The Green Forest tribune., 1911-05-26
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terian churches in this country in- creased from 1,SS6 in 1909 to 2,167 in 1910, was the substance Of report made to the Presbyterian general as- sembly by the committee on Christian life and work.
 Representative Booher told the house that Missourians took from Mexico the territory comprising Ari- zona and New Mexico in 1846, and promised it should be admitted into the Union as a state as soon as con- gross could take action. The Mis- souri representative severely criti- cised congress for not having opened the door of both territories many years ago.
 Under the influence of hynotism, a, paralytic, who has not been able to use his legs in three years, was made to walk across the room at St. Luke's hospital. The demonstration was was given by Dr. Albert J. Fox, and was designed to prove his theory that suggestion can be used to cure per sons now considered incurable by modern science.
 A suit to dissolve the Lumber trust" was filed in the United States court at New York by the department of justice, at the direction of Attor- ney General Wicekrsham, who evil dently believes he can prove it to be engaged in unreasonable" restraint of trade, as defined in the Standard Oil decision.
 With 12,000 veterans representing the remnant of the once powerful Southern armies again in marching order, the United Confederate Vet erans closed their twenty-first annual reunion at Little Rock, Ark, with a magnificent parade, requiring nearly two hours to pass in review.
 The Illinois senate adopted the res olution reported by the state senate steering commiAee calling upon the United State. senate to renew the in- vestigation of the bribery charges con- nected with the election of United States Senator William Lorimer President Taft's proposed general ar hitration treaty with Great Britain and France is taken by Col. Theodore Roosevelt in signed article in the current number or the Outlook.
 The Helm committee of the Illinois legislature reported it's findings iu the matter of the election of U. s. Sen ator Lorimer It says: Your con- mittee has reached the conclusion that the election of William Lorimer before the last general assembly would not have occurred had it not been for bribery and corruption
 The resolution censuring Circuit Judge Adelor Petit of Chicago, who arbitrarily freed Edward Tilden, George Benedict and William c. Cum mins from appearing before the Lori mer investigating committee in an' swer to a subpoena, was passed by the Illinois state senate.
 The state department has just made public a summary of the draft or the proposed arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain. The draft was sent to both the British
  dor, as their governments have sig nified their willingness to enter into negotiations for broad arbitration treaty.
 Three bills to restore to the Sher- man antitrust act it's former power were introduced in the senate. Jones Rep), Washington, presented an +1 af o combinations in restraint of trade, whether reasonable or unreasonable, y should be unlawful.
 The women who will have hand in planning the suffrage campaign in Kansas for the next IS months met in Topeka with the Equal Suffrage association.
 Judge Carbajal, the federal peace envoy, has announced that, barring the unforeseen, a general armistice will be declared soon. Provisional President Madero has declared that mutually acceptable propositions have at last been reached and peace is as- sured.
 In a speech filled with invective and bitter charges against the integrity of the members of the American Fed eration of Labor, the Civic fedora tion and the Sixty-second congress, John Kirby, Jr., president of the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers, demanded concerted action on the part to obtain legislation abolishing labor unions as at present constituted.
 The twenty-frst annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans met at Little Rock, Ark. About s5,000 visitors attended.
 The feature of the last days session of the Confederate reunion was the adoption of the report of the commit tee on history, in which particular dis approval was stamped upon certain publications covering the history of the civil war.
 The supreme court of the United States approved the recent sentence of contempt imposed in the New York courts on Christopher c. Vii, son, president of the United Wireless Telegraph company, because of it's refusal to permit the examination of the company's books.
 The supreme court of the United States ordered the Standard Oil com. pany of New Jersey dissolved. The decision announced from the bench by Chief Justice White upheld the or der of the United States circuit court with slight notifications.