The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-02-22
T~ELEGRAPHIG BRIEFS

We We NENHH UH""AH AAHE 70 A#" HNH""A
editors in northern Indiana, had bis
right foot amputatcd as a result Of en-
juries received IN a buggy collision
at Peru. Ind.
Sheriff Anton Nielsen o. ST. Paul
MINI, faces loss Of his job for violat
ing the law Ia permitting a newspaper
man to witness the hanging yester
day Of William Williams
Midshipman Minor Meriwether Of.
I the United States Naval academy,
who was sentenced. after being court
martlaled. TO expulsion from the
academy for hazing. was pardoned By
President Roosevelt.
Former Congressman sam wagga
man died at Kokomo, Ind. at the age
Of So. The bite Of a goose caused
blood poisoning, which resulted fatal
ly. Waggamaa formerly was an In
dian trader and a noted hunter.
Cassie L. Chadwick is in the prison
hospital al the female department Of
the Columbus COhio) penltentiary
again when AIRS. Chadwick entered
the -penitentiarv her attorneys said
that she would not live to serve out
her term.
One hundred men harvesting ice or
Saginaw bay. near Bay City. Mich.
with a dozen horses. were driven as
hore in a veritable panic yesterday
when a sudden n~ortheaster swept
down upon them. breaking the ice
field loose from shore. Men and
horses raced madly for heir lives
all safely reaching land. howeuyr. be
fore the breach between the icefield
and the shore ice became impossible
President Harvey Jordan OF the
Southern Cotton association declared
at Atlanta. Ca. that he had secured
an agreement with a syndicate OF
eastern capitalists. headed by E. r.
Thomas. TO take SOC, 600 bales of mid.
ding cotton from southern planters
az the minimum price Of 1Sc per pound
The agreement further provides for
the taking OF all cotton ready for mar
ket next August and September from
the crop OF 1896 at the then market
prices.
A statement issued by the Post
/ office Department al Washington
shows the gross receipts Ct the fifty
largest postonices In the United
I States for january. 1906. were f7.tlS,-
cs9. as against 5000. 500 for january.
1905. nearly IA per cent increase The
only decrease was az Peoria, Ill. u
per cent Atlanta, Ga. showed the
largest gain. nearly % per cent New
York receipts were s~l.s90.227 and Chi
cago slo96.tl5,
AZ the opgnius session OF the Ma
,iunai Gamers association annual
meeting az Atlantic City. X. y, Or.
A. Trazgr % Chicago said thar "graft
corruption and ombezzlemout have
been found lurking Ia financial and
political circles and men hitherto con
sidcred Of stainless reputation have
been dragged from their pedestals
with regulations blasted and fortunes
squandcrcd Or. Frazer deviated TO.
this extent from a lengthy address OF
a technical nature on the canning in
dustry Of the country.
The president has approved the sen.
| fences 90 the court martial ia the two
cases against First Lieutenant sidney
Z s Burbank. who was tried Ia the
Philippines In n case ne was charg.
I ed with making false official state.
ments with reference Go his alleged
marriage 90 a Filipino womun aud
ln the other with embeEElement OF.
company funds Ho WAS sentenced
90 dismissal ia each case, but In the
latter he was sentenced ia addition
to imprisonment for fifteen months
After a Ions session OF oratory the
Iowa house defeated the Epperson re-
solution for a women suffrage amend
ment by a vote 81 90 90 50. The result
was surprise 10 the suffrage associa
tteu lobby. which had Confidently ex.
PGCtcy - lezat ufty-fivo votes for the
measure Representative Cummings
and Wright changed their votes for
the purpose of moving Cor a recon
siderauon and such motion was filed
az once ID Is not believed probable
that a move 60 reconsider viii carry,
The famine 10 the Spanish meridl
oual provinces Is again grave. The
recent intense cold has killed the
sugar crop Ia the provinces OF Seville,
CadiH. Malaga and Granada, running
the regions and throwing large num-
bers OF persons out OF work Numcr
Gus babds of men unable 10 obtain
work are securing the country, pIlag-
ing farms, bakeries and provision
stores. and threaten TO attack the land
owners Ia the citiCs large numbers
81 persons have been Ted by public
subscriptions but the loss Of crops
puts an end 20 this Thousands are
awaiting the commencement OF
government famine works which are
indispensable to effect any improve
mynt in the nightfui situation.