The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-23
SERVICES AT WINONA
GOVERNOR MOUNT PRESIDES AT
THE Y. VI. C. A. MEETING,
And Praises the Work of the OrEnnf-
General Howard and Others.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WINONA PARK, Eagle Lake, Ind, Aug.
22.-There was a drizzling rain all day at
Winona assembly grounds but the meet
ings were we'll attended nevertheless. At
the platform meeting of the Y NJ c. A. the
auditorium was packed. George w. Wish
ard, of Indianapolis, chairman of the state
executive committee, called the meeting to
order and introduced Governor Mount, who
presided. The Governor told of his great
interest in the associations work. He
spoke of his recent visit to the Southern
ReformatOry, where he saw 700 young men
under thirty whose fail was caused chief
ly by evil associations, and contrast
ed this with the work of the Y. NJ. c.
A. in supplying sympathy and encourage
ment to young men. Governor Mount in
troduced Dr. Joseph Swain, president Of the
Indiana University who spoke Of the in
fluence of the association in promoting tefn-
perance. General O. O. Howard was greet
ed with an enthusiastic salute when he ad-
vanced, after a glowing tribute paid him
by the Governor. l.. D. Wishard, interna-
tional secretary, also made an address.
This morning DIR. McGregor, of London,
preached in the auditorium.
The reception given to the speakers at
the Bible conference and other distin-
guished visitors last night was great sue
cess. The Wnona Hotel was deliberately
decorated and in the main parlor Governor
Mount, Major General Q. q. Howard, DR..
New York, Miss Scott of Africa, DR.. Nc
Gregor of London and others received
nearly one thousand guests The Y. M.
G. A. campers attended in body and gave
q glee concert after the reception. In the
afternoon L.. D: Wishard, international
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A, arrived.
and in fact the entire park, for Sunday
is observed at Winona as it is at few other
with the activities of the week and evident
ly enjoyed the rest, if attending to camp
duties and attending six meetings may be
called such.
There were more arrivals at camp yes
terday. Among them were A. 4. stevens,
general secretary at Anderson; c. f. Bee
bee, general secretary at Hammond; Pro-
fessor Morris and Messrs. McAlfee, Ander-
son and Buchanan, of Marion At the
men were introduced all around and given
the freedom of the camp.
The trial of T.. WILDER Helm, whose de-
sertion on flag day has already been no.
tced in this correspondence, has been set
for Monday morning before the camp po-
lice justice. Able counsel has been engaged
on both sides and there will be a trial
that will put the traditional Philadelphia
lawyer to shame.
The conference of the secretaries and
physical directors yesterday morning was
interesting. j. r. KENNEL, Of Terre Haute,
led a, discussion on THE Responsibilities of
Reaching and Influencing Men Through
the Physical Department" and Y. W.
Helm, of Indianapolis, spoke on What
Kind of Bible Study, is Needed to Train
Men for Service" These discussions last
ed for two hours and were found extreme
~. helpful to the Y. M. G: A. men.
hibition here a. set of charts showing
photographs and newspaper clippings re
workers in all parts of the world and other
Y. M. c. A. interests. The charts are very
complete and the accumulation of years of
patient work. They will be displayed at
the next state convention.
At dinner Saturday the campers enter
tanned again. The guests We're Mr.. and
Mrs Edward Willis Of New York city and
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Fl. Wales of Indianapolis.
In the afternoon there was a large
crowd on the athletic grounds to see the
field sports and the ball game. The grand
stand was packed with Winona ladies who
rooted" for the home" team, but the
orange and black of the association was
well represented. The game was close and
exciting and in the eighth inning the score
to bat out a run and the Winona team
filled the bases but failed to score. The
game ended to Z in favor of the Y. NJ.
G. A. There will be another game between
the same teams Monday afternoon.
The egg-and-spoon race was declared no
race, as all the contestants broke their
eggs in the northumberland dash.
The half-mile bicycle race was won in
pretty squirt for the wire by c. Shaffer,
of Elkhart.
There, were twenty starters in the one
hundred yard dash, which was won in 11A
seconds by j. Spencer, of Winona.
In the three-legged race Buchanan and
Anderson had a walk-away from three
other contesting teams.
During the time of the reception Satur-
day night the tennis crowd of WinOna was
indulging in mild dissipation in Warsaw.
As a special prize in the mixed doubles
soda water to the winning team. Miss
Mabel Counter and Mr.. Ralph Yarnelle,
who won the finals, invited the entire
crowd of tennis players. to join and the
century run on the soda fountain was
made with comparative ease and great
For the benefit of the delegates to the
Y. 2. S. c. e. convention that meets here
this week the management of WinOna is
very anxious that it be known that every
the Central Passenger Association is en-
powered to sell fifteen-day tickets to
Winona for one fare the round trip. If
local agents have not these tickets they
should be requested to get them. During
the Endeavor convention the gates here
will be thrown open and no admission will
l.. d. Wishard and Miss Elizabeth Wish
ard. Of indianapolis, are at the Minnewa-
wan Inn.
Mrs. DR.. Armine of Columbus. Ind. who
has spent the summer at Winona, returns
home Monday
Misses Grace and Gertrude Townley. of
Terre Haute, are the guests of Miss
Hughes, in Fort Wayne for a few days
W. Clark Burt and family. of Vernon,
Ind, are spending a week here.
Among the arrivals are: F.. D. Barrows
Laporte; L. Lukon, Don Greene and Mrs
e. G. Ketteningt Chicago; James A. Fulle-
winder and w. a. Boyd, Chicago.
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