The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-16


 ing other craft from her perilous po- sition. Assistance was sent from Do yer at dawn today.
 Sixty members of the Nebraska Bankers association have voted to attack the Nebraska guarantee bank ing law passed by the legislature at the earnest solicitation of w. J. Bry- an. Both state and national banks were represented in equal proportions at secret meeting and by a unani- nous vote decided to attack imme- diately the constitutionality of the new law
 It is announced by directors of the National Railways of Mexico that S12,- 000,000 will be spent in improving the Mexican Central line and in changing the Interoceanic railway between Mexico City and Vera Cruz into a broad-gauge system.
 Santos-Dumont Friday flew dis tance of 2,500 meters (about one mile and a hal) with the greatest ease in his new monoplane. He alighted safe ly and without difficulty
 A typhoid epidemic is raging in Madrid, and statistics compiled show that 206 deaths resulted from the dis ease in the month of March.
 Ben alias Booker" Brame, was lynched near Hopkinsville, Ky, by a mob of 300 farmers Friday afternoon.
 Wholesale arrests are reported to hoUn talynn n1nnn n Parnn1nno follow. ing an anarchistic outbreak. Strict censorship obtains in the Spanish port and only meager details have fil- tered through. The government is adopting the sternest oppressive meas ures. It is believed several lives have been lost.
 Paper manufacturers and newspaper publishers were given a hearing Thursday by Senator Alrich, chairman, and Senator Shoot of the senate com mitte on finance.
 John Sharp Williams, former minor ity leader in the lower house of con- gress, has accepted the invitation to deliver the commencement address June 10 before the University of Nebraska
 As a result of a sixty-mile gale on the lake Wednesday the fishing tug George Flood, of Cleveland, with ' men aboard and the sand sucker, Mary H. with a crew of nine men Wednesday were reported missing.
 The captain and twenty men of the British steamer Oakbranch, who had ben missing since that vessel went down in the Straits of West Minister a few days ago, have been picked up and taken to Punta Arenas. All the passengers, officers and crew are now accounted for
 Tired of living, Simon Tee, of Meri- da, Yucatan, ended his life by cutting his throat with razor. He is the fifth brother in the family to end his own life and he committed the deed in the same room and same manner as the last brother Only one brother out of six survives.
 In sustaining a demurrer entered by counsel for the defendants, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad com pany, Judge Wheeler of the superior court has held that the employers lia- bility act passed by congress in June, 1908, is unconstitutional.
 Johnny Flood, IS, indicted on two counts charging forgery, must enlist in the navy or be sentenced to the re- formatory. Recruiting officers may reject him because of the objection made to similar order made last year, which was considered an insult to the navy
 The information was conveyed to Secretary Knox Monday that the Mic araguan government would make an early effort to settle either by com promise or by arbitration the claims for damages of the G. D. Emery Com pany, whose concession for cutting mahogany was cancelled about two years and a half ago for alleged viola ton of the terms of the concession.
 The transport Thomas sailed Mon- day for the Philippines, carrying 700 men of the Twelfth cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., commanded by Col. Dodd.
 Col. Samuel H. Stone, former state auditor of Kentucky, died Saturday night in Louisville, aged 59 years. In 1899 he was defeated for the Repub- lican gubernatorial nomination by w. s. Taylor by few votes.
 It is said that King Edward will be godfather to the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hubert Ward, who was born on March 24 last. Mrs. Ward was Miss Jean Reid, daughter of the American ambassador.
 During a riot at Scandia coal mines near Des Moines, Ia., late Sunday night, Joseph Brady, 4S years old, was struck in the head with beer bottle. suffering fractured skull, and Frank Bowlich received load of buckshot in the abdomen. Bowlich can not live.
 Gov. Shallenberger Tuesday after noon signed the daylight saloon bill,'' which commands all saloons in Ne braska to close their doors at D. m. The law takes effect July 1. Tenn perance and church organizations throughout the state will hold jubi- lee to celebrate their victory.
 Five years in the Fort Leaven- worth (Kas.) penitentiary was the sentence imposed upon Thomas M. Hayes, former receiving teller of the American National bank, convicted of embedding the funds of that insti- tuition.
 To impress the voters of the dry ness of dry town" all the saloon