The Green Forest tribune., 1909-05-07
NE WS OF 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.

 (Scotland) university, died Sunday. He was born in 1884 and was noted writer and lecturer.
 Rear Admiral Hedworth Lambton commander of the English squadron anchored in Yokohama harbor was granted an audience with the emperor Monday.
 Promptly at midnight Friday night the government of Saskatchewan province took over the entire tele- phone system in that province recent ly purchased from the Bell Telephone company, and now the Bells are out of the vast tract from the great lakes to the Pacific. Manitoba and Alberta already had taken over the systems in their borders.
 After Dr. F. w. Page of Waverly, Mass, an alienist, had declared that Chester s. Jordan, on trial for the murder of his wife, was incurably ill and could not survive three years, the defense attempted Friday to have a record breaking hypothetical ques- tion of 31 ,000 words introduced. The court decided that the question was really a review of the evidence.
 New York City finds itself facing problem in carrying out its agreement with Andrew Carnegie to provide sites for seventy-eight public libraries TOT which the ironmaster appropriated S5,O0O, ,OOO. So far the city has ac- quired only fifty-five sites and will have to acquire twenty-three more.
 Antonio Cipollo was hanged at Fol som prison, California, Friday for the murder on March 4 of last year or Joseph Priano. Cipollo and a com panion enticed Priano up the Sacra- mento river, stabbed him and threw him into the water after robbing him.
 Chas. w. Fairbanks, former vice president, concluded through agents Thursday a deal for the purchase of S3O.OOO residence in one of the fash ionable districts of Pasadena. It IS said he will make this his future home.
 l.. w. Bingham, of Cleveland, prl- yate detective, was shot and prooabiy fatally injured by his wife Thursday afternoon. After telephoning the po- lice to come, the woman and her daughter ate ice cream
 Contracts have been awarded Dy the isthmian canal commission ap- proximating in value s1,000,000 for supplies of various kinds to be dellV- cred during the fiscal year 1910.
 The Wisconsin house Wednesday killed the Stou woman suffrage bill by a vote of 53 to 34. Since the olil passed the senate four weeks ago the women of the organization did every thing within their power to Influence assemblymen in favor of it.
 Eugene Pearson, chief clerk or the United States army transport service in San Francisco was arrested Wednesday on a charge of having em- bezzled S1,145. Pearson's books are said to have shown several apparent shortages.
 The French government has award ed a first-class life savers medal to John R. Binns, for courage dlsplayeo when the White Star steamer RepuD- lic was run down by the steamship Florida off Nantucket last January Binns was the Marconi operator OH board the Republic.
 William E. Johnson, of Salt Lake, Utah. special Indian agent who mas been Investigating the source or sup ply of what is known as the "Peyote bean. which has been sold to the ln- dians, condemned the supply or beans and bought them for the government, paying S250 per thousand.
 Chester M. Hamsher, in the federal court at Kansas City, pleaded guilty to a charge of signing his wife's name to love letters which he wrote to Neil Johnson, a wealthy man of Atchlson' Kas. and he was sentenced to year in jail.
 5 Chief Inspector Cochran or the Den yer postoffice announced Wednesday ,hat mail pouch containing 29 regis S tered packages had been lost from 4 a Union Pacific train between Green &River and Bryan, Wyo., Sunday night. # Governor Shafroth of Colorado @Tuesday signed the campaign ex- #penses bill passed by the recent legis- 7 lature, and the unique measure be- SScomes a law in ninety days. The bill fprovides that the state shall contrib $sute for campaign expenses every two Wears. 25 cents for each vote cast at the preceding general election. lN ]. Frank Randall, former building a}commissioner of St. Louis, charged With offering bribes to members or < The Oklahoma City school board, was Arrested Monday night on his return f1fom Mexico.
 A mass meeting of 1000 citizens < z6ecided that Goldtield should offer $50,- H600 for fight between Jack Johnson 6nd James J. Jefferies, to take place lzn the latter part of September during the session of the mining congress. 7Theodore Roosevelt started on his < Arst lion hunt Thursday. He is on the trail of hugh black maned lion :4xThe suit for divorce brought by ~ finccess Robert de Broglie against |y&1r husband on grounds of desertlon
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