Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-15
News and Notea.

The Catholic Association of the UNI
versity of Minnesota is to have new
two-story brick building, costing S25,-
600.
Two prominent Masons and anti
clericals, Leonadi Blssolatti and Pilado
Mazza, have been elected to the NUM-
cipal council of Rome
The Alaskan Yukon Exposition, to
be held this summer at Seattle, will
two miles OF the fair grounds.
The Congregationalist" reports that
English passive registers are still be.
ing sent to prison for non payment OF
the education rate.
The Boston newspaper men who
have been reporting the Chapman and
Alexander meetings in Boston, one
afternoon presented DIR. Chapman
and Mr.. Alexander with handsome
pocket editions of the Bible.
conference of college men to con-
slider the claims. of the Christian MIN
| istry was held in Hartford Theologic-
al Seminary, April 2-4, with distin-
guished educators and churchnen
among the speakers.
Between seven and eight hundred
men, from all parts Of the country
| where the denomination Is represented,
gathered recently at Harrisburg for
first Mems Missionary Convention OF
| the German Reformed Church.
| Before President Roosevelt left
Washington he was given a farewell
meeting by the German Reformed
! Church which he has regularly attend
! ed. He reminded the members that
he had not missed a single communion
while In Washington.
| The increasing interest of foreign
statesmen in missions is shown by the
fact that Sir Andrew Fraser, lieuten-
ant governor OF Bengal, travelled all
the way from Calcutta to Toronto in
order to address the Missionary Com
! ference there.
\ The various women's home missions
airy societies and boards of the denom-
organization, to be known as "I,he
4 Council of Women for Home Mis-
sions." This is one more expression
of the tendency toward interdenomi-
national cooperation.
1 Canadian Methodists have been con-
siderably disturbed over an address
by Rev. George Jackson, of Toronto,
in which he sets forth the view that
the opening chapters of Genesis are
legendary and allegorical. Mr. Johnson
came to Canada from the British Yves
leyan Conference about three years
ago.
! The New York Federation of Wom-
vi y SiuDS proposes q course OF B1Di6
study on the part Of It's members and
mothers generally, to supplement the
lack of religious education in the pub
lie schools. The federation at recent
meeting severely critised what 1t call
ed the incompetercy Of Sunday school
teaching.
The North New Jersey Congrega-
tional Association has broken preced-
ents. says THE Congregationalists .
by admitting to It's membership, at a
largely attended meeting. the Unfair
ian Congregational Church Of Hacken-
sack. The Unitarian church was SIM
ply admitted to fellowship, and not to
voting power in the denomination.
Naturally, this startling result was ac-
complished only after considerable de-
ate, the vote standing So to SO.
There are fifty missionaries, of vars
ious religious bodies, at work among
the incoming immigrants at Ellie Is
land. An interesting incident is told
by one of these who represents the
New York Bible Society. He lately Of
fered a Swede a Swedish New Testa-
ment. The man recognized the mis-
; Slonary as one who had done the same
service for him twenty-six years ago,
when the Swede first arrived in Amer
lea. The receipt of the book was the
me&ns of making that immigrant a
preacher. and for twenty years he has
been a minister in Colorado.