The Green Forest tribune., 1911-03-10
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Ol Lee U N6lI BGOWue, llllIOlS ItSIS- lator involved in the Lorimer election, was placed on trial again, this time charged with conspiracy. The indict- ment followed the dismissal of sen sational charges made by Erbstein against States Attorney Wayman be- fore the Bar association. Erbstein produced affidavits charging Wayman several years ago.
 Fire swept the Florence (Ala) uni versity for women, driving the stu dents, scantily attired out on the campus and doing $100000 damage. The buildings of the institution were totally destroyed.
 President Taft nominated James c. Napier, a negro of Tennessee, to be registrar of the treasury, to succeed w. T. Vernon also a negro.
 An equal suffrage movement meas ure was killed in the lower house of the South Dakota legislature by a vote of 56 to 42 It had passed the senate.
 Famine and the plague are sweep ing over China. The known deaths number 30,000, and, according to off cial statistics, the death rate averages 200 daily.
 The new Branch cabinet so far as at present constituted is made up as follows: Premier and minister of 1n- terior, Antoine Ernest Monis; minis ter foreign affairs, M. Cruppi; minis ter of war, Henry Maurice Berteaux; minister of marine, Theophile del Casse; minister of finance, M. Gail laux; minister of public works, Charles Dumont; minister of a8ricul- ture, M. Masse; minister of colonies, M Messimy; minister of labor, Paul Boncour.
 In San Francisco an order commit ting Abraham Ruef to San Quentin penitentiary, where he will serve term of IA years for the bribery of Supervisor John J. Furey, was made by Superior Judge William P. LaWler. The naval appropriation bill was re- ported to the senate by the commit tee on naval affairs, retaining the amendment by Representative Stan ley Dem), Kentucky, excluding the steel trust from participating in any battleship contracts The bill provides for two first-class battleships, sub marine tender and two gunboats The total appropriation is S126, ,S3S.
 The house passed the bill reconl- mended by Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh providing that none of the $290,000,000 of Panama canal bonds authorized in the Payne tariff law shall be received as security for the issue of circulating notes.
 Union printers employed by the Chicago Evening American and the Examiner, William R. Hearsts pub lications, are on strike.
 Comanche Indians believe that their chief, Quanah Parker, who died re- gently at Lawton, Okla, was poisoned, and have started an investigation. Three days before his death the chief went among the Cheyenne Indians for visit He was taken i'll suddenly. Returning home, he died within tWen- ty minutes after his arrival.
 The French cabinet headed by Premier Briand, has resigned.
 In battle 60 miles west of Tusca- rora, Nevada, eight Indians and one policeman were killed and the other members of an Italian band were cap turea The Indian band 12 in num- Der, began the fight when the state po- lice force came upon them. For three hours the battle ragged. It ended only when Ed Hofle of the state police Corce and eight Indians had been killed. Then the remaining four In dians surrendered. Not one of the band escaped
 An attempt was made to dynamite the safe in the Bank of Stilwell, Okla. Night Watchman Hensley frustrated the attempt
 Following an attack by mob Of uniesly workers and sympathizers on party of about 35 non-union workers employed at the E-Z Bag Opener works, in Taylorville, H., in which score of the women attacked were se- verely bruised by women in the at tacking party, Gov. Deneen, in re- sponse to an appeal from Sheriff J. k. Smith, ordered three companies of the state militia to proceed at once to the scene from Springfield, Shelbyville and Decatur.
 An explosion of dust, caused by solid firing, resulted in the fatal burning of five miners in the Hamilton coal mine, owned by the Rock Island Railroad company at Hymera Ind
 Postoffice Inspector Frazer reported
 
 the mails at Fullerton Kas., February 25. of registered package containing 110,00O Two men are suspected by the postoffice authorities, and 1t is said they are on their way to Omaha.