Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-10
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MINISTER'S
IOWA METHODIST CONFERENCE
TODAY oRDAINs A LARGE
CLASS.
AN INTERESTING SESSION

The Attendance at All the Meetings
Continues Larse-Address Last
Night by Rev. Edwin 3. Hughes, D.
D., Attracted Large Audience.
sigourney, Sept. 9.-(speciaD-At
todays session of the Iowa Methodist
Episcopal annual conference, now in
progress here, ten men were admitted
to the ministry with impressive cere-
monies They passed the examinations
before the board of examiners early
in the week and are now duly ordained
ministers of the gospel. The new min
listers are:
Charles Hankins, F. E. Morrison, L.
A. Jones, A. L. Jordan, A. T. James,
e. A. Rentzinger, George Monkman,
Thomas Rowe, F. c.. Edwards and
Jesse Monkman.
Missionary Meeting.
Much interest is taken in the con-
ference by the people of Sigourney.
Yesterday was the banner day for at
tendance. The missionary meeting in
thu" e"afternoon, conducted under the
auspices of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society of the Methodist
church, was very interesting session.
Addresses were made by Mrs Alma
Holland, who expects to sail for India
to take up her work as missionary
there in few weeks, and by Miss Ada
j. Lauck, a returned missionary. Rev.
Joseph H. Smith conducted the regu-
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DR.. Hughes Makes Address.
In the evening the Methodist church
was too small to hold the crowd that
came for the purpose of hearing the
address by DR.. Edwin G. Hughes, pres
ident of De Paw university, and the
son of Rev. T. B. Hughes, pastor of
. the Sigourney church. DR.. Hughes
was introduced by Rev. G, W. Pool and
!, after greeting the conference he de
livered an address upon Everyday
Evangelism" His discourse was In
teresting to the hundreds of people
who crowded the church throughout
the evening to hear him. He is an able
speaker and his work at De Pauw uni
versity is proving very successful.
, Boundary Incident Closed.
The committee from the Iowa con
ference. headed by Dr. J. w. Hanchel
of Mt. Pleasant, which made an effort
at the general conference to have the
boundaries of Iowa conference ex
tended so as to include parts of the
Des Moines and Upper Iowa confer
ences failed in it's mission The report
of the committee, which was presented
to this conference by DR.. Hancher, has
| been ordered placed on file. 1t will no
be printed in the journal.
!. Mcdowell at Mt. Pleasant.
: DR.. Hancher, who is president of thu
Iowa Wesleyan university, this morn
ing announced that he has secured thu
consent of Bishop w. F. Mcdowell o
g Chicago, who presides at this confer
v ence, to make an address at 10 o'clocl
Z next Wednesday morning at the open
e ing of the Mt Pleasant institution.
Will Aid Hospital.
J. A committee of five, one from eacl
u district, was this morning named t
d consider ways and means for aidin
d the hospital at Des Moines. Thi
il committee consists of w. H. Carde
s for the Burlington district. w S. Care
r. ner for the Keolluk district, G. F
Canon for the Ottumwa district, j. "
Hackey for the Oskaloosa distric
and w. L. Clapp for the Muscatine dis
\ trict
The case of G. S. Williams was thi
morning referred to the board of stew
ards of the conference.
U Of tho ~,
worth Herald, was this morning ii
a short address.
New Elders Appointed.
The following men, who have con
pleted the fourth years study satisfa
torily, were appointed elders this morl
II ing:
n Alba c. Piersol, Warren T. How
le Lincoln Hughes, Charles E. Fitzsin
Id mons. Moses E. Reusch.
le The conference decided to continr
is Joseph R. Hanley, Orvil E. Orcutt !
p the studies of the fourth year.
rel John F. Robertson was elected
rt full membership.
lg Charles W. Cameron, George Blag
ly J. M. Hoover, James A. Roo4ard al
r. James A. Dimmitt we're advanced
er the fourth year.
ut Bishop Mcdowell addressed Il
ut class just before the noon adiour
er ment
&c Tomorrow's Program.
d Tomorrow's program is as follow
'e $50 a. M. Devotional service, Re
~ Joseph H. Smith.
800 a. m. Business session.
Or 200 Anniversary of the conferenc
th Claimant permanent fund Addres
ne Rev. r. G. w. Coke.
p $50 p. m. Pentecostal service, Re
as Joseph H. Smith.
I'd 500 p. m. Anniversary of II
to Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educ
je +;o,ol Society. A ddrocc pay J,r