The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-19
FIND
FINANCES STRONG
REPORTS SHOW GOOD CONDITION
OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Swedish Lutheran Confer
ence Hurries Business to Close This
Evening All It's Organizations
Flourish Reopening Of Minnesota
College Matter STAYED Of .s~

Reports on the charitable institutions
were received today by the Minnesota
conference of the Augustana Swedish
Lutheran synod which today entered
upon it's second week Of work in st.
Paul. AS the conference will close
either late this evening or tomorrow
morning there is little time to waste
and the delegates are disposing of bust
ness with great dispatch.
by the Rev. Carl Solomonson Of Duluth.
The first report was from the board Of
directors of the orphanage at Vasa pre-
sented by DR.. Erik Norelius. The in
stitution cared for sixty-four children
during the past year. The receipts
were $10,374 and the disbursements, in
Guiding the cost Of steam laundry,
were only $6,1S5.
DR.. Norelius, who founded the or
phanage, and has been it's chief sup
porter, asked to be excused from fur
Their service on the board and his re-
quest was granted. The conference ex-
by a rising vote Of thanks.
Directors Elected.
Directors were elected as follows:
Rev. P. J. Collin, Stockholm, Wis; Rev.
J. +. Brandelle, Cannon Falls, Mimi;
son. Tasa Rh se ap Mg adf of ohn
Hedberg as superintendent, vice, P. O..
Hultgren, resigned, was confirmed.
Reports on Bethesda hospital were
presented by Rev. G. J. Carlson, chair
man of the board Of directors, and Su-
perintendent @. A. Hultkrans. The in
| stitution had cared for 1000 patients
during the year, of which eightyfour
! a~%
tuition includes not only the hospital
proper, but deaconess institute for the
instruction Of nurses and deaconesses,
an old folks home at Chisago city,
and the cottage and camp at Lake
Como. These are valued as follows:
Hospital, $4,000; >deaconess home, $780,
900; old folks home, $4,000; Lake
Como property, $4,000; inventory of
contents, $4,000; total property value
ment fund of $4,000. III.
| The receipts Of the board were $685..
929 and the disbursements for all pur-
poses, $85, 739. There are twenty sisters
in the deaconess home, and the first
class will graduate this spring. 1. 2
It was decided to appoint com
mittee for the Improvement and mainte
4 nance Of the park at Fort Wing, Wis.
presented by G. N. Okerstrom of Fort
Wing. This tract, which covers about
forty acres, is located on the shores Of
Lake Superior and it is intended as ar
outing place for clergymen and others
connected with the conference. Late,
it may be developed for a summer
school similar to the Chautauqua.
Treasurer Reports. c-,
Treasurer Gustaf Rast Oh Red Win,
: announced the gross 2receipts for tn
year as $4O,088, FOR the following }pur
) poses: Augustana college. $5,197; Gus
3 tavus Ado!lphus college, $e,3o5; cor
> sions, $1,996; foreign missions, $2,46(
. There Is balance in the treasury o
I about $4,000, but there are some unset
: tied liabilities. .Hr
The motion to reconsider the repo1
J Of the board of directors Of Minnesot
q college, Minneapolis, which was prom
Q ised for TODAY. was not offered, and
d may be that it will be held off, as it
y introduction might precipitate heate
/ controversy, .E8 o..