was transacte d

The business that was transacted
yesterday afternoon and evening at
the meeting OF the Board OF Bishops
~ was of great interest to Methodlsts in
all parts OF the world The bishops
selected the dates for every annual
conference Ia the United States and
b-aEther countries and bishops were
assgned 70 preside over the confer.
ences and to visit the foreign MIS-
sions.
Bishop Earl Crlnston OF Portla I'D,
sCresou. Is assigned to preside over
the next session of the WiImingto
Conference, which will convene ia
Easton, Nd, on March IS, AMI Bish.
OPP Charles H. Fowler of Buffalo,
was selected to preside over the Del
aware African NJ. e. Conference,
which will open in Pocomoke City,
Md, on March IS.
ASSIGNMENT OF BISHOPS.
= The schedule Tor the Annual Con.
ferences, is appended, first being
given the name of the bishop. then
the name Of the conference, then
the name Of the city or town in
which it will be held, aud lastly the
date for the conference to open:
Bishop Merrlll-Lexngton, Chi =
cago, March IS; Central Pennsyl-
vania. Altoona, March Is; Northern
New York, Carthage, April y.
Bishop Andrews--New England.
Brookline, April s; Maine, Bridge
ton, April Is; East Maine, New.
pert, April %.
Bishop Warren-Virginia. Eagle
Rock, March Is; New Jersey, New.
: 4rk. April /; Vermont, Mortified,
April g; New hampshire, Woods
vile, April Is.
Z Bishop Foss- Kansas. IIolton,
March IL; South Kansas, Fort Scott,
March IS; Southwest Kansas, Ster.
ling, March IS; Northwest Kansas,
Stockton, April |.
Bishop alden--Arkansas, IIarri.
sen, January Is; Little Rock, Glow,
January %; North Indiana, No blcs-
vile, April s; East Central Africa
Mission Conference, Umtati, July
30; West Central Africa Mission,
Quepua, December Is; Liberia, Cape
Palmas, January IS, 1904.
Bishop Neutrality-suspicious. Missis-
slppi, WInona, January 10; Mssis-
Bippl, Crystal Springs, January p;
louisiana, NatchiLUchs, January 20;
Gulf Mission Conference, Port Ar
thur, Texas, February ); Phlladel-
phia, Philadelphia March IS.
Bishop FOwIcr-Ncw Jersey, AS
bury Park, March IS; Delaware, po-
comoke City. Md, March IS: New
England Southern, BrOcllton. Mss,
April |; East German, Philadelphia,
April l6.
Mae European Conferences, BisA-
Up Vincent.
Bishop Fitzgerald - Baltimore,
Baltimore, April l; Washtngt ou,
Stanton, Va, April Q: Wyoming,
Bingtamton, n. Y, April 10; East
ern Swedish, Providence, II. L..
April %.
Bishop Joyce-Western South
America. Conce puion, Chill, Feb.
ruary II; South America, Rosario,
Argentina, March IS.
Bishop GOodseIl--l'Iorida, Cedar
Keys. January D.; St. John $ River,
DeLand, Florida, January 10: New
York East, April l.
Bishop McCabc-Ncw York. April
i; Troy, ApriI9
Bishop nston Mexico, PaChu-
Ca, Mexico. January j.; WAmiurlon,
Eas ton, Nd, March IS
Bishop Moore Conference and
Mission in Japan, Korea AMI China.
Bishop llamiIton Central Mission
SeaaIia. Mo, March IL; Missouri
CbilIicothe, March 10; ST. Louis,
MARSHAL Mo, March %: Okanct,
Guthrie. o. r., April ;.
Bishops Thoburn and War me
Conferences aud Missions in ludia
and Malaysia,
Bishop Conferences and
Missions in Africa.
Bishop CYau1tpu, although we'll
known here. has never presided
over a session Of the Wilmington
Conference. This year he rpuuuct-
ed the Philadelphia Conference.
Bishop Crauston was elected Il
bishop in 1896. and was senior book
agent at Cincinnati for number Of
years previous to being elevated to
the cplorOpacy II" is ono Of the
st administrators in the Board Of
'ransnopS and a hard worker. He is
a cultured minister and a strong