The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-02-17

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mage On the books on January 81 las'
amounted to 3.1lo,910, against 2,674S
757 tons on the books OF the company
on December 81, 1910.
Minneapolis was chosen as tae
place for the 1912 general Methodist
conference after the general book
committee had spent almost the en-
tire day listening 70 speeches exploit
Ing the charms OF several cities.
Theodore v, Halsey. formerly out
side man for the Pacific States Tele.
phone and Telegraph company &c.
cused Of having bribed a member OF
the Ruef schmItz board OF supervisors
to vote 70 shut out rival company,
was acquitted at San Francisco by a
Jury In the superior court,
| Josie. an elephant aixty-three years
old In Walbrldge park zoo, Toledo. 70
dead She had been III for several
days, having chicken on large piece
Of sugar beet.
/ WASHINGTON
Claiming that Russia has violated
the treaty OF 1882 with the United
States by denying Jewish ciuzens Of
this country the privileges extended
10 other American travellers, Repre-
sentative ParEons OF New York has
introduced resolution in the house
calling upon President Taft to declare
tha treaty void.
The battleship Uah sister ship OF
the Florida, viii be towed TO the
Brooklyn navy yard early In June.
Il Is announced by the New York
| shipbuiIdlng company at Camden, n.
j., that the per.Drcadnaught will be
| completed at that date,
The Democrats of the house, aided
by few Republicans who declined 10
be bound by the party caucus, have
won their fight for an increased rep
resentation In the lower branch Of
congress under the census of 1910. Az
ter March 3, 1913, there will be 433
members OF the lower house.
San Francisco won on Wednesday
the unanimous vote OF the senate
committee on exposition for the Pana
ma canal exposition. The resolution
declaring for San Francisco was ord.
cred reported in the form in which
II passed the house.
A copy OF the daily congressional
record for every home is contemplat.
cd In bill introduced by Senator
Hepburn OF Idaho. The bill provides
that the record shall be supplied at
the rate Of 81 per year,
FOREIGN
Figures compiled from 1910 lmper.
are forty.seven cities in the empire
having population in excess OF
100 900, Berlin. Germany's largest
city, without It's suburbs, has 2,064, 1853.
or half million more people than
Philadelphia. II is exceeded In popu-
lation by Chicago by l2t,000
The draft OF the bill for the separa.
tlon Of church and state In Portugal
has been completed. II guarantees
liberty OF conscience, education and
propaganda, The churches will be at
the disposal OF the clergy, the only
stipulation being that the clergy be
able to keep them up.
A general alarm has been sent out
for Henry Lawrence Wolfe OF New
York. n student of painting at the Am.
erican academy In Rome, who has
been missing for week.
Unless relieved. 100000 people In
China will die of starvation, This Is
u calamity predicted by American
Consul General Wilder at Shanghai
The government or President ST.
mon Is dealing vigorously with the
revolutionary leaders In Hayti. Gener.
al Mlllionard of the Department of
Nnllieries, head of the revolutionary
forces, and man o. great influence
In the districts OF Trou and Vallieries,
who has been much feared by every
administration, was summarily exc
euted Wednesday, rs were two other
officers
The committee OF the German reich.
stag has adopted an amendment to the
constitution proposed for Alsace Lor,
ralne, which, II enacted into law, will
permit that territory 10 enter the EN-,
plre a full.tledged federal state on the
same footing as the other members.
A religious procession held In Lis.
bon despite the prohibition OF the gov.
eminent, led to series OF street con.
tlicts. No casualties are reported In
the official account. but twcnty-six ar
rests were made
An uprising Ia reported in the dis
trlet Of NteSes, state Of zacatecas.
This district has a population OF about
10000 and Is the only one that gave
Madero majority In the last election.
A dispatch received In Paris from
Meltlla states that four Europeans
travelling from Oran, Algeria, to Me.
lila. were assassinated by Rim tribes
ON January 20, A fifth member of the
travelling party made his escape.
The Russian legation at Teheran
has made demand for the mrren,
der OF the asgassins OF SAINT ED Dow,
leh, the Persian minister of finance,
y ho MAS shot down in the street on
TtSgvary /
The steel steamship Victoria OF the
Alaska Steamship comPany's line
bound lrCm Seattle for Alaska points,
went on the rocks on Hinchlnbrook
island during snow storm. but help
Waa stytnn,pnaa hy ,y{pa.l,S, a,a ~.