The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-30

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Running sixty-fiye miles an hour to
make up lost time, the Missouri Pa
cifc Colorado express No. 8, west
bound, went into ditch near Osa-
watomie, Kans oBth engines were
wrecked, the mail and baggage cars
telescoped but no one was killed.
Mrs Florence Bernstein, on trial
at Chicago, was found not guilty Of
numbering her husband, George Bern
stein, last May 4. The jury was out
twenty-five hours.
Talk about land indemnity for the
damage done by the rebels to Ameri.
can property In Mexico Is general
among the Mormon officials and refu.
gees in El Paso.
WASHINGTON
II Is believed that Colonel Roose-
welt will take the stand within a few
days before the senate subcommittee
investigating campaign expenditures,
TO answer the charges made by John
y. Archbold that Mr.. Roosevelt had
knowledge OF the use OF Standard Oil
money in his campaign OF 1904.
A counteryailing duty on importa.
tions OF wheat and rye, -four and split
peas from Germany has been ordered
BY Secretary aMcVeagh because those
commodities enjoy q bounty from the
German government
President Taft has appointed com.
mittee OF government officials to In.
yestigate the board of United States
general appraisers to ascertain II
there has been neglect OF duty" mai.
feasance In office, or insufficiency on
the part of any of the boards mem.
bers
A rate war which might involve the
maritime nations of the world and
which would revolve about the Suez
and Panama canals was predicted
Thursday in Washington by officials
who have watched the development OF
world interest In the Panama canal
bill.
Complete arrangements TO throw a
force of 1000 bluejackets and mar
ines into Nicaragua within ten days
to protect foreign lives and property
and keep railroad communication open
from the American legation In Mana
qua to the Pacific coast, have been
made by the navy department.
William Finn, Roosevelt leader in
Pennsylvania, was scored by Senator
Penrose In speech In the senate on
Wednesday. The senator charged that
in 1904 Finn offered him and Israel
w, Durham 'one or two million dol
lars" II they would favor his candi.
dacy to the senate to succeed Senator
Quay.
FOREIGN
The Suez Canal company declares
that IL is mistake to imagine that
a reduction OF 10 cents ton on the
Sue2 canal dues is In any way con.
nected with the Panama canal. The
directors of the Suez Canal company
have not, they say, even thought of
reprisais against the Panama canal.
70 Shihito the new emperor OF
Japan, has completed the formalities
connected with his accession to the
throne. The concluding function was
the reading by the premier of spe-
cial imperial edict to the diet on Fri.
day.
The discovery of a deliberate at.
tempt to wreck Canadian Pacific
passenger train on the Stonewall
branch near Komarno, was made Fri
day by section man. Spikes had
been extracted.
Kid Mccoy Norman Selby), the
American boxer, was discharged from
custody by the magistrate of the ex.
court at Bow street, London.
on Thursday. He was arrested July 26
ON a provisional extradition warrant
charging him with larceny alleged to
have been committed at ostene.
The family of DIR. David Jayne Hill,
former United States ambassador TO
Germany, suffered q bad automobile
accident near Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The
chauffeur while endeayoring to avoid
a wagon passing along the road turn.
ed abruptly and drove the machine
into a tree One of DIR. Hills daugh,
tiers was seriously injured.
Nine men have died, three others
are lowering between life and death
and many others are in a state of tenn.
porary insanity as a result of cele.
hration among foreigners at st. Lam.
bert, Canada, Poisoned whisky is al.
legged to be the cause.
Residents of Juarez who month
ago greeted the rebel troops with
cries OF Long Live orozco," on Wed.
nesday cheered General Joaquin Tel.
leg and his soldiers with Long live
the Federals."
Private advices from Mazatlan. Mex.
leo, announce that the Mexican gun
boat General Guerrero, under com.
mander oton Blanco, and the steamer
Benito Juarez, owned by the Cam.
pania Naviera del Pacifico. have been
COnfiscafad nv tho rahaIs