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The oasis., 1910-09-17


 that it would have been dangerous at that time to have entrusted the people with more power than that left to them. But since that time there has been a vast change in conditions. Illiterary has been eliminated almost entirely, and the people have become reading, thinking population. They are studying the problems of govern. ment for themselves, and they see fnr themselves very plainly many things that escaped the mental vision of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson and their associates. They see that the very interests that supported monarchy in former generations are yet enthrOned under the forms of constitutional government; and they are deter. mined to change those forms 80 far as may be necessary. Where they can do so by indirection, as they did in the matter of electing the electoral colleges and as they are doing in the election of United States senators, it will be done in that way; where they can accom- plish their purpose by reading into constitutions new meanings, as they did in the matter of slavery, amending the federal constitution afterward-that will be the mode adopted. And when the peoples will can be brought about by no other way the result will be accom- plished by amending or rewriting constitutions, in which powers that the people have delegated in constitutions as they exist will be retaksn by them. The widespread and rapidly rising demand that in the states the people shall take unto themselves the power ot lnl' tiating legislation and of annullng that made by their representatives when it does not suit them, the power to recall and displace un' faithful public servants, the demand for direct primary elections ana direct election of federal senators are all but q part of the irresIstlOlV movement among the people tha' in practice their government shan conform to its theory-"govern' ment of the people by the peoPI' and for the people"
 Nor will the Constitution ol 'n0 United States escape this unIVerS'i movement for change. Under 'n' provisions of the federal iunuS' mental law whenever three'iour'n' of the states, by joint resolutions adopted by their legislatures a"''T in a demand for a constItu'lou'' convention to frame new Iu"o' mental law, such a conVe"'lOD must be called. It is stated 'l'' already nearly the requlrea nun Der of states have united III '' prescribed way in such a dem'"O'
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The oasis., 1910-09-17

Times change and men frequently change with them, but principles never : they are eternal, immutahle, ,unalterable,
 unchangeable." Alexander H. Steph-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
TORTURED BY FIENDS
HANDSOME YOUNG WOMAN
LuREp INTO BARN AND TREAT
ED IN BRUTAL MANNER.
After Tearing Clothing From Victim
8rutes Use Hatpirs and Puncture
Her Flesh From the Sole of Her
Feet to Her Head.

New York.-Pauline Krayeka OF
Manhattan, 10 years of age, and of
attractive appearance, was taken to
the Norwegian hospital, Brooklyn, on
Saturday, after having been lured to
barn In Brooklyn, where she was
mistreated with almost incredible bru
tally. Two young men lured the girl
to the barn on the pretext of showing
her the way to trolley car she want.
ed to take. Forced into the barn, her
clothing was torn off. she was bound
and then subjected to torture until
she became helpless. The fiendish at
tackers, with the girls hatpins, pune.
tured her flesh from the soles of her
feet to her head. They beat and
bruised her and pounded her face with
their fists and finally showed her
what they said was the arm of their
last victim, woman who persisted
| in resisting them.
James Murdoch has been arrested
and identified by the girl as one OF
her torturers, and who had robbed
her of 500 and gold watch and cnaln
Murdoch admitted that he was in the
barn, and that he knew that men in
the barn had a woman there, but he
denied taking part in the attack
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
RUSH TO ID|TAROD.
LATEST ALASKAN STAMPEDE
EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST
SINCE KLoNDIkE.
Fully Five Thousand Prospectors
Expected to Put in Summer in
Search of Gold Along Banks of
Innoko and Iditarod Rivers.

Iditarod City, Alaska.-Three hun
dred and fifty prospectors, the first
party of stampeders to reach the new
Iditarod gold fields, arrived here from
Fairbanks On Sunday, after a three
weeks trip down the Yukon river.
All agree that the stampede will
be the greatest since the famous rush
to Klondike thirteen years ago, but
many of the old-time gold-seekers are
pessimistic over the prospects for get,
tings sudden wealth from the gravel
along the banks of the Iditarod and
Innoko rivers. Conservative estimates
place the number of prospectors who
will arrive here during the early sum
mer at 5000.
Many men now on the ground ex
press the opinion that the summer
camp will not support more than 1,00(
miners, and that large numbers o.
iatecomers are doomed to disaEpoint
ment.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
An Ambitious Order.

Lord Palmerston expected work to
be done well, but of mere peccadilloes
he was tolerant. Some young gentle
men in the foreign office amused them.
selves by shining" young ladies who
lived on the other side of the street
that is, by catching the rays Of the
sun on mirror and flashing them
over the way.
The father of the young ladies com
planned to Palmerston, who thereupon
issued this minute:
1.-THE secretary of state desires that
the gentlemen in this department will
not cast disagreeable reflections on
the ladies opposite. London Chron
inIa
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
His InexcusahIe Error.

@The eternal question of How she
ever came to marry him." smiled
Dorothy Donnelly, starring in Madam
X came near being solved by kid
die know, who approached his father
with this:
Father, do you like mother?'
why, yes; of course
"'And she likes you"
"'Of course she does
Ibid she ever say so?'
MANY time, my son.
ibid she marry you because she
loved your
Certainly she did,
"The boy scrutinized his parent
closely, and after long pause asked:
We'll, was she as near-sighted
then as she is now?'"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
HONOR MEMORY OF CUSTER.
President Taft Attends dwelling Of
Statue of Famous General

