The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-04-28

eral store at McCloud, Okla, A. T..
Ernett, town marshal. was shot to
death.
Fear Of impending starvation
caused a Chicago father and mother
to administer strychnine to them
selves and their two children, both
under four years old. The mother,
Mrs. Honore Dziurgot. and the older
child, Joseph, are dead, and the
father and baby are in a hospital
where 1t Is said both will recover.
Giani Alongi, who was charged
with being member Of the Black
Hand society, was sentenced to five
years Imprisonment in Fort Leayen-
worth penitentiary and ordered to
pay fine OF $1,000 by Judge X. M.
Lands at Chicago.
One person was killed, several 9th
ers were severely injured and large
property damage was wrought by a
wind and rain-storm which swept
over central Keneicky Wednesday
afternoon.
WASHINGTON
Although the corporation tax for
this year is not due until June J.,
payments are beginning to come into
the treasury. About $325,000 was paid
In March. The estimated total re-
Iceipts for the year are s25,000,0OO.
/ President Taft is requested in a
resolution introduced in the house to
furnish to congress an explanation Of
the resignation of David Jayne Hill as
ambassador to Germany.
President Taft's reciprocity agree
ment with Canada, supported by all
but handful Of Democrats and OPP
posed by a majority Of the Repub-
licans, passed the house of repre-
sentatiyes Friday afternoon by a
vote of 265 to So
Carnegie National Park" to com
prise lands in Arizona, to be set aside
as public park, is proposed in a bill
introduced by Representative Hayes
of California.
The demand of me twelve Repub-
lican insurgent senators for recogni'
ton as a body in the reorganization
a the senate committees is causing
trouble TO the regular Republicans
and delaying the formation Of the
committees.
Congress is in no temper to NEEDLE
In the internal affairs of Mexico, and
In the senate a majority OF both
sides OF the chamber will endeayor
to prevent open discussion of the ira
vail through which the republic south
of the Rio Grande is passing.
The tariff board Is preparing a
supplementary report of its investiga'
tions OF the wood pulp and paper
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
1t probably will be presented to con
gress in two weeks.
Former Speaker Cannon IN the
house of representatives on Wednes'
day vigorously attacked Canadian
reciprocity. Mr.. Cannon declared that
the treaty had been made in secret
The country, the house and the sen
ate had actually nothing to do with
|
Canada, he said.
FOREIGN
The Rev. c. NJ. Gordon of Winnipeg
Man, better known as Ralph Conner
the author, has been chosen chair
man of the board of Cancellation ap
pointed to deal with the coal strike In
Alberta and British Columbia, where
eight thousand men are idle,
The delay OF the Turkish govern,
ment in bringing negotiations for an
American reciprocity concession In
Asia Minor to conclusion, has
caused the state department to in
struct the embassy at COnstantinople
to make another effort to have the
matter expedited.
Emperor Nicholas has conferred the
Alexander Nevsky order upon Baron
Rosen. the Russian ambassador to the
United States.
The governments copyright bill
has passed it's second reading in the
British house of commons. Copy
right under the amended law will
run as a general rule during the life
of the author and tifty-fve years
after.
The admiralty has ordered the
naval authorities at Libau, Russia, tC
begin preparations for the visit there
in June of the second division of the
United States Atlantic fleet.
A telegram was received in Madrid
on Friday saying native has ar,
rived at Tetuan who declares the Mo
rocCan rebels have stormed Fee and
massacred the garrison, and that the
sultan has taken refuge in the
French consulate.
Former comrades in arms and per
sonal friends of Captain John
O'Brien, known to Americans under
the nom de guerra of Dynamite
Johnny O'Brien, gathered at ban
> uet in Havana, Friday night, given
by the Spanish War Veterans in
honor of the seventy.first birthday OF
the famous tilibuster who is a port
pilot at Havana