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PROFESSIONAL WORLD, .50 Per Year in Advance. COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1902. VOL. 1, NO. 16. THE PRESIDENT CLARKE. New President Took Charge of Lincoln Institute -Was Science Professor in Wilberforce. Prof. Edward A. Clarke, the new president of Lincoln Institute ar rived from Wilberforce, Ohio, Monday and entered upon the du ties of the office this morning. He is well known here where he taught many years ago and his friends predict for him a success ful administration of the Institute. Prof. Clarke is a man of middle age, and is a thorough type of a college man. He was born in the President's house, in the college campus of Wilberforce University, which school was founded by his grandfather, Bishop Payne, in 1856. His father and mother both attended this school in Ohio before the war, and both taught in the school. His primary education, was all received at his mother's knee, and he entered at the a'ge of ten the preparatory course of the Uni versity. He graduated, B. A. with highest honors in 1881, and became principal of the high school in Evansville, Ind., at the age of twenty-one, having under bis charge GOO students and a corps of 13 teachers. In this position he remained eight years, being the only colored man in the state of Indiana to hold a life state cer tificate. He also holds life certi ficates in the cities of Louisville and St. Louis. Prof. Clarke came from Evans ville to Lincoln Institute in 1889, as professor of science, and spent three years here, so impressing the students, citizens and the Board of Regents, as well as the patrons of Lincoln Institute thoughout the state, that after ten years he is now recalled to their highest gift, the presidency. In 1892 by civil service exam ination, standing first out of 90 applicants, he was appointed to the war department in Washington City. Taking a special examina tion there, he became an assistant examiner of patents under the Gov ernment, the only colored man in that great office by civil service ex amination This position demands Mgh scientific and legal know ledge combined and is eagerly sought after by graduates of suoh technical and scientific schools as the Boston Technical, Cornell University, Ann Arbor and other great schools. Remaining here three years and standing first on the list for promotion, Prof. Clarke resigned to accept the chair of science in his Alma Mater. This school had already honored him with the degree of M. A., granting it to him in a class com posed of such notables as ex-Presi-dent William McKinley, then gov ernor of Ohio, and the Hon. Fred erick Douglass. Prof. Clarke is an ordained min ister and served Wilberforce in the doable capacity of professor of science ana pas; or of the college chapel. In his congregation were teachers, students, citizens of every denomination, Catholic and Prot estant. The spiritual welfare of the student body was never in such satisfactory condition as dur ing the five years of. his stay. The Jefferson City Tribune. Free! Free! Free! Your photo enlarged to life size will be given to the one sending the largest number of yearly subscrib ers to the Proessional World between now and April 1st. Contest open to all. Sample copies furnish ed free on application. Public School Concert. The children of the Fred Doug lass school, under the direction of Mrs. n. A. Clark, gave a concert at Stone's Hall last Wednesday evening. A very creditable pro gram, consisting of choruses, du ets, solos, drills, compositions and recitations was rendered to an ap preciative audience. The exhibit of school work which was shown at the State Teachers' Association last Christmas was inspected by the audience at the conclusion of the program. City Notes. Buy your meat at O. E. ltader's new meat market. Goto Oilman & Dorsey's for drugs and toilet articles. Dr. Anna B. Marsh accompa nied by her mother and children, left Monday afternoon for Nash ville Tenn. Miss Lucile Smith is improving after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. P. C. Crews is improving slowly. Special prices on muslin underwear at Hubbell's. Rubbers for children lOets and rubbers for women 25cts per pair at C. B. Miller's shoe store. Mr Oscar Marshall is on the sick list. Everybody eats meat and should buy it at 0. E. Rader's new meat market. All kinds of Jewelry at Gilman & Dorsey's. Mr. Beverly Chapman is serious ly ill at his home on Christian College Ave. The editor of the Professional World was receiving birthday con gratulations Thursday but was too old to tell his age. All kinds of drees goods, lowest prices, at HubbeLV The lowest prices ever placed high grade shoes are seen in C. L Miller's show window. The youngest child of Mrs. Amy Booth is seriously ill with pneu monia. Finest meat in the city at 0. E. Rader's new meat market, two doors north of Statesman office. Watch repairing at Gil man & Dorsey's drug store. Mr. John Woods and Mrs. Ellen Williams were married last Wed nesday evening, Rev. J. A. Grant, officiating. The Professional World extends congratulations. O. E. Rader has opened the most up to date meat market in the city. All kinds of meats, game and oysters. Telephone 129. Jackets, furs and capes at Hubbell's. Best shoes ever offered in the city for the money at Miller's. The Columbia Concert Band, as sisted by Mrs. Margaret