The Green Forest tribune., 1909-03-12
Following a conference with ex-Gov.

| ueu lFOm tennessee to DT0dK quo rum in the legislature, have returned to Nashville in order to permit the passing of important legislation. l Gertrude Hoffman, the actress, was enjoined by the Kansas City circuit court Thursday from presenting the Salome dance on the grounds that the dance is obnoxious to public morals. | Unexpectedly ordered to return to Constantinople, the Turkish naval off cers who came to this country on the American fleet started Wednesday on their homeward journey. They were to have visited the principal cities of the country as guests of various cham bers of commerce and boards of trade.
 By vote of 47 to 25 the senate | Wednesday refused to pass state hood rider on the house resolution look ing to the prevention of discrimina- tion against American Jews travelling in Russia
 Ex-President Roosevelt will hunt big game in Africa with a three-bar- rel gun. The gun was shipped to l Washington Wednesday.
 One of the last acts of President Roosevelt was the signing Wednesday night of proclamations creating addi- tions to 13 national forests in Nevada, California, New Mexico and Arizona, aggregating 4,9S0,736 acres. The car men and other employees on the Manila street railway systm went on strike Thursday to enforce series of demands. The men ask an increase in pay and encouragement of hours.
 In the district court at Newton, Ia., | Wednesday Earl w. Lindsay of Prairie City, manager of the Prairie City Tele- phone Co.,, who was convicted of crim- inal assault on Grace Hopkins, years old, was sentenced to imprisonment for life
 Judge Harrington of the United States circuit court handed down a decision Wednesday sustaining the Nevada railroad commission in its rul- ings against the Southern Pacific road. The court dissolves the old injunction against the commission.
 The resignation of United States Senator Philander c. Knox, as United States senator from Pennsylvania, was received Tuesday by Governor Stuart. It becomes effective March 4. | The governor made no statement re- garding the resignation.
 In the lower house of the Tennessee legislature Representative Hickman introduced a bill which permits any persons of good character, on applica- tion and payment of SIC fee, to get permit to carry pistol. A convic- tion for homicide in any degree shall operate as forfeiture of the license. While crazed with drink, George l.. | Marcott, a valet in the employ of Brigadier General James Miller, U. s. | A., retired, ran amuck in Temple, N. H., and after shooting at several vil lagers, was shot and killed by Rev. Harvey Eastman, pastor of the local Congregational church.
 l An appeal to astronomers to coop crate in following the movement of newly-discovered asteroids, or minor planets, has been issued by Prof. Ed ward c. Pickering of the Harvard ob- servatory and Rev Joel H. Metcalf, the eminent Tauton astronomer. | The indisposition of the pope con- | tinues, but it did not prevent him from arising Sunday morning and l working for several hours ;u his li- brary.
 | Henry Hut, the artist and illus | trio sud- l suffering. it is supposed from nervous | breakdown.
 Throughout the country Sunday in every city where meeting could be arranged there was an equal suffrage demonstration" under the auspices of the Socialist party and the Socialist women's societies The meetings were provided for at the national confer ence of the Socialist party in Chicago, which set February 2S aside as "Woman's Suffrage Day." and marked the time as one on which political party came forward as a champion of woman's right to the ballot.
 Co-@;;ucstion at Wesleyan Univer. sItv of Middletown, Conn.,, was abol- Iished at special meeting of the trustees of the institution.
 The newspaper Zingn of Moscow Friday was fined $1,500 for printing Count Tolstoi's latest article against infliction of the death penalty, entitled "No Evil Without Good"
 Reports from Uehling, Neb., tell of | a serious riot there Friday night be- tween Greek and Italian railroad la /, borers on one side and the white pop ulation on the other. The town mar shal, George Heineman. and a bar tender named Stamm were shot by the foreigners and are said to be se- riously wounded.
 Representative Lamb of Virginia, representing the independent tobacco interests, protested to the president Friday against the recent award of the American Tobacco Go. of the con tract to supply the navy with 22o,ooV pounds of chewing tobacco for the next fiscal year. The protest was based on the ground that the govern ment had just been engaged in expos ing the doings of this big trust"
 Two boxes, supposed to contain $6O0OO that were sent to Davenport by express by the swindlers under arrest at Little Rock. were opened and found to contain nothing of value. Only office papers, stationery. news paper clippings and similar articles were found in the boxes.