The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-12

seven OF the men losing their lives.
Twenty.one new indictments. &C.
cnrdiag to reliable authority. were
voted late Thursday by the grand
jury al Los Angeles against the &C
cused dynamite conspirators, James
and John Mcnamara, and ortie Nc.
Manignl
Former United States Senator Al.
fred Beard Kittredge of Sioux Falls,
s. d., died at Hot Springs, Ark,
Thursday. after months Illness
with liver and kidney trouble. He
had been unconscious for forty-eight
hours. His senatorial service ended
two years ago,
Captain IL. Langreutter OF the
North, German Lloyd steamship Der.
lin was found dead In his cabin on
board the steamer at her dock at Ho-
boken, N, ].
WASHINGTON
While many reports from Mexico
are far from encouraging, President
Taft and his cabinet are hoping for
peace The cabinet discussed the
Mexican situation on Friday and 1t
was determined the government shall
"stand pat" for the present.
Plans for a great fiftieth anniver.
sary love feast, to be attended by the
Union and Confederate soldiers who
fought each other in the battle of
Bull Run, were made in Washington
last week. The meeting is to be held
July on the field where the men met
fifty years ago.
Lincoln Beachy, the aviator. flew
over the eastern section of Washing
ton on Friday, and circled the capitol
building. It is the first time an ayia
tor has clrcled the capitol building In
heavier than air machine.
The two and half dollar gold
piece, which has long been favored
coin for watch charms and Christmas
gifts, but not for circulation, may
soon become obsolete. Secretary
MaeVeagh contemplates asking con
gress for authority to stop its coin
age,
The extradition of J. ]. McNamars
| from Indiana to California on 8
charge of completely In the Los An
geles Times expulsion, has led to the
! introduction of a bill by Representa-
tive Korbley of Indiana amending tht
extradition laws.
J The house committee on ways ant
/
gin working on the revision OF tn
wool schedule. On this both the Dem
ocratic majority in the house and thu
Democratic membership of the com
mlttee are divided, but the division Il
not so wide as in the last weeks.
FOREIGN
The Japanese have established
consulate at Aigun, a Chinese tow
of Manchuria on the Amur, eighteen
miles from the Russian frontier, ant
this has caused the Russian govern
ment to inquire the reason for thi
step and whether 1t was taken TO
strategical or commercial purposes.
The peace commissioners of tn
Mexican Tevolutionists formally pre-
scented on Thursday to Judge Car
bajal, the federal envOv, statemen
signed by Francisco l. Modero, Jr
appealing to President Diaz to max
public the assurances given privatel
that he intended to resign.
Johnny Coulon of Chicago, the bar
tamweight champion, and Harr
Forbes. formerly champion, have bee
matched to box ten rounds before tn
} Toronto (Canada) club, May II.
Mademoiselle Thirllon, an attractiv
Partisan resident of Cologne, Gel
many, has been arrested. charge
with being a spy and obtaining tn
q secret mobilization plans of the &c
man army from an army officer.
George Boulard, who says that h
Is native OF Boston, is imprisone
t at Maricaibo. Curamoa. pending il
g auiry into the death of two Compal
ions, George Bradford, an American
D.. and Armand Arens, Canadian.
d The inhabitants of Jerusalem hav
i been aroused to the point of rotin
\ by the operations of a party of FL
i glish archaeologists who are accuse
), OF having eXcavated beneath the Il
e violate mosque of Omar and remove
Q relies reputed to include the ark (
/ the covenant, the censor and otht
i sacred vessels which belonged to Ii
tribes OF Israel.
. A cableGram received in Londo
}, by the Hongkoug and Shanghai ban
e ing corporation describes the stu
d ;tou at Canton, China, as 'quietir
T. down, following the rebellious on
y breaks Railway traffic between Ca
k ton and HonekOng has been resumer
Walter Clinton, son of formC
Il Texas Cattlemau, is dead in SinaIo
l. Mexico. shot by tedcrals. He Wa
| leading rebels in an attack on fe
d "ral stronghold near Mnpas, when h
q was shot. Clinton formerly lived I
Il silver City. n. NJ.
Jack" Mosby. leader OF the reb,
r band which marched north from Al