The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-03-27

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and two daughter. set the farm build
ings on fire, and suicided.
/ The business section of Dumrea,
Man, WIS wiped out by fire, the loss
being 100000.
Ira N Goddard, who was elected
town clerk OF MilIbury for his sixty.
second term at the annual meeting
last week died Friday of pneumonia,
aged a. He was the Oldest city or
town clerk in point OF service in the
country
Robbers blew open the vault in the
First National bank Of Gallatin,
Tenn, stole $4,000 and escaped.
Guards corralled 500 inmates OF the
Oklahoma state reformatory at Gran
lite when the temporary buildings In
which they were housed here burned
early Thursday. No lives were lost and
none OF the convicts escaped.
Three men were killed in fire
which destroyed the Houghton-D Detroit
Elevator companys building at De-
triot
The inventory Of the estate of the
late Adolphus Busch. filed at st. Louis,
lists personal property aggregating
$17,000,o0o. The real estate is not
listed.
WASHINGTON.
Woman suffrage advocates on
Thursday lost their fight in the Unit
ed States senate for a resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the federal
constitution giving women the ballot
The vote was thirty-tive for the
measure to thirty-four against 1t.
An administration bill extending TO
twenty years the time for repayment
by water users on government irriga.
ton projects has passed the senate
without material amendment. A sim
liar bill is pending In the house.
The National Woman Suffrage as
sociation has appealed to President
Wilson to establish the first Satur-
day in May of each year as "Womans
Independence day
Vice-President Marshall cast his
second vote in the senate on Thurs
day when tie vote developed on a
motion to take up bill providing for
the sale of certain Montana coal lands
to the Republic Coal company, sub
sidiary of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad
An appropriation Of $4,000 for par
ticipation by the United States in the
/ DIN @a n ~ ~. Da,
anna next November was urged on
congress in a special message from
/ the president. Resolutions authoriz-
ing the participation already are pend
| Ing,
FOREIGN.
The British government began
placing It's regular troops in Ireland
on Friday. so that they may be in a
position to deal with any situation
that may arise. London papers are
OF the opinion that the cooler heads
on both sides will prevail
General villa and his army of 10000
rebels on Friday invested the federal
stronghold of Torreon. The federaIs
have 5000 men at that point, and are
l.
strongly entrenohed.
| 1t is said that as result of instruc-
tions sent by the war office to the
Curragh camp that officers who OBJ,
iected to serving in Ulster must re-
! sign or be dismissed from the army,
100 officers rendered their resigna-
/ lions.
An alleged letter from Emperor
! William in which he is said to have
expressed strong anti-C Catholic views
1 is attracting much attention in the
German press.
! Grave events are impending in Ul
ster, according to the unionist news
papers. and the government is pre-
pairing for the military occupation OF
the province. There are indications
that a crisis has been reached.
Lieutenant H, f. Treeby of the Duke
of Wellington's West Riding regiment
was flying In biplane over the army
aviation grounds at Salisbury, Eng.
land, when the machine side-slipped
and fell to the earth from height OF
$50 feet, killing him.
A torpedo boat collided with small
passenger steamer which plies be.
tween Venice and Lido. chain OF
sandy islands separating the lagoon
of Venice from the Adriatic, and fifty
persons were drowned
An emergency force of picked men
from the Ulster volunteers was hastily
summoned to headquarters at Belfast
on Thursday, The motive for the
sudden call has been kept secret, but
runners persist OF military action on
the part Of the government and pro
jected arrests.
A new Italian cabinet has been
formed by Signor Salandra. former
minister of the treasury, to succeed
the cabinet headed by Premier Giolit.
ii, which resigned on March s. Signor
Salandra has notified King Victor En-.
manuel that he has succeeded In or