The Green Forest tribune., 1912-07-26
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aad from it request the Nicarasuan war minister, Gen. Luis Mena, to re- sign his portfolio and deliver the arms and ammunition In his posses sion to the Nicaraguan government.
 That William Lorimer will not seek "vindication" at the hands of the H. linois general assembly, should it con- vene in special session, was the state ment of friends of the blond boss. |"
 An explosion in the film room of the General Film company at Albany, N. Y, makers of moving picture films resulted in the death of at least two men and a property loss of $200,000.
 The German battleship Hessen &C., cidentally rammed torpedo boat G112 in the course of maneuvers in the Bal tic and killed three men. The extent of the damage to the boat is un- known.
 All speed records for big gun battle ships were broken by the new United States battleship Wyoming, sister ship of the super-dreadnaught Arkan- sas, in her standardizing trials.
 The Chinese national assembly re- fused to confirm any of President Yuan Shi Kai's new cabinet appoint ments. This leaves the premier alone in office, and, as he considers such a situation impossible, he threatens to resign forthwith.
 Another exodus of Americans from Torreon is on because of a threatened attack upon that city by a force of 1000 rebels under Chee Campos
 Fred Stanley, Republican national committeeman from Kansas, obtained an injunction from Judge Branine in the district court at Newton prohibit ing every county clerk in Kansas from putting the names of Roosevelt elect DTS on the primary ballot to be voted on August 6.
 The total contributions for Taft's presidential contest in 1908 amounted to $1,655,S1S, Postmaster General Hitchcock testified before the investi- gating committee. Of the total amount $620,150 va collected by finance com mittees in states and was expended in the state campaigns.
 The president nominated Luther Co nant Jr. of New York to be commits Sssioner of corporations, Sherman Page EsM llen of Vermont to be assistant sec retary of the treasury, and Edwin L. Walton to be postmaster at Centralia III.
 The board of education at Webb City, Mo-, has ordered that the nude" statue of the Discus Thrower" must be draped or removed from the high school It was presented by the class of 1912.
 A pin which she swallowed 20 years ago caused the death of Miss Gather inc Roche of Flatbush, N Y The pin had left a trail of ulcerous growths.
 Labor conditions in Massachusetts today are worse than at any other time in the history of the Bay State. according to tte records in the offices of the state labor officials. Fifty-two strikes are on. Twenty thousand workers are idle as result.
 An Iditarod cable says tremendous excitement has been aroused by news from the valley of Alaska, district of Kuskokwin, of the discovery of enor- mously rich placer gold deposits. A stampede has begun and hundreds of miners and prospectors are joining the rush.
 Members of the house Stanley steel trust Investigating committee prac- tically agreed to recommend the dis solution of the United States Steel corporation in their report and in dorse the government suit against it.
 Gov. Cole L. Blease of South Caro- lima is fighting mad because of the charges of graft, ranging from traffic in pardons to rake-offs from blind tigers" brought against him by wit nesses before the South Carolina leg islative committee. He suggests a duel.
 The Hoosier capital may lose it's "potate king" pricebusting mayor. Im- peachment proceedings to remove Mayor Shank from office for not en- forcing the laws prohibiting immoral resorts are to be begun as soon as plans for conducting the prosecution are completed, according to a decision reached by the Indianapolis Church federation at the meeting of the Y. M. c. "A.
 The Rocky Mountain spotted fever, q disease so important that the public health and marine hospital service has been studying it for two years in the Bitter Root valley in Montana, Las been officially reported from San rancisco.
 Near San Antonio, Tex, four deaths, half dozen seriously ill and three dangerously ill is the result of a wholesale poisoning which resulted in the arrest Of a Mexican man and wonR an, who had to be spirited away to save them from lynching.
 Four persons were drowned in a [ Icloudburst at Alton, H., when nine. foot wall of water from the Piasa val. ley raced down Belle and Piasa streets, deluging many homes.
 Fourteen thousand union weaveri employed in twelve of the cotton fac. tories at New Bedford, Mass, went on strike. Twenty mills are affected.
 Intervention of the United States in Mexico now seems only few weeks off to many we'll informed persons in Mexico City The troubles of the Ma dero government are going to cosl Mexico a tremendous sum when the bills fall due.