Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-17
RECEIVE MORE OFFERS FOR HOMES.
Rev. DR.. Kuhns oG Omaha Makes
Lmthcrnna Another PrOpOsitiOn.

Rev. Dr. Kuhns oG Omaha Makes
Luthcrnns Another Proposition.
MANSFIELD, o., June 16.-The committee
of the Lutheran synod to which was re-
ferred the offer of DR.. II. w. Kuhns of
Omaha to donate thirteen lots, composing a
square in Omaha, for the establishment of
an orphans home, reported this morning
that Senator Charles Bogardus of Paxton,
ILL.,, had telegraphed an offer to locate the
home in Paxton, and another telegram with
similar offer had been received from Sc
dalia, Mo. Dr. Kuhns secured the floor
and said he had twenty acres of land Is ing
eight miles out of Omaha which he wculd
donate for the founding of the home If the
synod preferred country site.
The synod instructed Prof, HANNA to
appoint a standing committee to consider
all offers, form plans for the charter of the
institution and report at the next general
synod, two years hence. The committee ap-
pointed was: Rev. A;. F. TroXell, Spring
field, Ill; w. II. Dunbar, Baltimore; c. b.
King Allegheny, Pa; L. p. Ludden, Lincoln,
Neb.; Layman II. J. Penfold, Omaha.
A resolution was passed instructing the
Deaconness board to look for a permanent
location for the mother house and report at
the next biennium.
Rev. II. A. Haitlicox of Abilene, Kan, sub
mitted the report of the Board of Education.
The receipts of the board for the blennium
ending in 1897 were: On apportionment,
$11 $50; from other sources, 81 ,5ss a total
of S16,539, for the bieunium just closed.
These have been used to aid in the
support of Midland college Carthage col
lege the Western Theological seminary and
Hartwick seminary.
DR.. Parson of Washington, chairman OF
the committee on literary and theological in
stitutions, submitted report, from which 1t
appears that all the institutions ander the
care of the general synod were in f1nurishing
condition, some of them having received
large bequests of money and real estate.
The attendance has been steadily increasing,
notably in the case of Wittenberg, which
now had the largest number of students.
The young women'S seminarieS were doing
successful work for the church.
Rev. DR.. Parson reported on behalf of the
National Lutheran Home for the Aged al
Washington, D. c., that one building had
been erected. others were in contemplation
and the indications were that within few
years a very considerable development would
be made. The indebtedness had been re,
| duced $4,000. The apportionment asked for
| the next two years was cents per capita.
resolution was adopted providing that
| the annual apportionment of the Board OF
Education be 10 cents per member.
| Treasurer H. F. Sayler's report of the board
shows the total receipts of the different
| synods on apportionmsnt for the biennum
! were SIT ,22l; disbursements, $16572. The to-
| tai amount of money received into the gen
eral fund during the bennum was S2O,6
disbursements, $l9,715. Balance on hand,
| $915.
The committee to nominate a board of edu-
cation reported the following: Revs. M
Rhodes st. Louis; S. B. Barnty, Des Moines;
H. c. HathcoX, Abilene. Kan; H. W. Kuhns
Omaha; E. A. Wagner, Topeka, Kan; Messrs.
H. +. Sayler, St Louis; Amos Miller Hills
boro. ILL.,; T. e. Dewey Abilene, Kan; w.
w. Wilmer, Des Molnes.
The report of Treasurer George H. Knoll
lenberg. Richmond Ind, showed the total
receipts for the biennum amounted to 81, ,S93
the disbursement of the same amount. There
remains a DEBT Of 1888. The old board OF
dire ctore was reapponted, with the exception
of Revs. William Schulske Springfield H.
and w. L. Grommisch, Buffalo, n. Y, being
| substituted for Revs. j. l.. Neve and Viii
liam Rosenstanger.