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The twelfth session convened at Goodland, March 28, 1891. Fifty-six full members and fourteen pro- bationers were present the first morning session. This was the first session of Conference ever held so far
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west in the state. The accommodations were in a measure primitive, but the minister and visitors were well provided for, and the hospitality of the people was greatly enjoyed. W. F. Mallien was the Bishop in charge, and by his kindly Christian spirit and gra- cious bearing greatly endeared himself to all.
The Conference was opened in the usual manner and secretaries and treasurers were elected. Dr. S. A. Keen was with us again, and his services were greatly blessed. Dr. J. B. Young, editor of the Central Chris- tian Advocate, was present and addressed the Confer- ence, as did Dr. Earl Cranston also.
Dr. B. T. Vincent spoke in the interest of the Iliff School of Theology. Chaplain C. C. McCabe repre- sented World Wide Missions. The Conference trus- tees were instructed to incorporate the Conference. C. E. Line from Southeastern Indiana Conference, C. A. Stevenson of Colorado, W. T. Cummings of Arkan- sas, and E. L. Hutchins of West Nebraska were re- ceived by transfer. J. C. Horn of Missouri and R. H. McDade of Rock River Conference were readmitted. J. V. Morris, a local Elder of the Protestant Methodist Church, was received on his credentials. J. V. Morris, John Hogan, F. A. Colwell, C. A. Davis, E. E. Gunckel, J. N. Clark, G. B. Warren, James Kerr, J. W. McPeek and C. E. Trueblood were admitted on trial. L. M. Johnson and John Johnson, local deacons, were or- dained elders. J. C. Dana was placed in the retired relation. The aggregate of benevolent collections was $6,508. The claim of the Conference fund was $956. A resolution was passed naming April 20th as a day of prayer for 40,000 conversions in Kansas this year.
On April 3, 1895, the Conference convened in its thirteenth session, in the Methodist Church in Lin- coln, Kansas, at 9 o'clock a. m. Bishop D. A. Good- sell of San Francisco, California, was in charge. He announced Hymn 798, "And Are We Yet Alive and
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See Each Other's Face," after which he read a scrip- ture lesson from the fortieth chapter of Isaiah and the second chapter of Ephesians. Then, assisted by his cabinet, he proceeded to the administration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. H. M. Mayo was elected secretary. Fifty-eight members and twenty probationers answered to their names. Transfers to the Conference were announced as follows: Warren Applebee, from Vermont, and Wiley T. Selby, from Oklahoma. T. J. H. Taggart, A. J. Markley and R. A. Hoffman were chosen assistant secretaries, W. R. Allen statistician. P. Smith treasurer. A. B. Leonard was present and represented the Missionary Society. Lewis Curtis spoke for the Book Concern. A statis- tical session was called for the afternoon, over which A. N. See presided, and to which J. R. VanPelt of Denver was introduced and spoke of the Iliff School of Theology.
A grade of seventy on a scale of one hundred was set as the minimum that would be accepted in the Con- ference studies. President E. W. Mueller of the Kan- sas Wesleyan was present and addressed the Confer- ence.
The Conference requested the Bishops to hold their fall meeting at Salina. Dr. H. A. Gobin of DePauw University was present and spoke. W. S. Vandervort, located from the West Virginia Conference, was re- admitted. S. C. Elwell, W. B. Keeley, J. W. Snapp and O. F. Jones were admitted on trial. F. L. Temp- lin, C. W. Talmadge, W. C. Jordan, W. H. Haupt and N. W. Beauchamp were ordained Deacons. J. F. Clark was ordained Elder. F. C. Lockwood was transferred to the Rock River Conference, J. M. Ryan to Kansas, C. V. Penn to Southern Kansas, E. B. L. Elder to Ala- bama, H. H. Sheldon to Southern Kansas, D. A. Allen and A. D. Beckhart to Des Moines, and E. M. Evans to Oklahoma.
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The retired preachers are E. S. Arrington, L. V. Morton, W. A. Matson, H. Dalton, B. W. Hollen, J. C. Dana and B. F. Rogers. The aggregate benevolent collection was $4,470. The claims on the Conference fund was $1,006, which was paid.
