The Green Forest tribune., 1910-01-28

Michael Sabloski has just been dis charged rom the Pottstown, Pa, hos pital in good shape, mentally and physically.
 The leaders of the dissatisfied em- ployes of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company have appealed to Governor Stuart to exercise his infiu- enee to bring about a settlement of their difficulties with the company
 The next bricklayers' and masons' international convention will be held in St. Joseph Mo-, in 1912. This was voted in the closing hours of the con- vention at Boston.
 The New York circuit court tempo rarily denied the appeal of former checkers Doyle, Kehoe, Coyle and Hennessey of the American Sugar Re fning company for release on bail, pending an appeal.
 President Taft has set his foot down firmly for two big battleships.
 The American Steel Works at Gran ite City, H., is preparing to double it's working capacity, increasing the number of employees from 2,500 to 5000, and to spend $400,000 in inn provements. The eight plants of the American Steel company, located in Pennsylvania, Indiana and other states, are to be consolidated with the plant at Granite City.
 Contracts with the Brotherhod of Railway Trainmen to handle all switching at Seattle, Wash. terminals will be signed within two weeks, ac- cording to officials of the Gre.> Northern, the Northern Pacific the Milwaukee and the Oregon & Wash ington railways.
 In Nicaragua all pretense of con- ciliating the various political factions has been abandoned since the re- juvenescence of the conservative party, the recognized opposition to the administration of President Ma driz. The party in power, now desig- mated the liberal party, appears to be dominated by the representatives from Leon
 The jury in the trial of Vincent Altman, at Chicago, brought in yer diet of not guilty Altman was ac- cused of having exploded a bomb that partially destroyed the central ex- change of the Chicago Telephone company on June 27.
 Heavy damage has been caused by the flood in the Loire and Indre val .leys, in France. Two. bridges have been washed away traffic demolished and many tanneries abandoned. Some cities in this district are without light and street car service, owing to the inundation of the power plants.
 The hearing in the railroad cases involving the validity of the Arkansas 2-cent passenger rate fixed by the leg islature, and the freight tariffs pro- mulgated by the Arkansas railroad commission, was resumed in Chicago Monday.
 The first legal proceedings grow ing out of the Cherry mine fire were started when Attorney Seymour Sted- man, representing the widows of many victims of the disaster, filed proecipes in twenty-nine cases against the Chi cagofi Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad which owns the mine.
 After exchanges between the two cabinets, both France and Great Brit ain have decided to conform their an swers to Secretary Knox's Manchu- rian proposition to those of Russia and of Japan.
 Announcement is made that the United States Steel corporation has authorized the expenditure of $2.- 450,000 for the construction of an ad- ditional cement plant at Burlington Ind.
 About one year ago Claire Ross, of Altoona, Pa, was shot by his wife, the ball lodging in his neck. MT. Ross was seized with a violent coughing spell, which dislodged the leaden pei let, and he spat it out upon the floor
 Charitable institutions of Cook county, Illinois, will receive $307,- S29.40 more from the county board this year than last. The annual tion of $1,7S8,2S3 for charitable pur- poses out of the total of $7,086,000.
 Wellesley, Miss, college girls have sent $1 ,000 to help the cause of the striking shirtwaist makers. They also gave an order for 1000 shirtwaists to be made by the girls cooperative fac tory
 A bill to permit the drawing of a second grand jury without the judge ordering it called was favorably re- ported by the house judiciary com mittee.
 Democratic leaders of the house have decided to stand by their origi- nal caucus nominees for the Bal linger-Pinchot Investigating commit tee. This points to refusal by Lloyd of Missouri to serve in lieu of Raney of Illinois
 Col. Robert Lowery, twice governor of Mississippi, died at his home Wednesday, aged IS years Colonel Lowery served in the confederate army, in command of a Mississippi regiment.
 Henry Mead, a Freeport, L. l., baker, dropped dead after eating a piece of pie for breakfast. The doc tor ascribed death to heart failure, superinduced by acute indigestion.
 The price of a comedy girl in New York is $20. For this sum Elizabeth lHarzo, 20 years old, was "sold" to woman maintaining resort in East Seventy-ninth street, according to in dictments returned by the Rockefeller grand jury, which is Investigating the white slave traffic in Greater New