Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-16
PENSIONS FOR MINISTER'S
Norwegian Lutheran Conference De-
oides to Establish Fund.
WILL PAY $500 ANNUALLY
Each Minister VIII BE Assessed 5000
to BE Paid within Two Years
and Small sum
Annually.
WILL PAY $500 ANNUALLY
tFrom a staff correspondent

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DES MONIES. Ia. June l5.-(Special
Telegram.)-The United Norwegian Luth
eran church in conference here today voted
an appropriation of 500, 900 to establish a
pension fund for pastors and professors
of the denomination providing that each
pastor or professor to get the benefit Of
the pension must pay into the fund 5000
within two years of his ordination, and
small annual dues. In case he becomes
too i'll or feeble to continue In office he
receives $500 annually. In case of death
his widow receives his pension as long as
she remains unmarried. In case a pastor
enters another calling he loses his right
to a pension, but receives back the
amount he has paid in. A finsncial agent
to travel in the interests OF the fund will
be elected by the convention.
The conference passed a resolution ex-
pressing the hope that a complete union
may be made with the other two large
Norwegian Lutheran bodies of the coun-
try.
Late today they voted to raise 1000, 900
jubilee fund to be used in 1914 to mark the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding
Of the church convention. The fund will
be used to expand the work of the de-
nomination. Each member has practically
pledged to give S25 or 81 each year of the
life of the convention. Present membership
Is $1,000 i~nsuring more than the desired
sum.
Minneapolis is after next years conven-
ton.
Thompson Addresses Business Men.
S. A. Thompson, field secretary OF the
rivers and harbors congress before the
business men here today expressed the be-
lief that the day will speedily come when
the Mississippi on the east and the Mis-
souri, on the west of Iowa will be carrying
the bulk of the heavy freight of this part
Of the country. He declared that the
transportation question was of far greater
Importance than the tariff and yet at
present the people are asleep on trans
portation. The business men here endorsed
the movement.
Sergeant BeesOn High Gun.
Sergeant Beeson of the Red Oak COM
pany OF the National guard is leading in
preliminary shoot at the state rifle range
today with a score of 266, Lieutenant
Carlson OF Waterloo is second with a score
Of POI. Sergeant Kenyon of Corning, third,
with eco. The lowest score by the twenty
best shots was 2Sl, by Private Harp Of Red
Oak.
Married on short Notice.
While N. j. Goode, a travelling man Of
Des Moines ana Mrs. Alberta Dickinson OF
Fargo, n. D.. were out for a stroll Il
bunch of travelling men secured a marriage
license and a minister. When the couple
returned they were told It was up to them.
They were game and went through the
ceremony and are now husband and wife.
They we're already engaged, but had NOT
Contemplated marrying so soon.
Auditors office Kissed.
The state auditors office was today
routed and It's colors trailed in the dust
when Mrs. SeIgel Of East Locust street
entered and proceeded TO go the rounds and
kiss the hands of all the men in the office.
1t remained for an old soldier, John W.
johnson Of Bloomfield, to rescue the office
and make a hero OF himself. Mrs. Seigol
entered the office while Carl Carver, a
merchant here, was talking to Deputy
Auditor Joe Byrncs. She walked up be-
hind him, and before he knew what was
doing she had kissed his hands. Before
Deputy Auditor Byrnes could recover he
u.. ..IlnUer,d in the list Of kissed, and
Auditor Bleakley at this inopportune juno
ture emerged from his private office and
got his hands kissed. He promptly re-
covered his composure and lead the woman
10 his private office, where he sscertained
that she claimed to have some trouble with
her husband and didn't propose 20 take any
action till she learned what the government
Of Iowa wanted her to do, II is feared he1
mind is unbalanced.
Auditor Bleakley was trying to get he
out Of the office when Dean stanton Of IN,
state Agricultural college at Ames entered
Every effort was made to save him, bu