On April 1, 1896, the Conference met in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church in Salina, Kansas, at 9 o'clock, for its fourteenth session. Bishop E. G. Andrews read from Philippians 3d and Hebrew 9th and 10 chapters, and announced Hymn 211, "When I Survey the Won- drous Cross," after which a very impressive sacra- mental service was held.
Brother Mayo having transferred to Colorado, T. J. H. Taggart was elected secretary by acclamation. He nominated as his assistants A. L. Hazlett, W. L. Cannon and R. A. Hoffman. J. C. Walker was chosen statistical secretary, and P. Smith treasurer. A com- mittee was appointed on Bethany Hospital. A draft was ordered on the Chartered fund for $22, and on the Book Concern for $727. Don W. Nichols, mission- ary to Central China, was introduced. The Bishops were requested to change the time of the meeting of the Conference from spring to fall, and if it is inex- pedient to do that, that the time of meeting be not later than the last week in March. The report sub- mitted by the committee on the American Bible So- ciety is worthy of wider circulation.
"Whereas, the American Bible Society, during the seventy-nine years of its existence, has made a total issue of 59,955,558 volumes of the Word of God, to all nations and in many languages, 1,581,128 volumes hav- ing been made during the year closing May 1895; and, Whereas, the Methodist Church recognizes that this Society is a very potent factor in helping fulfill the command, 'Go ye into all the world and preach my Gospel to every creature,' therefore, Resolved, that we will at least devote one service to this cause, and take
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one collection in each congregation during the year. Second, that we will recognize the efficiency of J. H. Lockwood, state superintendent of the Society. We will welcome him to our pulpits, and recommend that the Bishop reappoint him to the office."
The aggregate of the benevolences were $4,314. The claim on the Conference fund was $1,185, which amount was disbursed.
Bishop C. C. McCabe presided over the fifteenth session of the Conference, which was held at Beloit, March 24, 1897. He had visited the Conference so many times as secretary of the Board of Church Ex- tension, and of the Missionary Society, that the mem- bers felt better acquainted with him than with any other Bishop who had ever presided over us; and he was so universally loved that it is no disparity toward others to say that McCabe was especially welcomed among us.
The Conference was opened in the usual manner. T. J. H. Taggart was re-elected secretary, A. L. Has- lett and J. P. Allen were assistants, J. N. Clark was statitician, and P. Smith treasurer. Dr. W. A. Spen- cer spoke in the interest of the Church Extension So- ciety. W. H. H. Rees represented the Freedmen s Aid Society. Rev. Dr. McKaig conducted Pentecostal service, to the profit and delight of the Conference. There were two came into the Conference by trans- fer, A. L. Norfleet, from St. Louis, and J. C. Helmick, from the Oklahoma Conference. E. V. Allen, J. W. Bates, W. E. Scott, W. W. Hurlbut, H. O. Holter and H. J. Lorenz were admitted on trial.
J. W. Snapp, M. O. Moyer and M. J. Mumford were ordained Deacons. W. B. Keeley and W. O. Allen were admitted, having been ordained previously. C. W. Talmadge, F. L. Templin, J. H. Laird and W. S. Vandervort were ordained Elders. C. M. C. Thomp- son, W. T. Selby, W. E. Scott, F. N. Willis and W. L.
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Strange, having been ordained previously, were ad- mitted. W. R. Pierce was transferred to the Genesse Conference, G. W. Winterburn and E. E. Lamon to Idaho, C. H. Stevenson to Northern Minnesota, J. V. Morris to Central Tennessee. N. A. Walker and L. V. Morton died. W. H. Haupt and T. A. Windsor with- drew. S. A. Green, R. Bisbee, E. R. Zimmerman, B. F. Rogers and I. S. Hall were added to the retired list.
The benevolent collections amounted to $5,150. The claims on the Conference fund were $3,500; amount to be applied on same, $934. Equal representation carried, 67 to 69.
The sixteenth session of the Conference met at Minneapolis on the 23d of March, 1898, and was opened at 9 a. m. with a devotional service, led by J. C. Helmick.
Bishop Cranston was in charge. He introduced the sacramental service by reading the fifty-first chap- ter of Isaiah. T. J. H. Taggart was re-elected secre- tary, as he was also for the next year. The assistants were J. P. Allen and F. N. Willis. J. N. Clark was statistical secretary, and P. Smith was treasurer.
