St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-24
The Pastor Proceeds to InveS-
tigate Charges Against
Four Members.
But Is Suddenly Halted by an
Injunction Granted by
the Court.
The Sale Of the Stockyards
Confirmed by a Chicago
Telegram.
Hard Characters Enjoy a Cut
ting Serape in a Rum
Shop.

The fight which for some time.past has
been disrupting the various churches of
the Evangelical Association of North
America. and which has led to the eX-
pulslon of all the bishops of that church,
Dubs, Esher and Bowman, in different
parts of the country, has been trans
ferred in slight degree to st. Paul.
The Emmanuel church of the Evangel-
ical association, at st. Paul, is perhaps
one of the largest and most wealthy con-
gregations Of the association. and fully
nine-tenths of its members side with
Bishop Dubs and against Bishop ESher,
and it is claimed by the members of
that church that Bishop Esher was
regularly deposed and expelled from
the association on March 21, A. D. 1890.
at Reading, Pa. but regardless of that
fact Bishop Esher came to Minnesota in
May of this year and presided as bishop
over the Minnesota conference.
The members of the Emmanuel church
at st. Paul presented to the Minnesota
conference a strong protest against
Bishop Esher presiding at that confer
ence, aud the resolutions were couched
in terms not very complimentary to the
bishop. Bishop Esher then appointed
Rev. Henry E. LinSe, of st. Paul, a
minister friendly to him, as presiding
elder of the ST. Paul district and armed
him with special instructions to look
after the Emmanuel church.
Rev. Linse proceeded at once, to the
best of his ability. to make it warm for
the recalcitrant members who had
dared to take an active part in passing
resolutions against the good bishop, and
OH the 18th of July last preferred the fol-
lowing unique charges against four of
the main props or pillars OF the church:
Charges against John Norman, Martin
Hausam, Frederick Althen and August
Schacht
First-Whereas you, John Norman, Martin
Hausam, Frederick Anthem and August
Schacht, against The advice OF the preacher,
passed a resolution in the meeting OF said as
socation to make a loan and mortgage our
church property without the consent of the
Minnesota conference. This is against the
regulations of our church and against the
constitution of said society.
Second-Whereas you, John Norman, Mar
tin Hausam, Frederick Althen and August
Schacht made motions in the congregation
meeting on evening OF the 2Sth OF April, AID.
1890 and the same being carried, that were
against the regulations of our church and
against their own constitution and against
Christian behavior.
Third-You, John Norman, Martin Hau-
sam. Frederick Anthem and August Schacht,
circulated petition to stop the elder OF the
St Paul district in holding meeting in their
church, which was a misdemeanor against
the regulations of the Evangelical church
and the Minnesota conference and against
the constitution of the church.
GSigned1 H. E. L1NsE.
The elder appointed committee to
meet yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at
the church to proceed with the trial.
The defendants, however, were not sat
iSfed with the nice arrangement made
for their expulsion, judging from the
facts set forth in their petition for an
injunction against III. E. LinSe, filed yes
terday morning in the clerks office by
w. G. Goforth, their attorney.
|. IS In the petition they allege that the
charges aforesaid are wholly false, and
that the defendant, II. E. Llnse, we'll
knew that said charges and the whole
of them were so false, and that said
charges, if true. would not constitute
any neglect of duty of any kind nor inn
prudent conduct nor disObsdience to
the order or discipline OF said church,
nor any OffenSe against said church, Its
discipline or laws.
U.They further charge that 81. E. Linse
selected and appointed the committee
before whom they were to be tried in
violation Of the discipline, laws and
regulations of said church, and thatsaid
committee had no Jurisdiction to hear
said charges. They further alleged on
information and belief that collusive
arrangement was made between LinSe
and the committee by which the con-
viction of the parties and their eXpul-
sion from the church was certainty.
Upon the petition Judge Kelly. OF the
district court. issued an injunction re-
straining the defendant, Linse, from
prosecuting the parties on the charges
before the committee selected by him,
and ordering him to appear at the spe-
cial term of the district court on Sept.
next to show cause why the injunction
should not be continued.
This injunction was duly served by
the sheriff upon Rev. Linse as he was
marching at the head of the column of
his committee into the church, and for
the time being completely routed him
and his cohorts.
There is considerable diSaffection in
the church, the cause Of which is some
what remote. Last May many of the
members. among them the four named
above, petitioned the conference that
they would have their minister, Rev. E.
l.. Stagner, returned to them, or they
would have no one. This was consid-
cred rank inSubordinatlOn.a and. although
the minister is returned, it is said now
that the present prosecution is a piece
of revenge.