The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-12
DR.. BENJAMIN. AHEAD
Charges Against Him. in Conference
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MILWAUKEE, visit was not seri-
Gus offense that the.sRev DR.. Benjamin
was charged with-that of being an edi-
tor-and when the Methodist Episcopal
conference reassembled this afternoon the
matter was dropped. It was charged that
DR.. Benjamin continued to edit an Osh-
kesh religious paper after, being warned
to stop it by Bishop Joyce and others,
who believed that such work interfered
with his duties as presiding elder of the
Fond du Lac district. .-..".. il.s.s.:,.s: ,.s..
A committee. from. the district waited
upon. the bishop and, presented reasons
why DR.. Benjamin. should not be reap
pointed, and the bishop referred the mat
ter to a committee consisting Of Revs.
Messrs. J. S. Lean Of Waukesha, George
H. Trever Of Whitewtaer, and Andrew
Potter of Delevan..SS* They decided that
there was not sufficient evidence to sub
stantiate the charges. ,',. .... - :..~
It was thought Milwaukee day at the
state fair would be a record breaker for
attendance, built was not. the weather
being cold and cloudy, keeping the attend
ance down to about $4,000. The fair Is
a great success in every respect, the
financial statement issued last night
showing there will5be no deficit. ms
Notice was served ON fair officials yes
terday that not aEblooded horse, COW, per
of swine or cage Of poultry will be ex-
hibited at any state fair in the middle
west next year unless the railroads grant
a. fiat rate Of one half the ordinary tariff
charges on all exhibits. ~
| This is the ediet8cf the National Stock
| Exhibitors union,. organized at the state
! fair grounds. The9{otficers elected were
President, G.. H. ETrone, Rushville. Ind.
secretary E. NJ. Moore, Orchard Lake
Mich, and treasurer, w. A. Briggs, Elk
horn, Wis. "a - 49,. .,r<'--.s.:
" HUTcHiNsoN,a MINN.-Two Mormon
missionaries are sojourning in Hutchin'
son making a. house to house canvass II
an effort to secure converts. In an address:
at the M. E. church. Professor H. w
Foght Of Ausgar college, made scath
| ing attack on Mormon institutions One
of the missionaries, Elder Peck, arose
and asked for an opportunity to reply HI
was informed by the pastor Of the church
4 that there were halls in town, which h
could rent, but that the M. E. church
could not be used to promote the cause
Of Mormonism. The missionaries pro
; ceeded to hire a hall and were respect
fully listened to by al fair sized audience
The missionaries prayed, sang, played tn
piano and argued in support Of the claims
| Of the Latter Day saints, but the affai
on the whole was mOnotonous and NJ
converts were made. This is the secon'
attempt OIL the Mormon: ~churCh to Secur
a. foothold in Mcleod county. -
+: la CROSSE, WIS.-Miss Kate Shelley
the heroine of many poems and writing
in. prose. who, when child. saved
train load of people from death by creep
ing over a bridge in a raging storm an,
warning the engineer of the danger, ha
; been engaged by the state insane hos
pital at Cherokee, Iowa, as a nurse.-Th
7 following changes In the pastors of tn
La Crosse diocese are officially announce
by Bishop Schwebach: Rev. H. J. Writ
, to@be transferred from Plum City to Sum
INIT; Rev. J. Hofferi from Summit to ST
Joseph; Rev. Christopher Schmidt fror
; st. Joseph to- Rice Lake; Rev. Gottfrie
, Mower to Lima; Rev. Joseph Creivelle
from Hartman to Poniarowski.-She
BARBER has received word that hors
thieves stole a large bay horse from Will
! lam Costello of Red Wing on Wednesda
l night. Another theft committed this wee
) was Of a horse and buggy from Onalasks
PIPEsToNE, MrNN.-There were tw
bold robberies In the railroad yards las
night. w. F. Winston, who attends to til
Rock Island passenger coaches, was tn
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