The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
T~ELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Engineers engaged In fitting out
package freight steamers on the great
lakes have been called off the boats
by the Marine Engineers Beneficial
association az Detroit. Mich. owing
TO the refusal OF the owners To en-
ploy three engineers instead Of two
on package frelghters Of 1900 tons
and upward.
David F. sherrick. former state
auditor Of Indiana. who was convict.
ed for embezzling state funds. was
received at the state prison in Mich
igan City last night sherrick chat.
ted with friends during the street.
car ride from the depot to the prison.
and there was nc display Of emotion
on his part.
Because Governor J. II. Mickey re-
fuses 10 pay tuition his four children
have been excluded from the Lincoln
tNebraska) public schools. He has
filed a mandamus suit against the
Lincoln school board to secure rein
statement Of the children All state
officers likewise have refused TO pay
tuition.
Gifts amounting 10 S15o.00O TO Adel
bert college OF Western Reserve uni
versity in Cleveland. made by grand
children in San Francisco Of Joseph
Perkins. for many years a trustee
o. the college, we're announced yes
terday. A department Of sociology
viii be established and a chemical
laboratory built.
In the District court at yermillion.
s. D., Elmer johnson mo Richard
Brueschweiler pleaded guilty 10 the
charge Of arson and were sentenced
TO five years in states prison. The
young men. who were university stu
dents. fired three old buildings here
last summer and said they did e 10
improve the appearance Of the town.
Fire completely destroyed the buggy
and wagon factory Of r u. Scott g.
Co. and sever residences. occupying
half a block, az Pontiac. Mich. caus
ing a total loss Of $4,000. The loss
OF che factory is 500. 10G. In addition
several cars on the Grand Trunk
tracks were destroyed The fire Is
believed 10 have been Of i~nccudiary
origin.
Federal rather than state charac.
tiers for an corporations doing an I'm
tcrstate business were advocated By
Judge Peter S Grosscup Of Chicago
In a speech at the Economic club din.
per 40 Boston. Mass This. he de-
ciared. would be the only way 20 put
q check 90 dishonest corporations
which. under present conditions. are
Teying upon the public.
II IS stated az the white House az
Washington that the President has
made a reply 90 O telegram received
from the coal operators OF Chicago
asking that be take steps 10 end the
strike. and while the text viii not
De made public, there IS authority for
the statement that the President has
decided not 60 interfere SO long as
conditions remain as they now are.
while attempting 10 save his broth
er. who had become entauclcd iu a
broken guy wire at GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
Carl Urban. aged 12 years. stepped
into a mudholc. Thus completing a
ground circuit that c-lectrocutcd him
IN the presence OF hundreds Of school
children In front 81 the Grant school
Paul Urban. che younEer brother. is
stn unconscious and urobably VIII
die.
The STANDARD on Company % ms.
MOS. with headquarters az Decatur. a
corporation organized 90 fight che
Standard on trust increased les capt
tai stock from $4,000 60 81. 0Oo GOO and
Il is said will within ninety days be
prepared 4 o offer competition TO the
trust that will mean something. Eas.
tern capitalists are behind the con.
Germ and the sale of Oh an over the
country viii De undertaken.
while a ntg -Four Passenger train
was held an hour Ut Muncie. near
Urbana. M, a baby hoy was born 20
Mrs O. l. nohyns, a young Kentucky
woman who was travelling from NAYS.
VILE. Ky. Go Join her husband at Ur.
bana, Not a passenger stumbled AZ
the wait and n bis cheer went mp
from the group outside the coach
when the announcement was made
that mother and child are doing
we'll"
Jiu iitsu az the United States na.
val academy in Annapolis, Md, has
proved a dismal failure. Professor
Yamashita. the expert who Instructed
President Roosevelt. gave the last of
a series OF fifty lessons 20 the mid.
shlpmen recently Ills contract has
rot been renewed, and, as he has not
been successful in making profitable
engagements TOR the future. he viii
return 60 Japan. lie has received
SSs.3S for each lesson OF an hour al