Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-30
Gives GL|MPS[s
" OF CONFERENCE
couRlER's SPECIAL coRR1seo1l
EMIT At MEETING WRlrKo
INTERESTING MOTIFS. II
(By ]. M. Reckl

(By j. NJ. Beck xs|
Saratoga Springs, N. ". May a9.
me following are glimpses and si6
llgnts drawn from the closing seseioI
or the great quadrennial general "a
ference Of the Methodist Episcou6
church which will soon be naittefs
history. We will start back to Low
in few more days.
Bishop Hendrix OF the church so,,y
proposed In his address on the fund n
reured preachers that the unit1
churches raise the endowment f0&
Tor this purpose to $4,000, 900 and r.
tnat ne knew man who Nwa0n q
churches united would give qtl, 500, T.
to the fund. &. = = NJ. ss NJ n
A conference visitor ID Judge Hem
Neal OF Illinois. He Is the father AZ
the mothers pension laws in the Un4S
cd States. He as . member OF til Ill
nois legislature got the first one
ISL. He became so interested heg
given all his time to promoting sent&
ment for 1t in other states. until tod
twenty-seven state legislatures Ne
passed the-law and $4,000. 900
been set aside to provide pensions r.
widowed mothers, ~ l.
Wherever Bishop Quayle presche1
on Sundays the people fiock to NJ =
MN. He has been at surrounding tow
ana large numbers have attends
church at his services. He la perhai
the most unique and original speakG
on the American platform today. sS
Inc Claim quartet Of colorod "
dents, two young men and two youii
women, has captivated everybody.
nouncement that it is to be on nr11
gram seems sufficient to draw 4 cruj
anywhere. The favorite number ~
the audiences Is The Old Flag NGy1
Touched the Ground" When they N
play their flags and wave them n
people rise and shout approval. The
are students In an industrial school IA
negroes In the south where $50 NJ
learning useful occupations, ssa
one OF the favorite quartets has beeii
the preachers chautauqua quartet q
which John Wesley Holland, formOr
OF Milton, Is member. They No
been In New York singing for the Ed)
son monograph records and were "
cured for the conference for ~
days. 3ss}
The sudden death of one OF the Al
gates, DR.. John J. Marker. OF Penn
see mad some peculiar circumstaacS
connected with It The week befoj
conference convened John A. PAtte
OF Chattanooga died suddenly In Chic
20. he WAS lay delegate. Dr.. ~
ker was his fatherin-law ana ~
names appeared together on TIE %
ference roll. DR.. Marker died WhN
addressing the COMMITTEES that haA =
der consideration the union az sfI7
paper OF which he was editor withg
OF the other church papers.
The preacher members OF thia =
eral conference who have been ordsiS
TO their appointments by the hiaksT
get considerable pleasure out or tn 81
portunity here to order the biahons f.
theirs. And bishops are Just like q
binary folks In having some pref61
ences. rs sal
One OF the interesting events w
when the desk and table used ~ IL
bishops in presiding we're .old at ausS
ton. They were made by boys. MT
sion Industrial school in Italy. undo
the direction Of Methodist miesicI
aries. They sold for $4,000 to FYanI
AFTER OF Cleveland. The bidding We
lively for awhile, starting with $500
II. J. Heinz, the fifty-seven varieti1
man, who was on the platform a. y
guest gave. $500 to be added to tlf2
amount the bidder paid. One of I'M
delegates, George Warren Brown ol
the Brown Shoe Co.. st. Louis. xayI(I
another $500. There were some Sf04
gifts, 80 that in all the school will XII
over $4,000 for the table and char,
They were hand carved and 1t was estls
mated that It took six boys q year mn
half to make them, working thr4
hours a day. They brought parties
larry high price because used ii the
conference which Is expected to brii6
about union Of the two Meth0diM
churches. M
Many notable men have sat Id till
conferences. A. J.. Wallace has beeI1
| lieutenant governor of California ard
| is a candidate for the United stAtiG1
senate. Judge Henry Wade Roeef1
was dean Of tho Yale law school, noI1I
U. 8. Judge. K. M. Travis 10 cOmptrq
Ter of the state OF New York. G.. IA. roo
lock Is u. 8. Judge lin the court ff0n
Dakota. Judge Robinson Of the We
Virginia supreme court remained q
home running for governor. Ante
Bast OF Copenhagen has ono OF stAG
greatest city missions In Europe NJ
has the patronage OF royalty In con
Quoting his great work, requiring IN
! expenditure OF about $4,000 ye1E
And many others whose names would
be known might be named. Il,
Ex-President Taft In his lecture 81
planned how the United States has h.
come so involved In great world nat
ters that 1t 10 necessary for It ~ a.
prepared to defend its policies with 4
| rea Snr a hla military fnrra INT = i ES