The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-01-30
GENERAL NEWS BY WIRE.
Matters of Interest Covering Various
Parts Of the World and Put
in Concise Form.

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Mex, average 33 per cent. Fully one
third of the people have fled.
The Pierre, s. D., Democrats have
nominated John Bowler of Aberdeen
for the United States senate.
Milton Mcclure is dead at his home
In Carlinville. III. He was banker and
has held several local Offices.
James Maher, aged so, is dying at the
hospital at Toledo, O., as the result of
having been frozen while on a street
car.
A venire for a special grand jury to
Investigate the coal situation vas is
sued and witnesses summoned at Chi
cago.
A w%estbound passenger train on the
Denver & Rio Grande was derailed near
Sargent Col. Thirty passengers were
Injured four seriously.
The jury in the perjury trial Of Chas.
#. Kelly, formerly speaker of the house
of delegates in st. Louis, brought in a
sealed verdict Monday.
A. c. VanMater, who resided about
so miles from Pierre, S. D., dropped
dead Monday evening. He was n of
h first Dakota settlers.
1t is officially announced at The
Hague that the self-styled sultan OF
Achin, tSumatra) Dutch East Indies,
has rendered his submission.
Ella Mont, a Spokane, Wash, domes-
tic, was shot and killed by Ed. Spencer,
who then shot himself. The girls re-
fusal to marry him was the cause.
Fire in the st. James Orphanage at
Benson, Neb., caused $25, 900 damages.
Thnra xya a manic among fhn Inn In
mates, but all were taken out safely.
Notices of dismissal have been served
BIZ the GOLFERS in the Bochum and bort
mund districts, Westphalia, where it
has been decided to restrict the output
of coal.
A special from Pekin says the CEN
sor's Office has memorialized the dow
ager empress to resign in favor of the
emperor as the first step in the policy
of reform.
The nomination of Pietro Mascagni,
h composer, to the dictatorship of
the Rossini Lyceum, the musical con-
s%ervatory at Pesaro, has been officially
confirmed.
Miss Mary Andrews, of Hamilton, O.,
has been installed as pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at Kansas
City. She is the only woman preacher
In Missouri.
The Illinois and Black Diamond
railroad has incorporated. 1t is the
> intention to build from Peoria to
Springfield, and thence to Harrisburg,
in all about 250 miles.
AT Hamilton, Ont, Maurice Reardon,
the Hamilton wing shot, won first
money in the Grand Canadian handi-
cap. OF Al competitors he alone made
q straight score of 20 kills.
Herminia Josephson cashier, and Jno.
Cottain, engineer, lost their lives in a
fire which destroyed the dry goods
store of Aaron & Weitheimer of New
York Friday night. The loss is $780,
900.
An electric road will be built from
6ault Ste Marie to st. Ignace in the in
terests of the Pennsylvania railroad. 1t
Is expected that the running time be-
tween the two places will be shortened
to one hour.
The machinists on the Big Four rail-
road have demanded an incease of
wages. A conference with the superin-
tendent of motive power did not result
in final action. Another conference will
be held later.
Four powder kegs exploded in a Slav
boarding house in Windber, Pa, Friday
night. Six men were probably fatally
injured. One Of these was endeavor-
ing to dry a quantity of powder when
the explosion occurred.
A decision has been reached to make
the big $40, 900 Charter Oak stake at
Hartford, Conn, open to 2:09 trotters.
The mark last year was Pill. The stake
will be contested for at the grand cir
cult meeting next fall.
George c. Coon, general agent in Mil
waukee of the Pere Marquette railroad,
has been advanced to be the assistant
general freight agent Of the enlarged
system of that company, with head
quarters in Milwaukee.
The common council of GAINESVILLE,
Wis, was restrained from paying GER
tain contracts until a suit brought by
the citizens against the council and
contractors on a charge of conspiracy to
rob the city shall have been decided.
The engagement is announced of
First Lieutenant Charles Edward Hay,
Jr., Twenty-fourth United States infan-
try, son of former Mayor Hay of
Springfield, ILL.,, and nephew of Secre-
tary of State Hay and Miss Jane Robey,
one of the bellies of Decatur, Ill. The
date of the wedding is not as yet de-
cided upon.
The gentlemen of the Methodist Epis-
ropal church of REX Valley will give
a public supper Jan. %. The menu will
cnsist of edibles cooked and baked by
gentlemen only and gentlemen will at
tend to every detail of receiving, serv-
ing, ETC., event to dish-washing. Every
body is invited, gentlemen especially
invited when escorted by ladies. The
object is to pay off an old debt.
At Valparaiso, Ind, Emma and John
Cliska, aged 10 and IL, were struck by
a fast Lake Shore train Friday and
killed. Michael Michaels, a merchant
of Porter, Ind, was struck and killed
by the same train a few minutes later.
The Cherokee Times and the Chero-
kee Herald have been merged. A new
company has been formed and the two
papers will be issued in the future I'M