Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1901 — A WEEK IN INDIANA.: [ARTICLE]

A WEEK IN INDIANA.:

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Weatarn Writer, at Winona I>Utaa to Paper, and Poem, from Delegate.— Feather Creek Levee Hreak. and Many Have Narrow Escapes. Indiana State Formal Gradaateta The final examinations at the Indiana state normal school closed and ths names of the members of the graduating class are known. The following are the graduates, the name of the county from which they come also being given: Charles B. Agnew, Franklin; H. M. Appleman, Steuben; Monta Anderson, Franklin; Corrol Beard, Vigo; lone F. Beem, Owen; Joseph Briggs, Benton; Bllza G. Clarke, Spencer; Loretta Douthltt, Sullivan; James O. Ingleman, Carroll; A. U. Ingleman, Carroll; Josephine Evans, Vigo; Orville Fldlar, Vigo; John W. Figg, Hendricks; Blache Fuqua, Edgar, Ill.; Emma Greeley, Allen; Mary Hall, Henry I Mary S. Hill, Vigo; William H. Hill, Hamilton; Arthur W. Hlllyer, Warren; Margaret Hines, Fulton; John W, Holdeman, Elkhart; Harley Holten, St. Joseph; Elmer E. Howard, Sullivan; Martha B. Harrison, Rush; John Jeffers, Vigo; L. M. Johnson, Randolph; Thornes F. Johnson, Spencer; Chester Y. Kelly, Clark, Ill.; Estelle R. King, Ripley; Lizzie Kirby, Hendricks; Ltneaus Allen; Chas. H. Markley, Wells; Lamma Mason, Marlon; Richard MeClaskey, Vigo; Etta McCloskey, Vigo; Caroline Norton, Marlon; Edna O'Dell, Putnam; Edgar Packard, Cass; Otto Phares, Howard; Jean A. Schmidt, Vigo; Mettha Smith, Vigo; Robert D. Smith, Morgan; Edward’C. Snarr, Washington; Myrtle Van Cleave, Vigo; Ann Wallace, Clark; Albert Wheeler, Knox; Arthur B. Wright, Washington.

Indiana Mu«lo Teacher*. The Indiana music teachers’ annual meeting at Terre Haute was largely attended by delegates. In his annual address President Oliver Willard Pierce of Indianapolis referred to the new constitution authorized at the meeting in Columbus a year ago, and adopted at a special meeting in Indianapolis last December. The change in the law is to promote the purpose of the association to become a genuinely representative body of the musical interests of the state. He said he had sent letters to every ladies’ matinee musicals or similar club, inviting each society to elect two delegates. He also sent letters to conservatories of music and educational institutions in which music is Included in the curriculum. He also endeavored to appoint a musician in each county in the state to act as a delegate to the state body. * Struck by a Train. Hon. D. W. Woods, ex-prosecuting attorney and one of the leading members of the Madison county bar, was instantly killed by a Big Four passenger train in the yards of the company at Anderson. Attorney Woods was returning from a call upon a client and entered the yards of the company. He stepped from one track on which a switch engine was approaching only to be caught by the fast mall train in the rear. Both engines were whistling and Mr. Woods, who carried an umbrella. evidently did not note the train behind. He was prominent in the politics of Indiana. He was defeated in the election for judge a few years ago. He was chairman of the Republican central committee in the last campaign. He has been a member of the national council in Odd Fellows and Sons of Veterans. Read Their Own Sketches. The program of Western writers, now holding their sixteenth annual convention at Winona, included sketches by F. F. Oldham of Cincinnati and Miss Mary E. Cardwill of New Albany. This was followed by a poem, Lee 0. Harris of Greenfield being its author. The Rev. H. W. Bennett of Anderson read a paper entitled "Some Literary “Wonders Among the Prophets," and Colonel Mark I* Demo tte of Valparaiso led a discussion of the preceding day’s work. The writers then "went into executive session,” heard reports of committees, and transacted miscellaneous business. A characteristic poem was given by W. W. Pfrimmer of Kentland. Creek Levee Hroka. The levee along Feather creek broke and the entire northwest of the city of Clinton was flooded to a depth of from two to five feet. The section is thickly settled, and for a time there was a reign of terror. Few men were at their homes, and the women averted fatalities by carrying and dragging children to the highlands, a hundred yards distant. One woman was carried by the force of the water beyond her depth, and was saved only after a desperate effort. Gardens were destroyed, chickens drowned and many homes flooded. The damage will aggregate several hundred dollars. Their Scaffolding Fell. Sylvester Hadley, William Whitington, Walter Hadley, Frank Sutton and Newton Hadley, carpenters, were seriously Injured at Brazil by a scaffold falling on which they were standing erecting a mine shaft for the SealerMcLellan Coal company. Ohio Lutheran Synod. The north Ohio and Indiana conference of the Ohio Lutheran synod convened at Fort Wayne for a two-daye’ conference. About forty ministem were *n attendance.