The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-06-25
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The United States Norwegian, Lgth
eran church has decided 70 establish
a pension fund OF at least yiOO,OOO for |
its pastors and professors.
Mrs. w. H. Butterbaugh OF III Paso. /
Texas, who. on January /, 1908. gave |
birth to tripIets. on June Is became |
the mother OF twins. boy and girl |
A tornado west OF Monette, Mo, |
killed Andrew A. Mccormick, a far |
mer, and injured seven children. The
Mccormick farm house was demol-
ished
Specifications were issued last !
week to prospective bidders for the
two 36,O0O-ton battIeships Arkansas
and Wyoming, authorized by the last
congress
What is said to be the largest con.
signment Of alligators ever shipped
over a railroad, left New Orleans
June Is for Los Angeles. There was
fun carload of the reptiles.
A committee has been formed IL!
collect funds for raising the submarine
boat Kambala. which was sunk in col
lision with the battleship Rostislay
and in which the bodies OF the crew
are still imprisoned
Joseph B. Rameria, formerly OF Chit
cago, and leader of the Black Hand
in western Canada, who was found
guilty recently of Black Hand prac-
tees. was sentenced at Fernie, B. c.,
last week, TO fourteen years in PRISON
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real estate man. charged with pois-
oning his wife, Eugenia T. Bennett.
administering strychnine in order that
he might marry an alleged affinity"
has been held for trial after prelimi-
nary examination.
Mrs. Joseph Davis was instantly
killed at Santa Ana, Cal, by an angry
COW. The animal had a young calf,
and when Mrs. Davis ATTEMPTED to
feed the calf the COW rushed at her
and thrust both horns into her body
above the heart.
Governor Hadley of Missouri has
vetoed the bill providing for an ex-
penditure of $4,000 for a Missouri
exhibit at the Seattle fair. The gov
ernor, said the state needed this
money worse for educating its chill
dren and for the poor.
Later reports on the mutiny OF the
Philippine constabulary at the post OF
Dayao, Philippine islands, which oc-
| CURED June 6, show that one SER
geant and twenty-five privates of the
| constabulary mutinied, but sixteen of
| the priyates remaining loyal
Sovereign camp, Woodmen of the
World, has appropriated $4,000 for
| the extension of the uniformed rank
| of the order. The country was d.
vided into ten districts, the uniformed
rank of which shall hold either annual
or biennial district encampments.
The side of the Holland America
| line steamer Noordam, with 55t
passengers on board, was raked by the
| bowsprit of schooner believed to
be the William ]. Bryan, in fog on
| Nantucket, June Is. The Noordam
escaped with the loss of life boat.
What is believed to have been an
attempt to assassinate Mayor William
| z. Niven and burn his residence in
Rellefontain, o., was made early June
| 10, when a bottle filed with kero-
sene, which had been set afame, was
thrown through a window of his
| house
William Lorimer of Illinois took
| the oath of Office and became Unit
ed States senator on June Is. Al
| though elected several weeks ago. he
retained his seat in the house of rep
| resentatiTes until satisfied that he
could render better service In the
senate
The United States gunboat Vicks-
burg. which has been out OF commits
sion for about two years. has left San
Francisco on a voyage around the
Horn, having been ordered to service
| on the Atlantic. She will make fif-
teen stops before reaching her desti-
nation.
More than 10000 skilled workmen,
members of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers.
employed by the American Steel and
| Tin Plate company, will quit work
! June 80, at which time the open
| shop order of the company becomes
| effective.
The clan fights in the Heuwah dis
| trict, north of Annoy, continue. A
number of Moelim villagers recently
captured a junk with crew OF Chin
bob villagers on board and killed nine
of them The remainder escaped
overheard. Two of the Moelim men
were killed.
The government is celebrating 9
plan for rebuilding the villages in the
south of France destroyed by the
earthquake of last week. 1t will con
| tribute part of the expense outright
and arrange loans on easy terms fol
| the balance. President FallieTes has
contributed $4,000
The historic sloop Gioa. in which
| Captain Raold AmundseR successfully
navigated the northwest passage for
the first time. and, as yet, the only
| time in maritime annals, has beer
presented to the city of San Fran
| cisco and was formally turned over te
| the city last week.
| D. w Woods, Fred Torgensen
! James Gordon and Jack Shelton were
arraigned al Omaha June II. for She
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