The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-06-09


prisonment by Judge Wilson OF Phil
adelphia on the charge OF conspiracy
TO unlawfully imprlson two reform
election workers at the November
election for district attorneys in 1909.
A body found floating in San Pedro
harbor Saturday has been Identified
as that OF G. w. Cardigan, wanted In
Minneapolis on charge Of having
operated gold brick swindle.
n the railroads and Senator Ken
yon Of Iowa can FIX 1t. President Taft
will make flying trip from Chicago
to Waterloo, Iowa, to speak on June
9 before the state dairymen's conven.
tion.
Twenty-Five thousand Bibles are on
their way from New York to San
Francisco. They are gift to the
coast city from the National Gideon
society and are 70 be used at the
convention OF the International Sun.
day School association.
WASHINGTON
Frank Pierce of Salt Lake on June
] severed his connection with the gov.
eminent as assistant secretary Of the
interior and his successor was sworn
into office. Mr.. Pierce will go to Los
Angeles, where he intends to locate
and practice law.
Public hearings on the Canadian re.
ciprocity bill practically were conclud.
ed by the senate finance committee
Wednesday, and June z was fixed as
the time when a vote will be taken
on reporting the measure.
The recent decisions of the SUI
preme court in the Standard Oil and
in a sweeping attempt to escure Grim
inal conviction of yiolators Of the
| antitrust law. according TO Attorney
General Wickersham.
A proposal that all churches in the
| United States unite in movement to
bring together the religious denomi.
nations of the world to secure inter.
| national peace was made to Presi-
dent Taft on Wednesday by the Rev.
William Moore EIDE, dean of West.
moreland, England.
The house was in session ten min
utes on Memorial day. A handful of
members, who had not been drafted
for Memorial day addresses, were
present.
That naval experts consider the tor
pedo boat destroyer one of the most
effective instruments In modern naval
warfare Is shown by tn enanounce-
ment that the navy department will
open bids in August for eight Of these
vessels, .. .
FOREIGN
"Red" Lopez, ordered imprisoned by
Francisco /. Madero, Jr., on the
charge that he had sold out" to
American interests while in command
of section of the insurrecto garrison
at Aqua Prieta, has been executed.
The insurrectos in Tijuana severed
connection with the Mexican liberal
party Friday, electing Dick Ferris pres
ident of the new republic of Lower
California.
President Cabrera OF Guatemala
has granted valuable mining and pub
lie service concession to the Guate
maIa Mining and Development com
|, pany. composed of American and
French capitalists. Ex-senator w. A
Clark and ex-Lieutenant Governor
Spriggs of Montana are said TO be
heavily interested in the enterprise.
by official decree issued Friday by
Provisional President De la Barra, o.
, Mexico, special presidential election
has been called. Electors will be
chosen October /, and these will Sc
lect the successor to Profirio Dial
Sunday, October 10.
. Rumors of impending uprisings il
J Nicaragua and Honduras which have
been heard for the last week wer,
p given added Importance by uncon
t tirmed information brought to New
: Orleans Wednesday by persons from
2 Central America.
? General Portirio Diaz said his fare
well to Mexico on Wednesday. witt
$ his wife and other members of tn,
, Diaz family he boarded the steame
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A Scotland has Il population of 759,
4i5, according to the provisional fig
ures OF the census made public Jun,
s /. This is an increase over 1901 o
}, 2S7,S42 and is the smallest increase
= in any census since 1861.
' Emperor Nicholas of Russia person
ally will visit the American battle
Q ships at Cronstadt during their sta!
: from June II to IS, and afterward will
a receive Admiral Badger and the flee
n officers in the palace of st. Peters
burg, The emperor has not so hon
ored foreign country since he Wis
k tied the French squadron in Russian
!. waters in 1901.
r The German governments interes
in President Tatts proposal for al
c unrestricted arbitration treaty ha.
s made favorable impression OIL
o those German newspapers that hav,