The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-09

the liberal majority, the Cuban house | of representatives passed the budget of S33, ,S00.000 as received from the president, abandoing all attempts to effect retrenchments.
 President Taft was on the losing side in foursome at Golf. He and his partner, Gen. Edwards. were de- feated by Senator Bourne of Oregon and Captain Butt, military aide to the president, by two up.
 A series of tornadoes swept over the small district in the vicinity of Niles, s. D., Thursday. The twisters followed at intervals of few minutes and the last was the most violent.
 Orders were issued assigning to vessels of the Pacific fleet AZ midship- men who completed their course at the naval academy this month. These young officers are required to serve two years at sea before receiving their commissions as ensigns.
 Max Goodman, a butter and egg dealer of Chicago, who was found guilty with his brother, Jacob, of man. ufacturing and selling oleomargarine as fancy butter, was sentenced to serve. two years in the Leavenworth, Kas., penitentiary.
 According to a decision rendered by the supreme court of California, VIII liam B. Bradbury, millionaire, must serve one year for perjury. Bradbury | oiyi mony in suit involving some land i'll trial in Marion county.
 President Alcorta officially received Charles H. Sherrill, the American minister to the Argentine Republic, who presented his credentials. The usual felicitations took place.
 John Svanberg, of Sweden. de- feated Teddy Crooks, of Fall River, in a fifteen-mile running race at Worces- ter, Mass. Svanberg's time was hour 22 minutes and 40 seconds.
 Two explosions in the rooms of the American Film Service Company on the third floor of the Security build ing, Chicago, resulted in fire which caused a loss of approximately $200,- OOO. Three firemen were injured.
 A special dispatch from Saloniki says that former Sultan Abdul Hamld has handed the authorities check for $5,000,000 which will be devoted to the needs of the second and third army corps.
 Both the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in Iowa have set new high water marks, the former at 10.6 and the latter at Al. Much damage has been done to corn fields along the two streams.
 Information is at hand which for the first time since the discovery of the. murder of Elsie Sigel eleven days ago definitely establishes that Leon Ling must have had accomplices and that though telegram signed With ms name and his writing was sent from Washington, he could not have been there on the date on which the mes sage was sent.
 Two sharp earth shocks which oc cured in Algeria caused the collapse of the cliffs overhanging the river Nina. There were no casualties, but the course of the river was diverted.
 A flood of telegrams, nearly equal ing that which swamped the wires during the anti-railroad pass fight, IS pouring in upon senators, i'll opposl,ion to the corporation tax amendment.
 Antonio and Joseph Nusso, who were bound over to the federal grand jury at Cleveland Tuesday /on the charge of being members of the So- cieta di Banana, an alleged black hand organization, were released on bail.
 Pleading guilty to collusive bidding on steel contract work, the Boston Bridge Works and the Groton Bridge Company were each fined $1,500, the Canton Bridge Company $2,000 and the Oswego Bridge Company $1,0O0, at Boston.
 The supreme court, at Columbus, O., in a decision, holds that the right of cities to tax automobiles was taken from them when the state automobile tax license law was passed.
 A desperate attempt to wreck south bound Milwaukee passenger train, just north of Redfield, s. D., was made. A young farmer who was walking on the track to his home heard an explosion. He inevstig ated, and found a section of the track had been blown out He Jagged the pas senger train and prevented a disas- | trous wreck.
 Otis B. Goodall, for several years private secretary to the assistant sec retary of commerce and labor, has been appointed special agent of the census. He will have charge of i'm portant field work of the thirteenth census.
 A west bound Canadian Pacific freight train was ditched near Kam- lopps, Manitoba, and five tramps stealing ride were killed. Two oth- CTS were badly injured.
 It is understood that the Turkish government has ascertained that the cash deposits of Abdul Hamid, the de- posed sultan of Turkey, in the Impe- rial Bank of Germany amount to i've million Turkish pounds, approximate ly s21 100000. How to obtain posses sion of this sum is exercising the minds of the Turkish authorities. Mary Elizabeth (Dolly Logan) Tuck CT was granted divorce from Col. srA