The Green Forest tribune., 1909-05-21

| SelI-reglSterlng scales are to be in- stalled by the treasury department as an additional precaution in collecting duty on imports.
 Rudolph Nelson, aged 15 years, was murdered in the outskirts of Superior, Wis, while returning from school. His body was thrown into a pool, where it was later discovered. Rob- bery is supposed to have been the motive, as cheap watch and some small change was taken.
 The one real daughter" of the American revolution, who belonged to the Sioux City chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, and one of the three real daughters in that city, Miss Emily s. Nettleton, aged 91, died at the home of her son, Edgar M Nettleton.
 George Graham, the brilliant second l baseman for the Omaha Western league team, has been put out of baseball permanently. Hhe slipped in practicing, threw his knee out of place and his physician says he will never be able to play again.
 Fire in the business section of Rock Island, Kas, destroyed four business blocks. including a large fur niture store, hardware store and sev- eral other business stocks. James Cott was severely injured while fight ing the flames.
 The Allan line steamship Tunisian, Liverpool for Montreal, was reported by wireless as in the ice off Cape Race, GO miles from St. Johns, N F. l One of the plates in her bow had been started and the ship was taking some water.
 The battleship Mississippi arrived at Donaldsonville, La., after a seven hours trip from New Orleans. The passage up the river was amid almost continuous greeting from either shore.
 Charles w. Fairbanks, former vice president, who has been visiting points of interest in the Hawaiian islands dur ing the past two weeks, has sailed for Japan.
 "The Ethical Aspects of Gambling" was discussed at the session of the l National Episcopal congress held in Boston. Rev St. Clair Hester of New York thought it would be no great exaggeration to say that the whole commercial life of our time is infected with the taint of gambling. l Florence Nightengale, who has just entered her ninetieth year, has re ceived innumerable congratulatory messages and bouquets in London.
 The annual excursion to Jamestown island of the Association for the Pres ervation of Virginia Antiquities was signalized by the unveiling of a mon ument to Capt. John Smith on the very spot where he made history. Pedro Gonzales of Nicaragua, spe- cial commissioner bringing instruc- tions for Minister Espinosa for the settlement of the long-pendipg Emery claim, is at Washington.
 Richard U. Sherman, son of Vice President Sherman, was Monday elected president of the Consolidated Water Co.,, of Utica, three million dollar corporation, and immediately resigned his position as private sec retary to William Loeb, collector of the port of New York.
 Forty-one signal service men left Omaha under Master Signal Electri- elan Gunaurd for Alaska These men have finished their course in teleg- rapEy at Fort Omaha and are now to go to the several stations in Alaska to relieve men who have finished their time there and to make improvements under the present telegraph system now in use.
 Colorado Springs has adopted a new charter providing for a commission form of government, the abolition of political parties in city affairs, the re- call, initiatice and referendum and municipal ownership of public utili- ties.
 The chemical laboratory of the geo. logical survey at Washington was badly damaged by fire Sunday and only the prompt work of firemen pre- vented the flames spreading to other departments. The fire was confined to the laboratory; but before it was extinguished valuable minerals and chemicals were destroyed.
 Fifteen hundred Japanese laborers employed on the Honolulu sugar plan tations went on strike for higher O,,n ic nynnntpd that the movement will spread to the eth CT plantations where Japanese are employed The field laborers demand that they be paid a dollar day, while those employed in the sugar mills and elsewhere are holding out for pro- porticnate increase of the wage scale.
 Unless a resolution extending the present session of the Arkansas leg islature is adopted by that body, little hope is held out for the passage of the bill establishing racing at Hot Springs.
 Two members of the coast artillery corps at Fort Warren, Daniel Doherty and Cornelius Crowley, were drowned by the capsizing of their row boat in the wash of steamer off Hough's Neck Sunday night
 In order to perfect the motor, the flight of the Army Dirigible balloon No. 1, which was scheduled for Thurs day. was postponed until Saturday.
 Courtois, the footman employed by the late August Kenny, of Paris, who, in February last, was convicted, to- gether with Renard, the steward, for the murder of the banker, died in the prison Sunday from hasty consump-