The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-24
CHRISTIAN UNION
TO BE DISSOLVED
RIGHT TO EXIST AS CORPORATION
FORFEITED.
Judge F. v. Brown Files Order which
Means that the seguins Must Cease
Operating Working Girls Home IN
der Auspices Of Union and Cannot
Collect More Money Therefor.
The Christian Union is defunct.

The Christian Union is defunct.
Judge f. v. Brown. in an order filed
u! u the district court today, decreed that
It's right to exist as a corporation be
forfeited and that it be dissolved.
rms means that after the stay of
twenty days has expired and unless an
appeal is taken-and there probably
Will be none-the Christian Union will
cease to exist. It means that P. A.
'Seguln and Sarah L. Seguin, who have
been conducting the working girls )
home at 1900 fifth st IS, must cease
from operating the home under the
auspices of the Christian Union, must
change its name and conditions and
must not thereafter collect money for it
or themselves in the name of the I'm
Ion. The order comes as the result Of
quo Warranto proceedings brought by
the state and bitterly fought by the
Seguins. j.
The Christian Union was incorporated
IN March, 1904. It has since taken upon
Itself the powers of ordaining minis
contemplated in it's corporate franchise.
In his findings of fact Judge Brown
says that since August, 1905, the only
work carried on by the defendant cor
poration has been the working girls
home, and that the Seguins represented
this home to be run under the auspices
OF the Christian Union, that no &C.
ing the total number and amount Of
donations received and that no ac-
counts Of any kind have been kept in
any manner showing the manner or pur-
poses for which donations have been
disbursed, and that no supervision Of
or. inspection was made or kept by
other officers Of the union. -
-.
court, "that while the, officers and
members Of the Christian Union pro-
fess, to manage, and conduct the or
ganization for the purpose Of religious
preaching and instruction and for char
liable and benevolent purposes, in
truth and fact the organization has
been managed and conducted for the
purpose OF raising funds BY donation n
nl anG and pp soRe Of the
officers Of the Organization, and for
the pecuniary profit of the persons en-
gagged in soliciting donations, and that
by far the greater portion Of al
moneys and property donated by. the
public has been used for the private
benefit Of the officers and members OF
| the corporation. z-:.:- z.,...
II do not find from the evidence any
essentially vicious or immoral conduct
on the part Of the persons engaged in
carrying on this enterprise. They are,
perhaps, the victims Of too much con:
fdence on the part Of the state, and of
unwise and thoughtless generosity on
the part Of the public, land have thus
been placed in a position where in the
disbursement of funds coming into
their hands they, have! erred thru not
always, distinguishing between motives
| interest. The plan bfE purpose and
the work in which the officers and mem:
bers Of this corporation are engaged
are worthy and commendable without
question, but those plans should be
carried out under such auspices and in
such q manner as to preclude the diver.
sion of the means Of charity and benev.
| olence into those Of private gain. !" '~