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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Trust Company Failures.

A dispatch from the City of Mexico.
Oct. 16, announced that the lnterna-
tional Bank and Trust company of
America, William H. Hunt, president,
with branches in leading American
cities. had gone into voluntary liquid
alton. 1t had been widely advertised
as a solid institution with $4,000, 900
good capital. Mexico will investigate.
~Over-bopding was given as the cause.
Two big trust companies of Balti
more. the Maryland and the Union
announced their suspension Monday tc
the surprise of financial circles. The
news caused a rush on several Other
Baltimore banks. The Union people
claimed that their failure was due t.
the alarm caused by the closing of thC
Maryland and said they were solvent
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
DIES AS RESULT OF MISTAKE
Nation Physician Gives Wrong Medi'
cine and jury Exonerates Him.

NATION, ILL.,. Nov. 4.-The infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. James Chester
Welch died in this city yesterday as
the result Of a mistake in medicines.
Or. o. w. Ferguson, n Of the oldest
practitioners in this city. administered
bichloride of mercury where calomel
was intended.
Coroner Kirshaw held an inquest
over the remains and the only witness
examined was DR.. Ferguson. who tes-
titled that Mrs. WEIGH, mother of the
child, came to his office and asked for
some medicine for her baby. A box
Of bichloride of mercury tablets was
lying on his prescription shelf and DR..
Ferguson, upon putting up calomel tab
lets, supposed he gave the latter to
Mrs. Welch.
Several hours later the child was
taken seriously i'll and died in great
agony and then the fatal mistake was
discovered. DR.. Ferguson testified
that the bichloride of mercury was the
cause of the child's death. He was ex-
onerated by the jury.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
BOY BIGAMIST IS SET FREE
Victim of Dance Halls and Ignorance
Excites judicial Pity.

New York special-For being mar
ried to two young girls. Joseph Lauer,
16 years old. was arraigned before
Judge Crane in Part /. of the county
court, charged with bigamy. Judge
Crane asked the boy if he knew he
was committing a crime in marrying
two girls. Lauer replied in the mega.
tive.
Where did you meet them?" asked
Judge Crane.
II met them both in dance.halls,
said young Lauer. who is a good
looking, curly headed youth. IL fell in
love with the first girl as 5000 as |
saw her. | asked her to be my wife.
and as she promptly accepted. we
went away hat night and were maj
ried. A few weeks later went to
another dance and while Walking with
Nellie | thought | would like to have
her, too. We got married. and a few
DAYS later | was SEM to Jail"
"you are IN an unfortunate posi-
ton said the judge. You've beer
10 jail now for two months. and you
are nothing but a boy. | believe you
didn't know what you were doing at
the time, | shall suspend sentence"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
LABOR AND CAPITAL
Labor Drives Out Publishers.

The large and well known publish
ing house of Rand. McNally & Co, OF
Chicago was reported to have dectd-
ed to remove it's printing plant from
that city. This 10Y was taken only
after the company had been compelled
to secure an injunction against the
striking pressfeeders who had demand
ed an increase of from 81 to So a
week in wages. President McNally
said to a reporter:
I'VE have either got to move or get
out of business. / have been in bust
ness in Chicago since 1886 and never
have the unions been so excessive in
their demands as in the last four or
five years. We are paying higher
wages than are paid in New York or
any other city in the United States
Owing to the excessively high wages
we cannot compete with publishing
firms within a radius of 500 miles o.
Chicago. They are taking business
away from u.s.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Funston for Better Pay.

With the object of getting a better
class of army enlistments Brigadier-
General Funston of the department of
Columbia in his annual report advo-
Gates the payment of $1S a month on
first enlistment, $50 for corporals, $45
for sergeants, $50 for first ~sergeants
with advancement for length of SER
vice. He declares that under existing
conditions the quality of the rank and
file is not satisfactory. He cites the
large number of assertions, discharges
and refusals to re-enlist. and says the
wonder is that SO many good men stay.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
WILL OF MISS MARY P. ROPES
How Miss Mary p. Ropes Divides
Her Large Estate Among Public
n Charitable Institutions.

