The Green Forest tribune., 1911-01-13

 Duluth has seen in years. Both are heavily armed and a desperate battle is expected when they are run down Three bags Of registered mail, sup posed to contain letters and valuables worth $50,000, have been stolen iron mail wagons somewhere between San Francisco and Oakland.
 Denouncing the systems of peonage that exist in the south, and holding | that the carrying out of a sentence Of Imprisonment upon rich man is a good lesson to the community at | large, President Taft refused to par don N. Harlan, manager of a great | lumber and turpentine business ill l Florida and Alabama. who was con- yicted of peonage. Harlan was sen tenced to IS months in jail and to 1 pay fine of $5,000.
 Congress has been asked for $1 750,000 in lieu of the $1,000,000 pre- viously asked for the Panama rail road, including salaries supplies and other details. This is additional to | $2.000000 already appropriated. Reports coming from Russian out posts on the edge of the earthquake district belt where refugees have taken shelter. stated that the dead in the Turkestan calamity may number 15,000.
 A message from Tashkent, Russian Turkes5 an, says there are uncon- firmed rumors that the towns of Prz- hevalak and Pishpek, in the territory of Semiryetechenck. were destroyed by the earthquake and that lake has | formed on the site of the former place. Each town has a population of about 5000.
 Northbound passenger train No. IS on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe f2ilroad was wrecked on curve about a mile and a half south of Null Vane, tSas. The fireman and engineer of the lead engine of the passenger were killed. Not a passenger was in- l jured. The Wreckage took fire and three baggage and mail cars were burned, but the contents were saved.
 X Washington dispatch to the New Gcrk American says: An American protectorate over Honduras through assumption of the national Ian Of that republic by a syndicate headed ty ]. P. Morgan, it is declared in l Washitgton, will be effected within q shorI time.
 The mail ear on the Northern Pa cific North Coast Limited, which left Seattle for St. Paul, was robbed by two masked men whe boarded the train at the King street station in Seattle Wash.
 COn&ressn Bird & Mcclure of &le First Oklahoma district was mar jed to Mrs. Ruby R. Machette at the home of her parents, Prof. and Mrs Joseph T. Ridgeway, S03 East Forty seventh street, in Kansas City.
 President Taft all two of hIs eabi- net, Secretaries Dickinson and Will son, have accepted invitations to at tend the meeting Of the Southern Commercial congress in Atlanta, March &, and t0,
 The supreme court of the United States ias approved the action of the Ne% York federal circuit court in quashing the so-called Panama canal libel' brought by the United States government against the Press Pub fishing company (the New York Morld) of New York. This throws the entire case out of the courts.
 The senate of the Tennessee legis lature has organized, electing the | Democratic caucus nominees without a hitch. The house met at the same time, and Edward B. Martin, clelL of the last house, began the roll cal 1t quickly developed that 39 of the regular Democra were not present and lnat the attendance was six short of a constitutional quorum. Promptly Burbage of Washington, a Republican, and Hall, Independent, of Henderson, led a fight to proceed, with a tempo rary organization, which was done, Harry Swan of Sullivan being chosen for temporary speaker. A resolution was adopted ordering the sergeant-at. arms pro tenn to bring in the ab 6entees. The 60 members sworn in at noon reconyened and proceeded to make their organization permanent, electing A. NJ. Leach of Montgomery reaker. Fred T. Wilson chief clerk and -.arles Carson assistant clerk. all nominees ot the fusionists.
 The resignation of William F. Corey as president of the United States Steel corporation was announced by eX-JudGe Ebert H. Gary chairman l of the board of directors
 Five children were burned to death in fire caused by the upsetting of a lamp which destroyed three houses il Pottsville, Pa. John Markasavake and his wife ran into the street when the fire was discovered and, being un- able to spelk English, could not tell | the rescuers that their five children wee in the burning building. The fa.-er dashed back into the house and attempted to rescue them, but was so severely burned that he had to give up the attempt.
 Fire destroyed an entire block on Main street, between Sikh and Sev- enth streets. Little Rock. Ark The loss was $1,200,000. No lives were lost.
 Patrick Gibbons, St. Paul commis- sion merchant, who last May shot and killed Father E. J. Walsh in Hastings, | Minn., and shortly afterward killed his wife, was acquitted of murdering the priest on the ground of insanity
 Advance predictions are that the in terstate commerce commission will |