The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-22

Pald From Publishing Fund.
The bishops emeritus viii receive
their pay from the surplus funds of the
publishing house. This is a new ruling
and IS intended to meet with any OBJ
Jections which might arise from the
poorer conferences at the payments of
increased assessments for bishops sal
aries. Any vacancy which may occur
in the office of church treasurer is to be
nlled by the executive council of the
various boards of the church. state
Senator s. E. Kemp of Dayton, Ohio, a
newly elected member of the board CT
trustees and prominent in the affairs of
the United Brethren church. died very
suddenly this morning at his home in
Dayton at SIS. A telegram announcing
his death was read to the conference
this morning and a resolution was in
trOduced and adopted by the conference
expressing the sense of loss to the
church through the death of Mr.. Kemp.
A message of coincidence was sent to
the widow.
The vacancy will be filled by the can
didate receiving the next highest num-
Der of votes on the ballot taken Satur-
day morning.
Saturday afternoon the conference
completed the election of its general
church offices. Rev. H S. Gable of
Lebanon, Pa, was selected as church
erection secretary on the third ballot,
receiving 126 votes out of 221 votes cast.
Rev. A ". BallingeF was his opponent.
DR. Weekly chosen as bishop was the
former secretary Of the church erection
society. DR.. c. NJ Brooke was fe-elect-
ed manager of the Union Biblical sem
mary and received 10S votes out of 195
cast.
Col Robert Cowden of Dayton, Ohio.
was again reelected as secretary Of the
Sunday school board by 173 votes; he
has served continuously since 1877.
L. 0. Miller, formerly cashier of the
u B. Publishing house, was made
church treasurer, receiving 1876 votes out
of ia cast. DR.. Mckee who resigned,
was the former treasurer.
Excursion to HOlton.
Saturday afternoon at o'clock a
crowd of about 200 United Brethren
visitors as well as delegates took an
excursion to HoltOn returning Satur-
day evening at 8 o'clock They visit
ed the Pottawatomie Indian reserva-
ton in addition to driving over Holton
and spending a portion of their time
at Campbell university.
Sunday morning several important
services were held at the Auditorium.
At o'clock in the morning Miss Eva
Marshall Shontz of Chicago, president
of the Young Peoples Christian TEN
perance union, addressed the confer
ence upon "Ioch, Folk and Hanly in
such times as these" Miss ShontZ
had an audience of about 600 people
and though not saying anything start
of a portion of the ministry with re-
gard to the liquor traffic. Miss Shontz
paid tribute to some of the Kansas
ministers and also to some of its
newspaper men. especially to William
Allen White of EmpOria.
At 1890 o'clock Bishop G. NJ.
Mathews delivered a sermon, in the
afternoon at o'clock Bishop Week
" conducted a church extension rally
and in the evening T. P. Rosselot,
evangelical secretary of the church,
was in charge of the services.
With the adoption of a few reports
the convention will stand adjourned
late this afternoon. Mr.. Senseny of
Dayton. Ohio. and connected with the
publishing house at that place. has
been one of the busiest officials at the
conference. Mr.. Senseny had charge
of the printing Of all the reports made
in the city here and in addition acted
as press representative.