The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-12-02


serving in congress from 1895 TO 1903,
Mr.. Taylor conducted the trial of Rep
resentatiye Brigham Roberts.
Avoid following those who desire
woman suffrage said Cardinal Glib
hons in d talk in Baltimore TO the stu
dents OF st. GATHERINGS Normal insti-
tute, where he was the guest OF honor
al the celebration OF the Feast OF sL
Catherine
Michael Tort. aged 10. was struck
and killed by passenger train near
Lancaster, Pa, his oody being carried
ON the pilot Of the engine several
miles into town, when the engineer
FIRST learned that he had killed the
man.
DIR. George Bohm and bis wife Of
Greensburg, Pa, were found alive
hanging on trees near steep hillside
after their team Of horses had been
killed on railway track hundred
feet below. Neither the doctor nor
his wife were seriously injured.
WASHINGTON.
For the fiscal year ended June 30
last, the United States department Of
agriculture announces tho Is per cent
on national forest revenue which viii
70 to the states for road and school
purposes amounted to s5o6, 194.S4.
Covering a wider field than tbs
portable rescue station being put into
service by the bureau of mines, a cal
win be put on the road by the Amerl
can Red Cross society about Decem
Der 5, which will teach first aid to the
injured to railroad employees, employees
OF factories, as well as covering othel
ground where there is danger from &C
cidents.
Secrets OF corporations and the inti
mate details OF their business are K
bo safeguarded by the government
under the law passed by the last SEES
sion OF congress providing for the I'll
ing OF returns with the treasury de
partment for the purpose of assessing
federal taxes.
The Democratic representation II
the next house will be 227, against 16;
Republicans and one Socialist, accord
ing TO the roster OF the house just pub
lished.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has been unable TO conclude III
hearing Of the proposed raise in rate
on livestock between the Missouri
and Mississippi points within the TIM
set, and has suspended the tariffs from
December 10 TO January 10.
FOREIGN.
Twenty suffragettes who were al
rested In London for smashing win
dows In the government offices wer
sentenced In the Bow street court I,
two months each.
Francis II. Maedro, leader of tn
Mexican revolutionists. will undoubt
eddy be executed II he falls into tn
ahnds of the Diaz government. II
has been found guilty Of treason an
sedition.
A disastrous food, caused by til
loosenlng OF the waters of an interna
lake In Boring glacier, swept the Be-
ing river valley In Alaska, devastatin
q large section OF the country soutl
west Of the great ice field. Man
miners cabins were swept away an
grave fears are entertained for tn
lives OF the occupants.
serious mutiny has broken out |
tho Brazilian navy. the mutineers ha'
Ing captured several ships and bon
barded Rio Janeiro The senate an
chamber OF deputies have voted
pardon the mutineers II they win su
render
| Tolstoi's last article on "ETectiy
Means" written in the optima mona
terry last November II. has been mad
: public at Tolstois expressed wish.
II he says that capital punishmei
viii soon be abolished, because eve
schoolboys know inherently 1t
wrong.
A general strike has been declare
, at Huelva, Spain, In sympathy wit
! the miners and other unions. Tt
p city Is at u standstill and the civ
: government Is not strong enough
cope with the strikers.
Singers who gathered in warrior
= cities throughout Russia to honor h
| memory OF Tolstoi and sing "Etern
r Memory" were dispersed by the polio
I At kiov girl was trampled to deaf
and many persons were wounded /
, the whips of the Cossacks.
, DR.. Harvey Hawley Crippen, CO
yicted OF the murder of his wife, WI
executed at London on Tuesday. Cri
, pen murdered his wife. buried n,
body in quick lime in the cellar
3. their home, and eloped with Eth
/. Glare Leneve, a stenographer. tt
. couple were captured at Quebec, Ca
B. ada, The girl was tried as an aece
, sorry to the crime, but was acuuitte
!, One thousand persons were browne
: and 400 barks were lost during flouC
J. in the province of Quang Ngai, in A
: nam, The floods also devastated Il
p, province of Quang Nam, to the nor
A OF Quang Ngai. One hundred pc
y sons were drowned and 1000 hous,
. destroyed, .#
A dispatch received from Rio J
o Metro says that the crews of sever
e warships of the Brazilian feet revol
a ed on Wednesday evening. Their a
n seems merely case of insuhordln
ton, having no political character.
@ Francisco |. Madero, who is leadiI
/, the revolution in Mexico. complet,