St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-10
or THE METH0DSTc0RFERERcE
Complete Roster of Changes
Throughout the State.
4 NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS.
Proceedings Marked Yester-
day With Unusual Interest.
CHARGES AGAINST REV FOUS.

4eSterQay was the last QaV or the
! Methodist state conference, and. as
always happens, it was crowded with
/ business. there being three business
sessions held. At the forenoon session
the committee on the Deets trial report
ed that the charges had not been sus-
tanned, the Long Prairie divine being
! thus eXonerated.
Bishop Ninde was absent at the open
ing Of the session, and DR.. Chaffee oc-
CUPID the chair. At the business
meeting of the corporation the follow
Ing directors were elected:
). q. Green, j. ". ReycIle. J. c. Gull
/ lette, Frank DOran, Thomas Hambly, +.
+. Allen ana W. \. Shannon.
The committee OH education. Rev.
Frank Dorau, chairman. recommended
| the following appointments:
u. Il. BrIdgeman, as president, and
q. ). InniS TO the chair OF history in
Hamiine university. JabeZ Brooks TO
the chair OF Greek in the University OF
Minnesota; visitors to HamIinp, w. c.
RICE. Il. II. French, ;. Z. kerfOOt. Rob
ert ForJeS, {. 5. Piling, j. 7. Stout. c.
+. Sharpe: visitors to Garrett Biblical
/ institute, u. {. Jennings and {. B. VIII
cox.
The Epworth league committee re-
ported an increase in the conference of
thirty-tive senior and thIrty-fOur junior
chapters, and total increase in mum
beers OF I, $50, or IS per cent greater than
the year preceding.
The case OF Rev. 0. II. P. Fous. of
Mankato, was then considered. The
charges against him grew out of
/ family troubles. the pastor having quar-
relied with his wife.
Mr.. TOUS stated that ba was ready IN
meet the charges, Whereupon Reys.
David Morgan. W. c. Rice and Peter
/ Clare were appointed a committee TO
select committee of nine 10 hear the
charges. The following were selected:
J. ". Martin. I. f. Allen. q Nc
ClaTy, q. r. Greer. d. Tice. q. H.'Way
w. a. Putnam, L. Haley, F. A. Cone.
Joseph HOgg and j. L. FdTber were
appointed as counsel for the defense,
and L. L. HanscOm for the church.
The first Sunday IL September was
selected as veterans day, upon which
collection Will be taken up for the sup
port OF superanuated teachers.
DR.. Forbes, of the missionary COM
mittee. reported resolution asking the
board OF church extension to extend aid
TO Central Park and Clinton Avenue
churches. St. Paul. He backed the res
OluliOn with 4 fOrceful and eloquent
speech. cOncluSively showing that he
had FULLY recovered from his mental
malady OF a year ago.
At the afternoon session Rev. c. NJ.
Heard occupied the chair. the first
business being the report OF Conference
Secretary Robertson. VINO reported total
rCcet pts for benevolent and other pur-
poses amounting 10 $40. G6;j.;}5
Chairman Melier. Of The committee of
Inquiry into the case OF j. j. Mayhem.
reported the following:
Resolved, That we recommend the /
conference to eXpel j. j. Mayhem from /
the ministry of tie ". Z. church. upon /
the following grounds:
The deseTtion OF his family.
The leaving OF his conference work /
without permission"
The report was signed by the full :
committee.
Objections to the expulsion of
brother without trial were made. but
the report was adopted by large ma
jority.
Waymen is the Milaca minister VINO
deserted his family and church, and
whose present whereabouts are I'M
known. He ran of with another woman
and IS now supposed 10 be IN Australia. !
At last nights session of the Metho-
dist conference, which has been in daily
session since Tuesday last. the end
came. Bishop Ninde made the follow
ing announcement OF appointments for
the ensuing term:
DULUTH DISTRICT.
". a. Shannon. presiding elder, Du-
Iuth. MINI.
