The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
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renewal of the literary copyright treaty
between the United States and Spain.
Coal has advanced % cents a ton in
London. Americans are said to be in
curing for coal in Scotland and York
shire.
Ambassador Choate and Generals
Corbin, Wood and Young were guests
of King Edward at luncheon at Buck
ingham palace.
At Decatur, ILL.,, Harrison S. Baker,
for many years a prominent contract
ing builder, was struck and instantly
killed by a street car Wednesday.
It is announced that Firmin, with
all the principal leaders of the Haytian
revolution. has embarked on board the
United States cruiser Cincinnati, and
will probably be taken to Jamaica.
According to official reports a battle
was fought between Venezuelan revolu
tionists and the forces of President
Castro, near La Victoria. which resulted
in a complete victory for the govern
ment.
Carleton S. Way. son of Charles l..
Way of Hartford, Conn. has just COM
pleted the first volume of a history of
the United States. He is 10 years old
and is the youngest historian in the
world.
On petition of the Union Trust COM
pany at Detroit, the receiver of the
wrecked City Savings bank, Judge Dor
ovan, today. ordered a dividend Of 20
per cent paid to the savings depositors
of the bank on or before Nov. 20.
Senator Cullom of Illinois has can
4x1Ial oil lite nn1itioa1 Snna Einr annOinf-
ments for the campaign on account of
the recent death at Washington of his
sister. 1t is not likely that he will make
any more speeches this fall.
The North German Gazette in an Of
fetal note Wednesday announced that
as for reasons already stated the
audience of the Boer generals with En-
peror William had been abandoned, no
notice will be taken officially of the
generals presence in Berlin.
One man was killed and several in
jured in political riots in Porto Rico.
Twenty-Five Macedonian villages are
reported in revolt and half a battalion
of Turkish troops is said to have been
annihilated by the insurgents in the
Krezna defle.
The general opinion in the city of
Mexico is that the American capitalists
seeking to combine the cigar companies
of the republic have met with insuper-
able obstacles. One of the chief COM
panies is doing a greatly enlarged bust
ness and the shareholders appear un-
willing to sell.
Alexander Sullivan, n of the lead
ers of the Union Pacific railway ma
chinists who are on strike. and James
c. Wood have been indicted by the fed
eral grand jury at Denver, Col, on a
charge of ~obstructing the United States
mails by disabling a Union Pacific en-
CINE at Deer Trail, Col.
Many of the striking anthracite min
ers Of Pennsylvania are fiocking to the
Illinois fields, where they are finding
ready employment in the bituminous
mines. The Illinois operators have Sc
cured rates to the Atlantic seaboard,
and are preparing to ship immense
quantities there.
While approaching Sioux Falls with
a Rock Island passenger train Wednes-
day, Engineer C%hauncey j. Fox OF
Baskerville was stricken with apopleXy
Although dazed and scarcely able to re-
tain his seat in the cab, he succeeded in
running his engine for a mile until the
Sioux Falls station was reached. He
died at the city hospital.
Indications point to the German la,
boring classes having a hard winter
Many companies report the business sit
uation shows no signs of improvement,
Municipalities expect more calls or
public charity than last winter. and the
mayor of Frankfort-on-the-Main has
announced a city appropriation of ST.
900, 900 for relief work of various kinds
to assist laborers.
The formal sale and transfer of Beau.
voir, the home of Jefferson Davis, by
Mrs. Davis to the Sons of Confederate
Veterans was made Wednesday at the
opening session of the reunion of the
Mississippi division, Sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans. The place will be used as
a home for INDECENT confederate veter-
ans. Mrs. Davis received 10000 for the
property.
Baroness Wolfbauer, the American
wife of an Austrian nObleman, is
domiciled at Sioux Falls, S. D., await
ing the expiration of the six months
necessary in which to gain a legal resi-
dence for the purpose of commencing
divorce proceedings. She made her frs
appearance in Sioux Falls last spring
and was accompanied by a yOuns
daughter. Her attorney is United States
Senator A. B. KittTedge.
The eight-hour schedule went into eff
feet at all the -four mills in Minneapolis
Monday. Hereafter there will be three
instead of two shifts. While the mill
wrights did not identify themselves
with the eight-hour movement, it ha!
been understood that the rate of 81
cents an hour would apply equally t.
them. 1t is understood that the mill
wrights have asked the mill operator,
for eight hours and SO a day.
There are indications that the hug
contest between J.. Pierpont Morgan
and Charles T. Yerkes for underground
London will end in a combination. Thu
total capital involved is $50, 900 ,00l
more than the capital of the new steam
ship combine. The Morgan application:
to parliament will come up for consid
Grafton in a few weeks and London viii
discover at that time the magnitude o.