The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
NEWS IF THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH. EAST. SOUTH AND WEST
s'otes From Foreign Lands, Through out the Nation, and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.

G. M Miller convicted of the mur- der of Henry Flood, at Marked Tree, Ark, several months ago, and sen fenced to be hanged Friday at Harris burg, Ark, got a stay of execution of the sentence from Chief Justice Me Culloch, pending his appeal ip the su preme court.
 The reported merger of the Waters Pierce Oil company and the Aguilla Oil company of Mexico which would give the Waters Pierce concern practical monopoly of the Mexican oil business, is officially denied by Presi- dent Landa Escondon of the Aguilla company.
 Negotiations have just been made whereby all the independent telephone companies in the country, including the Kinloch of St. Louis, will be con nected by big trunk lines to be con- structed at once, according to a state ment made by Herman C. Stifel, St. Louis broker.
 The St. Louis coroner, aroused by numerous auto accidents in St. Louis recently, will make a searching. in- quiry into the death of Theodore R. Ballard, who was run down and al most instantly. killed Monday night by an automobile driven by George Geb- hart, IS years old.
 Because of his espousal of the cause of Francis J. Heney and the graft prosecution, Rev David Evans, for three years rector of Grace church at San Francisco, the wealth jest and most exclusive Episcopal congregation in that city, has been forced to resign.
 Henry Miller, who was Abraham Lincoln's driver on the speaking tour through western Illinois in his cam paign against Douglas for the United States senate, died at KeWanee, H., at the age of 82 years. Miller was also a guard when Lincoln's body lay ip state in Washington in 1865.
 The Buffalo Jones African company of New York was incorporated to or ganize and maintain and conduct hunt ing and exploring expeditions into Africa. The directors are Francis w. Bird, George D. Dutton and Mansfield Ferry of New York.
 John Richards, his wife and his son, Thomas Richards, were asphyXiated by the fumes from gas stove in their home in Topeka, Kas. The three bod ies were found by the wife of the younger Richards several hours later.
 The large tobacco barn belonging to Daniel Miller, in Spencer county, Ind, was destroyed by. fire. The barn con- tainad 5000 pounds of tobacco and a large amount of grain. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. This is the fourth large tobac- co barn in this section to burn re- gently. Miller's loss is about $1O,000 with small insurance.
 It is reported that the steel trust has absorbed the Clinchfield corpora tion, doing an extensive business near Bristol, Tenn, the price being $15,000,- 900. The property consists of the c. c. & o. railroad and valuable mineral lands.
 Five members of one family were burned to death at Wayne, a small town fourteen miles from Concordia, Kas. All the living that remain of the Hicks family of seven are an infant child and the ia her, MT. Hicks. The mother, two boys, 3 and 9 years old, and two girls, 5 and 10 years old, were burned to a crisp, and the house totally destroyed
 Red Cloud, the famous old Sioux h. dian chief, is dead. This information was received by Superintendent Bren- nan of the Pine Ridge agency, who is in Washington attending the meeting of those interested in the education of the Indian.
 James A. Hart, former president of the Chicago National league team, was reported as resting comfortably at the German hospital, following an operation for appendicitis.
 A change in the date of inaugura-, tion of the president of the United States from March 4 to the last Thursday in April is strongly urged in the annual report of the commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, presented to congress.
 Judge w. ii. rope or HOSWeH udS been appointed chief justice of New Mexico to succeed Chief Justice Mills. who has been appointed territorial governor.
 Engineer Ryden of Mount Carmel, H., was killed and Conductor Earl Van Brunt badly injured when switch engine on the Cairo division turned over in the yards at Lyons. The rails spread, throwing ten box cars into the ditch.
 Painting at the sight of blood, Har- ry T. Simmons, junior in the Vest ern Reserve medical college at Cleve- land, O., fell to the floor fn hospital clinic and fractured his skull. He died on the operating table at which a few moments before he had been an assistant.
 President Taft accepted an invita- tion to attend the conservation con- vention to be held in Indianapolis some time in February. When the president goes to the Indiana city he will likewise make brief visit to Louisville, Cincinnati and Nashville.