The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-02
The Republican campaign in New

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 The cholera epidemic in St. Peters burg, in the opinion of experts, now has reached it's maximum and hence forth the number of new cases daily is expected to remain about stationary for week or ten days.
 Regarding the cholera at Manila shows that for the twenty-four hours ending at o'clock Friday morning there were 40 cases against 36 the day before.
 The funeral of Lieutenant Selfridge, who was killed in the fall of the Wright areoplane at Fort Myer a few days ago, was held at Arlington Ma tional Cemetery, Friday.
 On account of a high wind which prevailed Friday, Lieut.. Lahm made no flight in dirigible balloon No. l of the war department which experi- ments are being made in St. Joseph Mo, this week.
 The call for the twenty-eighth an- nual convention of the American Fed eration of Labor has been issued The convention will assemble in Denver, Monday, November g.
 Mrs. Aliza Bragg, widow of Major General Braxton Bragg, of the Confed- crate army, died in New Orleans Fri day.
 At the Chicago Association of Com merce banquet in Chicago October ', at which W. J. Bryan and w. H. Taft will meet, there will also be present the leaders of other political parties, if invitations dispatched Friday are accepted The invitations were sent to the president and vice-presidential candidates of the prohibition and the independence parties.
 With view to bringing about a better understanding and closer rela, tions between the commercial organi- zations of Japan and this country, forty of the leading merchants and manufacturers of the Pacific coast, sailed Friday on the Japanese liner Tenyou Maru for an extended tour of Japan
 Following many rumors on the sub- ject Chairman Hitchcock of the Re publican National Committee, Friday announced that Gen. T. Coleman Dupont of Delaware, head of the Bureau of Campaign Speakers of the National Committee, had resigned as head of that bureau and also as member of the executive committee of the National Committee and that his resignation had been accepted.
 Governor Haskell at midnight Fri day resigned as treasurer of the Demo- cratic National Committee. His resig- nation was announced by himself three hours after his arrival in Chi cago from Guthrie, Okla, and after he had conferred with officials of the Democratic National headquarters here. In giving out his decision, MT. Haskell, in response to question de- clared he did not desire to be respon- sible for any embarrassment which might result to the Democratic party by his retaining the office of treasurer.
 Before crowd of curious spectators which taxed the capacity of the court room, the preliminary hearing of Charles Edward Davis on the charge of having murdered Dr. Frederick Rusin was begun at Omaha, Neb., Thursday morning.
 Twelve speeches to enormous crowds, marked the second entry of William J. Bryan, Democratic candi- date for president, into Ohio during the present campaign.
 Fastbound Frisco flyer No 304, for St. Louis, plunged 50 feet down an em- bankment into Spring River Thursday near Webb City, Mo-, Thursday morn ing, killing two and injuring 29 per sons.
 A crowd which blocked the passage ways of the Lake Shore station which waved blue flags with the candidates picture on them and which fairly drowned the music of band with it's cheers, greeted Judge Taft upon his arrival at Chicago, Wednesday after noon
 
 demand of Bryan for proof of charges against Haskell, with dismissal of the Ohio bribery charges as being of common notoriety, and makes vigor. ous assault upon the Oklahoma gov. ernor for alleged improper conduct in the Prairie Oil case in Oklahoma, for his veto of the child labor law, for his dealings in Indian lands, and for gen eral uRfitness. Haskell replies to the Presidents assault by challenging his veracity, declaring he is member of the Ananias Club of high standing, de- lending his record and promising to go into Ohio and make wt-rm campaign speeches on the controversy.
 Denver's historic old pavilian, the Coliseum, has been destroyed by fire. The building and grounds were re- gently purchased from "Reddy" Gal lagher for more than $S2,000, to be used as the new postoffice site.
 Not only has the number of cases of Asiatic cholera increased, but the disease is invading the aristocratic precincts of St. Petersburg.
 Ferdinand Pinney Earle and his af- finity wife have kissed and made up. Through the efforts of MT. Earles mothes, peace negotiations, which have been under way since Mrs. Earle No. had the artist arrested few weeks ago on the charge of beating her have eliminated in an alleged happy reunion under the roof of "Af- finity Hall."