The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

| ing a loss estimated to be $a00,000
 It was announced in Chicago that the interstate commerce commission would begin a hearing March 30 on | 13 applications filed by transconti- mental railroads for relief from the long and short haul clause of the Mann-Elkins law. Under the law the | roads are forbidden to charge a high CT rate to intermediate western points than to Pacific coast terminals, except with the special permission of the in terstate commerce commission. The railroads are seeking to have the old rules relative to rates continued.
 Peter, Gludt, aged 55 years, busi- ness man of Lake City, Minn., and his son, Elmer, aged 20 years, were electrocuted on a street when an electric wire broke near their home and fell
 fingered when refused a hearing, a disheveled tramp retired to the street and hurled a brick through one of the library windows of Miss Helen Goulds Fifth avenue residence in New York
 Hundreds of alleged illegal voters will be summoned in the investigation of the charges against Robert E. Hulsman. notary in the headquar- ters of Andrew Graham, candidate for the nomination for mayor of Chicago, who is accused of signing fraudulent ahidavits. Extensive investigations of registrations in other parts of the city will be ordered by Judge Owen.
 Governor Cruce of Oklahoma won his first legislative victory when the house of representatives passed final ly the banking bill in practically the same shape as it passed the senate. The big fight in the house was over the composition of the state banking board, and the bill. as finally passed, embodies exactly the governors idea.
 Concentration of the control of the standing timber in a very few hands, vast speculative holdings far in ad- vance of any use thereof, and an enormous increase in the value of this diminishing natural resource, with great profits to it's owners and incidentally "an equally sinister land monopoly. and a closely connected railroad domination''-the are the findings to the president by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corpo- rations. in the first installment of his long awaited report on the lumber industry in the United States. The report was made public by the presi- dent sending it to congress.
 In St. Petersburg, Russia, a yer diet of guilty was returned against Count OBrien de Lassy and Dr. Pant chenko for the poisoning of Count Vassiili Bouturlin. In the case of Mme Murayieff a verdict of not guilty was returned. The jury recommended mercy in the case of Pantchenko on account of extenuating circumstances. De I.assy was sentenced to penal servitude for life and Pantchenko to 15 years Imprisonment
 Mrs Rena Eitoli wife of wealthy Sicilian, is dying and her year-old baby is seriously injured as the re- suit of a bomb exploded in her home in Rockford, H., evidently by Black Flanders.
 President Taft officially registered his anger at Speaker-elect Champ Clarks statement concerning the an neXation of Canada in a letter writ ten to Representative Mccall (RepD, Massachusetts. congratulating him on the passage of the reciprocity bill In the letter Taft said This agree ment, if it becomes law. has no pO- littcal significance No thought of future political annexation or union was in the minds of the negouators )n either side. Canada is now and will remain a political unit"
 Iver Peterson. IS years old, negro, was lynched by posse of citizens eight miles from Eufaula, Ala. Peter son attempted to attack Mrs. F. A. Hudson as she was crossing a dimly lighted street.
 Following stormy scene unprece- dented in Eermilion county grand jury room, States Attorney John s. Lewman was busted as adviser to the county's vote fraud investigators in Danville, Ill., by vote of F to Il.
 An armed posse with bloodhounds is in pursuit of three masked men who entered the home of c. M. Bull near Indiahoma, Ok. made him pris- cner and shot and killed James Smith, Bulls hired man, for attempting to rescue his employer It is believed Bull has been killed. The murder is the result of a bitter rivalry be- tween Snyder and Mountain Park for the county seat in the new Swanson county.
 The house bill providing $50O,000 year for the erection of buildings for American embassies and consul ates in foreign countries was passed by the senate over a protest by Sen ator Clapp.
 The estate Of Dr. H. H. Crippen, the executed wife murderer, was awarded to Mrs. Theresa Hum of Brooklyn, N. Y, half-sister of Mrs. Belle Elmore Crippen.
 Attacked by tramp while return ing to her home from school, 13-year- old Grace New, daughter of MT and Mrs. Henry New, living near Taylor vile, H., is in serious condition al her home.
 Detective Brown of Los Angeles identified as one of the men wanted in connection with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times David CaD-