The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-30

SeIlHS UlOW Ol lue ulSSOlullOu Ol tn0 1 triple alliance are plainly reflected in British opinion on the developments in the Balkan situation
 George Robertson, driving 90- horse power American Locomobile, | won the Vanderbilt Cup and at the same time broke all American track records by averaging 64.3 miles an hour for the eleven laps around the 23.46 miles track Herbert Lytle, | driving 50-horse power Italian Isotta, was second, being less than two minutes behind the winner, whose elapsed time was 4 hours AS seconds for the 25S06 miles,
 Silas c. Mcfarland consul general at large and inspector of consulates for Europe, shot and killed himelf on a railway train between Hamburg and Berlin. The state department was ad- vised of his death by Consul General Thackeray at Berlin.
 Shippers believe the railways are planning to increase freight charges after election, and an organization has been arranged that is expected to give the roads the backing of 17,000,- GOO persons. New railway commission law in Ne braska is said to have produced good results, and a report is being prepar- ed by the commission suggesting cer- tain needed amendments to the statute.
 A movement is on foot to hold a Isthmus of Panama. Booths will be erected and set of commissioners, watchers, etc, will be appointed at each of the big towns. The total vote will be compiled and the result to the successful candidate, Bryan or Taft.
 Summary of political conditions in the country, published by the New York Herald after a careful, impartial canvass, indicates that Taft is sure of 280 votes in the electoral college and that the next House of Represen- tatives will probably have Republi can majority.
 Ferdinand Pinney Earle has escaped all punishment for beating his wife and "soul mate," Julia Kuttner Earle for which he was arrested, after se- curing his release on $2,000 bail some weeks ago. He was held to await the action of the October grand jury, but that body finished it's months labor and was discharged without handing up any indictment against Earle. This to all intents and purposes, quashes the case against Earle.
 The state bank of Virgil s. D., was robbed of $4,700 in cash and valuable papers by cracksmen. The robbers dynamited the vaults and safe, and took everything in sight, escaping be- fore citizens could reach the scene.
 MT eHarsts Thieves is the cap ton of an article appearing in Col Hers Weekly, purporting to be the real story of the "Archbold Standard Oil Letters read on the stump by Vim. R. Hearst during the political campaign. The story sets forth how a negro file clerk in John b. Arch bold's private office at No. 26 Broad way and. a messenger conspired to steal and photograph the letters and sell them to Hearst for $12,000. The messenger is quoted as saying Hearst has not read the most sen. sational of the letters.
 To guard against indiscreet utter ances of chiefs of bureaus at the navy department during the cam paign, Secretary Metcalf directed that nothing contained in any regular annual report of those officers shall be made public until after the cleo tion in November.
 A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Miss Edith Wirt, school teacher in Kansas City, Kan, be- cause she pasted strip of court plaster across the lips of Harvey Galloway, a 9-year-old pupil who talked too much in school. The war rant was sworn out by the boys father and charges cruel punish ment.
 Destructive forest fires are raging in western Kentucky. The smoke is so dense that it obscures the sun In Caldwell county 300 acres of fine tim Der has been damaged, the damage to fences, barns and hay stacks is esti- mated at $24.000. Farmers are working night and day to save their property.
 Herman Billek fortune teller and oeGromancer, must hang for the mur- Ger of six members of the Vrsal family. The supreme court of the United States at Washington dismis- sed, for want of jurisdiction the plea of the condemned murderer for writ of habeas corpus The. writ had been demanded of Judge Landis, but he refused to issue it. Appeal was then made to the United States supreme court.
 Mrs. Catherine T. Gelsheneh, widow If the former president of the Gar field bank, who. it is rumored two years ago. Charles w. Morse would marry. made $13G00 dealing in ice stock through Morse, according to testimony at the trial of the former ice king and Alfred H. Curtis before Judge Hough in the United States circuit court.
 The English court of appeals has found that the fire which swept the business portion of Kingstown Jan IA of last year, the day of the great earthquake, was not caused by the earthquake. but proceeded it. The in surance companies will, therefore have to pay, several million dollars to