The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
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mony in the superior court at Indian polls she proposed to Judge Harvey that she would waive all claim to the alimony if she could be locked up in a room for five minutes with her form CT husband William H. Byrne.
 With stinging arraignment of com missions which attempt to regulate the railroad business, Theodore r. Shonts of the Chicago & Alton railroad ad- dressed the members of the Lakes,to- the-Gulf Deep Waterway association, and gave them their first real "sit-up- and-take-notice" speech of the session.
 The British cruiser InfieXible at her official trials attained speed Of ETA knots, breaking all records. It was stated after the trial that her speed would have been greater had not the fog hindered.
 With every aeroplane record to hls credit and all requirements fulfilled for winning the French syndicate prize or $100,000, Wilbur Wright is be- ing urged to make a flight across the English Channel
 A shakeup in the official family Of the United Mine Workers of America, whereby Vice-President J. P. White Of Iowa and w. D. Ryan, secretary-treas- urer, will retire, was announced at ln- ternational headquarters.
 A club of 12 Bucyrus tOhio) young
 e., t.-itt press purpose of adopting the new sheath gown. The gowns are not the modified pattern, but the more ln- teresting original pattern.
 The London cabman who drove King Alfonso during his recent LonGon visit and had the temerity to ask dls majesty for his autograph, which he received without murmur, may con sider himelf a specially favored Daor- tai. for the king of Spain usually makes it rule never to give his auto graph to anyone except his own inti- mate friends.
 w. l.. Woolley, banker, capitalist and large landholder, was arrested at Stuart, Oklahoma, and taken to Stigler to answer an indictment for murder. It is alleged the crime was committed 27 years ago.
 The battleship fleet will end it's trip around the world at Hampton Roads, Virginia. President Roosevelt will view the ships at New York, the yes sels going there after arriving al the Virginia port. At New York, the sail ors will be given shore leave. The fact that the fleet will complete the trip at Hampton Roads has just been made public.
 The action of the United states Gov ernment and the Provincial Govern ment of Canada 'in setting aside a tract of land 60 feet wide to mark the international boundary between the two countries involves no legal features to which Uncle Sam is unac- customed Such strip has existed for quite a number of years. It ex- tends along the southern boundaries of Arizona and New Mexico. and is known to the American residents there as the neutral" strip. The one decid- ed upon by Uncle Sam and John Bull is to be called the buffer" strip.
 Congratulatory telegrams have been received by officers of the lnterna- tional Congress on Tuberculosis from Nathan Straus, the New York ph1lan- thropist, who for sixteen years has been fighting the white plague" by distributing pasteurized milk in his city, and presenting pasteurizing plants to other municipalities.
 The Prohibition National party is to receive $50.000 to carry on it's work against the liquor traffic, according to an announcement from the Chicago headauarters. The fund probably will be available for this campaign.
 Prof. Eric Doolittle assistant pro lessor of astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. said at the university observatory that the spots on the sun could not be held accountable for the recent drought.
 Friends of Dr. Frederick E. Cook, well-known Brooklyn explorer, are seeking his financial packer, John R. Bradley to urge him to fit out an eX- petition to search for the explorer, be. liGved to be lost in the Arctic.
 Bishop Tierney of the diocese of Connecticut died as the result of an apopletic stroke.
 President William K. Kavanaugh os St. Louis called the convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways as sociation to order in Chicago A thousa.d delegates. including 250 gov, ernors and congressman and other men in public life, were present at the opening session.
 Another 1000-car order has been placed with the Standard Steel Car Go. of Pittsburg by the Chicago & Alton railroad It is duplicate of an order placed few weeks ago by the same road. The cars will. it is said, be made at the Hammond Ind.
 Senator Jonathan Deliver of Fort Dodge la, has just received a com munication from President Roosevelt informing him that he had been ap- pointed a member of the waterways commission to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator Ali son.