St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-15
The tellers announced the result of

The tellerS announced the result OF |
elections made in the forenoon. Rev. |
l.. nj. Biorn. of Zumbrota, received 129. |
and Rev. L. Ii. Dahl. of Stoughton, |
Wis, 259 votes for vice president, and !
the latter was declared elected. OF a |
total vote of AS cast for secretary, Rev.
Tn. Eggen. of Grand Forks, had re-
ceived IS; Rev. &. Rasmussen, of Madi-
son, Wis, 46; Rev. l.. Thorkyeen, of st.
James, Mimi. 81. and Rev. j. G. Jen-
sen, .of Clinton. Wis, 23l. The latter
was declared elected, and, having ex-
pressed his thanks to the conference for
the honor conferred upon him, he took
the secretary:s sea. and went to work.
Hon. Lars Swenson was reelected
treasurer, the vote being $50 for Sven
son and scattering.
liver Larsen, of DEBORAH. To-, in the
capacity of chairman Of the board OF
trustees of the United church, read a
lengthy report, the first part Of it being
IL full review of the transactions con-
nected with the law suit for the posses
sion of the Augsburg Publishing house.
The audience was we'll posted
on this subject, still they listened
to Mr.. Larsen's review of the celebrated
! case with evident eagerness. AS to the
! United church seminary, he informed
i the church that whole block. consisting
of twenty lots, and located i'll South
Minneapolis, can be had as site for it
on very easy terms. and other
] tracts of land have also been offered
at low rates. Mr.. Larsen suggested
| that a special committee be elected to
confer with the parties offering land;
| bur, in his opinion, the seminary ought
| to be located either in Minneapolis or
| st. Paul. He also proposed that new
dormltory be erected at the normal
school at Madison, MINI.
] Different parties, he said, have notl-
| fed the board OF directors that they are
willing to establish legacies, but as the
| church has made no provision for such
| emergencies the board did not feel like
doing anything in that line. Larsen
closed his report by recommending a
reduction of many items of expenses.
Prof. NJ. y. Boecknaa, the president
| OF the United Church seminary, sub
/ mitted full report of the condition OF
the year is SO in the divinity class and
| 60 in the other departments. The fol-
! lowing were graduated from the the0-
! logical class June 6:
] j. S. Froiland, o. J. Hagen, E. Low
land, J. E. Madsen and C. H. Biorn.
| Prof. A Tuye. the principal of Au-
gustana college, Canton. S. D., reported
that the attendance for the year was
$40, and that the number of graduates
! for the year was five. Receipts of the
college, S4,930.66: expenditures, S.
| 042. 10.
! Rev. Gerhard Rasmussen, of Madison,
Wis, read the report of the committee
OH missions, showing that the mission
aries Hogstad and Tan had been very
active in converting thesheathen Of the
island of Madagascar. EOrtN-four min
listers had received support from the
home mission fund during the year.
Rev. l.. Lend, of ,Menoininee. Wis,
! reported that receipts for all missions
during the year aggregated nearly ST.
QUO, and that the Madagascar fund now
| amounts to about $1,000.
/! Revs. A. H. Jevre and N. b. Tvedt
| were admitted into the United church.
The committee on credentials re-
ported a number of new arrivals. and al
! the close of the session 542 men were
| entitled to vote. About dozen guests
have been made advisory members Of
the meeting.
| just before adjeurning for the day the
conference decided to devote this fore.
noon to the discussion of the parochial
and Sunday school question.
Rev. N. B. fYedt preached last night.