The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-05-02

George Speyer. head Of the Lazard,
Speyer & Ellison bank, is dead at
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany.
Representative Charles II. Hide
brandt of the Sixth Ohio Congressional
district has been nominated for his
second term in the house.
UnitCd States Consul McMade at
Canton has cabled the state depart
ment that the bubonic plague has brok-
en- out in Canton in malignant form.
The steamer Nome City sailed from
Seattle for the Nome gold fields Friday
with $50 passengers. Her departure
marks the formal opening of the Nome
season.
The Edinburgh Evening News says
that negotiations in which J. p. Nor
gan is interested are on foot to COM
bine the Scottish coal companies, with
a capital of $15, 000, 000.
Mayor-elect Charles c. Klein of VI
ricksville, o., who disappeared Monday.
was found at GAINESVILLE, and says he
wished to escape holding Office.
David Hanchett, who was for more
than 90 years on the stage, died in
Brooklyn, n. Y. He had played with
Edwin Forest, Charlotte Cushman and
many other we'll known actors.
Simon Shamoniski, a Hebrew, sem
fenced to the Onondaga county IN. W
Jail for Is days, was released on appeal
to County Judge Ross, on the ground
that he could not live on the jail diet
during the passover season.
The petition of a lecture bureau for
an injunction to restrain Miss Ellen NJ.
Stone, the missionary, from lecturing
under V management was denied by
Judge Richardson at Boston. The hear
ing on the merits of the case lasted two
days.
The Boer agents in America are re-
newing their %entreaties that Mr.. Krug-
er visit the United States next June.
He will probably comply with these re-
quests if sufficient pressure is exercised,
although he has often personally ex-
pressed his dislike of this plan.
]. E. Cherry of Creston, Ia, has an
exceptional record as an Odd Fellow.
He was initiated into the order in 1863
at Alton and has been a continuous
member of the same lodge eve since.
During the whole of his 80 years mem
bership he has never drawn a cents
worth OF benefits from the order.
Reports of a fabulods' find of gold at
Sandy Creek, Madison county, Mon
tana, have been received in Butte. A
man named Meyer shipped in some
samples of ore for assay that go from
$51 to $4,000 to the ton. What the
extent of the strike is has not yet been
ascertained, but Meyer says he has an
abundance of it.
William N. Boggs. who was SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment in
the New Jersey state prison for his al
legel connection with the wrecking of
the Dover, Del, National bank, has
released, having beer ~par6oned By
President Roosevelt. Boggs was cash
Ter of the bank and had about another |
year to serve.
The Dominion government is being
asked to grant a subsidy to the Cana
dian Pacific's northern steamers to en-
able them to compete with the Ameri-
can boats running to Skaguay. 1t is
stated that the Canadian company is
now running its northern boats at a
loss, and if government aid is not given
they may be withdrawn.
At Kansas City following on the heels
or the announcement that the govern
ment intends to investigate the meth
DDS of the beef trust, the prices of the
highest classes of beef fell from one to
cents. Loins which have been cost
20 cents went to 20 cents; ribs which
been bringing 16 cents fell to Is,
and loin butts which have been selling
for 13 cents were reduced to II.
Results are being obtained in the
Galloway Short Horn cross breeding eX-
pertinent being conducted by the ex-
pertinent station at Ames, la. Feeding
tests are being made. After two
weeks feeding in the yards the cattle
are turned into pasture and also fed for
two weeks ant found to gain in weight.
They were her turned onto grass alone
for two weeks and will be taken up
Saturday and weighed. The gain in
in pasture was somewhat sur
as a loss was expected.
Captain Joseph Coghlan of "Hoch der
Kaiser fame and Captain James Sands
have been nominated TO be rear ad-
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph
company has filed papers at Trenton,
n. j., reducing its authorized capital
from = 1000, 900 to $500, 900, all of
is to be common stock. Guglieo-
LlU NdICOHl, August BELMONT ana Gle
mont A. Griscom are among the or.
iginal incorporators of the company.
A unique wedding ceremony has Just
been celebrated in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Richard Fleming and Delphine Hinch-
nan, both blind from birth, were mar
led. The couple met only a few months
and are said by their friends to
nave been mutually attracted through
he sounds of each others voices. Flem-
ng, despite his affliction, conducts a
arge manufacturing business.
c. +. O'Brien, aged 65, at one time a
Fealthy resident of Linn county, Mis-
was arrested on his farm neal
bacon, on a charge Of poisoning herds
# live stock owned by farmers against ,
shom O'Brien had a grievance. Paris
was poured into wells, tanks and d,
,onds which supplied water to the
took. O'Brien is said to have had a 5
arge amount of the poison in his pos F,
ession when arrested. He pleads not
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