Akers, rendered their first program to a large audience at St. Paul's Hall, Thursday evening. Order your meat at Rader's. Polite clerks. Quick delivery. All kinds of patent medi cines at Gilman & Dorsey's. Watches, clocks and Jewelry repaired by an experienced workman at Hopper's Drug Store Notice. All person who are interested in the success of The Professional World will Bhow the same by pat ronizing the business men who ad vertise in thede colutns. Have prescriptions filled at Oilman '& Dorsey's, the oldest continuous drug house in the city. Macon Items. The pupils of Dumas school will give their literary concert Friday, Feb. 21. Messrs. Frank Hurley and Carl Davis, of Ohio, have come ,to this city to work in the Bhear factory. Wellington Coleman is at school again after a serious attack of pneumonia. The students of Western College are preparing to entertain Macon society with a sham law suit. Mrs. Ida Ancell is able to be out again. Miss Maud Allen, who teaches at Clarence, came home Snnday sick with lagrippe. Mrs. Leaner Gooding entertained Prof, and Mrs. T. B. Burris at 4 o'clock tea Saturday afternoon. Mrs. V. A. Dodd took a flying trip to Corbin last week. Prof. J. II. Bradley, of room 3, Dumas school, is still on the sick list. Mrs. Emma Robinson transacted business in Chicago. At Dumas school Nadine Myers, of 6th grade, Roy Ford, of 5th grade, and Fred Woods, of 4th grade were stars of their classes last week. Mr. John fl. Guy's house was burned Sunday night. A lamp exploded. Richard Sherwood is out again after a long illness. lhe churches are preparing a series of entertainments prepara tory to spring improvements. Get laces, embroideries and white goods at Hub bell's. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Oattarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., '"do, O. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfect ly honorable in all business trans actions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West &Traux, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O., W aid ing, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimo nials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. See the display of toilet articles in Hubbell's show window. BIBLE GIVEN TO THE AMEErt. IMu Rahman' Latter af Thanh far the Scriptural Donation. Abdur Rahman thought much about religious problems. It la not, however, generally known that he was the pos sessor of a copy of the new testament In Loewenthal'g erudite translation In to Pushtu, which wag forwarded to him by the Rev. Worthington Jukes of the Church Missionary society, stationed in the Punjab, just after the great durbar held at Rawal Plndl by the Marquis of Duffertn and Ava, as Vice- J roy, In 1881. Acknowledging this, the Ameer wrote In his own hand to Mr. Jukes: "I received your letter. You bad regretted therein that you had been unable to see me, and that, through want of leisure, you could not For my part, I am exceedingly sorry that, during my present visit to the , Indian frontier,' I had not the oppor tunity of seeing the most learned and Intellectual of the British kingdom. Everything has its own allotted time. The copy of the Bible which you have sent I have received, and I accept It with great reverence. Though we have' nothing to do with all that is written therein, yet we respect It, accepting it as a book handed to us by Qod. I shall take extracts of all those verses which fully correspond with those of our Koran, besides all such passages as are Interesting. I shall act upon them. I have had the greatest pleasure In re ceiving this present, which Is tht best Of all " t nnAnm Talaa-rartl Ce Philadelphia a a Snbnrb. Few people know that Philadelphia has quite a colony of business men who, while maintaining families In the Quaker City, make New York the field of- their battle for fame and fortune. Not a small percentage of these, too, suffer the wear and tear of trains daily rather than be away from their hearth tones at night. Two-hour trips are ihortened, of course, by conversation, card playing and the rapacious and rapidly growing American habit of newspaper reading. One exclusive aet kills time on wheels with that reigning fad bridge whist, while another, com posed of men widely known socially and professionally, shortens the trip more effectually than all the rest with the fascinating game of "draw." It's a pretty good traveling pace to keep, but mammon Is a relentless task mas ter, and so these modern Jasins must go on to the end. So long as they drop their dollars here It's all right Philadelphia Exchange. Tribute to Hetn. Lew. The following minute was adopted ey the faculties of Columbia: When its late president came to uoiumuia in lttss the college had 122 officers of Instruc tion, divided among four loosely con nected faculties and teaching 1,134 stu dents. Today Columbia has 385 offi cers of instruction, divided among nine closely connected, mutually help ful faculties and teaching 4,600 stu dents. The library has Increased from rl.OOO volumes to 311,000; the unlver lity has removed from the noisy irowded quarters In Madison avenue, near the New York Central tracks, to as beautiful and convenient a site as that of any Institution of learning In the world, and is domiciled In a group of buildings worthy of the site. Jour nal of Education. Evidence Thai Animal Weep. Do animals