The Green Forest tribune., 1899-04-13
SHORT GUT ID NEWS.
MANY INTERESTING EVENTS FROM ALL
 SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY
t Brief Summary of the News of fhe Mock
 Compiled for Tribune Readers.

Compiled for Tribune Readers.
 The proposed barter of the Philip 4pines for part of Canada and the en- tire British West Indies is receiving serious attention in Washington circles. # Census Director Merriam is having the country divided into super visors' districts under new plan, which is expected to expedite the forth coming census taking.
 James Clark, the oldest Mason in America, died at Quincy, H., aged 100, Friday.
 # A futile effort was made in in the Arkansas House to pass the fellow servant bill,
 Deposed Cattle King Gillette has left Mexico, presumably to re-engage 8in the cattle business in South America. aIiis hotel burned and his wife is en foute home to her people. @ There is no sign of settlement of t the sugar war between the trust and z the Arbuckles. # Carl Athens was hypnotized at Natham, Mass. "Wednesday and then buried He will be eXhumed. # MacArthur's men are resting while the Philippines are digesting the proc- ]amation.
 # Carter Harrison was elected mayor of Chicago by plurality of 10000 over Garter. Altgeld boiled only 45,500 votes.
 Applicants for positions in the cen sus service will be compelled to pass an examination as to writing, spelling, Arithmetic, geography etc.
 The Comptroller of the Treasury holds that the appointive power in each governmental department may ignore the civil service, unless forbid den by the executive order.
 Wireless tellegraphy will be adopted by the United States army. M Pension attorneys are inducing many Volunteers of the Spanish-American war to apply for pensions who other ; wise would not do so.
 An Arkansas inventor, evidently tired of dealing with Washington patent lawyers, wrote to the commissioner of the District of Columbia asking them Them to pick out lawyer who would wait for, his money until the patent was granted.
 The Philippines proclamation has been favorably received by prominent ( Manilians.
 & \ non-partsan reception is to be Rendered to Ambassador Clayton at Little Rock this week.
 ". A. Clarke the, recently elected senator from Montana, has the largest Annual cash income of any mau in "A America.
 8 Whitney Lamont, Coudert, Cochran and other Sound Money Democrats have Begun to organize to down Bryan.
 The president probably will attend 4the banquet of the international League of Press Clubs at Baltimore this week M Miss Mary Jones, daughter of Sena- tor James K. Jones, was married "Wednesday to F. W, Plant of St. Raul.
 Justice Steven J. Field of the United States Supreme cour; died at Wash ingtyn Sunday.
 The imports from the islands of < Cuba, Porto Rica and the Philippines have largely increased during the past { month,
 The deposits in the state banks of kausas have increased 5000 GOO in the last three months.
 Booker T. Washington says that the negro race, especially in the South, sDonld affiliate itself with the Democ- racy as ii is the best hope of aneIiora ton.
 Dewey says that politics is simply a < question of geography; that if he lived in the South he probably would be a < Democrat, but adds ''I am from Yer mont and you know what that means"
 
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