Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — A WEEK IN INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. tanallpox at the Indiana State Nsrasi School Make* * Panic Amons the Student* —Evan*’rille Got* State Medical Meeting for 19OS. Indiana De-ctor* Convene. Evansville has been selected as the city for the meeting of the Indiana State Medical society. The nominating committee which was in session at the Oliver hotel at South Bend, chose Dr. J. M. McLean Moulder president and Dr. D. Stevenson secretary. It also recommended the following as the officers for the ensuing year: Dr. A. W. Brayton, Indianapolis, president; Dr. J. B. Berteling, South Bend, vice president; Dr. F. C. Heath, Indianapolis, secretary; Dr. W. H. Gilbert, assistant secretary; and Dr. A. E. Bullson, Fort Wayne, treasurer. Action on the report will be taken at the close of the session. The chief features of the programme were the addresses of Dr. John A. Wyeth of New York and Dr. G. W. McClasky of Fort Wayne. The 'addresses were given at Oliver theater. A big ball was given at the Oliver hotel, at which several hundred guests from all parts of the state were present. The affair was one of the most brilliant ever given in the city. Congregational Convention. Anderson was selected by the Congregational church and ministers for the convention next year. The Rev. A. J. Ellemau of Amboy led in the opening exercises. Rev. J. Perry Ratzell of Orland And the Rev. O. C. Helming of Indianapolis discussed the problems arising in the ministry in country and city fields. The Rev. Dr. W. A. Waterman of Terre Haute discussed Professor King’s book, “Reconstruction in Theology.” The Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Roy of Chicago reviewed the interesting work of the American Missionary society, showing, he said, that it was extending the "imperialism of Jesus Christ” into lands of the yellow, brown, red and black races. The Rev. J. Webster Bailey of Fort Wayne was elected delegate to the national convention to be held at Portland, Me. The delegates visited the State School for Feeble-Minded Youth. The Rev. A. N. Hitchcock, Chicago, delivered the closing address on “The Truth About China,” with stereopticon views. Endeavor* at AndersonThe eleventh annual convention of the Frankfort district of the Indiana Christian Endeavor union began its session in the auditorium of Central Christian church, Anderson, Thursday. Delegates from a score of towns and cities attended. The counties represented are Clint&n,' Boone, Hamilton, Tipton, and Madison. The district secretary and treasurer, Miss Lena H. Bryant of Frankfort, is present, as is the state secretary, the Rev. S. C. Johnson of Indianapolis- The session opened with a praise service conducted by Miss Ora Evans of Noblesville. Mayor Dunlap welcomed the young people to Anderson and the Rev. R. V. Hinshaw of Hortonville responded. State Secretary Johnson, the Rev. M. W. Hawkins of this city, the Rev. C. E. Huffer of Tipton and Miss Jennie T. Masson of Indianapolis made brief addresses. The service this evening indued a talk on Palestine by the Rev. L. E. Brown of Frankfort. Student* Fear Smallpox. The authorities of the Indiana State Normal school at Terre Haute and the health authorties are trying to head off a stampede among the 1,100 students beepuse of a case of smallpox. Last Sunday it was found that Miss Hall, from Daviess county, had the disease. Her boarding-house, in which there were six other students, was quarantined and placed under guard, but that night Miss Richards, who lived in the house, slipped “by the guards and traveled to her home at Pendleton, whence the report comes that she has the smallpox. A number of students have gone home, and when two of them, Miss Stine and Miss Vane, arrived at their home in Martinvine, though unaffected by the disease, so far as known, they were met at the depot by the local health officers, march'ed to their residences, and placed in quarantine. Plumb*r* Still Out. The Terre Haute master plumbers and journeymen have held another futile conference, and both sides seem to regard it as the last that will be held. The master plumbers have begun writing to /Other places for men, and it is understood that the old journeymen will be asked to remove their tools from the shops. The men insist on the advance of pay from 30 to 33 1-3 cents per hour for the nine-hour day and pay for certain work at journeymen rate which the master plumbers say they can have done at 15 cents an hour. Blaze at Merom. The business section of Meron, Sullivan county, seat of the Union Christian college, suffered an SB,OOO loss by fire. The fire originated in Cushman’s bakery. Four business houses were burned out Assistant Fa*tor te Hl* Bon. Rev. George Link, Sr., of Rose Bud, IIL, accepted the assistant pastorate of St. John’s German Lutheran church of la Porte, of which his son, the Rev. George Link, Jr., is the pastor.