The Green Forest tribune., 1911-10-06
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Holm o. Brusum of Sorocco has Nsen nominated for governor of the esW' state of Mexico by the Repub- xScan state convention. On the first Ballot he received 223 votes to 75 for &cundino Romero of Las Vegas, who Aediately moved to make the nomi- faation unanimous, which was done. War has been declared by 1Caly .5ainst Turkey, after Turkey, reply Sng to Italy's ultisiatum, had refused Nto recognize Italys right to seize NTripoli.
 Of, 900 rats killed by the Seattle \ (Wash.) health department in the S1st 15 months only one was infected q with bubonic plague. The rat was captured recently in the downtown district.
 Mrs. Fred P. Farnham, sister of Gertrude Gibson Patterson, who shot and killed her husbaSd at a sani- tarium near Denver, announced that I the Chicago relatives of the accused 1, woman would stand by her in her trouble
 One of the first acts of the Interna- tional Harvester company to make itself conform to the Sherman law ' will be the abolition of it's present selling agency, the International liar vester company of America.
 Andrew Carnegies offer of $750,000 to found hero fund for Italy has been accepted by the king. A com mittee to administer the fund has been appointed.
 Plans for the reorganization of the American Tobacco company to con form with the mandate of the su- preme court, it was said, provide for the distintegration of the parent com pany into its. several parts and a re- assembling of those parts into three : separate companies to be known as the. American Tobacco company, the s1orillard company and the Liggett 6 Myers company.
 The trial of Gen. Harrison G. Otis stnd associates on the Los Angeles @Times on the charge of publishing in .|decent matter in the Times regarding S the Beattie trial was definitely post poned.
 Sixteen deaths probably will result from a mile-a-minute passenger train at Neenah, Wis, crashinginto a party of thirty-one young people loaded upon a hayrack. Twelve persons on the hayrack were instantly killed, one has since died and three out of eight others injured are believed to be fa- tally. hurt.
 J. P. Morgan, over his own sigma ture, served notice on the United States government that the billion dollar Steel corporation, which he or ] stanized, promoted and now controls, would resist to the bitter end any and all attempts to dissolve it under the Sherman antitrust law, as combi- nation i'll restraint of trade.
 The court of general sessions at z Toronto, Canada. has found AleXan- Nler Tracey of Port Huron, Mich, guilty of criminal negligence in oper- ating an automobile The penalty is imprisonment for life
 Four earthquakes did serious dam age at Riobamba the capital of Chim- 
 miles from Gugy 9quil, Ecuador. The shocks continue throughout the day, but with diminis.ing intensity. At the first shock a great panic pre- vailed among the people. Many build- ings were shaken badly and several collapsed.
 The town of Norton, Mass, found
 &l,o tury by William Wetherell and a par ty of English, celebrated the 200th anniversary of it's incorporation. The town boasts an interesting history. Among it's early industries were an iron foundry which cast cannon balls k for the revolutionary army, and a r cooper works which made cents for the governments.
 By a decisive majority, Atlanta, Ga., decided against changing it's form of government to a modified commission system. The vote was 4,965 against and 2.9e7 for, a majority of 1898.
 Charles Battell Loomis, the author, died at a Hartford (Conn.) hospital of cancer of the intestines. I.e had been ailing since last December, since which time he has undergone four operations.
 Twelve persons are believed to have been burned to death in their beds or trahl' Sto death in fire which destroyed "a four-story apart ment building at 1886 South Sangamon street, Chicago. Five bodies already have been recovered and seven per. sons are missing.
 Col. James A. Petit, member oi Gov. William H. Mann's staff, was shot and instantly killed by Benjamin Hubbard at Lovingston, Va. A guar rel of long standing regarding pa. tient figured in Hubbard's grudge against the doctor.
 Four bodies were found in the pettv officers room of the battleship Maine. The recovery of the bodies, which remain unidentified, was made possible by the building of tempo rary bulkhead, which cut off the in flow of mud and water from the after part of the wreck.