Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — A WEEK IN INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Lora and Pride Lead • Youn* Marrta* Con ? le to the Vers* of Btarvattaß Notre Dame Com men cement — 1 ~~ Fon'alae Hearld I« Sold. Lore to Starvation. A peculiar case of love, pride and poverty has developed in Ma ion. Ernest O. Hartman and Miss Tens Wilson were married in Dunkirk, ImL, last July. They were of w’ealthy par* ents, the father of Miss Wilson being A. N. Wilson of Dunkirk, who Is ths owner of the city gas plant and also has many acres of valuable land nsar the town, besides a number of business blocks. The father of Hartman was a merchant of means in the town and had allowed the boy to grow to manhood in idleness. Mr. Wilson objected to the marriage. Hartman was very proud and refused aid of the parents. He secured a position in the freight depot of the Pennsylvania railroad, but was discharged after one week. The couple lived for nearly a week without anything to eat and were too proud to beg or to notify . their parents of their condition. Then hunger finally overcame the pride of Mrs. Hartman and she notified her father, who went to Marion and found her in an exhausted and dangerous condition. He took his daughter bom* with him, but his son-in-law had dinappeared. Notre Dam- Commencement. Rev. James French, director of studies in the university at Notre Dame, has made public the program for commencement week. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Very Rev. Nathaniel J. Mooney, rector of St. Columbkille’s church. Chicago. He was graduated from Notre Dame in the class of ’77. John Shanley of Fargo, S. D., will deliver the commencement address. The bachelor three in number, will each treat of a phase of the general subject. “Statesmanship in the Twentieth Century.” John P. Hayes of Elmira, N. Y., will discuss “Peace International Arbitration.” J. J. Sullivan of Chicago will treat of “Liberty, Genuine Democracy.” Will H. Tierney of Nova Scotia will speak of “Happiness. Christian Socialism.” William O’Connor of Louisville, Ky., will be valedictorian, and Anthony J. Brogan of Limerick, Ireland, will read the class poem. Ths class that will be graduated this June is the fiftieth in the history of ths institution, and special plans are on foot to make the commencement memorable. Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Spalding and other distinguished prelates will be invited to be present during commencement week.

Yearly Agreement Signed. The block coal operators and a committee from the Brotherhood of Stationary Engineers met at Brazil and signed the yearly agreement, which fixes the wages of the- first engineer at $75 a month, and, where two are needed, the second one at $65. Ono clause provided that the engineers .shall not strike in sympathy with any other labor organization. This is important at present, as the operator* and miners are far apart on a settleinent, and a suspension of work la likely to occur on the first of next fconth. Retreat tor Indiana BaptUt*. The Pine Lake Assembly association, composed of representative Indiana Baptists, has come into possession of the Chautauqua grounds locat[ed at Pine lake, north of La Ports. The association is officered by Rev. iDr. Stott, of Franklin college, as president, and A. D. Berry, of Indianapolis, as secretary. The purpose of the association is to make the Chautauqua a a retreat for Indiana Baptists. Ths Chautauqua meetings will be continued on an elaborate scale. Lamp Burst*. Catnln* Panic. The explosion of a lamp caused a panic during an auction at the house of Frank Rogers in the town of Diamond, near Terre Haute. In the rush for doors and windows a dozen or more persons were crushed and trampled upon. Mrs. C. G. Catterson and her 4-year-old daughter probably will die. Dlvore* Hutts at Terre Haeta. Mrs. Fred Ellis has sued for a divorce at Terre Haute. She also asks that her maiden name, Edith Fuhr, be restored. Ellis is now holding a government position in Mrs. Augustus Werneke has brought suit for divorce. Marie Holmes asks for a divorce from Rhodell Holmes. La-Fout*>ne H-rald Sold. The LaFontaine Herald, published at LaFontaine, has been sold to S. B. Lee of Fairmount, an old newspaper man. John Hammes, who for several year* has owned and edited the Herald, will go into business elsewhere. To BaUe Prtee of S**h Weight*. Foundrymen from various parts of the country met in Indianapolis in response to a call. The purpose of the meeting is to raise the price of sashweights S2O a ton. General State New* Congressman Cromer has recommended Sherman Shroyer to succeed Postmaster Dally at Selma; George Bascom to succeed Postmaster Nichols at Lynn, and J. L. Burrows to succeed himself at Modoc.