Biwabik and Mckinley. TO be sup
piled; BTaineTd. George West: Carlton.
TO be supplied; Clear Lake and Becker.
+. NJ. Taylor; Cl0quet, W. Il. SFemp;
Crow Wing and Port Ripley. to be sup
piled.
Duluth-First. J. VI. Thoburn Jr.:
| Grace. K. II. Craig: Lester Park, j. w.
! Heard: OneOta. L. Z. Merritt: West
Duluth. Robert Forbes.
Elk River and Otsego. D. j. Higgins;
! Ely. to be supplied: Finnish Mission.
/ to be supplied: Grand Rapids and La
/ Prairie, 10 he supplied: Indian Mission,
( 10 be supplied: Little Falls, @. r.
/ Geer: Milaca and FOrreston. to be
supplied: Mora, James Thompson;
/ Pine City. h. G.. Bible: North
Branch. r. 0. LaurasOn; Princeton cir
cult. to be supplied: ROyalton. Z. d.
/ Warren; Rush City, to be supplied:
! Santiago, Edwin Deacon: Sank Rapids,
/ II. II. SandeTson: LoudOn and Tower,
/ Arthur McCausland: Taylor's Falls. w.
! NJ JamisSOn: Two HarbOrs. K. L. Sny-
der: Virginia. to be supplied; Wyo-
ming. John DOran.
/ FERGUS FALLS DISTRICT.
/ c. P. Sharpe, presiding elder, Fergus
| Falls, Mimi.
Ada. r. K. Chapman: Alexandria. c.
/ W. Lawson: Appleton. Z. L. Ferris;
/. Argyle. to be supplied; BarnesYille. to
be supplied; Bellingham and Madison,
/ y. L. Earber; Breckenridge, L. Z. Res
seger; Beardsley and Stephney. q
q. VALENTINE: Browns Valley, a. II.
Gamble: Clearwater. ". II. BarkalOo:
Clinton and Custer, James W. Valen-
tyne; CTookston. to be supplied: Deer
Creek and Battle Lake. William Rice:
Detroit. c. L. Davenport: Eagle Bend.
j. w. Booen: Fergus Falls, j. II. Cud-
lipp; Fisher ana Mallory, Thomas
Billing; Granite Falls. to be
| supplied; Grass Lake and Lyman Prai-
! RE, g. {. Tindal: Hawley and Keene.
Abraham Neelands: Hereford and
Campbell, to be supplied; Herman,
! William Pickard: Hubbard. S. Z. Kauf-
mann; Long Prairie. B. T. Kephart:
/ MelTOse. TO be supplied: MOnteYideo. 5.
5. Farley: MOOThead. Carl y. Anderson:
Morris, Joseph Hogg; New London. to
be supplied; Ortonvllle, d. Z. Wilson;
Osakis. I. Z. Ross; Park Rapids aud
! Osage.C. Z. Shepherd: Parker's P rairie.
De- n. FD,,- er-=t IN
10 Oe SGppiltu. 4 ueSNII4e. u \. May
nard; Pelican Rapids, to be sup
piled: Perham and Mason City,
TO be supplied; Sank Center, F. W.
Hart: Staples and Motley, {. H.Nichol-
sen: ST. Cloud First. J. II. Demart; St.
Cloud Mission, TO be supplied; st.
Hnaire and Thief River Falls, George
Willett; Verndale, to be supplied:
Willard. q. II. Marvin: Wadena. NJ. W.
Davis; Warren. c. B. Brecount; Will
( mar. to be supplied.
AIANKATO DISTRICT.
John Stafford. presiding elder, Man.
kato. MINI.
Adrian, W. H. Robinson; Alden and
Freeborn, Frank Parr; Amboy, j. E.
Keehout: Beamer Creek 10 be supplied;
Blue Earth City. Samuel EIlery; Candy,
10 be supplied: Cleveland, c. Z. Hawk
ms: DeleYan. 7. ]. Brown: EAGLE Lake