Salem, Mass. special.-About ST.
900, 900 is given to public and charita.
BILE institutions by the will Of Miss
Mary P. Ropes, filed for probate yes
terday. The requests to charity and
education Immediately available
amount to more than half a million.
and the remainder Of the estate viii
go to the same purposes al the death
of the testatrix's sister. Miss Eliza q.
Ropes, now far advanced in years.
The institutions benefited are many
in number and widely scattered. AS
specific blocks of stocks and bonds
are given to most of the various in
situations, the value of which is not
stated or not yet appraised, h exact
amounts distributed are unknown.
Chief among the beneiciarieS are:
Harvard University, to found the
nathaniel Ropes chair of political
economy: Essex institute in Salem,
Peabody Museum at Harvard Pea
bory Academy of Science in Salem.
The Salem fraternity. Salem sea
mems Orphan and Childrens' Friend
society, Odd Ladies' Home in Salem,
Bertram Home for Aged Men in Sa-
lem, Salem Public library, Salem
Woman's Friend society, Salem Pub
lie hospital. Swedenborgian School in
Waltham, Tuskegee Institute, Ala
bama, $500; Carlisle Indian School
5 $500; Berea College, s20,0e0.
Other institutions benefit as fol-
lows: Urbana New Church universe
ty, to endow a chair in modern Ian
guages and a scholarship; the New
Jerusalem church in Cincinnati. the
Ohio New church Swedenborgian as
ISOLATION, the American New church
Tract Publication society.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Cost of Living Increased.

Statistics covering the cost of liv.
ing of the workingman in Chicago for
five years from 1898 to 1903. were
made public by the Chicago Employ,
ers' Association. They are designed to
show that the assertions OF labor or
CARNATIONS that the cost Of living has
advanced from 25 to 40 per cent in the
given period are not based on facts,
According to the figures the average
increase in the cost Of living in Chi
cago for the FIVE years is 11.3 per cent.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
WANT MONEY TO BUILD LEVEE
VIII ASK Money Of Government to Re.
claim AlluviaI Land n Main.
tain levees

New Orleans, Nov. 4.-The largest
and mos. influential levee convention
yet held in the Mississippi valley
opened here today for the purpose Of
making an appeal TO the national gov
ernment for sufficient aid to levee
both banks ot the river and maintain
these levees at q maximum grade,
for recla!m.ng and giving protection to
the alluvial lands and improving navi-
cation. The attendance includes gov
ernors. senators. congressman, high
railroad officials and representatives
of commercial exchanges at levee
boards from many states il the valley.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
SHOPLIFTER GETS A SENTENCE
Woman Shoplifter is Made an Exile
for Life.

Chicago, H.. Nov. Am exile for
life in Germany was the sentence
negatively imposed on Mrs. Mary
Stein, convicted Of shoplifting. by
Judge Clifford today.
The woman's husband pleaded that
. sentence of a year in the house of
correction. proposed by the court,
would result in the prisoners death.
Mr.. Stein exhibited a steamer ticket
Tor Germany, and declared that if the
court would permit, Mrs. Stein would
depart Immediately for Germany, and
never would return. Judge Clifford
agreed, and made Saturday next the
time limit for sailing.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
AGAINST Women stenographers.

BY means of rules for reproot n
correction, the Chicago agents OF the
Grand Trunk railroad are endeavoring
to get rid of all women stenographers.
Twenty have already been put u
They are accused of turning the ottices
into lunch rooms, gossiping about their
male friends and matrimonial chances
and turning in "candy-besmeared man
uscript." One superintendent does not
hesitate to give the real RESEMBLANCE
", that women stand in the way OF the
promotion of male employees. they
themselves not being fitted for promo
ton to higher positions. A New York
Sun editorial criticises the frivolous
and thin" methods of ousting used,
and says sarcastically that OF course
men ste~nographers could not be guilty
of gossiping about women, the races
the 'little time they had last night"
and always devote their minds eXclu'
sively to business.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Radium fer Solium.

