The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-01-31

Countries.
John L. Grove of Keithburg, ILL.,, was
killed by a falling tree.
Improvement Is noted In the condi-
ton of State Treasurer Williamson of
Illinois.
Safe blowers looted the New Ross,
Ind, p~ostoffice, securing 5000 in money
and stamps.
Timothy c. Harrington, member of
parliament, has been reelected lord
mayor of Dublin.
Natural gas was found while digging
a well on the farm Of w. N. Evans
neal Emporia, Kan.
President Mitchell and other national
officers were reelected by the United
Mine Workers of America.
Rev. DR.. o. D. Hatch of Manchester,
N. H., has received a call to the Bap-
fist church of Hinsdale, Mich.
John and Samuel Vail, brothers, are
under arrest at Metropolis, ILL.,, charged
with passing counterfeit money.
Hampton Wynn, colored, was hang
ed at Mariana, Fla, for the murder
of Eugene CASTOR, another negro.
Acting Governor Steele of Nebraska
has issued a proclamation designating
Jan. 29 as Mckinley memorial day.
Deputy Sheriff Edward Martin of
Fergus county shot and killed Bud Ty-
Ter. a horse thief, near Gilt Edge, Mont.
Earthquake shocks were felt in st.
Louis Friday, as far north as Quincy
and on the west in towns about Kan
sas City.
Woman tells states attorney at
Springfield she is daughter of Abraham
Lincoln and asks his aid in establish
ing identity.
Illinois mining board charges at
tempt to bride President Newsam by a
Will county applicant for a certificate
&C mine manager.
The Ohio supreme court decides in
BLACK list" case that right Of employer
to employ or discharge men cannot be
questioned. o can his motives be con-
sidered.
Police authorities at st. Louis have
so far failed to unravel the mystery
surrounding the murder of Millionaire
Cooper in the Vista bathhouse Wednes-
day night.
Mrs. Richardson, accused of the MUIR
der of her husband, a Missouri mer-
chant on witness stand denies guilt and
declares she does not know who COM
mitted the crime.
The next convention of the Illinois
Society of Engineers and Surveyors
will be held in Aurora. That city won
| in n cnirital Rnhf Auor Dnnr;n pl0o,,
lngton, Champaign and East st. Louis.
The Yosemite club has decided to in
definitely postpone the proposed JEFF
fries-Sharkey fight. The chief reason
given is the unsatisfactory ending of
the recent Sharkey-Maher fight at Phil
adelphia.
Coroner's jury finds New York Cen
trail railroad responsible for the recent
tunnel disaster and charges officials
with faulty management. Engineer
and fireman of wrecked train are dis
charged.
The bearers Of the ransom of Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone and Nine. Tsilka, hav-
ing with them $500, reached Demir-
Hissar (Roumelia) Jan. 81, and pro-
ceeded to the mountains on horseback,
accompanied by a strong escort.
Both the civil and military authori-
ties at Manila deprecate the publica-
ton in the Philippines of Prof. Schur-
mans Boston speech and the minority
report in the senate on the Philippine
tariff bill, which, they say, are likely
to have a bad effect on the Filipinos.
Cables from Paris tell Of the death
of Miss Anna Northend Benjamin.
Miss Benjamin was the first American
woman in Santiago and was the first
to get the confidence of the Filipino
women in Manila and get them to
talk on the wal from their viewpoint.
She had twice been around the world.
A report has reached Panama that
the forces under the Colombian general
Castro, had an engagement with the
troops under the revolutionary leader
General Herrera. in the neighborhood
of Aqua Dulce lin the vicinity Of Las
Tablas, on the Azure peninsula, south
west Of Panama), in which the revolu-
tionary forces were defeated.
An advance in wages of locomotive
engineers throughout the entire system
Of the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern railway was granted at a confer
enCe wv a OF the enSl-
neers and officials of the road held In
Chicago. About 90 men are benefited
by the raise, which will mean an in
crease in the pay rolls of the company
of about $500 OO.
According to the Irish News an eff.
fort will be made to clear Tory Island
situated off the northwest coast of Ire
land, County Of Donegal. Wholesale
ejectment papers have been served up.
on the inhabitants of the island, who
are chiefly fishermen and kelp gather
ers, and who number about 800. They
elect their own king and have not paid
rent or taxes for many years.
A shipment of 300 prime beeves was
recently made from Galveston to Liv-
erpool as an experiment, and the cattle
landed there in excellent condition. The
consignment left Galveston Dec. 10 and
arrived at Liverpool Jan. s, which is
said to be the quickest time yet record
ed for In export cattle shipment be-
tween the two ports. The shipment
was made as a test. If satisfactory, IL
will be followed by others.
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