The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-04
MAYOR AMES'
NEW DUTIES
To Quit Being Mayor Sept. I
and Devote All His Time
to West Baden.
The Huge Caravansary, Its
Waters and Wide
Open Gambling.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From a Staff Correspondent.
West Baden, Ind, July 5.-The ex-
elusive announcement made In g
jour- al last week that Mayor a. A.
Ames would resign his position as the
head of the municipal government of
MINNEAPOLIS and would remove with his
family 70 West Baden, Sept. 1, is borne
out by the facts obtained in this tiny In
diana village.
Mayor A. A. Ames is expected to be-
come the surgeon in chief of the immense
new Sinclair hotel as soon as the latter
is ready for guests. The frequent con-
ferences recently between Mayor Ames
and Lee W. Sinclair, proprietor of the
million dollar hostelry, now building
here, have resulted in the completing
Of all the detailed arrangements. All
that prevents them from being put into
effect at once is the uncompleted condi-
ton Of the hotel. 1t had been expected
that at least 200 rooms Of the $40 would
be ready for guests the early part of the
month.
Now the hotel management announces
with positiveness that it will open 200
rooms by Aug. /. and that by Sept. the
entire $40 rooms will be opened and the
hotel will be complete from its immense
rotunda, 200 feet in diameter, to its
palatial clubhouse, which is the most
completely appointed and most luxurious
gambling place in America.
Dr. Ames will assume his important
duties as medical adviser and chief sur
geon with the arrival Of the first guest
in August, but the matter of detailed at
tention will probably be left to his as
sistants until the hotel is doing its quota
of business and his services are absolute
Iy required, which will be Sept 1.
In the appointment Of DR.. A. A. Ames
as chief surgeon of the New Sinclair
hotel, high tribute was paid to his ab1li-
ties. He has been advertised through
the community of West Baden and
among the guests at the other hotels as
one OF the most prominent surgeons in
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And that Lee w Sinclair has confidence
IN his ability and believes that he is the
man to occupy this prominent position is
shown by the concessions made to the
Minneapolis mayor In addition to being
chief surgeon and medical adviser, DR..
Ames will have the private hospital and
the drug store of the hotel and, according
to one of the best informed hotel men
at this point, his new connection should
net him something like $4,000 the first
year, with an increase each subsequent
year.
The details of this arrangement have
never been announced and probably never
will be made public, but intimate person
al friends Of Lee W. Sinclair and Of DR..
A. A. Ames, who has already made many
friends in the community, say that he
has secured the space in the hotel. for
his hospital and for his drug store with
out a cent of expense, other than that
he must provide the necessary stock for
the drug store and some Of the movable
equipment for the hospital. including the
furniture Of the operating-room and the
surgical instruments. He will be house
surgeon of the hotel and the management
will direct all patients In search Of medi-
cal aid OF requiring medical attendance
to consult Dr.. Ames.
This connection 1t is asserted, Is the
result Of the friendship which has ex-
listed for many years between Lee W.
Sinclair. principal stockholder in the
hotel and its manager estimated to be
worth million dollars, and DR.. Ames.
Just how long this friendship has ex-
listed is not known, but it is said that 1t
has extended over long period, and that
on several previous occasions efforts have
been made to secure the services Of DR..
Ames without success.
No Break in Relations.
The rumor in Minneapolis that the
recent developments in the municipal in
vestigation had resulted in rupture of
the pleasant relations between the hotel
management and DR.. Ames, has never
been given publicity here. That there is
any foundation for this rumor Is abso-
lutely denied in West Baden. During his
stay here last week, Doctor Ames was in
constant conference with Lee W. Sinclair
and all Of the details connected with the
opening Of the hospital and the drug store
were carefully arranged. It Is under
stood that the question of Mayor Ames'
position In Minneapolis was not brought
up and that the most amicable relations
still exist.
The runor that DR.. A. A. Ames Is in
erouble in Minneapolis has reached West
Baden, but it Is doubtful If it is known
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