The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-01
Coming up rhe pay after having

Coming up the pay after having been away from home thre years Herman R. Ruhe, chief petty officer of the North Carolinia, armored cruiser was deply affected when the vessel passed the Statue of Liberty. He Jared his head and cheered with the rest of the sailors, but while do- Ing so fell over dead.
 An automobile turned turtle over an eight-foot embankment near Americus, Ga, and resulted in the instant death of Viola Herman, the burning to death of John McLendon, who drove the machine, and the serious burning Of Miss Ethel Hilt
 At depth of 900 feet below the surface of the earth, firmly imbedded coal, the petrified head of a man was discovered at Maple Hill colliery at Mahoney City, Pa.
 Senator Nelson w. Aldrich, of Rhode Island, and Professor A. P. Andrew, members of the United States mon etary commission. are in Paris con ferring with M. Pallain, governor of the Bank of France, and other distin- guished financiers and economists.
 Doctor Frederick A. Cook will tell Pole and illustrate his journey with stereopticon views in the St. Louis coliseum on October G. Mrs. Cooa and their two children will accom- pany him.
 After. long deliberation, the commit tee on library of congress, and Elliott Woods, superintendent of the capitol nave selected the bust of former Pres dent Roosevelt which shows him in repose, or as near as he ever attained repose, to place in a nicne in the wall of the senate chamber.
 The 1910 convention or the National ioou Roads association will be held in St. Louis in October, the uates t1 be named by the St. Louis Automobile ,lub, which will have charge of the gathering.
 Judge A. H. Huston, of the Logan county district court, declined 10 ac- cept the appointment to be United States district attorney of the Vest arn district of Oklahoma to succeed 'ohn Embrie, resigned
 John Leary was arrested at Scott 1ale, Pa., for kidnapping Mary Cini- nero, 13-year-old daughter of hotel leeper in Niles, O. She was with '-eary when he was apprehended.
 H. c. Roland is said to be dying rom too much sleep at Youngstown. 0. Two weeks ago he sat down in a
 hair at his home and fell asleep. All efforts to awaken him have proved unavailing.
 A telegram to the state department announces the appearance of cholera at Batavia, Java. There are no de- tails as to the number of cases.
 Without comment on the petition Judge Cohen, Swaeringen and Carna- han handed down a decision refusing if Harry K. Thaw is insane.
 The Netherlands financial depart ment has submitted to the state coun- cil bill providing for an increase Of thirty per cent. on all import duties.
 William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., donor of the Vanderbilt Cup for automobile races, and his wife, formerly Miss Virginia Fair of San Francisco, have signed separation agreement, ac- cording to an afternoon newspaper. Mrs. Vanderbilt is now returning from Europe with her two children, Mauriel and William K. Vanderbilt III.
 A deal was practically closed in New York Tuesday by President L. D. Dozier of the Aero Club of St. Louis for the demonstration of Henri Far mans aeroplane in St. Louis during Centennial week.
 In a running battle with John Schneider at Des Moines, Ia., City Detective Frank Delmege, one of the best-known detectives in the west, was shot and killed. Schneider received two bullets. but it is thought he will recover.
 Mrs. J. E. Harding, nurse. was burned to death and Miss Constance Rainsberry, the matron, was seriously injured in fire that destroyed the St. Caroline hospital at Bedding, Cal Seven patients were rescued by the matron and her assistant, Miss Bertha Lampkin.
 Fire from locomotive sparks burned a hole in the floor of President Taft's private car Mayfower while nearing Des Moines, Ia. Great excitement pre- vailed among the train hands while the fire lasted.
 Thomas Oldaker, 32 years old, an employe at the Alton, H., water works. was hurled upward thirty feet from the bottom of an engine pit and dashed against the wall of the water works building, when an iron bar with which he had started a centrifugal pump was suddenly released and struck him in the chest. He died ten minutes after the accident.
 Three robbers dynamited the safe of the Neosha (Kans.) State bank and escaped with $3000. The bank fix lures were wrecked. The thieves ex- changed several shots with the city marshal without effect.
 John s. Parks of Kansas City. was appointed receiver for the Merchants Refrigerator Go. of that city by Judge Phillips in the United States district court. The refrigerating company failed in October, 1907, with approxi- mately $900,000 in creditors claims.
 An advance of from to 10 per cent in the price of watches to jobbers has been made by the Eigin and Waltham watch companies. It is stated the