The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-24

principals are san IN training.
Aftes killing his divorced wife at
ceuc0fd cal. Antoine Williams
wonnded Phillip Roach and was shot
dead BIZ Roach. who cred three bni.
| lets into bls aasaiiant's body. VIII
ilams ana bis wife had separated. and
hi blamed Roach for breaking up hls
home
Fred Liyeay brakeman was
struck BY lightning and fell from his
train at Worcester, Mass, lie died
Instantly oFyiile 1. Ford. was para
lyzed BY lightning and Is not expect.
ga 70 live.
WASHINGTON
Republicans. Democrats aud "Inaur
garts united on Friday. and with but
one Dissenting vote passed strongly
worded reform rule. designed 20
correct an acknowledged abusethe
@smotheringe o. legislature in com
mittse.
Richard Parr. the customs deputy at
New York who materially assisted
the government IN recovering more
than s2.0o0000 In the sugar under.
weighing frauds. is to receive a re-
ward OF 100000.
The senate has approved the bill
giving separate statehood to Arizona
and New Mexico, the provisions be-
Ing that the state constitution must
Be adopted By each territory. approved
by the president and ratified by
congress
The senate has passed the "conaer-
yatlon bill A rider" was put Upon
the bill carrying the authorization
for the s90.O00,0O0 loan In the form Of
Tor the 9O,000,000 loan In the form Of
2 per cent certificates Of Indebtedness
10 complete existing reclamation pro
iects
An omnibus public building bill,
carrying items aggregatlng slS.2ss..
500. was reported to the house on
Saturday by Representative Bartholdt
OF Missouri. Conferences held with
President Taft and senate leaders in.
dictate that Il win be passed
FOREIGN.
A bomb was exploded In squad of
gendarmes at the Gordzislk station
on the Vienna railroad, thirty miles
from Warsaw. Russian Poland, One
gendafme was killed outright, four
received mortal wounds and their
chief was slightly injured
II has Just been learned that the
peasant Glusker, convicted and exc.
cuted At nuikpovsky Russia. for the
murder Of an entire family, was in
noeOnt Of the crime three men having
confessed
The porte has entered into uegotIa,
lions with British capitalists to huild
railway from Rassorah TO the north
shore ot the Persian gulf. whereby the
German Bagdad railway viii be per.
manentiy headed of from the gulf.
Lord Kitchener. II Is understood
received a special Invitation to>attend
the forthcoming maueuvers of the
German army as the guest of his maj
csty, the kaiser
II Is not generally known that the
king Of England has perhaps the
most valuable collection OF plate In
tho world, The gold pantry al Wind.
sor consists OF two large HreproUr
starerpoms tn which Is kept plato VI
aa estimated value OF SS,751.O00
A plebisctO was recently held in
the swedish kingdom GU tho question
Ct the prohibition traffic through Swe-
den The vote showed 100000 for
| ptohlhitinn and only I2.30O against. al
NEST unanimous.
| Dispatches received In CONSTANT.
nope say that terrible floods have
awcpt over the province of Erzurum,
Turkish A menla, Half the town Of
/ Hassankaleh has been wrecked by
I the torreuts, hundreds of person being
/ drowned,
{ The Finnish situation Is growing
/ more serious, Troops are being quiet.
/ Is placed So that they may be avail
abe IA case OF any outbreak, Russia
/ IL determined 10 carry out it's Finnish
programme regardless Ut any protests
either from the Films or from foreign
sources
Heavy rains throughout Belgium
have been followed In the tower tys
ing districts by hood conditions, Great.
ing heavy iossses. bridges have been
carried away and stock drowned,
Nearly three hundred persons were
killed and several villages destroyed
by cioudhurst In krassO-SRoreny. a
country OF Hungary
The Passion Play at Oberammergau
Is now IN full swing. ana the little vii.
gage In che BayartAu highlands which
Tor nine years in each decade differs
little from the other little villages in
tnat part og the world. is crowded to
/ ITS capacity with visitors aud will DO
until the cecil days oome in Septem,
her,
The Venezuelan schooner Van
Herdt has been wrecked On the north.
east coast Of Curacao. Her eaptain
crew and passengers, with the exCep,
tlou OF four sailors and one passen
ger We're drowned