Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-09-22
IOWA CONFERENCE
Held at St., Johns A. M.
E. Church Minneapolis
1t WINS q large Gathering and one OF
the Most Successful Sessions
Held In nany Years.

Last Monday, week ago, closed th'
church in the Flour City. BBishol
c. T. Shaffer Of this district presided
with dignity and dispatch and mad,
his appointment for the ensuing year
The last years work was fairly good
Ordination services were held Sun
day, at which the following elders an6
deacons were ordained: Elders Au
gustus Thomas Clark, Henry Pichney
Jones and Jonothan Brewer; deacons
Robert Lee Allen, Robert Harold Cato
and John Henry Bell.
The morning and afternoon sessions
Monday were given over to closing up
the business of the conference. At the
morning session Rev. c. F. Edwards
of the Swedish Methodist church of
St. Paul and Rev. O. J. Stead, retired.
rendered the greetings of the Swedish
brethren to the conference.
A fund of 5000 was raised and $500
in addition was pledged for the educa-
tional work of the conference, and ST.
254 was appropriated for the expenses
of the general church and $257 for
of the general church and $257 for
church extension work. Donations
for the missionary work Of the confer
ence amounted to 1925, and $500 was
appropriated to the support of super
ANIMATED preachers, preachers wild
ows and preachers in missionary sta
tions. A resolution of thanks to the
pastor and congregation of the church
the citizens and the press was adopt
ed.
THE following appointments were
announced by Bishop shaffer:
: Chicago District-George c. Booth,
D. D., presiding elder; Quinn chapel,
Chicago, ILL.,; D. P. Roberts, D. D., ST..
Stephens. Chicago, ILL.,, w. S. Brooks,
D. D.; Wayman chapel, Chicago, ILL.,,
J. c. Anderson, Phi. B.; Allen chapel,
Galesburg, ILL.,, ]. H. Ferribee; St.
Pauls Moline, Ill.,, w. A. Searcy: Mon
mouth, L. j. Phillips; Allen Chapel,
Avondale, Jonathan Brewer, La
Grange, H. P. Jones; Wayman chapel,
Rock Island, F. J. Peterson, B. D.;
Trinity mission station, Chicago, ILL.,,
to be supplied.
Mission at Knoxville, l.. A. Joplin;
at Oak Park, T. c. Devlin.
st. Paul District-H. H. Thompson,
presiding elder; st. James. st. Paul,
r. Seymour. St. James, Minneapolis,
E. Wilson; St. James, Minneapolis, G..
w. Wade; Evanston, ILL.,, I. N. Dan
ielA Milwaukee. Wis, D. r.: Butler;
Aurora, H., and mission station, Ell
gin, ILL.,; e. A. Edwards; Rockford,
ILL.,. c. H. Thomas; mission station,
G1anonn
S. l.. Brit
Beloit, Delevan and GAINESVILLE cir
cult, r. B. Stovall; Racine, Wis, Lake
Forest and Waukegan circuit, J. w.
Dowden.
Missions at Madison, Wis, R. H.
Cato; at Superior. Wis, to be sup
piled; at st. Paul and Hastings, j.
Will King. s.-..-.t.-- ~:...n
Iowa District-G. W. Gaines, presid-
ing elder, St. Paul's. Des Moines,
Iowa. II. S. Graves; Bethel, Keokuk,
T. W. Lewis; st. Johns, Buxton, E.
G. jackson; st. Johns, Burlington, w.
w. Williams; st. Paul's, Ottumwa, M.
I. Gordon; Cedar Rapids, P. M. Lewis;
st. Johns, Mt. Pleasant, G.. w. Jones;
Bethel, Davenport, T. A. Clark; Allen
chapel, Clinton, A. Boyd. Malone
chapel, Sioux City, D. W. Brown;
Chorler chapel, Oskaloosa, A. u.
Clark; Mission station at Fort Madi'
son, J. L. Peterson.
Circuits-Yankton and Sioux Falls.
James Washington; Newton and Col
fax, R. B. Manley; Osceola, Sheridan,
Garden Grove and Indianola, Cornelius
Wright; Clarinda, Bedford and Red
Oak, ]. L. Wharton; Boone and Say
lor, to be supplied; Abba and Haw-
kins, J. H. Bell; Muscatine and Wash
ington, Major Peyton. ..
Missions-Be ethel, at Buxton, to be
supplied; Centerville and Hooking, to
be supplied; Council Bluffs, M. G.
Newman; Iowa City, r. Holly; Keo-
soqua and Ottumwa, to be supplied.
gelists-Mrs. Nora Taylor, Mrs.
Lillian Phillips. Mrs. Sarah Wright.
Transferred to Illinois Conference
Rev. H. w. Jameson, J. Bass, Clar-
ence Goggins. To California confer
ence-S. l.. Wright. ,-