H. C. Jennings of the Book Concern, and J. L. Hurlburt, secretary of the Sunday School Union, were present and addressed the Conference. Two transfers were announced, H. A. Cleveland, from the Minnesota Conference, and J. A. Monroe of the Oklahoma. J. M. Serton, R. E. Dunham and J. J. Ramsey were admitted on trial. O. F. Jones, S. C. Elwell and W. A. Mc- Wright were discontinued. W. E. Green, W. E. Cox, T. H. James, A. E. Smith and E. M. Evans were or- dained Deacons. James Kerr and F. N. Willis, who had been previously ordained, were admitted. B. F. Rogers, C. E. Trueblood, E. E. Gunckel, J. N. Clark, M. L. Kerr, C. Davis, A. L. Hazlett and J. M. Allen were ordained Elders. C. E. Line transferred to Min- nesota, J. W. Edgar to Idaho, W. A. Saville to Holston,
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J. H. Summer and W. B. Keeley located, and G. W. Rich withdrew.
J. A. Bull and W. H. Sweet, having completed the six years on the Beloit and Salina Districts, each re- ceived from his district, through the Bishop, a gold watch as a token of appreciation. Aggregate benevo- lent collection, $7,123. Claims on Conference fund, $3,950. Paid on these bills, $1,118.
Bishop J. N. Fitzgerald presided over the seven- teenth session of the Conference at Downs, Kansas, March 22, 1899. He announced Hymn 821, and after it was sung called on E. W. Allen to lead in prayer. He then read the twelfth chapter of Isaiah and the second chapter of I. Timothy. Then, assisted by the Presiding Elders, administered the Holy Communion.
The secretary called the roll. Sixty-six members and eight probationers responded. E. L. Getty made an address of welcome. The assistants were re-elected. G. B. Warren was chosen statistician, and P. Smith treasurer.
The Presiding Elders nominated a committee on temperance and prohibition. The published program of the Conference was adopted. J. W. Martindale was introduced and addressed the Conference in the inter- est of the Church Extension Board. An afternoon ses- sion was ordered, and the Bishop appointed E. P. Michener to preside.
C. M. Stuart of Garrett Biblical Institute was in- troduced and addressed the Conference. Orders were drawn on the Chartered fund and Book Concern for $22 and $470, respectively.
The following were transferred into the Confer- ence: Grey Amhert, from the Ohio; D. McGurk, from South America; G. W. Morley, Missouri; C. A. Fal- gren, from St. Louis, and F. Perry, from Missouri, H. M. Templin, W. D. Schermerhorn, J. A. Arnett, H. A. McKiddy, J. N. See, W. O. Woolover, R. E. Dimond,
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N. S. Ragel and H. A. Manker were admitted on trial. H. O. Holter, J. W. Bates, W. W. Hurlbut, W. E. Scott and Frank Perry were elected to full membership. Holter and Bates were ordained Deacons.
At 9 o'clock on March 14, 1900, Bishop H. W. War- ren called, at Concordia, the eighteenth session of the Northwest Kansas Annual Conference and read II Timothy, fourth chapter, and announced the 798th hymn. After singing, the Bishop led in prayer. As Brother Taggart, the secretary of the last Conference, had served a district and was therefore a member of the cabinet, F. N. Willis was chosen secretary. H. O. Holter and W. D. Schermerhorn were assistants, W. K. Loofbourrow statistician, and W. L. Cannon treas- urer. Seventy-two members and fifteen probationers were present. An address of welcome was delivered by Hon. John Stewart and was responded to by the Bishop.
Dr. Bushnell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, and Rev. McMann, pastor of the Baptist Church, were introduced. An afternoon session was ordered and the Bishop appointed W. H. Sweet to preside.
The Conference ordered that all benevolences be reported. P. Smith, having surrendered his parch- ments, was permitted to withdraw from the church. On motion of Dr. Edwin Locke, the Conference voted to join the other Kansas Conferences in requesting the Book Committee to move the Book Depository and Central Christian Advocate from St. Louis to Kansas City, Mo.
