The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-05

state bank and escaped with $z,VVV
In cash
Fire destroyed the three-story
dormitory OF the Riverside government
indian school at Anadarko. Okla.
Eighty-seven girls and two matrons.
who we're sleeping In the dofmitory,
escaped without injury
While rehearsing play to be given
by the pupils Of a Catholic school at
Flush, Kans., nister shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Pearl Reedy. IS
years old
John J Mcnamara, secretary OF the
International Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers association; his broth
err, James b. Mcnamara, and ortie r.
MECHANICAL. the alleged dynamiter
eonspirators accused OF having blown
up the Times newspaper plant last DC.
tober. killing twenty-one men, are now
Ia the Los Angeles county jail.
WASHINGTON
Representative Prince Of Illinois de.
clared during speech in the house
on Friday that annexation is the de-
sired end OF the Democrats in pushing
the adoption OF the reciprocity treaty
with Canada.
Representative SABBATH OF Illinois
has introduced resolution providing
for the naturalization Of the Philip
pine islands. The resolution directs
the president to take steps to secure
an International guarantee whereby
the islands shall be forever neutral
lied and placed under the protection
of the powers.
When the committee assignments
were adopted by the Republican eau
Gus OF the senate on Wednesday, Utah
was signally honored. Senators Smoot
and Sutherland had been recognized
| in a most fiattering manner by the
committee on committees, their as
signments being far above the aver
age.
The world owes the United States
SAL 900, 900 for food, clothing and raw
materials sold abroad. Only once has
the balance of trade been higher in
favor OF this country, according to
government figures. That was in 1908,
when II was more than $550,o00,000
Samuel Adams. Chicago lawyer,
will succeed Frank PIERCE, resigned,
as first assistant secretary of the in
terror Secretary Fisher has an
nounced that Mr.. Adams will assume
his duties about June 1.
FOREIGN
Vice Governor Flu Chi, Tartar, was
assassinated at Canton, In front of the
local government office by revolu-
ZIONIST. The guards Of the governor
made no effort to arrest the assassin,
who fed, but was captured laleE lie
declared that his object was to expel
the Manchus.
The selection OF EI Paso. Texas. as
the place for holding the formal peace
conference and the naming of Judge
Francisco Carbajal OF the Mexican
supreme court as the government
commissioner were the important de-
velopments in the peace situation
Friday.
A dispatch from Vigo says that a
big English steamship, the identity of
which has not been established, has
been wrecked on Cape Yillano, on
the northwest coast of Galicia, but 1t
was thought that all on board had
been saved.
3 The city Of Fee, Morocco, is calm.
Horsemen to the number of 1900
have arrived there from Taxa to assist
the forces of the sultan against the
revolving tribesmen.
: General Carlos L. Morales, the for
mer president, and Maurice Jiminez,
the former vice-president of Santo
Domingo, were arraigned at San
, Juan, Porto Rico, charged with plan
: ming a flibustering expedition against
! San Domingo and held for the grand
| Jury, In default of $4,000 bail they
> we're sent to Jail.
The trial at Juneau. Alaska. of Sc
Tina Bowling, the pretty half-breed
Indian girl, seventeen years of age
who is charged with the murder OF
, her mother, Mary Bowling, an Indian
has begun The girl is accused OF
poisoning her mother.
Refusing to surrender OF to leave
the train on which he and his com
mand OF thirty soldiers were being
/, brought to Mexico City, a second lieu
tenant, little more than boy, on
Thursday engaged in battle with 400
rebels at Caiones, Guerrero. At the
conclusion of the brief encounter the
lieutenant and twenty,eight soldiers
were dead and the remaining two OF
his men were prisoners.
A i7,OO0-mle funeral trip to the
coast OF South America ended Wed.
nesday when the battleship Delaware
steamed up o the navy yard from Val.
paradise, Chile. whittier she carried the
body Of the Chilean minister. Senior
Don Autbal Cruz. who died in Wash.
iugton last January.
Delayed advtces received via Jolo
report that the Dutch have taken pos
session OF Palmas island, sixty miles
southeast OF Mindanao, lowered the
American colors aud substituted there