The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-08-08
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

Meade, who murdered her children,
Alice and May, last Saturday, died in
the hospital Monday.
The re-shoot for the McKinnon cup
Mt the National Rife association meet
Ing at Risley, England, resulted IN a
victory for the Canadian team.
At New York Cumming & Stock
bridge, export and import merchants,
have assigned. Their liabilities are in
excess of $500 900. Their assets are not
known.
The water famine which has been
threatening Trinidad, Col, for so long
is now a reality. The city is without
fire protection and water for domestic
purposes has to be purchased by the
bucketful.
At Centralia. H.. George Fountain
and Jim Lewis became involved in n
row at Jack Green's saloon Saturday
night, and Fountain was shot -four
times by Lewis. He is not expected
to live. Lewis is in jail.
Harvest labor rates have gone into
effect on the Western lines, but not
more than 300 laborers have yet gone
out. Eight hundred men a day during
the entire period of the low rates will
be required to supply the demand.
At Port Washington, Wis. the NAM
moth ice houses of the Pike and North
Lakes Ice company were struck by
lightning and completely destroyed by
the fire which resulted. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, insured for about
one-half.
Judge Dunno of Chicago notified
States Attorney Deneen he would re-
lease Charles w. Spaulding of Illinois
on a writ of habeas corpus unless the
safes attorney could show conclusively
the law under which Spaulding was
convicted of embezzlement was not spe-
cial legislation.
The south-bound International G.
Great Northern passenger train was
wrecked Sunday by a washout three
miles south of White House. Texas.
The engine was telescoped by the ten
der. Fireman Walker of Mineola was
killed and Engineer Wright of Pales-
tine was injured.
Berry Donahue, a justice of the peace
and a well-to-do farmer living near Lut-
trell, Tenn, shot and killed Sherman
Dyer at an early Sunday morning. Both
men attended a dance Saturday night.
"a lttlIllS luu tAlSl'u tlM't lltlll
over the outcome of a lawsuit. Dona-
sue escaped.
John w. Ross, for II years member
of the board of commissioners sor the
District of Columbia, died Tuesday, af-
ter a lingering illness. He was born in
June, 1S41, in Lewiston, Fulton county
Illinois. He was a member of the M
nois legislature from 1869 to 1878. He
removed to Washington in 1873, whore
he has since remained.
George Wells. aged 81, was run down
by a freight train OF the Pere Mar
quette railway at Riverside, Mich,
about midnight Sunday, and ground to
pieces. Wells went to Riverside. where
he was to meet a companion, and fell
asleep on the depot platform, which was
the last seen of him until his scattered
remains were picked up.
Matt Killilea, former owner of the
Milwaukee and st. Louis American
league teams, died at $40 Sunday
morning at the home of his parents and
his boyhood home in the town of Poy-
gun, Winnebago county. Mr.. Killilea
was As years old. He had been ailing
for some time with tubercular trouble,
and. failing to recover his health in
Arizona, came home to die.
Annie Herndon. aged 16, and Willie
Blair, a little boy. were struck by light
ming Sunday at Birmingham, Ala. The
latter's death is expected momentarily.
Miss Herndon was carrying ar umbrel-
la and the lightning struck the tip of
the rod, passed down the handle. and
severely burned her left side and leg.
TN q Chnn on hnr rioht foot urac tnrn RI
shreds. She will recover.
Having just closed contracts to build
cars a%ggregating $30.0 00, 900, the Pitts
burg Pressed Steel Car company will
enlarge its plant. The Clinton Iron and
Steel company, which is closely allied
to the car company. has bought nearly
the entire tract of land in the Thirty
third ward, Pittsburg, known as Liner
lex, for 800, 900, and will erect an open
hearth furnace there to cost $500 900
The concern is now turning out 60 cars
a day.
Telford and McWade, members of
q Chicago real estat firm, have pur-
chased $120,0 900 worth of real estate in
the vicinity of Lake Park, Milwaukee.
The property is between Burleigh boul-
evard. Murray avenue, Frederick street
and Maryland avenue. 1t is the first
large investment Chicago real estate
men have made in this city for years.
The property is considered as good as
any residence property in the city. 1t
is the intention to build residences on
1t to suit purchasers. 1t includes thir-
ty-two lots.
At Minneapolis records were broken
when a man was arrested, tried, con-
victed and lodged in his place of i'm
prisonment fifty minutes after com
uniting the theft. Frank Dickinson
stole a coat. Patrolman John O'Con-
nor arrested him and hurried the pris-
oner with the stolen garment into the
municipal court. Fifty minutes later
Dickinson was on his way to the work
house and in less than an hour after
the theft he was assigned to a prison
squad.
The Democracy of Kenosha county.
Wisconsin. is planning to put a new
candidate into the race for the nomina-
tiOn for oOVernOr in the nerSon of Col