weep? Explorers say :hey do. Lady Burton says that she oas seen horses in the Syrian desert try from thirst, a mule cry from the sain of an Injured foot and a camel ihed tears In streams. Gordon Cum jnlng declares that he has observed tears In the eyes of a dying elephant, ind Dr. Livingstone used to have a pet ipe which cried when the explorer would not take it In his arms. VVoundod apes have died crying and ipes have wept over their young ones llaln by hunters. Sea Hons are said to try for the loss of their young, and a (iraffe which had been Injured by the rifle of a hunter began to cry. An other explorer tells of a chimpanzee which had been trained to carry water lugs. It let one fall and break and In its sorrow set a-crylng. There seems to be little doubt that animals do some times cry from pain, sorrow or annoy ance, hut, as a rule, we cannot catch the watch dog In tears or the family cat having a "good cry." New York Press. Half-Fare In Switzerland. Hereafter there will be no possibil ity of passing off S-year-old children as under 5 years of age In Switzerland. The railway authorities have decided that the sin of fibbing about a child's age to escape paying its car fare must be met in some other way than by means of moral instructions. The rail way men claim that the loss of chil dren's fares on the railroads every year reaches an enormous amount, and in order to avoid the chances of any dispute as to the age of the child the rule has been laid down that In case of doubt the child must be measured, says the Street Railway Review. Those under two feet In height are to be al lowed free passage, while those be tween two and four feet In height pay half-fare. If this method is not ideal it at least puts the question of age be yond dispute. Chicago Journal. rotate Cheap In Ireland. The Irish potato crop oi this year is proving by far the best that the farm ers have grown for close on 30 years The tubers, as a rule, are of good sice, and the outcome cf the' highly favor able season Is made clearly percepti ble by the excellent cooking properties of the tubers at present on the mar ket. It Is somewhat curious that the crop should have been so very dis tinctly favored just at a time when ad visers on all hands are recommending farmers to reduce the area under pe tatoes for something more lucrative. Even though the crop Is such bounti ful one this season it is doubtful If it will pay, as prices are low owing to the large returns. The Oay Lothario. A gay Lothario was boasting In the presence of several gentlemen about the conquests he had gained over the female heart. "Look," said he; "here's a handsome present I bad from my last Inamorata," at the same time handing round a beautiful cigar case. All ad mired the rticle, which had an Indorse ment of Its quality stamped upon It "Very nice gift," remarked one of the company. "I perceive your lady-leve even had your name put on the caee." "Well, that's queer," answered the boaster, "I never noticed It." "Look again," rejoined the candid one; "the case Is distinctly marked 'Real calf." Rochester Post-Express. AROUND THE COURT HOUSE. Cases Disposed of By Judge or Jury in Boone Circuit Court. Chicago Merc. Co., versus Julia A Procter, trial by the court, verdict for plaintiff for $:.G3. T. C. Scruggs was granted a di vorce. R. L. Palmer versus C & A. It. R. defendant files offer In favor of plaintiff for $100.00 and costs. The case of K. M. Biggs versus K. Penter and others, members of Ashland school board has been appealed to the Kansas City court of appeals. A 'case of peculiar Interest was tried Friday. Several months ago Mr. Rawlings of More's Station put his two children on the Wabash train with instructions that they be put olT at that station. The oillcials forgot to stop there and the children were put off beyond the specified place, and being in the dark became frightened and suffered mental anguish. This was the basis for a suit entitled Noble and Bessie Raw liags against the Wabash R. R. A ticket had been purchased for the girl, Bessie, wnile the other child was too young to require a ticket. On a trial before Justice Boggs the plaintiffs were awarded damages in the sum of $250.00. The case was appealed to the circuit court where judgment was given fot, $25 00 in favor of the boy and $125.00 in favor oi ine gin. it appears tnat tne . H had previously offered to compro mise the case at $200. Two or three clays was consumed in the trial of the case entitled New man P. Starke versus Ewlng John son. The jury had not reported when the Statesman went to press lost week. On Friday they found for the plaintiff, Mr. Starke, giving him $50 to cover damages to cattle which were being pastured on Mr. John son's farm. The case will he ap pealed. In the case of the Parsons Band Cutter and Self Feeder Co. against Mr. J. R. Marsh the jury found for plaintiff, in the sum of $231 60. A ense of some interest was that of M. A. Turner against the C & A It. R. On account of failure to fur nish cars In which to ship cattle from Carrington station last sum mer. After having driven his cattle to that station and finding no cars he was compelled to drive them home again, and for this lie asked lor jzou.uu damages, rue case was compromised, Mr. Turner getting $87.50. Granville Allison pleaded guilty to common assault and was given six months in the county jail, lhe case against