Drafts were ordered on the Chartered fund and Book Concern for $22 and $418, respectively. Dr. Schell, secretary of the Epworth League, conducted the devotional service the morning of the third day. Dr. J. B. Young, editor of the Central Advocate, ad- dressed the Conference. C. H. St. John, an Elder in the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Protestant
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Church, was admitted into the Conference. Prof. Briggs of the Iliff School of Theology represented that institution.
A. B. Leonard spoke on the "Missionary Society." H. P. Mann was readmitted on a certificate of location from the Austin Conference and was granted the superannuated relation. C. W. Wynant was trans- ferred from the Southern Illinois Conference.
W. W. Dews, F. P. Raby, A. N. Smith, I. L. Clark, Grant Mann, L. B. Tremain, C. W. Stevens, J. M. Smith, D. Reese, L. A. Mckeever, U. S. Brown and B. F. Hutchins were admitted on trial. E. V. Allen, R. E. Dunham and J. M. Sexton were ordained Deacons. F. H. G. Perry had been admitted previouly. W. C. Jordan, M. J. Mumford, W. E. Green, W. E. Cox, T. H. James, F. N. Willis, J. A. Monroe, James Kerr and F. A. Colwell were ordained Elders.
G. W. Rich surrendered his parchments. B. T. Stauber and T. J. H. Taggart were the delegates to the General Conference, and L. O. Housel and I. Mc- Dowell were the reserves. W. C. Winslow and E. L. Getty were chosen Lay delegates, and L. H. Thompson was a reserve. Brother Dana brought the greetings of G. H. Breed, a charter member of the Conference. The aggregate of benevolent collections was $11,341. The claims on the Conference fund were $4,000. Paid on these, $1,300.
Those who will take the trouble to review and com- pare the benevolences as reported in these pages will find abundant reasons for encouragements, that as the work increases, the means and facilities for accom- plishing it shall not fail.
The session of 1901 met in Ellsworth, April 3d. Bishop John M. Walden presiding. Rev. S. E. Dunham of Ohio led the devotional service. Fifty-nine mem- bers and fifteen probationers were present. Fred N. Willis was chosen secretary, who held the secretary-
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ship five years. C. W. Wynant was chosen statistical secretary, and W. L. Cannon treasurer, each of whom was retained in his office till 1906.
Rev. J. R. Tracy, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, delivered an address of welcome, which was responded to by the Bishop. At the close of the first session, the Bishop, assisted by the Presiding Elders and W. H. Sweet, F. N. Cox, B. T. Stanber and W. R. Allen, administered the Lord's Supper.
A session of the Conference was ordered on the afternoon of the second day to hear the missionary sermon delivered by A. N. See. The Bishop appointed W. R. Allen to preside.
The Conference took action protesting against the celebration of our national holiday in a manner that endangers property and life, and recommending that it be celebrated in a patriotic and Christian manner, and in the interest of temperance.
W. J. Meredith was transferred from the Des Moines Conference, Samuel Barber from the St. Louis, C. H. Muse from the Indiana, A. J. Good from the Iowa, and J. D. Shelton from the Oklahoma.
C. M. Snyder, E. H. Tannehill, A. J. Morton, W. C. Brayeman, A. C. Northrop, A. L. Semans, C. H. Cowman and M. G. Terry were admitted on trial.
R. E. Diamond, H. A. Mauker, J. M. Allen and C. A. Falgren were discontinued.
J. A. Arnett, W. D. Schermerhorn, H. D. Wash- burn and D. E. French were ordained Deacons.
J. W. Bates, H. O. Holler, W. E. Scott and S. Bar- ber were ordained Elders.
J. A. Monroe transferred to Southern Kansas, E. H. Fleisher to Des Moines, W. S. Vandervor to Okla- homa, J. P. Allen to Kansas, A. L. Hazlett to Colorado, and A. L. Norfleet to Illinois Conference.
E. R. Zimmerman and E. S. Arrington had died. W. T. Selby withdrew.
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G. H. Woodward and E. P. Michener retired.
The session of 1902 met in Osborne, April 2d. Bishop W. F. Mallaliew presided. Hon. W. W. Par- sons, mayor of the city, was introduced and delivered an address of welcome, which was responded to by the Bishop.
C. B. Spencer of the Central Christian Advocate, L. H. Murlin, president of Baker University, and W. E. O'Kane, manager of the Kausal City Depository ; S. E. Betts, superintendent of Bethany Hospital, and R. A. Hoffman, representative of the Society for the Friendless, addressed the Conference. Dr. Neeley spoke concerning men's work for men.
