Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1901 — A WEEK IN INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINQ3 FOR SEVEN DAYS. A Tonne Women of Twenty Tears la Burned to Daeth —Oldest Men In theState li Deed —Cutting Wheat b* " O Morn gilt. Indiana School Fonda. r I ne three state Institutions for higher education whose support by taxation has caused years of antagonism on the part of the friends of the denominational, or church colleges, hava just received $123,000 from the state treasury; being tho semiannual colt lections of the special tax levy. The Indiana university received $49,200 and the Indiana state normal school and Purdue university each $36,900. Thej June semiannual apportionment olj school funds amounted to $1,113,695 to tho 92 counties, which is a per capita* apportionment of $1.47. The spring school enumeration Bhowed 767,616 persons of school age, between 6 and 21 years. Fifty-two counties received 'more thnn they collected for the school fund. As a rule, the counties with large populations collect more than they are allotted In the apportionment, notably Marlon county, In which Indianapolis la situated, where the collections were $117,943, and the apportionment $70,260. The attendance at the summer term of tho Indana state normal is running far above the number expected when, the term began Monday. So far 665 students have been enrolled. Indian* Ron* of Votorans. The fifteenth annual encampment of the Indiana Sons of Veterans and Ladies’ Aid Society elected the following officers at Muncle: Commander, Georgo W. Krlentensteln of Terre Haute, custodian Of the state house at Indianapolis; senior vice commander, J. Harve Leffler, Muncle; Junior vice commander, McClure Tate of Noblesvllle; quartermaster, E. B. Frlendllng of Jonesboro; division council, Oral Jones, Shelbyvllle; E. E. Wooden, Oreensburg. Ladles Aid society: President, Mrs. Sophia Price, Muncle; division council, Mlsb Nettle Rice, Fort Wayne; Miss Dyke Beals, Fort Wayne; Miss Mattie Ott, Richmond; chaplain, 1 Mrs. Lulu Helms, El wood ; treasurer. Miss Maggie McKinney, Shelby vllle ;J division Inspector, Miss Sarah M. Vauter, El wood; mustering and Installing officer, Mrs. George Krlentensteln, Terre Haute;' division secretary, Miss Bertha Shurln, Shelbyvllle; Judge advacate, W. W. Hagans, Shelbyvllle; chief of the staff. Miss Grace Luce, Terre Haute. The Rising Sun was selected for the next encampment

Fairbanks (or Bakar, So far as It can be settled at this time, Judge John H. Baker of the United States District Court, I* to be prommoted to the Circuit Court of Indianapolis to take the place of the late Judge William A. Woods. It Is understood that Senator Fairbanks will recommend to President McKinley that Judge Baker be promoted. Senator Beveridge Is In Europe, but he has a warm personal friendship for Judge Baker, and will. It Is said, encourage the promotion. Was 10S Tsars Old. John Burk, believed to be the oldest man In Indiana, died at his home at Lake Cicott, near Logan sport, aged 102 years and nine months. In all ;his life Burk never was sick, and until a year ago was strong and hearty. Then he began to decline and finally died from old age. He was born In the county Tipperary, Ireland, In 1799, and came to America In 1848. » / Young G’rl Buvood to Doutb* Miss May Hagding 20 years old, was burned to death In a farmhouse three miles west of the city. She tried to start a fire with coal oil while alone in the house and her clothing was Ignited. The house was entirely consumed, and only the bones of the young woman were found In the ruins. Bnrtsd Molt)' Is Sought. The wife and six children of Ira Smith of Youngstown, who was killed by lightning ten days ago, are searching for $15,000 which Smith had hidden on the farm. On his person when he was killed he had $1,300. He never told of his hiding place, saying be would do so shortly before his death. i K Using Bag Again ftnlTid, Within the past few days a number of citizens of Hartford city have been bitten on the upper lip by a strange bug, which Is thought to be the famous kissing bug. The small child of Fid Brown was attacked by this bug, being sttiflg on the lip. The child suf* - sered great twin, but will recover.

Catting Wheat by Moonlight. Owing to the extreme heat, horses in Wayne county are dropping dead in the harvest field, and the farmers are suffering heavV losses. To avoid such trouble, wheat in the locality of Dublin will be cut by moonlight. Whips Wife on Streets. Fred Melsner of Springfield, 0., is in Jail at Logansport for publicly whipping his wife with a willow switch. Melsner piled the rod over the woman’s head'-and shoulders and laid the fleßh open on her face. * ( Die from Intense Rent. The heat on the Fourth at Valparaiso was intense and two men died from its effects. The dead are: D. A„ Smith, aged 50 years, of Hobart, md.; Luther Houghton, aged 80 yeara