A Washington dispatch says that a
consular report on the new metal, So
lium, contains the statement that ra-
dunn can be manufactured in a liquid
state from solium at a cost of So a
quart. This new metal is said to pos
sess a very light specific gravity, and
to be hard as steel and brilliant as sill
yer. Its chief component is chloride
of solium. 1t is said to be suitable for
ship armor plate.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
More Postal officers ousted.

Postmaster General Payne or We'd
nesday dismissed from the service M.
w. Lewis, chief of the supply division;
C. B. Terry, a clerk under Lewis;
Louis Kempner, superintendent of
registry system, and Otto Weis, a clerk
in the New York postoffice. The dis
missals were made as a result of the
recommendations contained in the re-
port of Mr.. Bristow for extravaganza
in the use of materials and for other
irregularities. ,,..r
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Geography a Live Study.

That the study of geography Is no
facts, but a subject constantly %enliven-
ed by the current news of the world,
is well illustrated by a new department
Of the Journal of Education, which
publishes each week those items of
news which bear directly on the ply.
steal or political geography of the
world. They are grouped under the
heading, Geography of the Day."
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Other Department Frauds.

During the week Washington re-
ports have told of the investigation of
new land frauds by which vast forest
territory in the Northwest has been
secured through the use of dummy
settlers under the forest reserve law
Also the war department is investigat
ing the charge of wholesale fraud in
the quartermaster's department OF
Governors island, New York.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Perry Heath to Retire.

Capt. Harry New, the republican ma
tional committeeman for Indiana, is
said to have the administrations back
ing as a candidate for the secretary
ship of the republican national COM
mittee, the position now occupied by
Perry S. Heath. Senators Fairbanks
and Beveridge are working for New,
and while they have only kind words
for Mr.. Heath they say the president
feels that Heath's alleged connection
with the postoffice scandal makes his
retirement imperative.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
A White Mans County.

The Henderson, Tex, Times publish
ed at the county seat of Rusk county
owned by former Speaker Millner of
the Texts house of representatives con-
firms recent reports of systematic out
RACES against unoffensive negroes by
white men in pursuit of a plan to make
Rusk "a white mans county" 1t says
humanity, civilization and Christianity
has been invaded as never before in
the history of this country.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
GAMBLING IS NOT A DEFENSE
Miller Grain Company Scores a Point
in the North Dakota Court.

Fargo. N. D, Nov. 4.-Judge Pol
Tered of the district our has held that
gambling in options is no defense in
the case Of the John Miller Grain com.
pany against John A Klovstad. The
Miller company bought grain from
Klovstad. The Miller company bought
grain from Klovstad and under his or.
der purchased options for certain
amounts. Wheat wen down and Klov,
stad refused to pay. When sued he
claimed it was a gambling debt and il
legal
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
SCIENTIFIC
San Francisco's Airehip.

In an airship constructed by himself
DR.. August Greth made his initial trip
Oct. 10, sailing for W hours over the
city of San Francisco and finally COM
ing down in the waters Of the bay
through an error in opening the wrong
valve of the balloon. The ship resem-
bles Santos Dumont's in some respects.
The motor power is a gasoline engine
of 500 pounds weight.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
DUMONT'S AIR-SHIP In PERIL
During inspection New Airship 70
Nearly Carried Away.

Paris special.-Santos Dumont, ac'
companied by Archduke Leopold Sal
vator Of Austria, infinitely Inspected
Santos umont's balloon No. 10 yester-
day.
Santos Dumont entered the a and
ordered that the balloon be brought
out OF its shed in spite of the strong
wind that was blowing. The wind
caused the balloon to give a sudden
lurch. which threw to the ground the
mep who were holding the guide rope.
The danger from nearby trees was
considerable for a few seconds, but
the guide rope was 500 re~captured
and the balloon brought down in
safety.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
TOY PISTOLS MUST BE BARRED
Chicago Council Votes Against the
Deadly Noise Maker.

