The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-30

uel Dempster of Pittsburg against Col. William D. Mann of Town Top ics Friday awarded the plaintiff judg- ment for $40,000. The suit grew out of publication of an article in Town Topics.
 James L. Dixon, 24 years old, thinks l that the United States marine corps is a good place for a man to be, even though he is worth SI25,000. He en- listed in Chicago Friday for four | years.
 Judge White in Portsmouth, Va, Friday reduced the number of liquor licenses in Norfolk county from about 1 fifty to fifteen. The court refused all saloon licenses outside the Ocean l View and Pine Beach inclosures, and granted only one license each within those inclosures.
 Archbishop Ireland, accompanied by | Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, s. D., called on President Taft late Friday | and spent some little time with him. | The call was purely one of respect.
 
 court Friday dismissed the application | for writ of habeas corpus in the | case of Louis F. Allardt, who, it is | claimed, defrauded merchants of | Peoria, H., of about s30,000.
 The Williams & Rogers company, one of Cleveland's largest depart ment stores, which recently went into the hands of receiver, was declared bankrupt in the federal court by Judge Taylor Tuesday. The liabili- ties schedule $34S,957, and the assets | $149,423. E. H. Hartman will sail for Europe about the middle of June to be gone definitely-probably be- tween two and three months. While l by no means a sick man, he has de- cided to go abroad for the first time since he was operated on for appen- dicitis several years ago.
 A man of saving disposition who placed a cigar butt in his pocket thinking he had crushed out the light caused a panic at the National theater in Chicago Wednesday night. When the cigar butt had nursed itself into vigorous life again those back of him l thought the stage was on fire.
 new factor appeared In the wheat situation in American when call was issued for a mass meeting of all grain growers under the auspices of the Farmers union at Springfield, Mo, on May 12 next.
 Charles Loper, who is in the San Quentin penitentiary awaiting execn ton on June 23, requested that he be allowed to see a man hanged before he himself is led to the gallows.
 Newspaper publishers from all parts of the country to the number of up wards of 150 attended the opening session of the Newspaper Publishers association in the Waldorf-Astoria New York, Wednesday.
 Billy Bowman of Chattanooga knocked out 'Kid' Murphy of Saginaw Mich., in the third round of sched tied eight-round bout at Chattanooga Tenn, Wednesday night
 James Arbuckle was killed, three persons were injured and property damaged to the extent of $30,O0O by a tornado which swept through Oglesby Tex, late Wednesday night.
 Edward Solomon, former governor of Wisconsin, is dead at Frankfort or main Germany.
 Mrs. Sarah E. Thompson, aged Fl who served as spy during the civil war and is said to be the only woman carried on the. pension rolls as sol dier, was so severely injured in Wash ington by being knocked down by g street car near the capitol that she may die.
 The official scandal disclosed by lower house of the Japanese diet il connection with the alleged miscon duct of the officers of the Japanese Sugar company is steadily growing and more arrests among the legisla tors are expected.
 The Illinois Central will build g bridge to cost $1,O00000 across the Ohio river near. Henderson, Ky, + miles below Evansville. Work vii start this year. Illinois Central trains now cross on the Louisville 6 Nash vile bridge.
 The Cuban senate Monday passed the house bill authorizing the presi dent to suspend at his discretion the export duties on sugar, tobacco and liquors.
 President Taft has nominated Thomas C. Dawson of Iowa to be United States minister to Chile.
 The house bill legalizing Sunday baseball in Minnesota passed the sen ate Monday It is thought that Gov Johnson will sign it.
 The battleship Mississippi was Monday finally accepted by the gov ernment. On her way up the Missis sippi river to Natchez, to receive the silver service presented by the state of that name, the vessel will stop at various cities along the route.
 Mrs. Mary Kingsford, of San Fran cisco, was awarded $25,000 damages by jury in Judge Murasky's court Monday for the death of her husband Albert Kingsford, who was run down and killed in 1907 by an automobile belonging to the Levi strauss com pany. She had asked for $50,000.
 Tunneling their way under four other buildings to reach the vaults oi a bank. robbers gained admission tc the Bank of Suffolk, Va, carried away