On motion of B. T. Stauber, a communication was addressed to the President in reference to abhorrent diseases growing out of the immorality of officers and soldiers, in some of our foreign possessions, and re- questing that he exercise his authority to put a stop to this shame, by prohibitory orders, with severe penal- ties for their violation.
J. D. Harris was transferred from the Georgia Conference.
J. A. Templin, S. F. Graham, J. O. Barton, J. S. Davis, Oscar Gessell, L. M. Alexander, H. Fleisher, J. B. Gilmore, H. W. Wolfe and W. T. Allison were ad- mitted on trial.
N. S. Ragle, F. P. Raby, W. S. Brown, L. B. Tre- main, H. H. Bowen, H. J. Lorenz, C. W. Stevens, W. M. Dews and A. N. Smith were ordained Deacons.
R. E. Dunham, J. M. Sexton, C. H. Muse and A. H. Shelton were ordained Elders.
J. A. Arnett was transferred to Missouri.
E. W. Allen, R. B. Beaty and W. E. Jenkins retired.
Total conference collections were $13,168.
Claims on Conference fund, $1,800; paid on same, $805.
Bishop C. D. Foss held the twenty-first session of
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the Conference in the city of Stockton, April 2, 1903. Seventy-five members and sixteen probationers an- swered to roll call. Judge C. W. Smith made an ad- dress of welcome, to which the Bishop responded on behalf of the Conference.
A. P. George, field secretary of the Sunday School Union; W. E. Gross, representing the Book Concern ; S. E. Betts of Bethany Hospital, and E. A. Freden- hagen, of the Society for the Friendless were present and addressed the Conference.
H. D. Fisher made an address in the interest of temperance.
The Board of Bishops were requested to hold the Conference session in the month of March.
H. M. Templin was transferred in the Conference from the Newark.
S. B. Wardrip was readmitted on a certificate from the Kentucky Conference.
W. C. Brayman, C. H. Cowman, B. T. Hutchins, A. J. Morton, A. C. Northrop, J. N. See, A. L. Semans, E. H. Tannehill, M. G. Terry and C. M. Snyder were ordained Deacons.
W. O. Allen was transferred to Oklahoma, J. O. Osman to Missouri, J. D. Harris to Arkansas, H. M. Templin to Newark and, W. T. Allison to Oklahoma.
J. T. Shackelford, W. R. Allen, G. H. Cheney, M. L. Kerr, and G. M. Glick retired.
W. C. Brayman, C. H. Cowman, B. F. Hutchins, A. J. Morton, A. C. Northrop, J. N. See, C. M. Snyder, A. L. Semans, E. H. Tannenhill and M. G. Terry were ordained Deacons. N. W. Beauchamp was ordained an Elder.
Total benevolences were $9,299. Claims on Con- ference fund, $1,780; the whole of which was paid.
March 31, 1904, the Conference convened in its twenty-second session in the city of Salina. Bishop John W. Hamilton presiding. The Bishop with the
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assistance of the Presiding Elders, and the pastor of the church, administered the Sacrament.
Seventy-seven members and twelve probationers were present.
S. H. Pye, Dr. T. C. Iliff, C. B. Spencer, E. A. Fredenhagen, W. E. O'Kane, G. M. Burnett, of West Wisconsin Conference, R. V. Malony, Kansas Confer- ence. Miss Doebler, deaconess, C. C. Woods, of the S. W. Kansas, and M. E. Goodrich, of the West Vir- ginia Conference were introduced.
A. P. George, J. A. Davis and F C. Fay, a commit- tee on Conference boundary from the Southwest Kan- sas Conference, were also introduced; and A. N. See, F. L. Templin and C. W. Talmadge were appointed to confer with the above committee.
The Conference ordered that pastors report all benevolent collections, the amount paid on the Kan- sas Wesleyan debt, and the net increase in member- ship.
The term of office of three Presiding Elders closed at this time, and each received a token of appreciation from the District. J. H. Lockwood, a purse from the Beloit District, by C. W. Wynant, L. O. Housel, a purse from Norton, by J. M. Miller, and M. M. Stolz, a gold headed cane, by the Bishop, from Salina Dis- trict.
