The Green Forest tribune., 1907-01-25
Terse Telegrams

l.. Y. b. RucKef, newspaper core spondent at Springfield, Mo, is brutal ly assaulted by two men.
 Bill is introduced in St. Louis house of delegates to grant franchise to g. cent-fare street railway system.
 British woman educator arrives to inspect St. Louis schools seeking knowledge for English institutions benefit.
 United States begins two suits in San Francisco to force city to give Japanese equal school advantages with Americans.
 Arkansas files suit against six pack ing companies, asking judgment aggre- gating $24.000,OOO.
 President Roosevelt will favor deep waterway to gulf in his annual mes sage to congress at next session.
 Locomotive engineers, in session in St. Louis, adopt resolutions against passage of the 2-cent fare bill before the -Iissouri legislature.
 Southeastern lines will adopt an in- terchangeable mileage book system, the Southern railway withdrawing it's opposition.
 Two men electrocuted, wires pros- trated, 100 factories darkened and street car and train service impaired as result of storm in st. Louis.
 Real estate dealer of Brownsville, Tex, bl~mes army officers for riots, asserting they knew disturbances were impending
 Ohio river is above flood mark and great devastation is expected to fol- low continuous rains throughout val ley.
 Custer suit instituted by Atty Gen. Hadley, of Missouri, involves conten- ton that several railroads cannot con- trol express company
 President W. w. Finley says South ern Railway has invested $96, 900 900 in Improvements for taking care of traffic.
 Report Of q P. Morgan's illness causes slump in stocks Amalgamated shows further weakness.
 During the consideration of the Dis trict of Columbia bill notable speeches were made by Representative Foster, of Vermont, supporting the president In his message on the Japanese situa- ton in California, and by Representa- tive Sheppard, of Texas, who enthused the democrats by a closely-prepared | address on politics and the state of the nation
 | The rainfall at St. Louis for 48 hours was 3.22 inches. Folks anti-lobby bill may meet de- | feat in Missouri legislature, while tip. 1 ping measure may win. | Custer suit instituted by Atty. Gen. Hadley, of Missouri, involves conten- | tion that several railroads can not con- | trol express company. Estimates indicate that St. Louis real and personal property in 1907 will exceed assessed valuation of half-bil- lion dollars.
 Wabash will go steadily on with the work of double-tracking between St. Louis and Chicago and Toledo.
 At Bardwell, Ky. a rear-end colli. sion between freight trains occurred in which four men were killed and sev. eral injured. Failure to observe a danger block signal is the alleged cause.
 While propped up in bed, Gov. War ner of Michigan was sworn in for his second term as chief executive of the 1 state.
 Atty. Gen. Hadley of Missouri re, fuses to bring suit to dissolve the merger of the United Railway Go. and the Suburban Co.,, traction lines in St. Louis, believing that the consoli. lion was lawful | The isthmian commission opened bids from private contractors for the completion of the Panama canal. w. J. Oliver, of Knoxvillel, Tenn, and An son M. Bangs, of New York, associat. ed together, were the lowest bidders, $6.75 per centum upon the estimated l cost.