The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-10-04

of Monday, October Z, after spending
Sunday with w J. Bryan at Lincoln,
Neb.
Practically 10000 textile operatives
at Lawrence, Mass, have been affected
by the strike inaugurated by the In-
dustrial Workers OF the World to show
their sympathy for Jose II. Ettor and
Arturo Ciayannitti.
John Caskey, aged go. shot and kill
ed Frank Hendricks and his two sis
ters at New Freedom, Pa, after which
he shielded
Judge Frederick S Nave, formerly
United States district attorney for
Arizona and later an associate Justice
OF the Arizona supreme cour, died at
Tucson, Friday. aged 80 years.
u. 4. Dryer, aged about so years,
who has made and lost several for
tunes as a stock speculator In Wall
street and has been interested In
many enterprises In other parts Of
the country, was found dead In the
railroad yards In Jonesville, Wis. 1t
10 believed he was murdered.
Culebra cut hilIsides are slipping
into the canal again. On Wednesday
more than 1000 cubic yards OF earth
moved slightly, and 1t is feared that
serious slides will result,
Andrew F. Mcfarland, wealthy In
surance man, was acquitted by jury
at San Francisco OF the charge OF
having stolen $4,000 from Miss Ethel
Groom. his wife for few weeks about
three years ago.
WASHINGTON
President Taft In a prepared inter-
view Tuesday night repeated his re-
cent claims of strength, said he be-
lieyed he would be elected, and gave
his reasons for denying that he had
been oyersanguine.
As an incentive TO organize rifle
teams the war department offers
trophy to be known as the national
school shooting trophy, which will rep
resent the high school team champions
ship Of the United States to be com
peted for by ten boys from school,
in addition to which prizes will be
offered for state and city competitions
among the schools.
In an interview given publication
Wednesday, President Taft raps the
Roosevelt trust plan, predicts -four
rainy years" Ii Wilson wins and deals
freely and candidly with the suffrage
question.
Fred bennett, commissioner of the
general land office, has ordered can.
collation. of the twelve Lippy-Davis
coal claims in the Bering river district.
The claims were located by Mayor
George F. Cotterill and Thomas S.
Lippy of Seattle and their assistants.
FOREIGN
At the anti-home rule meeting at
Belfast, Ireland on Friday attended by
5000 representative citizens, the meet
ing adopted resolutions protesting
against home rule parliament for
Ireland.
Senior Don Francisco j. Poynado,
from the Dominican repub-
lie, has resigned, his resignation to
take effect as soon as he is relieved.
The minister disclaims that the pres.
ent trouble in the republic has influ-
enced his resignation.
President Madero has asked con-
gress for authority to request permits
sion of the United States again to
send Mexican troops through Amert,
can territory. This time 1t is desired |
to move soldiers from Ell Paso to Gu
dad Porfirio Diaz, there to cooperate
with General Blanquet's campaign
against Pascual Orozco, Jr
Commissioner f. Howard of the Sal |
sation army has been appointed chief |
If staff in succession to Bramwell |
Booth, who became general on the
ieath of his father, the late general !
William Booth.
Trapped on the bank of a canyon |
near Orizaba, in the state of Vera |
Cruz. band Of seventy rebels, COM
nanded by Maxine Bello, was prac-
.ically wiped out Thursday by a slight. |
y superior force of government
.roops
Americans are offering their |
ranches and fruit arms for sale in
he Mexican colonization district. al
.hough no one cares 30 purchase them
Until the revolution Is settled. /
The loss of life and property in the
recent typhoon in Japan was appall.
ng, according to reports from persons
from the provinces, Where
he full fury of the typhoon was cen.
cred nothing has been left standing
Whole villages have collapsed,
Baroness De La Roche. notea
waitress, was desperately injured in
IN automobile collision near Belle
Saone, France. Charles Vol
son, an aviator, was killed at the same
line.
The town of Granada, which was
N the hands of the Nicaraguan rebels,
aas surrendered to the government.
General Luis Mena, the insurgent
eader, has been taken prisoner.