The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-24

4 pany. uid not go 10 Lflhl 81 1t'St''"''Ns
last week. owing to the absence Of
one Of his attorneys Another GATE
for the trial viii be set
Five robbers dynamited the safe Of
the Citizens State bank al Geronimo
Oklahoma. and escaped with $1,000 In
cash.
before th ebeginning Of next spring,
the Atlantic. home and Mediterranean
fleets will be brought up 10 their max
limum strength The power efficiency
OF the British navy has never been
80 complete and oyermasIering as y
Twin be Oh that occasion There
fare thiriy..our battleships In commits
sion.
Robert Robinson. arrested at To
lpelSa. Kan. for forgery his confessed
70 the officers that he killed George
Bowen. captain OF the baseball team
I AZ Monroe. Ga, on July I.
| Organized labor Is 10 hight the steel
trusts open shop policy, this decision
HAVING been reached al conference
Of labor leaders held In Pittsburg.
WASHINGTON.
Land classification. examination of
@ater resources, Investigations 81
mine accidents and testa OF mineral
fuels and building materials formed
special features OF the work OF the
/ United States geological survey dur
ling the fiscal year 1909. according 70
! the report Of the director OF the sur
vey. Just issued,
For the construction and mainte
nance or military and post roads
bridges and trails IN Alaska, the war
department has submitted 20 the
house deficiency estimate Of 1856
900 for the current years needs.
Chang Vii ring the new minister
from China, upon ais arrival al
washington, declared that the rela.
tons between the United States and
China were never more cordial than
~ present, and that the Chinese peo-
ile and government had absolute con.
fidence III the United states.
The need Of the United States navy
for more enlisted men Is shown by
orders issued pacing In reserve the
nrmOred cruiser New York, which
only d few months ago was placed IN
commission, with the armored cruiser
squadron Of the Atlantic fleet, aHer
having been completely rebuilt.
Senator Raynor OF Maryland has
introduced a resolution authorizing
the president Of the United States -
apprelend and try the president OF
Nicaragua for his crime against two
American citizens.
One Of the projects for the solution
Of the Nicaraguan situation that has
been strongly urged upon the state
department Is the establishment of
protectorate, either singly by the |
United States, or Jointly with Mexico
FOREIGN.
Plans are afoot, II Is believed, for |
the contamination Of confederation
OF the Central American republics.
Leopold II, king of Belgium. died |
at Brussels on December IL, follow
Ing nm operation. He was born at |
Brussels on April 8, 1887.
Two children of Syndney Masters |
of Fort Rouge. Manitoba, were burned |
to death. Mrs. Masters locked the
children In the house while she was
away.
William Fee, an aged American
who 10 said to have had wealthy rela-
lives at Albany, n. ", was Killed and |
several Mexican patients were in.
jured by an insane patient at the Por- |
iirio Diaz hospital at Chihuahua, Mex. |
The French court has decided In IA. |
vor OF Princess De Sagan Gamma |
Could In the suit instituted by her
former husband, Count Boni De Cas-.
tellane, who wanted to have tutor
acceptable to him appointed for their
youngest son.
The king OF Italy has recognized |
the services rendered by the SALIVA,
ton Army In the towns devastated by |
the earthquake in December last, by
Commissioner Cosandey.
leader Of the expedition which the
army sent out, to the grade of Cava.
Here OF the Corona d'Italia
A contest over the succession to /
the throne of Belgium is possible. The
Vatican Ia reported to have confirmed
the marriage year ago of King Leo.
pald and Baroness Vaughan. Two
sons are said 10 have been born from
this union, and both survive. The ell. !
der Is LuCIan, years old. Il is re.
ported he will claim the throne,
The new regime IN Turkey seems /
no more competent to handle the sit.
nation In Macedonia than did the old
" hlle the list Of political murders Of
Greeks by Bulgarians, and vice versa
has dwind.ed to the vanishing point
tue different factions OF BuIgarians
have been sin making it hot for each
other.
Jose stanton Eelaya has resigned
from the presidency Of Nlcaragua
having placed his resignation IN the
hands Of congress declaring he did
SO for the good OF his country and
TO preveat the Iiulted States from
intervening in Nlcaraguaa affairs.
Two Frenehmeu have perfected an
apparatus which will transmit like.
nesses Of persons standing ut either
end OF wire, enabling people talking
over telephone to see as well as to
hear each other.
The government OF . anama has no
tilted the state department at Wash.
lngton that II will send Il spec al
p,entp0tsni0ry 70 Washington In
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