The Green Forest tribune., 1910-09-23
Notes From Foreign Lands, through out the Nation and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.
RACES FOR THE REMNANTS.
National Lea que.
American Ieaque.

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 The renomination of Joseph G. Can non for congress by a generous mar gin over his Republican opponent, Dr. Downs; the overwhelming defeat or Representative Henry $. BouteL, stand-patter in the Ninth district, by F. H. Gansberger, insurgent; the prob able defeat of Geoge l.. Floss in the Tenth district, and the renomination of nearly all the men involved in the legislative bribery scandal, are the striking features of the Illinois state wide primary election.
 Residents of the multimillionaire summer resorts along the Atlantis coast have been robbed of $50,000 in the past few weeks by a mysterious e'Raffles.'
 A mad dog invaded the Chouteau school yard in St. Louis and bit l3 girl pupils, ranging in age from to 13 years, causing a panic among the 100 children at play.
 James Gray, editorial writer for the Minneapolis Journal, was elected by the Democratic state central commit tee as the Democratic candidate for governor of Minnesota.
 George w. Fitzgerald, former sort ing teller of the Chicago subtreasury, who was arrested on the charge of taking $173,000 from the subtreasury, declared that he had a strong susplc- ion as to who took the money, and IS willing to tell Capt. Port of the secret service, or the trial judge, but no one else.
 Dr. James Alexander Dowie and Rev. Bishop Schrader, who were in jail in St. Joseph, Mo, on charge ot attempted swindle in connection with a supposed $20,0C0,000 gold treasure which they say is buried on an island off the coast of Honduras, were re- leased under a habeas corpus pro- ceeding. Schraeder left for New Jerusalem, Mexico.
 Maine has gone Democratic for the first time ill 30 years, electing Fred erick w. Plaisted governor by about 5000 plurality. But more surprising than the election of Plaisted is the overturn in the First, Second and Third congressional districts. In the First district Pennell has beaten Ascher c. Hinds, Speaker Cannon's rarliamentarian; in the Second dis trict McGillicuddy has defeated Swa- sey, and S. w. Gould has defeated Congressman Burleigh in the Third. Burleigh comedies his defeat, Frank E. Guernsey, Republican, was re-elect- ed in the Fourth district. The party committee claims the election of a Democratic legislature, which will choose United States senator.
 The jury in the Lee ONeill Browne sensational bribery case, in Chicago, returned a verdict of not guilty.
 The insurgent victory in the Repub- ican state primaries in Washington has exceeded all expectations. Miles PoindeXter of Spokane, one of the most radical insurgents in the house, has been nominated for United States senator.
 The exposition hall in Charleroi, Belgium, collapsed and 1t Is feared that there has been a heavy loss of life.
 Dr. Haladene Clemison, convicted of murderng his wife by chloroform, was sentenced to life Imprisonment by Judge McSurely in Chicago.
 The governments case against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana will be tried in the United States court at Jackson, Tenn, in the October term.
 Gilman, Orarga and Danforth, Ill.,, suffered considerable damage and sey eral persons were injured during a tornado.
 That Richard A. Balllnger has not been true to the trust reposed in hlm as secretary of the interior, that he is not deserving of public confidence, and that he should be asked by the proper authorities to relinqulsh hls office." The foregoing sums up the findings of the four Democratic mem- oers of the Ballinger-Pinchot congress slonal Investigating committee, when were made public in Minneapolis. The Republican members issued no report
 A physical clash between the giant Russian empire and the tiny duchy of Finland is believed inevitable.
 Six Republican members of the Bal Hnger inyestigatine committee met Ill Chicago and issued a statement condemning the action of the four Democratic and one Republican in- surgent' members who delivered a report at Minneapolis demanding the retirement from afaeA of Secretary