The Green Forest tribune., 1910-12-02
NEWS IF THE WEEK
.resT EVENTS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
! NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Happenings in Foreign Lands and Throughout the Nation Chron-
 cled in Paragraphs.

Abstractors relisting property in East St. Louis, Centerville, Canteen and Sugar Loaf townships, Illinois, find that Jacob Astor the first of the famous family of New York, once owned large portion of what is now East St. Louis. His title was by gir- tue of a patent from the French gov ernment, and included a large portion of the American bottom.
 Troop K of the Third United States cavalry and Company l. of the same regiment are at Eagle Pass, Tex The soldiers will be used to help the fed eral authorities enforce the neutral ity laws. The situation throughout Mexico appears serious, and while it is believed the government will sue cessfully crush the revolution, it will not be without great loss of life. Fed eral troops are being hurried to dan ger zones and the City of Mexico may be put under martial law.
 Minnie Picket, 13 years and f months old and weighing only II
  is believed to have been the smallest perscr in the world of her age.
 The avalanche at Wellington, Wash, in March last, which carried two Great Northern passenger trains into a gulch that killed ninety-three persons, was an act of Providence, against which the railroad could not guard, ac- cording to a decision handed down by Superior Judge Black at Everett, Wash.
 John B. Moisant, the American avia- tor, has reached an agreement with President Gomez for credit of $50,- 900 to be voted by the house for an aviation meet at Havana, Cuba
 The bigamy charge against Mrs. Dory E. Doxey at Clayton, Mo-, based on her marriage to William Erder. for whose death she was tried and acquitted several months ago, was continued to December 19, when it ,f will be called for trial ill the circuit &court Sheriff Grueninger has been yunable to obtain service on Mrs DoXey.
 A tentative official list of the mem bers of the house of representatives in the sixty-second congress was made public at the capital It shows that the Democrats elected 22S members. the Republicans 163 and the Social ists 1, giving the Democratic party a majority of GA. The, Democratic ma jority is 65.
 Passengers and members of the crew of Baltimore & Ohio passenger train No. 122 chased man throug the woods two miles east of Taylor vile, H.. after he had attempted to wreck the train by placing a tie across the tracks at curve.
 Regarding the death of Tolstoi the emperor of Russia says: q heartily doplGre the death of the great writer who embodied the golden age of tai ent in creating types of fatherland constituting one of the most glorious periods of Russian life. May he find in God merciful judge"
 
 York's latest trunk mystery has been established as that of Albert Cas Her, French artist, who was a close friend of William Lewis, the missing waiter.
 Fred w. Lehman of St. Louis, for mer president of the American Bal association, will be appointed presid ing judge of the new federal court ol commerce.
 Thanksgiving day brought the mos' important football contests Of the sea son of 1910 and also saw the winding up of the seasons sport on the grid iron
 Francisco l. Madero has proclaimed himself president of the provisiona government of Mexico,' and admon ishes his followers not to commi overt acts against Americans or dc damage to property of foreigners.
 Robert c. Clowery of New York president of the Western Union Tel egraph company, has presented hl' resignation to the board of directors Theodore N. Vail has been appointed to succeed him.
 The census office at Washington an hounces the population of New 4ori tate as 9,113,279, an increase O Under the present appor tRsept this gives New York nln' ,sss3 Agressmen. Ohio has 4,76I sNYfYle q, &rease, 609,576 Ohio gain' Wfree new congressman.
 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Of Mas sachusetts read carefully Governor laslect Eugene N. Foss statement Il z0e papers calling on him to withdraw z IS candidate for reelection and sat- tSeue did not know whether he would make a reply.
 The number of unemployed in tn united States is estimated at 4,oo0,oo oy the Investigating board of the Bow cry mission in New York. About l per cent of them are said to be Il New York city and locality. The ms sion plans to obtain work for i'oo men during the winter.
 IT. violation of the state law tw' attorneys from Springfield, Mo-, nav mad the body of Stanley Ketchel, muf uered pugilist, exhumed at Grah' Aaplds, Mich, for the purpose or st turing evidence in defense of his al 'eged slayer.