The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-12
NEWS IF THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
A0RTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma ton and Particularly From the
 Great Southwest.

in the hands of receivers, on the ap-
 plication of creditors in the United States court.
 Declaring that the census bill as passed this year by both houses Of congress was a continuation of the spells system, and tended to perpe- trate a fraud upon the public,' Presi- ,,.. ..ooseNelt sent his veto of the bill to the house, where the measure originated.
 Florence Miller, the woman who ere ated a scene at the Illinois statehouse by threatening to kill Representative 1 Lee O'Neii Browne, and who later IS said to have confessed to the police that the task was part of political plot against the La Salle man, has mysteriously disappeared.
 1 Hearing of arguments in the appeal
 of John R. Walsh, who was convicted of misappropriating the funds Of the | Chicago National bank which failed | several years ago, was set for May II by the United States court Of appeals. | The setting of the case at this time
 was the result of disagreement be- tween counsel over the question or filing briefs in the case.
 Harvey Hazen, 17 years old, found | guilty of murdering his mother, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Ha- gel was convicted in Toledo of staying his mother, January II, 1908, by beat | ing her to death with a hammer. Declaring that .if the government | is to act with full efficiency against | criminals it must have some force Of secret service agents who can act
 against criminals anywhere" Presi- | dent Roosevelt, in a statement made public from the White House, emphat- 1 ically reiterated his opposition to re stricting the field of usefulness of the | secret service.
 A severe attack on the forestry ser vice of the department of agriculture was made in the house by MT Mon dell, of Wyoming. He denounced it as the most autocratic bureau of gov | ernment outside of Russia.
 1 efficiency of the wireless service aboard naval vessels Assistant Sec retary Satterlee has issued an order directing all commanders of vessels and of naval stations equipped with wireless apparatus to report to the de- partment on the last days of each month concerning the efficiency of the wireless and the personnel. The house committee on territories has reached an agreement on the bill which if passed by both houses of | congress, will give the right of state hood to both New Mexico and Arizo- na The bill will be favorably report ed within the next few days, with the intention of bringing it up in the house for passage some time during next week.
 Amos NJ. Ensign 5S years old, city editor of the New York Tribune, died in the Seney hospital, in Brooklyn, following an operation MT. Ensign was a graduate of Cornell University, | class of 1876, and was the first presi- dent of the University Boat club and l captain of his college crew. He had been a member of the Tribune staff since the year of his graduation.
 Alleging that his 56-year-old son, J. E. McGregor, had al;enated the af- | factions of his second wife, 75 years old, J. M. McGregor, a wealthy farm l CT of Fleming county, Kentucky, brought suit against him for aliena- tion of affection and the case was de- | cided in favor of the son by the court of appeals
 l If President Roosevelt will consent | to head wild west show he can draw salary of $10,000 week for 30 consec- utive weeks, according to an offer that has just been made to him by James | M Atlas, proprietor of the Hotel At las, Bridgeport, Conn. MT. Atlas says he is an old friend of MT. Roose- welt and used to wrestle with him when he was governor in Albany. 1 A committee of the British govern ment, which was appointed last sum- mer to inquire into the alleged Amer 1 ican control of the British meat SUD- | ply, has concluded it's investigation, and according to the Daily Mail, will report against interference with Amer 1 ican imports for the simple reason 1 that Great Britain needs the American
 supply
 | c. H. Labodie, treasurer Of the Ham, | ilton National Insurance Co.,, with | headquarters at South Bend, Ind, has completed arrangements to file a suit | in court at Toronto, Canada. to recov-
 CT for the Labodie heirs the site on
 which is now located Walkerville, The navy department has decided
 to build great 14-inch naval gun at
 the Washington navy yard. Unusual
 attention Is attracted to the great
 weapon because of the fact that it will | be the largest gun ever built by any
 nation to go on ship board. The ini- l tial cost of this gun will be $100,000.
 The work of framing the emergency l river and harbors bill to be passed by
 the present congress is far enough ad-
 vanced to make it safe to say that
 there will be no increase recommend
 ed for the Mississippi River Commis-
 sion.