The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-19
CONFERENCE WORK
AT ALLIANCE.
What the Methodist Preachers
Are Doing in the Session.
THE HOME FOR THE AGED.
President Mckinley Made One OF the rrus
tees, Together with DIR. q. e.
Manchester of This City
Conference Notes.
Special to News-Democrat.

SpGGldl W 4NeWS-DeTnOCrat.
Alliance, Sept. 16.-At the NJ. E. con-
ference Friday short addesses we're
then delivered by a number of promi-
nent men among them being DR.. c. w.
Smith, of the Pittsburg Christian Ad-
Yocate; DR.. Neal, of the India confer
ence; DR.. Berry, editor of the Epworth
Herald, and DR.. Buel, of Boston Theo-
logical Seminary.
President William Mckinley, Mrs. A.
b. Chapman and DR.. c. E. Manchester
were appointed trustees of the NJ. E.
home for the aged at Yellow Springs, o.
President Mckinley wired his accent
ance which was read before confer
| ence.
| The following trial members Of the
second years class presented them
selves for examination: William
Fatherley, r. H. Scott, L. H. LePage.
II. w. Stewart, w. H. Talmadge. w.
s. jenkins, S. NJ. Chalker, w. p. Bax-
ter Edwin Kirby and Joseph NJ Shep-
ley. Myric E. Evans, Of the third
year class also reported. The bishop
delivered a strong address to the pros
pective ministers, urging them to be
good, square men wherever thew are
and to have as their object the destruc-
ton of the kingdom of satan. He ad-
Vlsed them to read good books but not
| TOO much of the newspapers
| The election of delegates to the gem
eral conference at Chicago, one of the
| most important matters to come be-
fore the conference was next in order.
Ministerial and lay caucusses were
! held at 2:45 o'clock; a Joint caucuss was
| q In hA
CuSSeS. The laymen reported the fol-
| flowing elected
Delegates-S. j. Williams, Alliance.
and f. A. Arter Cleveland.
Alternates-Arza Alderman, Cam
bridge, and Joseph Chapman, Paines-
VILE
Provisional delegates-Judge J. A.
Mansfield, Steubenville; Robert Boyce,
KensingtOn; j. O. Pugh and Robert
White, BarnesVille.
| Provisional alternateS-C p Ser
geant and j. D. Richards
The ministers reported only four Of
their six delegates elected as follows.
DR.. A. NJ. Craft, Youngstown: DR.. r.
w. Lane, Alliance; DIR. L. H. Stewart
Cleveland, and DR. II. S. Jackson,
Steubenville. Bishop Mallalieu ordered
them to continue balloting at the close
of the joint conference and then ad-
dessed the newly elected delegates and
the immense audience present on the
place this conference holds in Meth
odism, He commended it for the splen-
did men raised within it's borders and
advised the members to put more
money in educational institutions, to
be loyal to the church, to put down the
saloon not to read or advertise in Sun
day newspapers, not to dance, attend
theaters, use tobacco or practice any
of the numerous other petty vices.
At the close of the speech the minis
ters again went into caucus and after
two more ballots elected DR.. G.. B.
Smith, of Alliance, as delegate. They
then adjourned to resume balloting
Saturday morning.
The conference yesterday transact
ed considerable important business. A
principle feature of the day was the re-
CeptiOn of the verdict in the trial Of
Rev. d. S. WelCh, of Macksburg, who,
as has been stated in the News-Demo-
Crat, was charged with using fraudu-
lent and improper means to secure a
| divorce. The trial began at 2 o'clock
| Thursday in the Lutheran church be-
| hind closed doors and was conducted
by a committee of eleven with a presi-
dent, secretary and counsel for each
side. The trial continued until after
midnight and was quite racy While
the testimony indicated the guilt of the
wife, the reverend was shown to have
been guilty of conduct unbecoming a
minister and the following verdict was
presented to conference: The charges
against D. S. WelCh are sustained and
he is hereby expelled from the East
| Ohio conference and the Methodist
| Episcopal church.
DIR. HOLMES CHOSEN.
Alliance, Sept. 16.-Last nights pro-
gram consisted of the anniversary OF
the missionary society at which ad-
dresses were delivered by prominent
women on the work of the society.
| This was followed by the anniversary
of the educational society at which
| President Bashford of the Ohio Wes-
leyan University delivered the principle
address.
| This morning balloting for ministe-
! rial delegates to the general conference
was resumed. DR.. Holmes was elected
on the fifth ballot. This completed the
list and balloting for two reserve del
egates was begun. No choice had been
reached at II o'clock and balloting was
| still in progress.
| Addresses during balloting were de-
| livered by Miss Isabella Thoburn, a
missionary; DIR. Thirkeel, of the At
lanta Theological Seminary; Rev.
Arthur Stables, president of Beaver
college; DR.. r. M. Freshwater, presi-
| dent-elect of Baldwin Wallace Univer-
sity, and DIR. j. w. Bashford, president
of the Ohio Wesleyan University. He
advocated a policy of the State Univer-
sity supplementing instead of parallel
| ing the work of the religious schools.
AS a result of his speech a resolution
was adopted to petition the legislature
| to change the present system In force at
the State University and make 1t post
graduate school for all the other COL
lleges in the state