The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-03-06
GENERAL NEWS BY WIRE.
Matters of Interest Covering Various
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thracite region.
RUDE Smith of Denver knocked out
Jack O'Keefe, the Boston Kid" in the
18th round at Pueblo, Col.
The canal option has been extended
I'LL the treaty is ratified. 1t may take
an extra session to do the work.
d. Bester, cashier Of the Lone Tree
Savings bank, shot and killed himself.
No cause is known for his rash act
The bishop of Southampton, the Rev.
Hon. Arthur Temple Lyttelton, died at
Petersfeld, Hampshire. He was born in
1852.
John D.. Rockefeller has started on
his long contemplated trip through the
South to Mexico and southern Cali
fornia.
Emperor William has appointed Herr
Won Waldow, governor of Koenigsberg,
to the g~overnorship of the province Of
Posen.
The canals of Venice at ebb tide have
practically u dry during the past two
days; gondolas being left stranded in
the mud.
Charles A. Cairns has been appoint
ed general passenger ticket agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern, effective
March l.
Contractors were invited by the Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit company to
submit bids for the first section of the
subway.
The pope received diplomats who
congratulated him on his jubilee. The
pope is suffering from a slight cold and
hoarseness.
Robbers last night blew the p~ostoffice
safe in Garret Ind, and carried away
$1,000 in cash and $500 in stamps. The
robbers escaped.
The Central Federated Labor. union
has decided to assist the Retail Cigar
Dealers association in it's fight against
the tobacco trust.
Bird dealers will petition congress to
amend the Lacey law, which prohibits
the capture of song birds, alleging that
1t is running them.
Benjamin l.. Goodwin, aged 70, a
wealthy farmer of Lexington KY, walk
ed into a saloon and shot himself dead.
No cause is known.
AS a result of a fire at Pultovtsal,
Russia, in the government of Podolia,
IL persons have lost their lives and 200
AouoCS haNC DCCh utoliOyCu.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
has brought the Wisconsin Western
railway nown as the Kickapoo Valley
road, which is 81 miles long.
The Mohammedans think Europe is
using the Macedonian question as a
subterfuge and that the Powers are
really moving against Islam.
The Venezuelan imbroglio settlement
is generally declared by Vienna news
papers to be a complete American vic
tory for the Monroe doctrine.
Y The steamer City of Clifton, owned
by the st. Louis and Tennessee River
Packet company and valued at $4,000,
was burned at Clifton early today.
Chevalier Karl Scherzer, the we'll
known traveller, is dead at Gorita, Aus
tria. He was the author of several
books of travels in the United States.
The historic London tavern in the
Strand, known as Simpsons. where the
roasts were wheeled up to the tables to
serve the diners, is to be torn down.
W. Olson of Hoffman, Mimi, and ].
N. Peterson of Barrett, Mimi, land
seekers, blew out the gas in a room at
Winnipeg, and will probably die as a
result.
A despatch received here from Tang
Ter, Morocco, says it is persistently re-
ported there that Ell Menebhi, the min
lister of war, was killed in battle, Feb
ruary IL.
The president this afternoon received
the members Of the Republican Edi-
torial association at the white house,
and gave a cordial greeting and hand
shake to each.
The crew of the Kinoe, a Gloucester
fishing smack, volunteered to rescue,
and did rescue, during a terrific gale,
the crew of the sinking British schoon-
er E. H. Foster.
David Shand, charged with murder
ing Mrs. Ira Baker, at Lebanon. Pa,
last Saturday night, killed one of the
policemen sent TO arrest him before he
was ~overpowered.
The excessive use of illustrations in
government reports Is to be reduced for
economy's sake. The public printing ex-
pense has increased 81, 200, 900 within
the past few years.
Mrs. Phoebe Clough, a wealthy New
ark, N. j., woman, confined in sani-
tarium for alleged alcoholism, has sue
Cteueu III sIdi IlnS udDedS corpus pro-
ceedings from her cell.
o. P. Austin, chief of the bureau of
statistics, is writing a book on the de-
velopment of the boundary lines of the
states and territories, noting the
changes since colonial days.
The revolutionists who intended who
attack the Venezuelan capital have
abandoned their position and retreat
ed. The government is organizing a
force to pursue the rebels.
Trinity Lutheran church of Trenton,
N. j., is in a state of great excitement
over the confession of Pastor Hugo
Wendell, who says he breaches to spir-
its several hours a day. Complaint has
been made to the Synod.
The Independent Elevator company
of Minneapolis, controlling q county
elevators, has sold out to the Brooks
Griffin company. The deal affects the
grain trade of the Northwest.
Rear Admiral Schley is i'll at San
Aptonio Tax and unahlp IN attand the