The Green Forest tribune., 1909-11-26

NlnCenGS hospital in New 4Ork.
 Miss Grace Witherspoon, 20 years old, overpowered a burglar who had entered her home at Princeton, Ind, and wrenched from his grasp a pillow slip containing more than S200 worth of jewelry and furs, which the intruder lad stolen.
 Booker T. Washington headed a committee which called at the White House to solicit the support of Presi- dent Iaft for movement which has been started by leading negroes throughout the country looking toward the holding of an exposition in 1913 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the freedom of the negro race
 The police of Troy, N. Y, are seek ing some clew which may lead to the murder of young woman whose body was discovered on Green Island, suburb of Troy. The woman was about 20 years old, of apparent refine ment and handsomely dressed.
 Frank Loftus, James Hayes and William Hastings, Leadville gold min CTS, were caught in blizzard near the Hill Top mine on the Lake Park county line, and frozen to death.
 At the offices of the Wells-Fargo Express company in New York it was denied that the general offices of the company were to be moved from New York. A rumor to that effect was prevalent in the West
 F. J. Bachelder of Concord, N. H., was reelected grand master of the National Grange convention in Des Moines. He was opposed by o. Gard ner of Maine. The vote stood 35 to 14.
 The oldest Rebekah in Illinois, Mrs. Lydia Raymond, 93 years old, died in Warrensburg in that state.
 A southbound Frisco passenger train went into the ditch near Platter, Okla. The engine turned over Engineer Wells was badly burned and may die. Fireman Heflen's ankle was broken and he was badly scalded.
 State Game and Fish Warden Tol- erton of Missouri reports the number of state hunters licenses issued this year as 43,917. These licenses are from the entire state and indicate that there are that many licensed nim- rods in Missouri.
 After two days passed in hearing the testimony of many of the most prominent citizens, Judge Seay of the criminal district court has denied a change of venue to Burrell Oates on his fifth trial, charged with the mur- der of Sol Aroneff in Dallas, Novem Der g, 1904 Oates has been given four death sentences and granted new trials each time by the court of crim- inal appeals. He is a negro. Holly Van, white man convicted of com p1city in the same crime, was hanged four years ago.
 Mrs. Tom Mock and her baby were rescued from their house at Johns town, Mo-, which had been turned up- side down by the severe windstorm that swept that section. Neither was injured The wind demolished one business building and damaged sever- al others.
 Fred Lindsay, a young farmer re- siding on Fox Island, south of Gray vile, H., shot and killed his uncle, John Lindsay, during a quarrel. It is said the young man acted in self de- fense
 In general round up William J. Flynn, chief of the United States se- cret service bureau, and his agents, arrested thirteen men in New York City, accused of being importers of which has been launching it's pro- ducts on the market since last April.
 The grand jury at Union City, Tenn. returned individual indictments against Garrett Johnson and Arthur Cloar, alleged night riders, charging them with the murder of Captain Quentin Ranken on October IS, 1908.
 The loss of life during the recent hurricane and torrential rains at Kingston, Jamaica, is now figured at about twenty. Communication by ca ble was restored, but the land lines are still down in many directions.
 Walter J. Luffsey, Jr., 21 years old, died at Richmond, Va, as result of an injury received in game of foot ball. The injury developed into pneu- monia.
 c. T. Garland, night baggageman at the Chicago & Northwestern railway depot, died at Dixon hospital from the effects of a fall from a viaduct.
 Ed. Cardwe!l and Ed Koontz were killed at Memphis, Tenn, by William c. Smith, a negro, who surrendered. They had crowded aboard ahead of Smith, who entered the car and after liding a few blocks rushed to the platform where the white men were standing and shot them dead.
 The condition of Timothy D. ("Big Tim') Sullivan, Tammany leader, who arrived day or two ago, suffer- ing from a severe attack of grip, is much improved. MT. Sullivan is be- ing deluged with telegrams from anx- ious inquirers.
 Francis Joseph Reitz, president of the City National bank of Evansville, Ind, and one of the wealthiest men in that city, announced that he would build two large additions to the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Evansville, to cost in the neighbor- hood of $100,000.
 While scuffling with school children Harry Kelley, son of MT. and Mrs. John Kelley at Nashville, H., was in- jured seriously by falling and crush ing mirror which he carried in his brooches pocket The pieces of glass