The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-04
Methodists in Session at James,
vile Turn Down Suggestion
to Unite With Bsptists
METH0DlSTS GIVE LITERALLY
Reports of Officers of the Conference
Show That Thousands Have Been
Given for the Work by South
ern Wisconsin Members

One Of the features Of the meeting
of the Methodist conference at James
vile Thursday was the intimation
given by the Rev. r. NJ. Vaughan, a
Baptist divine, that the Baptist
church would welcome an overture
from the Methodist church with
view Of joint work, aud the reply Of
Bishop McCabe to the effect that such
a move conld never be accomplished,
as doctrines of Methodism aud the
structure of the church were so differ
ent that it was impossible to work to-
gether as one organization; that the
Methodist church enjoys holding
union services and union revival
meetings, but it does not desire to
unite with any other denominatio in
church work.
The intimation of Mr.. Vaughan was
made during the session open to visit
ing dignitaries and the GAINESVILLE
clergy, and Mr.. Vaughan stated that
he was certain the Baptist church
would go half way in an endeavor to
meet such a move. The Rev. j. w.
ILaughlin, representing the Madison
presbytery, was also a speaker at this
meeting. Bishop McCabe presides at
all the sessions except the afternoon
gatherings, when he is in session
with the cabinet in private dwelling
hearing matters relative TO church
discipline and assignments of preach-
ers for the next year. There are sew
era1 cases of discipline to come up
and possibly church trial may be
held, but the name of the pastor
under ban of the cabinet is kept
secret. Contests for and against re-
turn of pastors to Beloit, Sheboygan
and Racine have been heard, but no
definite decision will be made public
until the assignments for next year
are made public.
The Rev. c. M. Starkweather, one
of the secretaries. asked Mr.. Jen-
nings, of the book company, during
the session Thursday, why the pa pers
had recently been coming irregularly
and sometimes even failing to come.
y
had been a strike both In Chicago and
Cincinnati and that the men who had
been secured to take the strikers
places had mailed out but a portion of
the books and papers and destroyed.
others. He expected, however, to
have this fault remedied Immediately,
Applications for changes of connec-
tions with the conference were made
4 by several ministers and the matter
referred to the proper committee, as
follows: The Rev. J. NJ Woodward,
to upernumerary; the Rev. Samuel
/ Lugg, to superannuate list; the Rev.
W. w. Warner, from supernum erary
to superannuated list; the Rev. w. D.
/ Cox, to upernumerary: the Rev. e..
O. Bullock, to upernumerary; A. w.
Stevens, npernumcrary, to become
effective; B. F. Sanford, to super
nnrnerary.
It was moved and adopted that w
! ]. Patton be left without an appoint
ment in order that he might be elected
to the presidency Of the board of re-
gents and be made professor of Eng
lish bible in Memorial university at
Mason City, Ia.
The new officers of the conference
were selected as follows: Secretary,
/ t. w. North, Milton Junction, and as
sistants, M. L. Eversz and C. M,
Starkweather. Statisticians, K. S.
/ Ingram, Fox Lake, and assistants. R.
Evans, A. w. Barnlund, H. C. Logan,
A. Beerink and G. W. Boag. Treas
urer, M. A. Drew, of Beaver Dam,
and assistants, j. T. Leek, ]. A. Coll
Inns, w, E. Kern, F. ]. Turner and
Theodore Sharp.
The morning was spent in hearing
the reports of the committees and
adoption Of reports. In few re-
marks Thursday Bishop Nc Cabe
gave some interesting statistics show
ing that the Methodist church gave
for the cause of Christianity in 1905,
$3O,850,0C0, or sixty-one tons of pure
gold. OF this So, 000,0 600 went toward
new church buildings, $12,000,O00 IN
pastors salaries, and S12,0OO,000 for
current expenses. The bishop, in
commenting on the figures, said this
was a vast amount, but it could be
doubled.
j MICHAEL O'HARE DEAD