Chicago. Nov. 4.-Chicago children
are to be protected from the toy pis-
toll. which, through a mistaken idea OF
patriotism. was allowed to cause the
death of 400 persons following this
years fourth Of July celebration
throughout the nation. Aid. Patter-
sons ordinance prohibiting the sale or
gift of this deadly toy to minors was
recommended for passage yesterday,
the judiciary committee Of the city
council so voting.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
ENTICE GIRLS FROM HOMES
Chicago Woman With Two Victims Is
Under Arrest at Peoria.

Peoria. H., Nov. A woman CIV
ing her lame as Johanna Harris and
her residence as Chicago. but refusing
tn state where she resides in that city,
was arrested last night at the Union
station and is held pending an investi-
CATION. With her were two young
girls. for whom she had purchased
tickets for Chicago. The girls con-
fessed that they had been ent;ced from
home and the also confessed.
Railroad mer say she shipped two
girls TO Chicago Saturday evening.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06

The Cause of lnfidelity.

In his installation address as presi-
dent of the Princeton Theological sem
mary DR.. Patton said that if incarna-
ton be left out of the Christian reli'
gion there was nothing left but IAN
emotional morality associated with the
name of Jesus" That conception OF
Christianity, he declared, was not a
religion, but a moral philosophy In
competition with other moral philoso-
phies.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
LEGAL AND CRIMINAL


A unanimous decision handed down
by the supreme court of Massachu.
sets Tuesday, sustains the ruling of
the lower court that a person drunk by
the voluntary use of intoXicants may
be arrested in his home without a war.
rant and convicted without regard to
the place where the act is committed,
The case was that of Anna Conlin, who
was arrested and taken from her home
while under the influence of liquor.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Miscellaneous Happenings f.

Miss Jane Adams, head worker OF
Hull House. Chicago, says in "Chari-
ties" the New York review, that logic
al connection has been discovered be-
tween child labor and tramp life. This
has beer found from tramps who stop
at lodging houses. The hatred OF pre-
mature overwork is found to be the
starting point of vagrancy in most
cases.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
The Peabody Fund.

The trustees of the Peabody fund
have decided that its proceeds hereaf-
ter shall be distributed more evenly
throughout the South, especially in aid
of rural schools, instead of being con-
centrated so largely on the Normal col
lege at Nashville, Tenn. The income
is now $50, 900 a year.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06

favor of a study hour in the public
schools in every case where it is ne
cessary to obviate having the children
loaded toe heavily with work to be
done at home evenings. He explains,
however, that many of the so-called re-
citations are virtually periods of in
struction.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Strikers MAY Use Pickets.

Judge Smith at Cincinnati has modi-
fed the injunction against the strik-
ing molders and coremakers which re-
strained them from gathering upon the
street or approaching employees of
Lane & Bodley. The court holds that
the men have a right to picket and
gather on the streets, so long as they
confne themselves to p%eaceable meth
DDS.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Hawaii's Big Sugar Crop.
The Grosscup Trust Cure.

The latest suggestion of Judge
Grosscup for removing the uncertainty
about the facts of corporations is to
put the organization of all corporations
on a fixed and known basis, compel
them to start on assets equal to theiI
capital and keep them subject to in
%spection like banks or trust companies
He believes that this a be done by
the federal government.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06

The acquittal of David Lamar. the
rich New York broker. and the thugs
whom he was alleged to have employ
ed in a conspiracy to take the life of
his coachman, James Mcmahon, by the
Freehold. N. j.. jury. caused much sur
prise and some talk of jury fixing.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06

The entire crop has now been started
to market. 1t is the largest in the his
tory of the islands, although the profits
to the planters is smaller than it was
in 1901. The average price received
for the sugar this year was SIS a ton.
Some of the plantations are paying as
high as "a per cent annually.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
One Line Cuts Grain Rate.

The Toledo, st. Louis G. Western
railroad, known as the Glover Leaf"
has announced a reduction in the rate
on export grain from st. Louis to New
York of 21a cents per 100 pounds less
than the rate which its competitors are
pledged to maintain. 1t may cause a
general revision of tariffs.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Standardization Protected.

