Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1895 — Winona Is a Suceess [ARTICLE]

Winona Is a Suceess

The First Season More Than Was Anticipated. The Annual Report of Tieasurer George W. Just Uompleted—The Assembly Plant Has Thus Far Cost $120,000 The New Officers and Prospects. The first season of the Winona assembly, which has but recently closed, which was prolific of much good from a re igious point of view, and equally successful financially, according to the annual report of Treasurer Brown, whieh is just out.

T’lie receipts from all sources since January 1,1895,have amount ed to $67,899.41. The purchase of Winona park, with the hotel,school buildings, auditorium, eye orama, steamers and all equipmeuts, was a large undertaking, but was car ried out with tbe most satisfactory success. The assembly plant has thus far cost $120,000 ore half of which has bee.- already paid.— Nearly o le hundred cottages have been erected and others are under contract. More than one hundred lots, which have sold, will be occupied next season. Among the ministers a. d professional men who have attended the past season and given the assembly their unqualified approval were he fob lowing: Rev. Dr. Nichols, ot St. Louis; Prof. Crawford, of Pennsylvania; Rev Frank O. Ballard, Rev. S. C. Dickey, Rev. T. I. Coultas, and Judge Pliney W. Barthol* omew, of Indianapolis; Rev. Dr. Mclntyre, Denver, Colorado; Rev. Dr. Little and Judge Conner, Wabash; Judge Bonner, Greensburg; Rev. Dr. Wilson, Anderson; Rev. Dr. Carlisle, New Albany; Rev. M. M. Lawson, Lima; Rev. R. P. Wil son, Chicago; Rev. Dr, Eaton Milwaukee; Rev. Dr. Fraser, Columbus; State Benator Wishard, Indianapolis; Rev. Dr. Johnson, South Bend; Rev. J. F. Brown, Muncie; Rev. Dr. Jameson, Elwood; Editor Haokett, of the Fort Wayne Sentinel; Rev. Wilbur Chapman, of Albany, N. Y., andJ Willis Baer, Boston. Dr. Chapman has accept the directorship of the bible conference which he will organize in accordance with his adI yanced ideas, It is recognized that

as vice-president of Mr. Moody’s school at Northtleld, Dr. Chapman is peculiarly qualified for the work and it is accepted as a source of satisfaction that the doctor has identified himself permanently with the assembly. It is believed that Mr. Moody will attend the nextjasiembly at Winona and the management will mike preparations tor accommodating 25,000 people at the next season’s meeting. More than 10,000 were in attendance this summer, although the deeds w. re not acquired till June 7, too late to change the purposes and of the outing public. When the earnings of the assembly are declared and paid 25 percent, of the same will be set aside for the cause of the home missions. With the exception of the secretary the officers and directors have given their time and energy to build.ng up the assembly free of charge or compensation and at great sacrifice. The officers recently elected by the stockholders are as follows: President— Charles H. Conner, New Albany. First Vice-President-John M. btudebakej, South Bend.

Second £ Vice-President—F. W, Munso, Chicago. —Rev. S. C. Dickey, Indianapolis Ireasurer—G. W. Brown, Indianapolis. Secretary—Rev. E. S. Scott, Warsaw. Directors—Hev G P Williams, Chicago; E E Yarnelle, Ft Wayne; H P Townley, Terre Haute; J E Beyer, Rochester. More than half of the SIOO,OOO of stoc k has been subscribed and is classed among the presbyteries of Indiana as follows: Waite water, 6 shares; Vinceunes 15; Crawfordsville, 22; Muncie, 23; New Albany, 58;:Indianapolis, 115; Ft Wayne, 212; other states, 21; a total of 524 shares representing Iho svnod of Indiana of the Presbyterian church will go to Winona assembly site in a body from Logansport, where the body convenes in October.

The Lafayette Courier, republican, in acknowledging the receipt of a map showing the new congressional districts, as formed in the wisdom of the late legislature, says “it is agreeably surprised that the draughtsman has managed to define ibe lines of the district in which T ; ppecanoe county is situ* ated without taking in all of Illinois and a large part of the north« west territory. It may possibly be a fair apportionment, but candor compels the admission, that the map which gives it in graphic detail looks as if it had been con-

ceived by a man with nightmare.” If we remember ooireotly the great gerrymander was evolved the night Representative Jackson dis* covered the barrel of free whiskey in the basement of the state house. It is likely, therefore, that in drafting the gerrymunder the drafters were over stimulated and prompt* ed by high, yet aim, conceptions of what what a gerrymander should I e, they threw the timid, slow moving Itenublicans of Tippecanoe among th a wild, weird hostsof the northwest. Instead of th 1 ) congressional gerrymander being conceived by "a man with a nightmare.” those crooked lines that mark the boundaries of the Tippecanoe district were undoubtedly drawn by a man who had lingered long beside tha free fcairel in the basement.—Loganspori Pharos.