The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-16
NE WS IF THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign, Lands Through out the Nation, and Particularly
 The Great Southwest.

l a Two men were probably fatally in- Jured, the plant of the Texas Oil Co., at Providence, R. l., badly damaged and lumber schooner burned to the waters edge by the explosion of oil in two oil barges The barges con- : tained 135,000 gallons of oil and were , completely destroyed.
 The distribution of cars occupied the attention of Interstate Commerce { Commissioners Clark and Harlan in Chicago. The hearing is with ref erence to the relation of the railroads of Illinois to the coal mining com- panies of the state.
 Randolph w. Walton of Columbus, Ohio, made the climb up Pikes peak on foot in five hours and the return ] trip in three hours, beating the best 5 previous record for the round trip by nearly thirty minutes.
 AS he was leaving the French sen ate M. CaillauX, the minister of finance, was struck in the face by # Charles Bos, former deputy, who ! claims that the finance minister slan- dered him in the chamber of deputies by charging him with lobying. The Tobacco Association of the ' United States (independent), in con- vention at Old Point Comfort, sent < telegram to Senator Aldrich and others of the senate finance com mittee, protesting against the pro ! posed advance on the tax on tobacco. 5 A cowboy tournament at Nogales, Sonora the worlds record for throw : ing and tying wild steer was broken by Ed Hall, of Hut, N M., who per 2 formed the feat in 21 seconds fiat. Z The best previous time was 21 1-5 { seconds
 The power schooner Rainbow, carry ing an excursion party of 25 school children and number of women sud denay capsized off the Island of Molo- kai, Il zar Pukoo sharbor. All the pas s sengers and crew were rescued, but { one woman died soon afterward from the excitement and shock.
 A W. J. Bryan refused to attend the Fourth of July celebration of Tam many Hall, and likewise did not send a Fourth of July sentiment in writing. When the braves marched, into Tam many Hall for their usual Independ ence Day celebration Thomas F. Smith read letters of regrets from all s the prominent Democrats except Bry- an.
 Stanley Ketchel, of Michigan, is still the worlds middleweight champion. In a desperate, gruelling battle, dur ing which the champion was constant ' ly on the aggressive, he was awarded the decision over Billy Papke, of Hi nois, at the end of the twentieth round-the scheduled number.
 H. F. Strange, Confederate vet ! IA; Beatrice, aged T.. Violet, aged 6; z Cecil, aged 3, and Henry, aged IS ! months, all children of s. E. Hamlett, were burned to death in the Hamlett house at South Boston. MT. Hamlett, his wife and two children escaped. ! One child was thrown from window and so badly hurt that he will die.
 Frank G. Selee, for twelve years < manager of the Boston National league base ball club and late man. < ager of the Chicago Nationals, died in 7 Denver at the Elks' Home for con sunptives.
 0. G. Stafford, formerly mayor of Eureka, Cal, was run down by N. E. Silva and instantly killed in the sev- Eenth race of the automobile meet at thesEmeryville track. Silva's car was \ upset, turning over twice and fell on < tho driver, breaking his nose and oth- NorWise injuring him.
 X SToday ground was broken at Spuy-
 ynduvil for the site of the monu-
 aent to Captain Henry Hudson who, Eln his good ship Half Moon," com KpletRd the exploration of the Hudson river three hundred years ago. K 1Nine members of Fourth of July Spicnfc party were injured, John Det- HterxAnd wife perhaps fatally, when a Nhlf knowing van. bringing them back l1a{&yette, Ind. fell over a sixteen
 KITE embankment near Wild Cat htlG8e this evening.
 
 S Arvin, alias Wm Mathews, was heM in $25,000 bond by United States MG6 missioner Frazier to appear be- l6 the federal court in Omaha on the < oHEge of complicity in the hold-up of VI hion Pacific train May 22.
 hi1y Morgan, coIored, probably the
 t resident of Georgia, is dead at
 6Sage of IF. Aunt Emily" took in
 Ihing until she was 109 years old.
 year or two she had suffered N misery"
 promote motor boat racing in the I He west, Thomas H. Hughey, com x bre of the Illinois Valley Yacht Hf8& of Peoria, H., offered purse of 16t for a race from St. Paul to St. Iot, on the Mississippi river, open Ho I'll motor boats 40 feet in length or 4nd8f, belonging to any recognized yh6h& club in the United States.
 AM ordinance was passed by the Kkn66s City council and signed by the n3Ay05 legalizing the erection in | Htn6&s City of new union railway st9 t& The proposed station, it is @a ill cost s20,0oo,0o0.