Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-31
Eleventh Annual Session Opens
This Morning and Will
Conclude Monday
BISHOP w. F. Hell PRESIDING
Attendance, for Opening Day, Is Very
Large, and by Evening It Is Ex-
pected Full Representation Of Con-
ference Will Be Embellishments
tees Are Appointed.

| Des Moines conference of the United
Evangelical church began in this city
at the First church. coroner of Arson
| and Mitchell streets, at $50 this morn
ing, and will continue until Monday.
Bishop w. r. He'll, of Highland Park,
Ill.,. Is presiding. The attendance Is
extraordinarily large for an opening
day, and seventy are in attendance, in
Guiding fifty pastors and twenty lay
delegates. All the principal charges OF
the conference are represented, and it
is expected that by evening every
charge In THE conference will have at
least one representative IN attendance.
The Des Moines conference OF the Uni
ted Evangelical church embraces IN
territory practically all of Iowa, ex
tending from Museatine ON the east to
Council Bluffs on the west, and from
the Missouri to the Minnesota line.
The extreme northwestern part of the
state is excluded, as that already forms
a portion OF the Northwest conference.
There are seventy-five charges in the
conference, which. is divided into two
districts, Des Moines and Cedar Rapids
Rev. G. w. Mullen is presiding elder
of the Des Molnes district, and Rev Z.
B. Utt OF the other Both the prcsid-
ing elders were formerly pastors of the
church where the eleventh annual ses-
sion is being held.
Devotional exercises led by Bishop
He'll, marked the beginning of the fore
noon session. The annual conference
communion service followed, after
which Bishop He'll delivered his ad
dress. Rev Charles Pickford, of Har-
Ian. was elected conference secretary.
and the organdza ton OF the conference
was then perfected. The committees
Were announced as follows:
Letters and Documents--Bishop He'll
and Presiding Elders Mullen and UT.
Bishop He'll and Presid-
ing Elders Mullen and UT.
Worship-A. B. Morris. Marshall
TIT, Cedar Rapids; w. B. Milhiser,
Marshalltown.
Ways and Means. E. Stanffaca1er,
Lisbon; d. c.. B,Esenburg, Knoxville;
J. NJ BanRord, Colo: G.. N. Thompson.
Charlton; D. Trautman, Blairstown; d.
w. Lutman, Alton; S. j. Plank, Iowa
City,
Auditing Accounts-W. N. Force,
Gearing: e. H. Heverly. Dolan; S. c.
Wadding. Ringgold; %. o. Tolbot.
Colo.
Quarterly Conference Record-v. Ur-
bino Iowa Center; c. S. Lang, Blairs-
town: i. A. Jones, Grant City, Mo-: j.
w Hamilton, LaPorte City; e. r. Nell,
Des Moines; N b. Sherk, Lisbon.
Educational--P. Fl. Hines, Alton; ].
E. Meloy. Marshalltown: T. NJ Evans,
Des Moines: Hugh r. Wright, Gear
ing; w Hnngerford. Manly; ]. S.
Dawson Marsha1ltown.
Sabbath and temperance. Aura
cher, Waterloo; A. A. Carver. Center
Point; w. w. Thompson, Anita; D.
Morris, Taylor; II. A. Kline. Cedar
Rapids.
keystone League Christian Endeav-
cr--J. G. Walz, Cedar Rapids; c. II.
Belle Plaine; G. r.
Russell; w. B. Holland. Iowa
Center.
Statistical. b. Arch, Manly; ]. G.
Walz. Cedar Rapids.
Resolutions-B. H. Niebel. Des
Moines.
Equalization of Expenses. II.
Streyfeller. Iowa City; H. B. Smith,
Cedar Rapids; III. w. Hendricks. Cor
L. C. Adams, Cedar Rap
ids.
Finances. N. Ramige. Evergreen:
l. f. Lavely, Red Oak; William
Elakely.
Memorials-S. Skogsberf Alburnett;
J. v. Humnel, Cedar Rapids; L. A.
Johnson.
Bishop Hell! to Lecture.
Bishop He'll will deliver lecture
before the conference Friday after
noon, beginning at o'clock. His sub
ject will be Elements of Success in
the Ministry