The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-31

FINANCE MlnlsteT lihdhtouA So
fessed conditions in Mexico were
worse than he supposed.
The New York senate judiciary
committee voted, s to 3, against re-
porting Two woman suffrage resolu-
tons.
The Nebraska legislature expects to
adjourn about April 4th.
President Taft reiterated that the
sending of troops to Texas conveyed
no threat toward Mexico.
The dedication of Cleveland's new
$4,000, 900 postofice took place WIN
many prominent men present
No laying down Of arms while peace
negotiations are going on is the de-
cision OF Mexican insurrecto junta.
Annual reports shows the gross
revenue collected by the Bell tele-
phone system in 1910 was sl65.oOo.'
900.
The Iowa senate. at the close OF an
exciting debate. defeated the Tesolu,
ton for woman suffrage by a vote OF
% to 81.
The International American Purity
federation has decided to hold Its
next congress in Columbus. O.. Octo-
Der 1927.
All railroads operating In Oklahoma
must maintain general Offices in the
state. according to a ruling OF the su-
preme court.
Mrs. Austin NJ. knight, wife OF Cap
tain Knight Of the United States navy,
died following an operation for inter
nal complications.
Adams county. Ohio. grand jury has
brought in its final report In the vote
buying probe. In all 2,lis indict
ments were returned
The final provisional census returns
give the total population Of India as
3I5 ,OO0. 900. This is an increase oil
q, 500 900 as compared with 1901.
Calls for six or seven thousand re
cruits. to bring the infantry to its full
strength, have been sent by the war
department to all the recruiting sta
tons in the country.
L. S. NaftZger, formerly president
Of the Fourth National bank of Wich'
/ ita. Kansas. was found guilty by q
jury in the federal court of buying
and selling stolen postage stamps.
Mrs. Rida Shyrock Booth, divorced
wife of General Alfred Edwin Booth,
of Baltimore. and Robert Stewart, jrr
of philadelphia, were married In VIII
| mington. Del. where they had gone
/ in an automobile.
. has award
| cd life savers gold medal OF the
second class to Eugene Higgins oi
the New York yacht. Varuna. which
went ashore on the coast OF Madeira
| island on Nov. 16, 1909.
British feeling regarding the Mex
| leo program of Washington is decid
eddy less censorous than II was q
week ago. The change for the better
is due to a clearer conception OF tn,
purposes OF Mr.. Taft and to a cessa
ton of makeshift explanations.
Charles II. Davis. who served as
private in the Indian wars in Montana
wyoming and the Dakotas. and II
1877 killed the Sioux chief. Lame
Deer, after the latter had attempted
to assassinate General Nelson A
Miles. died at Seattle. aged IS years
Nine more states must ratify tho
proposed federal income tax amend
ment before il can become a part o.
the constitution Reports from the
capitals OF the i6 states show thai
the amendment has received favora
BILE action in the joint legislatures 81
&c.
Senator Penrose. OF Pennsylvania
unless the republican slate in the sen
ate is broken. Is To have the place o
Nelson w AldTich, of Rhode Island
long powerful In directing the course
of tariff and other legislation in th'
United States senate. at the head o.
the senate committee On finance.
Heavy failures in the wooden anC
cloth trade in Japan. the most serious
being those OF the Wada and Matsu
firms, are reported in Japanese mai
adyices brought by the steamship Sa
do Maru, which arrived from Yoke
hama. Each of the two failures men
toned involved half million dollars
Detachments of ten companies o
the Illinois National Guard are patrol
ling the mining town of Bend, soutl
of Gillespie. Ill. and the presence o
the state soldiery has had a salutar
effect on the striking miners. VIII
Joined in demonstration calculate
to awe their brethren who wanted I
return to work.