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Show TODAY'S TELK0KA.MS. llmlncs 111 fore Hie Irlhoillsl (onrer- i nee si this Morning's Session. A rATAL MINE DISASTER IN SEIQIUM. liAllroad Men In lliejrniie, fljoiitlng. Ilfemtng's Ivrnilloii. Congress, ftr Telrcrapli u lie Naws i Ihe Heltiodlsl lenleeeuee. Omaha, May 0 -Ill-hop lncent presided at the morning's eeetlon of the Metho list conleniiic. The first business n as the call cf the roll for reftntallou or reio utlous, memorials, Klltli tie. Dr. Hammond , Hiu Frtnilci, olfVrexl a resolution In releience to the enlerlalnmsnt if the uelt genirul conference. A matter was riierrnl t asiiclalconimlt ei. A risolutlon tailing on thu committee on hi lacopaiy t ascertain If either of the missionary blsho.a hal ordained auj-bolyeutsfle auj-bolyeutsfle f their scll lerrllory, wir referred lo that siiclal comuilllee. It Is understood lllihop Taylor, of Africa, was ordalneil a minister while In I mthtnd. A resolution that no un excused ill legale, who iearet liefore thellusuoftheootlfcrence Shall liavu hie ens u,i raid was referred to the committee of couftrencu arrange-mi arrange-mi nta. Iter. II, P. Williams, ol Iowa. oUrrril a resolution declaring the use of tobacco In aur furm unchristian and hsrm'u). Itercrred to the commit-tie commit-tie on tenitrance. Ihe time fur Ihe election of olllcert waa flic! for May litli. A resolution for the Investigation of Grant Unlrtislty, Chattauooga,Tiun , on the ground of telng extravagantly extrava-gantly managed and having a much too large corpt ol teachers tmployrd. was referred to the commit tee of the rreeutuaii'a Aid aud r-nultiern lMuralloti. I)r. J. M. King, New Vork, oOered a resolution for an amendment lo the Constitution of tho United Mtatet looking to the protection of Ihe public schools aialnst the tell-glout tell-glout encroachments, an I lode fine the attitude of tho churchre toward tliu tchools, au I asked tho conference to endorse the billon the tuljoct, which haabeenireparnl upon the complete divorcement of Church aud ritate The resolution waiadoleil wlthaiplaute. Ur. King tillered another resolution, declaring Ihe appropriation if money by the government for euleetattlcal education not In accord with the rln i Iplea of constitution, and thatchurchea should receive money front tho government govern-ment fur thee Jucatlon of the Indians. Dr. Klug strongly a Jvocited the tuas-age tuas-age of tils risolutlon, saying thatthe Methodist churcti never received a dullnr lor the oJucatliu ol the ludlant, from Iheguvernmtnt. Hjuie members of the Mithollet churcti had dune to, but not the ihurch, while the falhollo church receive,! two million The resolution was unanimously adopted. The miuest that Ihe uext general conference con-ference be held lu Cleveland wat referred re-ferred to a ommlltee on i onference eu lettalnmeuli. |
