The Green Forest tribune., 1908-11-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma tion, and Particularly from the
 Great Southwest.

that will connect Kansas City, Law renee and Topeka and extend from lawrence south to Independence and Coffeyville. For year this project has been under way, and construction work is well in hand in Montgomery county
 Samuel Gompers was reelected president of the American Federation of Labor with only one dissenting vote, that of a Socialist Toronto will get the next convention.
 Unless altogether abnormal weather conditions prevail practically through out the United States between now and the first of the new year, this country, within six weeks, will face print-paper famine, according to the best judges among the largest paper manufacturers of Wisconsin
 Winston Churchill, president of the London Board of Trade, announces that the next plan in the national governments platform will be the standardization of England's railways.
 As the winter comes on the unem- ployed in London increase about 10 per cent a week. and the philanthropy ists feel much concerned.
 Improvement is reported in business conditions in Canada, and Taft's ele- tion as president of the United States is tending to promote prosperity.
 Republican campaign fund list shows total of $1, 100000 contributed and the names of the principal donors are given out.
 One man was killed and three others were fatally burned at Benton, H., in mine explosion the accident hav- ing occurredl in the pit of the Benton S,sI company
 Joseph Meyer, 22 years old and Margaret Atkins, 26 years old, were drowned and five companions, three women and two men, narrowly escaped a like fate when a large automobile plunged into the Calumet rive at Chicago.
 United States Minister Gummere, at Morocco, reports to the state de- partment that the dean of the dip 1omatic corps has been informed by the French and Spanish ministers that the collective note to Mulai Hafid has been approved by all the powers sign- ing the Algeciras act without reserve.
 Minister Rockhill at Pekin cabled the state department the request of the Chinese government that the opium congress which was to meet Qf al until Feb. l.
 Albert c. Mcdonald, former cor poration counsel of Brooklyn, was found dead in bed at his home. He had been suffering from insomnia and had taken a drug to induce sleep. Il Joe Grinan, while speeding his automobile in practice at avannah, for q the small car race, was perhaps fatal- ly injured when tire burst and caus- ed his machine to turn over. He is in the Savannah hospital with a broken \ hip, several broken ribs and internal a injuries.
 T J. Nelson Vance, Edmund A. Cum mings and Henry G. Foreman, repre- Fl senting a bondholders committee of H the Consolidated Traction company, 8 brought suit ill the superior court in v Chicago to recover $1,500,00 from the Chicago Railway company The plain tiffs are the holders of $1,2O0,OO0 bonds of the Consolidated Traction company, which are guaranteed by the Union Traction company
 Kin Gustaf of Sweden and his queen have arrived in England. Great sim plicity will characterize all the cere- 9pies connected with their visit z ~ Broughton Brandenburg, the maga- 7'he writer. pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging larceny in the second degree in accepting $500 from newspaper in New York for letter purported to be from President Cleve- land, in which the late president in- Taft His trial was set for Novem- -ober so
 After evaGirg capture for four years in chase that led him around the world, Elliot A. Archer, promoter, has been arrested and is in jail at Tacoma, Wash, according to informa tion received by the police authorities of Newark, N. J. Archer is wanted by .--the Newark police in connection with forgtries aggregating $12O,000.
 In view of the fact tnat an interest ing event is expected next spring Queen Wilhelmina has been forbidden by her physicians to hold her custo- mary private audiences. This precau- tionary measure is for the purpose of avoiding fatigue.
 Emperior William Tuesday in a con- X ference with Chancellor Von Buelow at the Potsdam Palace, promised to make concessions to public opinion in the future, to exercise more reserve, $ to interfere less in government affairs, W end to be more careful of what he says both i'll private and public utterances.
 An official census of Berlin and it's
 Aburbs shows that there are today
 that territory 40,124 persons with
 employment. Of this number only
 l6 are women. The fact is account | for by the great demand for
 pestic servants.