Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-04
CHURCH INSURANCE.
Report Organizing Company Adopted
by the Methodist Conference.
bishops McCabe and Cranston Consecrated
One thousand Dollars to he Expend-
ed Toward Aiding the Publication
of HymnaI for Danish and
Norwegian Congregations.


of HymnaI for Danish and
Norwegian Congregations.
CLEVELAND, O., May 2T.-The gen.
eral conference was presided over by
Bishop Ninde Tuesday morning. The
judiciary committee reported and the
conference acted on large number of
appeals
When tine celebrated Baltimore
amendment was before the annual con-
ferences the New York east conference
refused To act on it.
Joseph Pullman thought the confer
ence had no right to refuse to vote on
the question and accordingly appealed
To the general conference. "A. j. Ky
nett said that this matter of refusal
was a most important question. ~
few of the annual conferences he
said, might in the future succeed in
defeating an amendment by refusing
To vote ON it."
The committee recommended that no
appeal be entertained
A committee of five was appointed
on complimentary resolutions.
A dozen motions were made by
chairmen of committees to supend the
rules in order To present reports. They
were voted down.
Several times the delegates became
greatly excited, and at times it looked
rs though a row was imminent.
The committee on book concern
wanted the conference to appoint a
book editor. DIR. John Lanahan said
that the multiplication of offices was
one of the greatest evils of the meet
ings Oft the general conference. There
is now an Office for every IL members
of this conference" said he. Il hope
the report will not be adopted"
1t was decided to have a book editor,
just the same.
rharles Csrdwell McCabe. Earl
Cranston and Joseph c. Hartzell were
eonsecrate6 as bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Central armory
Tuesday morning. There was an i'm
mense congregation present, nearly
every seat in the big auditorium being
filled. The conservation was most i'm
pressive.
CLEVELAND, o., May 2s.-The feature
of the general conference of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church was the adop-
ton of the resolution providing for an
immense church insurance company
competing with the great companies OF
| the world. The session was excited
| and confusion reigned all morning.
The conference wrangled for a hall
| hour over the adoption of resolutions
providing for n constitutional commit.
tee. 1t will be composed of six minis
/ tiers, six laymcn and three bishops and
will report to the general conference
of 1900. 1t was decided to spend 81 ,OOl
toward aiding in the publication of q
| hymeneal for the use of the Danish anC
| Norwegian congressions.
The committee on the state of the
church reported in favor of organizing
| a mutual church insurance company
| the affairs to be in charge of board
of insurance and the company to do q
general fire, lightning and tornado
| business.
Then Gen Rusting called for vote
by orders. This means separate
vote by the ministerial and by the lay
delegates. A negative vote by either
division defeats a proposition. 1t re
/ quires a third of either order to have
n vote by orders. The call for n vote
| by orders was not sustained.
The report organizing an insurance
company was then adopted amid great
enthusiasm. -
CLEVELAND, o., May 29.-The Tween
| ty-seventh general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, which for
four weeks has absorbed the attention
of the religious world, is thing of the
past With the fall of the gavel in the
hand of Bishop Morrill, at leo D. NJ,
Thursday, the conference and its acts
passed into history.
On the great questions which have
| absorbed the attention of the church.
it has done practically nothing. The
question of a woman's eligibility to sit
in the general conference is exactly
/ where it was before.
The Constitutional revision has not
proceeded step beyond where it was
| eight years ago. The conference
straddled most effectively on the mat
/ ter of lay representation. 1t adopted
disciplinary clause providing fol-
equal lay and clerical representation
in the general conference, knowing
that it would not, in all probability, re-
ceive the necessary three-fourths vote
in the annual conferences, but gave
them the right to sit separated in the
general conference.
DIR. Mitchell, secretary of the com
mittee on boundaries, presented re-
port fixing the boundaries of lea con.
ferenees, and 90 missionary conference.
at home and abroad and including 81
enabling acts. 1t was adopted without
debate. A second report, fixing the
number of members essential to the
organization of a new conference al
80, instead of 20, was laid on the table
At half-past IL O'Clock the final pano
ruma was placed on the stage by DR.
Buckley, who rose to move that, ne
cording to custom, all further reports
of committees be laid ON the table and
that the roll be called for the presen
tation of the usual vote of thanks.
The closing hymn, "Labors in the
Vineyard vas then sang.
Bishop Bowman offered the closing
prayer. Bishop Foster pronounced the
benedict.On and the delegates fled out