The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07

his son, Richard Kennedy, for false inn
prisonment in an asylum for the in
sane.
Henry A. Faulkner and julius Leh-
man of the st. Louis house of deputies
were arrested on the charge of perjury
in connection with the council Doodle
investigation by the grand jury.
Fearing she would kill her 4-months-
old baby. Mrs. Fred Hipskind of Wa
bash. Ind, committed suicide. For two
years she had been in delicate health
and feared she was losing her mind.
At Elkhart, Ind, Ora Strine, aged
"a. who killed his wife at the home OF
her parents on Dec. IA, was given a life
sentence. Strine married Alice Coch-
ran on Noy. %, only three weeks before
he killed her.
The Bulletin of the American Iron
and Steel association says: THE to.
tai production of pig iron in 1901 was
15,S7S,35A gross tons, against 10, 7S9.-
PAP tons IN 1900, 1920 03 tons in
1899. 1,773,934 tons in 1898, and o..
652, $50 tons in 1897"
Postmaster General Payne has reis-
sued an order promulgated by previous
administrations prohibiting all en-
ployes On the service from visiting
Washington, whether on leave with or
without pay, for the purpose of influ-
encing congressional legislation.
A series of visits to the chief Europ-
can courts and countries is shortly to
be paid by the young king of Spain. 1t
will form at once his debut in the world
and the finishing touches. so to- speak,
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has now entered his 18th year.
It has been practically decided to
place Admiral Dewey at the head of
the special commission of three mem
bers that will be sent to Europe to
arouse a more active interest in the st.
Louis fair than is now being manifested
by many of the Old World nations.
The Platte Valley State bank at
Bellwood, Neb.. closed it's doors short
ly after noon Wednesday. and is now
in the hands of a state examiner. The
suspension was unexpected and has
caused much excitement. A. H..
Gould, the cashier, is under arrest,
charged with forgery.
After "a years of blindness J. Il.
Perry of Portland. Mich, was given
DuNh ne ldtullN VI SlSlI at me HOlllt-
opathic hospital q the university of
formed by DR.. Royal S. Copeland, and
was one of the most successful of It's
kind in the history of the hospital.
John w. Gates, the Chicago steel mag
nate, has just secured another of Rem
brandt's oldest and finest paintings,
entitled est. Paul which represents
the apostle in prison. 1t vas pur-
chased of a New York dealer at a price
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
Former City Treasurer Moses T.
Hale's shortage has been fixed by an
expert accountant at $27, 800. The city
of Colorado Springs, Col, will not lose.
as Hale's brother of New Berryport,
N. Y, advanced $50, 900 some months
ago with which to make good the de-
falcat.on.
Alvin Charles, aged Go years, has
been arrested at Maryville, Mo, on
the charge of embezzling $500 be-
longing to the local Odd Fellows
lodge. of which he was for Is years
secretary. Charles is a justice Of the
peace and has lived in Maryville all
of his life.
C. d. Pierce, consul of the Orange
Free State, at Mex York, said in regard
to the report that Paul Kruger might
ONE to this country in April, in re-
sponse to the many invitations he had
received, that it had been definitely set
tied that he would not come. He spoke
as if this decision was final.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage will
go to New York Monday to consider
the offer made to him by the Interna-
tional Banking corporation. OF the
many offers received by the retiring
secretary this and an offer to become
president of the Chicago Title and
Trust company are the only ones
whose acceptance he is seriously con
sidering.
Geo. Reeder, a Northern Pacific
freight conductor, is dead as a result
Of a peculiar accident. Reeder was
running an extra to Duluth. Mimi,
from the west and discovered that a
brake shoe was frozen to one of the
wheels, Procuring a lining bar he
leaned over on the step and struck at
the shoe with the rod. While in this
position n end of the rod happened
tC strike the ground and the other end
pointed straight at Mr.. Reeder, The
rush of the train forced the rod heavily
against his stomach, producing internal
injuries from which he died.
Mrs. Lease, the former Kansas ora
tor, now of New York, advanced the
following original idea the other day,
apropos of the liquor question now
being agitated there: 81 would make
whisky as free as water; | would let
the man who wants it drink his fill, 1t
would result beneicially in killing off
a lot of saloon frequenters, who are
only a burden to the world and to
themselves. and eliminating their
progeny, who furnish the recruits for
the great army of crime and disease,
and would bring into actual operation
the law of the survival of the %ittest."
The Buenos Ayres correspondent of
the Northwestern Miller says: The
harvest is now in full swing and the
results in the provinces of Santa Fe,
Cordoba and Entire Rios are fully bear
ing out my predictions both as regards