The Conference passed a resolution requesting Con- gress to submit a constitutional amendment prohibit- ing poligamy in the States and Territories of the United States.
Seven ballots were necessary before delegates were chosen to the General Conference. L. O. Housel was elected on the third ballot, and T. J. H. Taggart on the seventh. W. R. Allen and J. H. Lockwood were the alternates. T. W. Roach and F. D. Kemble were lay delegates and W. W. Walker and Maurice Brown, alternates. The General Conference was memoralized
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to devise a connectional plan for the better support of retired preachers.
J. C. Dana, H. H. Bowen, W. R. Allen, F. L. Temp- lin and L. B. Tremain were named a committee to gather historical matter. J. O. Borton, Harry Fleish- er, Oscar Gessell, J. B. Gilmore, L. M. Alexander, H. W. Wolfe, B. D. Brooks, L. A. Mckeever and J. R. Thompson were ordained Deacons, and U. S. Brown, W. M. Dews, H. J. Lorenz, F. P. Raby, N. S. Ragel, A. N. Smith, C. W. Stevens and L. B. Tremain were ordained Elders by John W. Hamilton, on April 4, 1904. The claims on the Conference were $2,425, all of which was met.
The twenty-third session of the Conference was held in Smith Center, April 5 to 10, 1905. Bishop I. W. Joice assisted by the Presiding Elders and the pastor of the charge, administered the Sacrament of the Lords' Supper, after which Conference was called to order, and the roll was called. Sixty-eight members and twelve probationers responded.
Dr. H. C. Jennings, J. T. McFarland and E. M. Randall were introduced. Dr. E. S. Dunham and Prof. Miller were invited to conduct Pentacostal services. An afternoon session was ordered and W. H. Sweet was appointed to preside. S. E. Betts, superintendent Old People's Home, addressed the Conference. J. S. Schuler and W. K. Harris, of the Virginia Conference, W. W. Hurlburt of the W. Wisconsin, J. M. Eldridge of the Upper Iowa, M. F. Loomis of the Michigan, D. W. Nichols, of Missouri, F. N. Stelson of S. Kansas, C. H. Seidel of Wisconsin, W. E. Uncapher of W. Ne- braska, and A. C. Koser of the Rock River Confer- ence were received by transfer. J. H. Lockwood was granted the Supernumerary relation. M. M. Stolz was granted the superannuated relation. Wilkie Clock, superintendent of Bethany Hospital, spoke in its interest. J. L. King on behalf of the pastors of
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the Concordia District, presented T. J. H. Taggart, the retiring Presiding Elder, a gold watch and a purse. C. W. Wynant was appointed to preach the Missionary sermon and W. D. Schermerhorn alternate. A. C. F. Schmidt, D. E. French, W. A. Phillippe, J. S. Davis, G. H. Christenbury, I. L. Mckean, W. A. Pierce, J. J. Mickey, W. S. Harper and J. A. Templin, were ordained Deacons. W. D. Schermerhorn, C. H. Cowman, E. H. Tannehill, W. C. Brayman, M. G. Terry, Errol V. Allen, H. C. Seidell, H. M. Templin, H. H. Bowen were ordained Elders by Bishop I. W. Joice in Smith Center on Sunday, April 9, 1905.
A committee consisting of H. H. Bowen, T. J. H. Taggart, W. D. Schermerhorn, R. S. Ruthledge and C. C. Wood was appointed to formulate rules of order for the government of the Conference session, and submit them to the Conference at its next session. E. H. Bailiff and T. H. James had died.
The total benevolences were $17,107. $2,499 were received and disbursed to Conference claimants. G. W. Morley, B. F. Rogers, J. W. Blundon and J. C. Walker were placed in the retired list.
The session of 1906 met in Jewell City, March 14th. Bishop Spellmyer was in charge, After the devotional services, the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was ad- ministered by the Bishop, assisted by the cabinet and pastor of the church, W. H. Neil.
U. S. Brown was elected secretary on the nomina- tion of F. D. Baker, L. A. Mckeever, H. O. Holter and C. W. Stevens were chosen assistants, R. E. Dun- ham was chosen Statistician and W. L. Cannon, Treas- urer.
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