Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
REV. F[[||: IS EXPELLED.
Methodist District Conference De.
clares Him Guilty Of Cheating
. Toledo Widow.
Expelled From the Ministry and
Membership Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Preachers Endow the English Bible
Chair at Cornell Radical TEN.
perance Resolutions

n,
4 Geneva, April 26.-The Marshalltowns
district conference of the n. u. church
closed its sessions here yesterday after
noon. The members OF the conference
expressed themselves as highly graft
fled at the work Of the sessions and
have many words of praise for the peo-
pie of Geneva for their cordial enter
tainment OF the visitors to their pro-
gressive little city. The case of Rev.
Fee, of Toledo. who was accused Of
having cheated widow In land deal
near that place some time since, was
decided Wednesday morning. The se-
lect committee appointed by the con-
ference early in the week brought in a
verdict of guilty as charged and the
conference accepted the committees
report. Feeswas then formally expelled
from the ministry and membership OF
the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev.
Fee, by his counsel, Rev. DIR. r. Swear
ingen, gave notice Of appealsto the next
annual conference. which meets at
Usage. Iowa, in October next.
Another important action taken up by
the conference was the appropriation
of $4,000 for the endowment of chair
of the English Bible at Cornell College.
The money can hardly he called an APP
preparation, as the sum was subscribed
by the preachers present at the confer
ence, after Professor Freer, of Cornell,
had presented the claims of that insti-
tuition. This makes $1,000 the preachers
OF this district have subscribed to Cor
nellsin the last two years.
The program as heretofore printed
was pretty generally followed and a
great deal of helpful suggestions for
church work were made by the speak
i.ers. The twentieth century fund was a
topic for general discussion and the fol-
lowing resolution. prepared by Revs.
j. G. Van Ness and Dewitt Clinton,
was adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
ministers and laymen of NIarshalltown
district. upper Iowa conference. assem-
bled at Geneva. Ia. April "a. 1900, that
in view of the magnificent work OF Cor-
nell College and the financial emergen-
scy now pressing 1t, that this district
ought to raise not less than $4,000 as
Its twentieth century Offering to the
f.
institution, and that we will welcome
DIR. King, its honored president; Pro-
| lessor Freer. one of its most efficient
professors; DR.. Crippen, its we'll chosen
agent, or any other accredited repre-
sentative. to our charges and most 10y
ally aid in its accomplishment of this
most worthy object.
\ The following is the resolution on
| temperance, prepared by committee
composed OF Revs. Pye. BrintnallS and
Silas Page. and which was adopted:
! The irrepressible conflict is upon
us. We must either fight the gigantic
evil Of intemperance and break his
bands asundels or as Christians and
citizens come into AFFECT servitude to
the greatest curse of our civilization.
We take our stand as loyal Method
lists, affirming our unalterable antagon-
| ism to every form and phase of intern
/ perance. We see reason for alarm in
1.-THE decision Of Attorney General Griggs
which nullified the action of the house
tof congress and made our boys in blue
4 legitimate prey for the evils of the
canteen. We insist that as AIethodists
| we can do no less than to refuse sup
port and sympathy to any form OF
]license, whether it be mulct. high Of
| How license
We condemn the mulct law for its
deceptive character and its evil effects
resulting in the return of the saloon tc
many portions of our fair state. the
multiplying of crime and the increasing
of taxes. We here and now declare that
we will not support by sympathy OF
vote any man or party which is in
league directly or indirectly with the
lliquor traffic"