Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-17

tatives Of the railroad general man
ayers committee presented to him an
application signed by w. C. Nixon,
| chairman of the general managers
committee. The request was for medi.
alton of the difficulty that had arisen
on the subject of wages, hours of
labor and conditions of employment, {"
between forty-seven roads involved and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen.
CHICAGO, Mar. 15.-The date and
hour of calling the strike of the fire.
men on the western railroads was de.
cided upon by the union officials To-
day, but the committee adjourned until
afternoon without announcing the
time President Carter of the union
said he believed the committee would
order strike regardless of the medi.
alton proposal.
BISMARCK, n. D., Mar 15.-The
steamer Expansion, the largest boat
on the upper Missouri, wrecked and
totally destroyed; two miles OF the
main line OF the Northern Pacific track
washed away; dozens of people driven
{ from their homes: part of the city of
! AIandan. seven miles from here. Is
| flooded; the Northern Pacific shops at
the same place put out OF commission
( by high water; telephone and tele
graph wires down and trains delayed
| by round about route for several hun
4 dred miles TO get to Mandan, just
seven miles from here. are some Of
I the results of the break up of ice in
the Missouri river in this section this
week.
I Deer and rabbits were common
sight on the streets OF this city last
night. hundreds of them being driven
fiom the brush along the river bot
/ toms by the high water
There has been no loss of life thus
far
! NEW YORK, Mar. l5-The sur.
geons at the Seney hospital are elatcd
over the recovery of Louis Graf. a
1oyear-old Brooklyn boy who was
taken there a year ago with broken
neck. caused by fall from cherry
tree. For days the lad lay near death
and for weeks his recovery was de
SPARED Of Then he began to i'm
prove slowly aud now, after nine
months spent with body eucnsed in a
plaster cast he is declared sound
again.
/ CORINTO, Nicaragua. Mar H.
George Cannon a cousin of Leroy Can.
non. who was executed by order of
zelaya. has been hanged by order of
Aladriz
George Cannon was arrested at Co.
rinto several weeks ago, charged with
being a ringleader in the plot TO a..
sassinate President Mndriz. This plot,
It is declared, was the result OF Can
mons desire to ayenge the death of his
cousin Leroy Cannon, whose execu-
lion, with his companion in arms,
Groce, at the direct order of President
elaya. brought on the Nicaraguan
crisis.
At the same time that George Can
non was thrown in Jail, two American
girls were reported arrested.
Immediately upon the apprehension
of Cannon the officials OF Madriz' army
issued statement declaring that he
had been caught while on his way
from Corinto 10 Managua. the capital,
and that he had confessed to plans to
kill the president
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15.-Presldent
Taft sent TO the convention of Re.
publican editors at Springfield, H., to.
day a telegram in which he expressed
the hope that the editorial association
would stand by the Republican CON
gress and administration in it's atti-
tude toward the tariff and other legis-
lation
The telegram was addressed TO
George Rankin. president of the Hi
nois Republican Editorial association
and was as follows:
'I sincerely hope that you win have
full meeting; that there will be har-
mony and that the Republicans of
Illinois win stand by the action of the
Republican editors and Republican ad,
ministration in reference TO the tariff
bill and other progressive legislation.
! The expression of the meeting like the
one you have called. arising from a
normal. sane and patriotic Republican
attitude will have much influence for
good in Illinois and the rest Of the
country.
(Signed) WILLIAM TAFT"
Hnt nsann MENya