Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-10
CLOSE Of CONFERENCE
Final Session Of Upper Iowa Minis.
ters' Meeting at Waterloo-Ap.
pointments Made.
Warm Discussion Over Proposition
to Blacklist Ministers Indebted
To Book Concern.
The Army Canteen Denounced and
Sunday Newspapers and Sunday
Excursions Scored.

Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo, Oct. 1O-Yesterday was the
closing day OF the upper Iowa confer
ence. The forenoon was devoted large
ly to the reading of the reports of vari-
GUS standing committees and the adop-
ton or rejection of such recommended
lions as they made. Considerable
warmth was shown by various speak
ers, especially in connection with the
report of the committee on book ac-
counts. This committee recommended
that cases of those ministers who failed
to make a settlement of their Indebted
ness to the Methodist Book Concern
should be referred to the committee on
conference relations or their names
read out in open conference" 1t was
the last clause of the recommendation
that aroused opposition. One member
opposed it because he did not believe
that the claim of the book concern
should be made preferred claim over
those of "the butcher, the baker and
lcandlestick maker" He thought that if
the conference was to exercise pressure
of this sort to compel slow-paying par
sons to settle up with an institution of
the church it ought to use similar
means to compel the payment of gro
Gerry and dry goods bills due the local
tradesmen. Another opposed it because
he believed that the book concern was
not infallible and that there might be
satisfactory explanations given in many
cases for non-payment of the debt. The
part of the Recommendation which pros
posed the reading of the names in open
conference was eliminated and the bal
ance of the reported adopted.
Among the resolutions reported by the
committee on temperance was one de-
nouncing the army canteen and de-
handing it's abolition. The resolutions
further declared that all members of
the Methodist church endowed with the
franchise should exercise it against the
licensing of the liquor traffic or other
Immoral lines of business under any
| guise Whatsoever.
| The committee on Sabbath observ-
ance presented resolutions against Sun
day newspapers and Sunday excursions
upon the railroads, which were adopted
with applause.
The committee on statistics presented
some interesting facts with regard to
the condition of the church within the
hounds of this conference, which COM
iprises about one-fourth of the state of
Iowa. The following items are culled
| from this report:
Members 5000
/ Probationers ... lbs
i Number Sundy schools .. $50
Number teachers in S. S. 4.351
Number pupils in S. S.. 81 $50
Number of churches 1893
lyalue of churches ............... 81 ,343, l25
| Number of parsonages 1863
IValue Observation-Disclosures 246,l25
/ The following figures are from the re-
port of the conference treasurer, Rev.
e. j. Lockwood and give the contribu-
jtions for the various church benevo-
lences during the year just ended:
Domestic missions ................. 1,ol6
| Missions ........................ 'oSe
lChurch extension .......... 2913
Sunday School Union .............. 4i9
.I,rract Society All
| Freed mans Aid ........... 2,TI6
4 Public education ..... 2,475
C,hildren,s fund .. S32
i Rihla Society 416
|Woman,s Foreign Mission ......... 1854
/ w Home Missionary Society.. 4,50S
1 Hosnitals Sos
/ Conference claimants . 5000
Episcopal fund Observation-Disclosures. ll94
4 Total Observation-Disclosures. SD. $50
The appointment of pastors was not
Icompleted until late in the afternoon.
4 There was very perceptible anxiety
|shown on the part of the clergymen as
1.-The hour drew nigh for the announce
Iment of their fate 1t is probable that
i some were not suited, but no one has
Expressed any doubt that Bishop Me-
ICabe has done the best in his power,
with the information in his possession,
to serve the interests of the church and
1.-The cause for which the church stands.
The following is the list of appoint
ments:
CEDAR FALLS DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder-J. c. Magee, Cedar
Falls.
Allison-J. w. Bachelor.
Brandon-R. NJ. Alderman.
Cedar Falls-F. w. Luce.
Clarksville-E. B. Downs.
Coldwater-H. t. Crawford
Dumont-F. 7. Heatly.
ederika-Supplied by E. p. Stubbs
Geneseo-John Bretnall.
Greene-George E. Shear.
EVANSVILLE. D. Perry
GAINESVILLE East. G. Youns.
Kensett-C. E. Hodges.
I.aPorte City-R. d. Black.
Marble Rock-D. N. Howe
Mount Auburn-F. X. Mile
Nashua--W b. Davis.
A New Hartford--J. H. Hayward
Nora Springs-T. H. Sheckler
Northwood-Frank Cole.
Parkersburg-S. r. Ferguson
Plainfield-W. II. Smith.
Plyrnouth-F. P. Cassidy.
Powersvile-Su by Charles Do
Ian.
Raymond-W. n. Lusted.
Rockford-W. H. Lemen.
Rudd-T. j. Elwick.
Shell Rock-Walter Piper
sumner-W w Robinson.
waterloo-First, w. S. Craft; Grace
T. NJ. Evans.
Waverly-R. d. Parsons.
CEDAR RAPIDS DISTRICT.
Presiding Eder-W. w. Carlton, Mt
Vernon.
Alburnett and Paris-John Eidredge
], Anamosa--J. F. Black.