Landon Carter for the shooting of Bob Bondurant was tried Monday and Tuesday belore a jury, which found Carter guilty and assessed his punishment at six months in the county jail. Several cases against I. L. Rule, a druggist of Wilton, were disposed of. In the first case he was found guilty of illegally selling whiskey and his punishment assessed Ht $40.00. He pleaded guilty to three other cases and was given $5.00 and costs in each. In another case against Rule, J. Nichols and Sam Sapp on plea of guilty a fine $1.00 and costs was assessed against each defendant. R. L. Palmer vs C & A R. It., dismissed by plaintiff at his cost. Elizabeth Acton against J. E Crane, appealed dismissed , judgment or justice affirmed. Emaline Warfleld vs Charles H ume and others, judgment by con sent for plalntUf for $161.0(1. nuinie jacKsou was granted a divorce. J. E. Kemper vs S. J. Couley and others, decree for satisfaction. Divorce was granted Virtie V. McNear. Mary Jane Sapp was granted di vorce from Paris Sapp. John C. Sohwabe vs L. M. Strawu, judgment revived. jacKsonvuie iNatlonal Bank vs H. C. Wlswall and others, judgmenf revived, In Terrell-Crouch Lumber Co., vs W. T. Richardson, judgment was giv en for plaintiff for; $199.60 enforcing mechanic's lien, Bart Akers dismissed his suit against W. H. Kolkmeyer. W. W Payne vs D. Klass, verdict for plaintiff for $65.20. A, U. Tipton vs Lizzie Tipton, suit money and $60.00 alimony allowed. Terrell-Crouch Lumber Co. vs. Price J. Berry dismissed at plain tiff's cost. Iiiicy Tinder vs. city of Sturgeon, suit for damages, continued. Divorce was granted Mary Werner with custody of minor children. Jas. R. Warren vs. T. S. Rigga, guardian, continued. C. M. Bentley pleaded guilty and received fine of $50 and stay of exe cution till next term as to fine. Nine cases against George Slate for sales of liquor were all continued. V. E. McKimpson vs. Wabaah Ry. Co., trial by court, verdict for defendant on 1st count, verdict for plaintiff on 2nd count and damage assessed at $40. A. J. Kstes vs Wabash Ry. Co., trial by court, verdict for defendant on 1st count; verdict for defendant on 2nd count. Geo. P. Naylor vs. Harrison Brown, dismissed by plaintiff. Albert P. Hamilton was examined and licensed to practise law. The sewer cases, those of Bart Akers and Mrs. M. Boulton against the -ewer contractor, were argued Wednesday, but the judge has taken the case under advisement, and the case is not yet decided. The suit is a test of the legality of the city's sewer ordinance. $50,000 for Postoffice Building. During the laBt Congress our rep resentative, Judge Cooney, intro duced a bill, suggested by Col. Swltzler, appropriating $50,000 for the erection in Columbia of a build ing for a post-office, which was re ferred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds; the bill pro viding, among other things, (as all such bills provide) that the building should not be located less than forty feet from all others. It could not reasonably be expect ed, as the Inst was the short session, that the bill would be thoroughly considered, discussed, or passed. The present being a new Congress, and the Missouri Legislature having by redisricting placed Boone county in Judge Shackleford's district, that gentleman becomes our represent ative instead of Judge Cooney. On last Thursday, therefore, Judge Shackleford reintroduced the bill, at the Instance of Col. Switzler, who, it seems, is its vigilant and active pro moter, and it was referred to the present Committee on Public Build ings and Grounds, which consists of Messrs. David H. Mercer, Nebraska; Charles V. Glllet, New York; Rich ard Bartholdt, Missouri; Edwin C. Burleigh, Maine; Benjamin F. How ell, New'Jersey; Joseph B. Showal ter, Pennsylvania; J. P. Conner, Iowa; E. W. Martin, South Dakota; E. S. Minor, Wisconsin; John H. Bankhead, Alabama; John S. Little, Arkansas; William G. Brantley, Georgia; Charles R. Thomas, North Carolina; John L. Sheppard, Texas; Robert W. Miers, Indiana. This is an intelligent and fair minded committee, headed by a chairman, Mr. Mercer, of Nebraska, of large experience in that position; and if the facts and considerations which commend the measure to Congressional approval are fully pre sented to it the committee, we be lieve, will report In favor of its pas sage. Our citizens should co-operate with Judge Shackleford, and the other members of both Houses from Mis souri, in their efforts to make the bill a law. Let us have the new nost-offioe building. The needs of the service demand it and the population, State University and other colleges and schools, and the large and increas ing patronage or the post-office justl- Gerig Home Burned. About eight o'clock Saturday night while the house was tem porarily unoccupied, Are broke out in the residence of Mrs. Geriir on Locust St. The Are department was soon on the ground but as the house was nearly destroyed before the fire was discovered. The adjacent build ings were saved. The bouse and contents were a total loss but were partially covered by insurance $900.00 on the house and $550.00 on the contents. It is not known how the Are originated. Mrs, Gerlg was mak ing preparations to visit her son in Tenn., and her trunk, which was packed was destroyed with the other goods. J- B. Upton a promlnant lawyer and politician of Southwest Mis souri, died Sunday night at Bolivar, it