The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-08-04


to q harrow beside . team OF mules
and drove her around cornfield q
number OF times, Mrs. Lafayette
Choat. wife OF prosperous farmer.
living near Birmingham. Mo-. IL sueing
for divorce.
A headon collision between q crowd
ed excursion train, containing about
1850 persons, and regular passenger
train bound from Van Buren, TO Ban
| COR, Me-, caused the death OF fifteen
and the injury OF half dozen,
Mrs. ]. II. Conrad was killed near
Terre Haute. Ind, while talking over
the telephone TO her husband, being
1 struck by lightning.
An appeal for q 100000 fund 70
defend y j. Mcnamara. the labor
man. accused OF dynamiting. has been
issued BY Secretary Morrison OF the
American Federation OF Labor, to the
100000 members Of labor unions.
WASHINGTON
Arrangements are said TO have been
completed at washington whereby
Harry Atwood, the Massachusetts av
iator, Will make an aeroplane flight
from Milwaukee to Chicago for Q
purse Of $4,000. The flight will be
made August 10, along Lake Micht
gan.
Reciprocity with Mexico similar tt
Canadian reciprocity il proposed In o
resolution introduced by Represents
tive Burleson OF Texas, calling or
President Taft Immediately 10 start
negotiations with Mexico looking te
free commerce between the two coun
| tries"
A cablegram from Charles p. Taft.
brother OF the president, denying that
he was interested IN Alaska orsin Con.
troller bay and declaring that he
never asked the president for any fay-
ors for Richard y. Ryan, has been
made public.
Preparations for magnificent me-
mortal fountain TO Christopher Co.
liumbus. on the plaza Of the new union
station, at Washington, received i'm
petus last week with the opening OF
4 mus hOA AhS S0h9tA dNNtbhs
The senate has passed the Warren
bill, allowing homestead claimants in
drouth,stricken districts of Wyoming,
the Dakotas and Nebraska to leave
their lands until April. 1912, without
loss OF any of their rights.
FOREIGN
Canada wants 10000 men from the
United States TO help harvest tbs
crops of Saskatchewan.
Three labor leaders, including a
nephew of former President zelaya
have been exiled from Nicaragua.
The revolutionary crisis in Hayti
| with the fall of President Simon's gov
| ernment apparently inevitable, caus
ed the navy department on Friday tc
| order the scout cruiser Salem, sister
OF the Chester and one of the swift
est boats In the navy, to Port au
Prince to reinforce the American war
ships patrolllng the coast OF the re
public.
Coal famine continues all over Sas
katchewan and Alberta. Even were
the mines where strikes are on open
cd at once the famine could not be
dispelled by winter. Railway officials
agree that relief must come from
across the line, and this is only Los
sible through suspension of the tariIf.
Hawaii's million and a half per
cent bonds were oversubscribed more
than six times at the sale made by
Treasurer David l.. Conkling OF Hawaii
In New York. They are twenty ami
thirty,year bonds and available as Sc.
curity for government deposits, as
postal savings bank funds,
Immediately when the veto bill has
been passed there WILL be an entire
Encouragement OF the cabinet, accord.
ing to the statement of London even
ing paper. Whether the actual re.
shuttle will be quite so drastic as is
torecasted remains to be seen.
Germany has projected herself I'M
lexpectedly and unnecessarily. as Unit,
ed States officials think. into the rev.
olution In Hayti by ordering to Cape
haytien the cruiser Bremen. AS the
action of Germany was taken without
consultation with the United States.
It had Il disturbing effect on the state
department.
Twenty Chinese were rounded up in
Juarez Wednesday morning and lock
cd in Jail, charged with iyncning ii
Chinaman, whose body was found
hanging from tree ON the outskirts
OF JuareE ut daylight 1t Is the first
lynchtng on record in JuareZ
The situation in the Franco.German
complication regarding Morocco is re.
garded as unsatisfactory by France
ALI negotiations have come to a
stsndstil.
The United States scout cruiser
Chester arrived at cape HSytien Tues,
day and is lying IN the harbor to pro,
tect American interests. General lie.
eonte, who has been proclaimed com.
mander,in-chief by one wing OF the
revolution, guarantees to maintain
order.