The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-01-27

express companies. In conferences !
New York City. announced redu'
ton IN through rates soon 10 take 81
feet between all Offices In the unite
States and many Of Canada
IN order to save the lives Of thei
babies. TWO Yankton IndIan women
eanEht in Il storm on the prairie nea
Roseiand. 8. D.. stripped on thsi
blankets and wrapped the little ones Il
them and then crooued them 10 slael
while they themselves we're frozen Z
death.
/ Children at play near RObatcwn
Texas, found the body Of Nastfa Mar
timex. Mexiean. buried beueeth !
pile 81 cactus The man evidently hac
been dead several weeks. having beer
murdered.
Mas Lucy Pedford and Frederick
lieimfieid. eaeh ~ years old. and beth
of Manchester, were drowned when
they skafed through q hole ia the ica
ION the seover III WeatherE1sld, VI
wAsHtHoToR
Asserting IA the senate that the
pending ocean mail bounty bill Is d
mere enterisg wedge TO general ship
subsidy. which may require an annual
expenditure 81 from ts0.009.000 70
si0e 600. 600. Senator Ctlmmins Of Iowa
has made vigorous onslaughts upon
that measure
New Orleans won the FIRST round OF
the n8ht for the location Of the Panama
exposition when the exposition com.
mittee Of the house, BY vote OF 10
8 decided 10 favor % II as the site
tor the fair to celebrate the opening
81 tbs Panama canal In 1915
The donation Of an additional en-
dowmeat 81 st0.e0O.00o to the Carnegie
institute ~ research Al Washington by
Andrew Carnegie. the founder, " an.
nonnced This brings Mr. Carnegie's
gifts 20 the institution up TO $4,000.
600.
Abolish The senate" is the burden
Of telegram addressed to Speaker
Cannon and q number Of representa-.
tiyeE by Chicago man al an out
growth 81 the Investigation Of the
CHARGES made against Senator Lori
MGR
AZ the Democratic caucus In Wash.
lngton. Champ Clark OF Missouri,
Democratic leader. was nominated BY
reclamation for speaker Of tho house
IN the slxty-Aeeond eSngress.
Two hattleshlps. two coIiIers, eight
torpedo boat deztroyers and four sub.
marine boats constitute the naval In.
crease program for next year, under
action Of the house committee on
naval affairs
A permanent tarIff board. along the
lines OF tae Dalzell bill, has been
agreed upon BY the twelve Republican
members Of the house committee on
ways and means BY vote of eight TO
four,
FOREIGN
Although still residing Ia Tsarskoe
solo on account Of the Illness OF the
empress. Emperor Nicholas intends To
onteF more actively into the social life
Of the court and expects to appear in
~ Petersburg frequently.
Ecuador has declined TO send the
dispute over the Peru-E'cuador boun-
lary 10 The Hague court for arbitra.
lion,
A news dispatch from sosnowice,
Poland. says that forty min,
srs lost their lives In fire In the
Cashier colliery near that place. Three
hundred and sixty others escaped.
The Imam OF sana. seyid Yahya,
has declared war against the Turks,
ind armed bands are gathering IN the
Yemen mountains. The notorious
.helk. Bent Pasha. has Joined the
Imams standard
The czar ul Russia on Monday
blessed the waters OF the Neva. The
condition % her health dld not permit
he empress to take part In tho an,
lual ceremony, but the dowager ON,
press was present
The national assembly. called IN OK,
raordinary session at Panama to deal
With the financial situation. has voted
100000 gold in AID Of the projected
Panama worlds fair In 1916,
Mrs Percy q Brooks and three chill
lreu. the oldest ave years. we're burned
% death early Friday morning, In a |
ite which destroyed their home in
Toronto. Canada The only other oc,
supsnt Of the building. a maid, saved |
lerseb BY jumping.
The working u mines In Mexico IA |
already hampeFed by the wholesale do |
iertiona ot woFklngmen, who are leav, |
Hg In large numbers. and who lnvart, !
shly take with them the mules aud |
1urr0a used 10 carry the mine pro. !
iuets 10 the railroad.
The island town OF Port Sal. atty |
mtles on the coast Of Honduras. has |
been taken by revolutionary forces |
under Manuel Bonllla, and an attack
pa Csiba Is expected at any time.
The sentences o. twelve OF the |
twenty four anarchists who we're con.
iemned TO death by the supreme ccuft l
81 Japan haye been committed to life
Imprisonment
Ia message TO congress, President |
Gomez of Cuba recommends tho lm I
appropriation Of $4,000. 900 for /
4 Santiago asneduct Tho conditions I
* Santiago are most serious because .