The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-01-19
THE WORLD
NEWS NOTES

Bubonic plague in Manchurla 10
spreading rapidly. Reports state that
hundreds of persons are dying every
day.
The strike of railroad employees OF
Portugal which began on January H.
has ended. This probably will result
in a peaceful settlement of the COM
mercial disturbance oecasioned by the
walkout of thousands of men in all
departments of labor in sympathy
with the rairoaders.
Prompt steps to punish Admirai
Yashro for his criticism of President
Taft's plan to fortify the Panama Ca
NIL. will be taken by the Japanese
government if an investigation now
under way should verify the remarks
aser'bed to the admiral and said to
1ave been made while he was guest
| n Colonel Goethals at Panama.
Henry Burr Barnes, president OF the
publishing firm of A. .. Barnes & Co.
and director of the American Book
| Company, is dead at his home in New
York
1t is announced that James A. Far
/ rell. newly chosen president of the
United States Steel Corporation, will
formally assume his new office Feb
ruary /.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas sa-
loon smasher, has suffered nervous
collapse. Her condition is such that
she expressed the fear that her career
as a temperance lecturer and active
enemy of intoXication was ended.
Judson c. Clements, of Georgia,
was elected chairman of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to sue
coed Judge Martin A. Knapp. Mr..
Clements is the senior member of the
commission and is a Democrat.
Benjamin Cramp, member of the
shipbuilding family Of William Cramp
& Sens, died of gas poisoning in
Philadelphia. Members of his family
say his death was accidental.
Congressman Butler Ames was put
in the Ananias club by Colonel Roose
welt. In telegram from Oyster Bay
to Speaker Walker of the Massachus-
etts house of representatives the colo
mel charges Ames with Outrageous
falsehood" and vigorously upholds the
| candidacy of Senator Lodge for re-
| election.
The customs returns for 1910 show
that the importation of champagne
into the United States has decreased
AZ per cent compared with the previ-
Gus year.
Six railroad laborers were killed
and another fatally injured by the pre-.
mature explosion of a blast on the
Grand Trunk Pacific right of way in
Prince Rupert, B. c.
The 40-odd train dispatchers en-
ployed by the different railroads in
the Pacific Northwest have followed
the examples Of all other lines of rail.
way service and made demand for
an increase in salary.
The tongues of railroad station
agents in Missouri may be loosened
If a bill introduced in the Legislature
is passed. The bill provides fine of
500 to $50 for any agent who refuses
to answer any questions put by tray
elers.
A bill providing for the submission
of constitutional amendment giving
women the right to vote in Indiana
has been introduced in the legislature
Urging the most radical legislation
ever presented to a California legisla-
ture, Governor Johnson, in a special
message, demanded the immediate
consideration and early passage of a
railroad regulation bill.
Four passengers in Pullman
sleeper were killed and IL injured in
rear-end collision on the New York
Central railroad at Batavia, N. Y. The
accident occurred in front of the sta
ton, where a passenger train was
standing. A following train plunged
into it, telescoping the rear sleepers.
If you go to the Home dining room
you are sure to be pleased for you
can get a nice hot meal served fam
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