The New York court of appeals de
cided Tuesday that Jesse Lewissohn
the rich clubman. who had been sum-
moned in the East of Richard Garfield,
the gambler. could not be compelled to
testify on the ground that his testi'
mony might be used afterward as
ground for an indictment against him
self.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
First Postal Case Fails.

A disagreement of the jury was the
outcome of the first trial OF postal
frauds cases, that of former Assistant
Attorney General Daniel V. Miller, at
Cincinnati. for connection with the
John j. Ryan turf investment schemes.
1t is feared that this result may have
an unfavorable effect upon the other
postal cases. -.,r.ll..
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06

At a recent mass meeting of stu
dents of Northwestern university,
Dean Holgate made the contention
that football was "a great help In re-
liglous duties" He said all that stu
dents needed when at sea in the mazes
of theological thought was "a scrim-
mage on the football field or a run
about the c.nder track"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Women Students Exchange.

A Women Students Exchange has
just been opened at Barnard college,
the women's section of Columbia, the
object Of which is to assist self-sup-
porting students in disposing of the
products of their handiwork. Every
thing, from shirt waists to molasses
candy, is offered in this collegiate de-
partment store.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Radium Endaneers Life.

That a small piece of radium held
for some time on a mans pillow would
produce in one hour paralysis of the
brain and death is the statement
made by William j. Hammer, a radium
expert, in a lecture at Philadelphia.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
School Banking Illegal.

The attorney general Of New York,
in response to the inquiry of school
teachers desiring to put in execution
savings Of their pupils, has given no
tice that such a scheme would be in
violation of the banking act.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
H. c. Prick PRESENTS PAINTING

Washington. Nov. All. G. Prick,
the steel king of Pittsburg, today pre-
scented to President Roosevelt, for the
government, a painting of the signing
of the peace protocol which termina
ted the Spanish-American war in All
gust, 1898. The picture, which is the
work of Theobald Chartran. cost Mr..
Prick $40, 900.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Contract Miners Deported.

In execution of contract labor laws
the immigration officers at Philadei-
phia held for deportation q Goa min
ers who arrived from Wales last Sun
day under contract with the Ellsworth
Coal Co. of Ellsworth, Pa.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Neuroes Nations Wards.

The Aurora, ILL.,, Methodist confer
ence last week adopted a memorial to
congress, urging that the negroes be
put on the same basis as the Indians,
to be educated at government expense.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Missouri Beats the Maine.

In her trial trip over the Cape Ann
course on Wednesday the e first
class ~battleship Missouri averaged
s1S.05 knots an hour, which with the
tidal allowance was expected to make
her official speed 1922 knots. The
average speed of the battleship Maine
was only 1898 knots.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
German Attacks President.

Senator German of Maryland in the
course of a newspaper interview Sc
verely criticised President Roosevelt
for devoting so much time to the var
ious state elections. calling him a
~''meddler."
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
Health Test for Teachers.

One of the rules of a new set of
sanitary regulations adopted by the
Indiana board of health prohibits the
employment of teachers afflicted with
consumption.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
SHOOTS ACTRESS AND HIMSELF
Jealous Man in Seattle Fatally In
lures the Woman.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 4.-Crazed with
the knowledge that she had deserted
him for another man Claude H. Ar
buckle. formerly a fioorwalker in a
local dry goods house on Monday night
fred two shots into Gladys Grey, for
merly a variety actress at Nome, in a
room at the hotel Cecil, and then blew
out his brains. The woman will die.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
EDUCATIONAL

For Study Hour in Schools.
Philadelphia's school superintend'
ent, Edward Brooks, moved by the pop
ular outburst about overworked chill
dren, has placed himself on record Il
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-11-06
FORTUNE FOR SINGERS SON
Wealthy Aunt Dies in Sweden And
Leaves a Million to Her Heir.

Indianapolis. Ind, Nov. 4.-Edward
Seguin, son of the once famous opera
singer, Zeralda Seguin. received intel
ligence yesterday from Sevenborg.
Sweden, that a wealthy aunt had died
and left him a large fortune. 1t is
said here that it will amount to $1,000
600.