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Show METHODISTS ADJOURN. I Moat Remarkable Gathering In I Church'e History at an End. j It waa aftor midnight on Sunday when the general conference of the Molhodlat Episcopal church closed IU session at Loa Angclca. The conference Just closed haa ao-eoniplllied ao-eoniplllied much for the Interest of the Mothodlat church and will go down In church hititnry aa one of tho most Important In the point of legislative legis-lative action. The action of the general conference confer-ence In retiring five bishops and electing elect-ing olovon others probably attracted the wldost attontlon of any other single happening; but there wore many other subjects that affected tho great membership of the church and which wore watched with doop Inter-Gat. Inter-Gat. Among thoso wero: The decision to atnnd by the present pres-ent attitude of tho church on tho subject sub-ject of prohibited amusements; tho refusal to return to the time limit of pastoral sorvlro; tho exonerating of certain theological schools of the charge of heretical teachings: the unification of tho Methodist publishing publish-ing houses; tho consolidation of the boards of church benevolences; providing pro-viding moans of supiairt for superannuated super-annuated bishops; creating a conimls-alon conimls-alon to revjso tho commission ap- pointed four years ago tn bring tht various brnnchns of MothodlBtn closer together In the nso of common prayer book, hymnnl and cntochlstnj a referendum of the much-discussed question of a colored bishop, and many nthor mutters of smaller Importance |