The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-25
ANNUAL MEETING PLACE
OF NJ. E. CONFERENCE MAY BE FIXED
AT ROME CITY PARK.
Miners Disagree on signing Chicago
ScaIe-AIl Glass Works May Be
Tied Up with strikes.


/ Special 10 tne indianapolis journal
| HARTFORD CITY. Ind. March 24.-One
OF the more important questions being agi-
tated in the NJ. E. conference now in ses-
sion here will be to consider plans for hold
ing the annual meeung. Heretofore the
conference has moved from town to town,
as the votes of the members have decided,
| and, as a consequence, some of the towns
have not been large enough to accommo
date the conference visitors. No town in
the bounds of the conference possesses suf-
hclent hotel facilities to lodge and board
the Z5O preachers, their families and the lay
men, who turn out in large numbers. In
most towns where the conference has been
neld in the past the ministers have been
crowded into private houses, where the &C
commodations, although proffered in hos
pltable spirit, have been inadequate fire.
quently. The ministers often suffer dis
comforts from being thus crowded together.
The disposition manifested by the majority
OF the members of the conference seems to
center on the selection of a permanent
place of meeting and changing the time of
meeting from March to better time of the
year and holding the conference at some
place capable Of being a summer resort, like
Winona, the beautiful meeting place of the
Presbyterians. A two weeks meeting is
held each year at Rome City by the Island
Park Chautauqua Assembly. which is
trolled by the ministers of the Methodist
Church, Rev. Naftzger of Muncie, being
the secretary and treasurer of the assem-
bly,. This place is always attended by a
great many Methodists and it may be that
it will be the place selected. Here tofore the
conference has been dreaded by ministers
on account Of the cramped accommodations,
but with a place like Rome City it is
thought the ministers will attend with their
families, and an additional week of vacation
taken and camp life INDUCED in. Under
such c1rcumStan 1t is argued that the
annual conference which has been so
dreaded, would be suggestive of pleasurable
ANTICIPATION The Hartford City accommo-
dations have been unsurpassed, and the
ministers are not backward in so express
ing themselves. Portland and Decatur are
the principal contestants for the next con-
ference should the great body vote to con-
trict.
The case of DR.. j. NJ Driver the Marion
preacher, against whom there are some Sc
rlous charges, is giving the conference more
trouble than the ministers care to admit
Yesterday representative of a Marion
newspaper came to the city and informed
the newspapers that the rumors in regard
to Driver were. without the slightest foun-
Gatlon notwithstanding his paper was the
1irst to publicly announce the rumors. He
stated that for three months his paper had
had detective on the trail of Driver, and
no evidence could be found against him.
To-day another representative of an opposi-
ton newspaper arrived in the city and an
nounced that the statement of the preced-
Ing newspaper emissaTy was false. and that
ne had been sent here by the friends of
Driver to secure friendly support from the
Hartford City newspapers. The case is be-
coming more complicated. To-day. at the
request OF Rev: j. NJ. Driver. the presiding
elder moved effectively that his case be re-
ferred to a committee of five. Bishop
Fowler appointed the following to investi-
gate the rumors: M. Mahin; J; H. Jackson,
G. N. Hill, ]. w. WEIGH and r. l.. Seaman
Driver brought the following letter from
the Marion church members:
TO Whom it May Concern--We, the I'M
de; de dsiag1nd, having made such exam;
to the anonymous letters received
by Mrs. Driver, directed to Dr.
been circulated would respectfully say
that, in our opinion there is evidence
whatever to in any way incriminate DR.. j.
M. Driver William Wharton. trustee; A.
Greenman; c. F. Marter, leader; G. A. Os-
born. trustee; ]. A Fellbrown superintend-
ent Sunday school."1dsb sd5 i
few absentees, nearly all of whom were
accounted for. AT the conclusion of the roll
call Rev. H. N. Herrick nominated Rev. L.
J. Naftzerger, Of Mu1cie secretary, and he
was unanimously elected. Rev l.. c. Neal
was chosen statistical secretary: Rev c. c.
Cissell, treasurer: Stephen NJ. Merrill pres
ident: l.. A. Beeks. e. T. Greggans, w. NJ
Nelson: assistant secretaries; j. E. Erwin
and Eli B. Westhafer, railroad secretaries;
Lewis Reeves; assistant statistical secre-
tary; E. F Albertson. W, w; Martin M J. E.
land, assistant secretaries.
Jasper N. Jackson and Miss Leila Tod
hunter, both of Kokomo, came here yester-
day and were married last evening by Rev.
L. A. Beeks, of this city, assisted by Rev
Charles E. White, of Kokomo. The mar
rage ceremony occurred at the M E. par
week of the NJ. E. conference in this ' city w