The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-10
THE SEASON At WINONA
EVENTS DURING THE PREsBYTERI-
AN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Finances of ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Grill Room to be Discussed.

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the annual session of the General Assembly
OF the Presbyterian Church For the first
time in this country the General Assembly
will return to the same place for its meet
ing that it was held the preceding year.
This year the 25Oth anniversary of the
adoption of the Westminster standards is to
be celebrated by the church, and naturally
enough the meeting of the General Assem-
bly, will be of more than usual Importance
on that account. The second Thursday of
the session has been set aside by the OBJ
servance committee for the celebration of
the anniversary by the assembly. A few
days ago there was a meeting of the COM
mittee in Philadelphia. when it was an
nounced that fifteen Of the most prominent
and powerful men of the Presbyterian
Church in this country and Scotland will
deliver orations on that day. "A feature of
the assembly will be an historical exhibit,
by the synods of all the States, showing
the growth and progress of Presbyterianism
in the various synods. The synodical exhibit
tons are under the charge of a synodical
committee consisting of one pastor and
one elder from each presbytery. The In
dianapolis presbytery is to be represented
on the synodical committee by Rev. r. V.
city. This week the committee will meet at
the First Presbyterian Church to begin the
work before it. Beside the meeting of the
General Assembly, Winona Park will be
crowded all summer with various meetings
that are to be held there, Winona has
grown in the last two or three years to be
one Of the best known and most popular as
sembly places in the United States. 1t bids
fair to soon outrank the older and more
powerful Chautauqua.
No small part of the success of Winona
has been due to the excellent financial pol.
icy which is said to have been pursued
from the outset. The capital stock of the
association is OO,OOO. OF this amount $103,-
600 has been sold and paid in. Subscriptions
for $4,000 more stock have been made, but
not paid. The stock will not be issued until
paid for. Not taking into account the stock
subscribed for, there is yet s97 COO of stock to
be sold. The assets are about $4,000, in
Guiding the grounds, hotels, buildings, fur
niture in hotels and cottages, steamers and
boats on the lake, etc. There is a mortgage
indebtedness of Sac, 0C0 the balance of the
purchase price of the grounds, With ac-
crued interest amounting to perhaps 5000
more. Beside this there is other indebted
ness evidenced by notes, some or Whlcn
will not be due for three years. The aver
age interest that has been paid was PEI
cent Notwithstanding this, the association
has paid per cent. dividends to stock
holders. Recently the directors decided to
issue 100000 of first mortgage BONDS rum
ming for ten years at per cent. 70 refund
the mortgage and floating debt. This Will
materially reduce the interest. The bonds
are payable in gold and are issued in de-
nominations of $500. Already $4,000 of them
have been sold, and negotiations are now
being made with an Eastern capitalist who
will perhaps take $4,000 more. leaving $4,000
Of do fn ho sol
of South Bend, and the American Trust
and Savings Bank of Chicago, are the
trustees. OF the proceeds of the bond sale
$4,000 will be applied to paying the pur,,
chase money mortgage on the grounds and
the other Indebtedness will be lifted. After
all debts, are paid, there will still be hand
some margin from the bond sale which
will be put into improvements that are
being made on the assembly grounds. The
purchase money mortgage is held by Boyer
Brothers, well-known merchants or war
saw, two miles away from Winona.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
Some three weeks ago Thomas Kane. of
Chicago, notified the directors of his ac-
ceptance of the Office of president of the
association. He succeeds j. M. Studebak-
er, of South Bend, who was compelled to
resign from the presidency on account of
his business affairs. Mr. Studebaker re-
mains on the board of directors, however.
Rev. S. C. Dickey, of this city, is secre-
tary and general manager. Mr.. Dickey
spends most of his time at Winona- On
his return last Friday he informed the
Journal of the improvements that are al
ready being made. Not the least i'm
portance is the establishment of a COM
plete sewerage system. Connections will
be made to every cottage. Water works
will also be put in. Winona has valuable
spring water. An analysis made since last
September shows that the water of one
spring is about the same as Waukesha,
plus iron. Every effort will be made to
preserve pure and unpolluted the water
supply. Other resorts have neglected this
sanitary measure until it was too late.
COttagerS are each to be assessed $50 to-
ward this expense. The sewerage system
Assembly meets. A new school building
has been built opposite the auditorium. The
rooms are to be made warm and comfort
able. When the assembly met last year
about the only cause of complaint was the
lack Of facilities for the committees, in
which the most important work of the
General Assembly is DONE The new school
building will obviate this difficulty. 1t is to
be two stories high, with large rooms plas-
tered throughout. The old entrance gate
way to the ground is to be Supplanted by
a large building, which will be provided
with waiting rooms, ticket offices for the
Pennsylvania and Big Four railroads, sep
arate entranceways and driveways for We
hicles and foot passengers. The docks are
to be moved to this quarter of the ground,
SO that all entering will pass through the
main entrance. The building is to be a
handsome structure, and part of the cost
will be paid by the railroads.
Opposite the Inn the alumni of Wooster
College, of Ohio, are erecting 81, 900 lodge
house, which will be provided with all con-
veniences. A cottage is being built by
Western College, OF Oxford, 0. Other in
stitutions Of learning contemplate erecting
buildings.
DR.. Chapman, a renowned evangelist, who
is to direct the Bible school, has pur-
chased site three-quarters of a mile away
from the man buildings of the assembly
grounds, where he is building a cottage.
Near by DIR. Chapman's isolated domicile
DR.. Gilman, of New Jersey, will build a
cottage. Rev. Dr. Clark, of Elmyra, ILL.,,
others have erected cottages since last
year. Plans for number of others have
been made and contracts let for their
building. These will all he completed ere
the General Assembly meets.
The first gathering at Winona this spring
will be the foreign missionary conference,
May II and is. May 10 the General Assem-
be moderator. DIR. Sheldon Jackson, mod
orator last year, will preside until his sue
cessor is chosen. The historical exhibit in
celebration of the 250th anniversary of the
adoption of the Westminster standards will
be sort of worlds fair in church annals.
1t will be participated in by the SynodS,
colleges and boards of the church. The
Presbyterian Historical Society of Phila-
delphia, which has a rare collection of his
torical relics of the church. has agreed to
send its exhibit, providing a small fire.
proof building is assured for its protection
Last year many delegates from the East
came to Winona determined not to be
pleased. They refused to take the quarters
that were assigned them at Warsaw al
though that town is but two miles away
and is reached by seven minutes ride on
a dummy train that runs every ten min
utes The consequence was that some were
not satisfied with the accommodations they
this year All delegates to the assembly
will be housed and entertained in the