The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-16

Francis Vernon Wiley of Bradford,
England, son OF Francis Wiley, for
merly lord mayor of that city, has
been arrested In Boston on a charge
of conspiring to bring English opera
tives into this country In violation Of
the contract labor law.
Two workmen were mangled to
death and FIVE others seriously in
jured at the bottom OF a 260-foot
shaft leading out Of On aqueduct in
New York City, when a steel drill
struck an old charge OF powder
George Goodman. member of the
city council Of Elyria, Ohio, was killed
and several others were injured in a
collision between Cleveland, South
western & Columbus interurban car
and d Baltimore & Ohio train.
Colonel George II. Sweet veteran
OF the Mexican and clyal wars, Is dead
at his home. "The Naples" at Eliza.
beth, ". ~ at the age of 81. He
served under General Scott In the
Mexican war.
WASHINGTON
For the second time within year
President Taft has vetoed bill to re-
wise the wool tariff schedule *" OF
the Payne-Aldrich law.
The Panama canal administration
bin, providing free passage to Ameri.
can ships, prohibiting railroad-owned
vessels from using the waterway, and
authorizing the establishment Of one
man government when the canal Is
completed, was passed by the senate
Friday.
Washington society as well as the
legal profession Is interested In the
movement on foot to raise fund for
the widow and daughters Of the late
associate Justice, John NJ. Harlan, of
the United States supreme court, who
left his family practically penniless.
The resolution appropriating $780,
900 10 provide transportation for
American refugees at El Paso, Texas,
was approved by the president on
Friday.
President Taft has formally APP
pointed without the confirmation of
the senate, Luther Conant, Jr., of
New York as commissioner of corpor-
ations to succeed Herbert Knox
Smith, who resigned to join the Pro
gressiye party
The Progressive party made its for
NAL bow Friday In the senate. sena.
tor Poindexter as a member OF the
new party, asked that Colonel Roose-
velt's speech at Chicago on August 6
be printed as public document.
The general deficiency appropriation
bill, carrying $6,1S2,s3s, was passed
by the house Thursday,
FOREIGN
President Bonilla of Honduras has
created the office of chief military aide
in bis government, and Guy Ma
loney of New Orleans has been APP
pointed to the position. As a fighter
Maloney Is well known in Central
America. His skill with machine guns
has been big factor in several recent
revolutions
Emperor William and his brother,
Prince Henry of Prussia, arrived at
Bochum on Friday and visited the in
iured survivors OF the mine disaster
at Gerthe
The Dominican minister at Washing.
ton, Dr. Don Francisco ]. Prinado, has
been instructed by his government to
arrange for a loan of $1.000,000 to en-
able the Dominican republic to war
upon Haiti.
A cablegram announcing that the
city of Yochowfu in west China has
been looted was received In Boston by
the American Baptist foreign society
from Roy d. Stafford. its business
agent at Shanghai.
Fourteen rebels under the command
of Mariana Relics were killed on Fri
day in fight with government troops
under Colonel Albuerto Guajardo in
the Laguna district near Torrean.
The upsetting of lamp by the
earthquake started conflagration at
Chorluon. on the Adrianopole line.
Three hundred houses were de-
stroyed.
British ship owners are indignant
at the action OF the American senate
with respect to Panama. They admit
that big trade Is waiting to be done
as soon as the canal Is open, but are
inclined to think the great preferen-
tial treatment accorded to American
ships win lead traders to adhere to
the old routes.
A mission composed of four Fran
ciscan monks from English monas-
teries has been appointed by the pope
to go to the Putumayo rubber district
of Peru, where terrible atrocities were
reported to have occurerd by Sir Roger
Easement, who went there on behalf
of the British government,
General Cincinautus Leconte, presl-
dent of the republic of Hayti, persisted
| Thursday in a fire which destroyed
the national palace. 1t was caused by