Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-02
BIG CONFERENCE ENDS
Methodists Conclude Quadren-
NAL With Services.
THREE SESSIONS MONDAY
Important Legislation Enacted on
the Last Day.
BOARD MEMBERS NAMED
Time Limit Taken OF Probationary
Mem NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
Bishops Is Announced.


been in progress at the Lyric since Ned
nesday. May Is. adjourned without dst>
last night AT 1880 O'Clock. and many ~
the delegates left Immediately. hundreds
of them now being many miles from Ral-
timore.
Three sessions of the conference wero
held yesterday. and they were by far
the most Interesting since the opening
day. Legislation of great importance IN
the church was enacted. and more was
accomplished than on any day OF tho
meeting.
When the conference had transacted
all the business to come before il last
night and was ready to adjourn Bishop
H. W. Warren. the senior bishop OF tho
church. took charge and led the devo-
tional services. which were brief and i'm
pressive. \ hymn. Faith OF Our
Fathers. was sung. and then portion
of the Scripture was read. and Bishop
Warren made brief address. in which
ne congratulated the conference on thu
great amount of work II had accom-
7ished. and stated that the influence OF
the session of tho general body Of the
church at Baltimore would be felt many
years after the men who took part in fhs
conference We're forgotten. Then Bishop
r. NJ. Bristol raised his hand signal
for prayer. and the members Of he con-
ference all bowed their heads ravsrently
while he led in supp'ieation. The Dox-
nounced by Bishop Warren.
Time Limit Removed.
During the afternoon session after a
prolonged debate. the conference decided
to take the time limit off the probation
airy membership in the churches and 10
make ii possible for the stewards and
class leaders TO order the admission OF an
applicant for full membership on the ar
proval of the pastor. \ strong fight was
do ha.-a - Nr,n
ship abolished altogether but this latter
proposition was defeated.
Boards Appointed.
Bishop John NJ Walden. acting for the
bishops on the board of appointments.
named the various benevolent boards Of
the church. their appointments being con
firmed by the conference The boards
are as follows:
Managing board Of foreign missions
thirty-two ministerial and thirtytwo lay
memhersl. The Baltimoreans on the
board are DR.. John F. Goucher and DR..
c. W. Baldwin
Board OF home missions and church ex-
tension tthirty-five ministerial and thirty
FIVE lay members,. The Baltimore mem
bers are Rev. Drs. W. l.. Mcdowell and
j. G. Nicholson
The board Of Sunday schools 10 COM
posed Of Bishops Mcdowell Mcintyre and
Moore and one minister from each con-
ference district and one at large.
Church temperance board, composed OF
Bishop Mcintyre and fifteen members.
The Baltimore member is Mr.. william II.
Anderson.
Board of education, composed OF Bish
ops Mcdowell and Goodsell and fifteen
other members from various conferences.
The Baltimore member is Dr. J. G. Mich
olson.
Deaconess board. composed OF Bishops
Gerry and Wilson and fifteen other men,
bers.
Board of conference claimants. com
posed Of Bishop Spellmeyer and fifteen
members. The Baltimore member is Rev.
DIR. Charles w. Baldwin.
Board of freedmen's aid. composed OF
Bishops Walden. Anderson and Moore
and fifteen other members.
The bishops were given the authority TO
appoint boards on evangelism university
senate and Epworth League.
Bishops Assigned.
One of the last things done last night
before the adjournment was the reading.
by Bishop Cranston. of the assignment
of the bishops 10 the fall conferences
more annual conference was not includ-
more annual conference was not inciud-
ed in this list because il meets IN the
spring. Bishop Bristol. the Baltimore
conference minister who was elevated to
the episcopacy at the session Just closed.
was assigned TO preside over the Central
Ohio conference in October. just before
he sails for South America TO take up
his episcopal residence at Buenoe Aires.
The list of assignments was as follows:
Alabama. Anderson: Alaska mission.
Smith: Arizona mission. Warren: Atlanta.
Anderson: Atlantic Cranston; Austin.
Quayle: Black Hills. Mcintyre: Blue
Ridge. Goodsell: California German. War
rem: California. Warren: Central German.
Nuelsen: Central Alabama. Anderson:
Central Illinois Berry: Central New York.
Cranston: Central Ohio. Bristol: Central
Swedish. Nicely: Central Tennessee.
Goodssll: Chicago German Nicely; Cincin-
natl. Moore.
Colorado. Mcdowell: Columbia River.
Hughes: Dakota. Wilson: Des hIoines.
Spellmeyer: Detroit. Hamilton: East
Ohio, cranston: East Oklahoma Mo..
Hamilton: Genesee. cranston. Georgia.
Anderson: Gulf. Quayle: Holston. Good
sell: Idaho. Hughes: Illinois. Berry: ln-
diana. Moore: Iowa. Quayle; Kentucky.
Moore: Michigan. Hamilton.
never: Montana Mcdowell: Nebraska.
Mcintyre. Nevada mission. Warren: New
Mexico English mission). Smith: New.
Mexico Spanish Cmission). Smith; North
son: North Montana, Mcdowell North
Nebraska. Mcintyre; Northern German.
Nuelsen: Northern Minnesota. Wilson:
Northern Swedish. wilson. Norfhvese
German Nuelsen: Northern Indiana.
Berry: Northern Iowa. Spellmeyer: Nor
wegan- Danish. Wilson.
Ohio. Anderson: Oklahoma. Smith: Ore
gon. Hughes: Pacific Chinese mission.
Warren: Pacific German Hughes: Pacific
japanese mission. Warren; Plttsburs.
Berry: Puget Sound Hughes: Rock River.
Nicely. St. Louis German. Nuelsen. Sa-
vannah. Hamilton: South Carolina. Ham
ilton: Southern California. Warren: South
ern German Quayle: Southern Illinois.
Berry: Tennessee. GoodSell Texas.
Quayle: Upper Iowa. Lewis; Utah mis-
sion. Mcdowell: West German. Nuelsen:
West Nebraska. Mcintyre; West Texas.
Quayle: West Virginia. Moore: West
Wisconsin, Nicely: West Norwegian DAN
ish Hughes; Western Swedish. Spell
meyer: Wisconsin. Nicely: Wyoming mis-