Monroe, Mich.-With President Tart
in attendance as the orator of the
occasion, the nation, state, city and
adjacent farming district united here
on Saturday in paying tribute to the
memory of Gen. George Armstrong
Custer, who, with 254 of his cavalry
men, was slain by Sitting Bulls band
of Sioux Indians at the battle of the
Little Big Horn in the Bad Lands OF
Montana, June 25, 1876.
An equestrian statue of General
Custer, for which the legislature OF
Michigan appropriated $4,000, was un
yelled by the generals widow, Mrs
Elizabeth B. Custer of Now York, and
among the other guests of honor was
Nevin ]. Custer, the cavalry leaders
Only surviving brother, who still re
sides on a farm near ere in the neigh
borhood where the farmer and his
military brothers passed their boy
hood.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Casey at the Bat,

This famous poem is contained in
the Coca Cola Baseball Record Book
for 1910, together with records, SEIZED
ules for both leagues and other valu-
able baseball information compiled by
authorities. This interesting book
sent by the Coca Cola Co., of Atlanta,
Ga, on receipt of &c stamp for post
age. Also copy of their booklet
THE Truth About Coca Cola" which
tells all about this delicious bever-
age and why it is so pure, wholesome
and refreshing. Are you ever hot
tired-thirsty? Drink Coca Cola-it
Is cooling, relieves fatigue and
quenches the thirst. At soda foun-
tains and carbonated in bottles-5c
everywhere.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Harvard College.

This celebrated institootion is pleas.
antly situated in the barroom of Par
ker's, in School street, and has poopils
from all over the country. l had a let
ter yes'd'y, by the way, from our
mootual son, Artemus, Jr., who is at
Bowdoin college, in Maine. He writes
me that he is a Bowdoin Arab. & is it
cum to this? Is this boy as I nurtured
with a parents care into his child
hoods hour-is he goin' to be a CRATE
American humorist? Alars, fear it is
too troo. Why didn't 1 bind him out
to the Patent Travelin Vegetable Pill
Man, as was struck with his appear
ance at our last county fair, & wanted
him to go with him and be a Pillist!
Ar, these boys-they little know how
the old folks worrit about 'em-From
Life's Reprint From ArtemusWard.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10

James R. Keene, who is noted no
less as a horseman than as financier,
said at a luncheon at his Cedarhurst
residence:
MY love of horses has been great
comfort to me all my life. have al
ways kept my horses in their place,
though. haven't allowed them to in
terfere with my business.
Some men carry their love of
horses altogether too far. Such a one
was a young father who stood, with
his fair wife, before the crib of their
first born.
isn't he wonderful?' the young
mother cried. Did you ever see any
thing like him at twenty-six months !?
Maternal love is all very WE'LL the
father retorted, impatiently, but please
don't try to compare it with two
year-old thoroughbred ......
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Russians ExpeiIine Jews.

st. Petersburg-The Jewish relief
committee of Kiev, through it's attor
ney, M. Glickman, has sent telegram
to st. Petersburg relative to the ex
pulsion of the Jews. The dispatch
reads as follows: about 200 familie!
already have been expelled from Kiev
but the number is increasing daily
Those who are amenable to the edic
of expulsion are either given a shor
time in which to prepare for their de
parture without restriction or tenn
porary passports are issued in thei
names, good only to the specific desti
nation"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
The Wages of War.

Chicago-Destructio of great
deal of mine property. operators de-
clare, will follow the order issued by
officers of the United Mine Workers
of Illinois, calling out on strike on
Saturday all engineers, firemen, pump
men and emergency workers. More
than 1900 men deserted the mines
and practically every mine in the
state operated by members Of the
Miners Coal Operators association is
left unprotected against water and
other agents of destruction. Reports
received by members of the associa
ton in Chicago were that many of the
wet mines were filling with water.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Nolan to MANAGE Tar Baby.

San Observation-Disclosures the dis.
charge of George Little of Chicago as
his manager, Jack Johnson announced
Sunday that Billy Nolan would handle
his affairs hereafter. Nolan con
firmed this statement. Billy Nolan
has been connected with the fight
game for twenty years. He was for
merly at Butte, Mont. He is best
known through his handling of Bat
Ting Nelson, and it was while under
Nolan's management that Nelson WOE
the lightweight championship of the
world.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Firemen Get More Money.

Chicago.-The $1,000 members Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen on Saturday
gained important increases in wages
amounting to hundreds of Thousands
of dollars yearly, by the decision OF
he arbitration committee which has
been celebrating in Oh cago. The
committee, organized under the term1
Of the Erdmann act, prevented strike
by taking up the problems and both
sides are pledged to accept its find
ings. Forty-nine western railroadi
are affected by the decision.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
FIND MURDER SYNDICATE.
Wealthy Russians Poisoned by Doctor
Who Was Paid Huge Sums.

st. Petersburg.-The mysterious
death of young and wealthy army of.
ficer, Count Bouturlin, has led to the
discovery of an extensive murder
agency.
Bouterlin's brother-in-law, Count de
Lassy, and his physician, DR.. Patchen'
ko, who attended Bouturlin, at de Las
sy'c suggestion. are both under ar
rest DR.. Patchenko has confessed tc
the police that he inoculated Bouterlir
with cholera bacilli.
He further admitted that he poi
soned other wealthy persons in a sim
liar manner, during the recent chol
era epidemic, under pretense of in
oculating them against the disease
For this work he was paid huge sums
by relatives of the victims.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Certainly Downward.

Two Kansas men were having a
red hot argument on the tariff. They
we're scrapping away at random and
without result. The man who insist
ed that the tariff had been revised
downward put forward long state
ment in support of his idea.
Revised downward, hi" snorted
his enemy, with much contempt.
Well, isn't that DOWN." asked the
other, and it took the other belliger'
ent ten minutes to calm down suffici'
emily to see the point-Kansas City
Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
a Cynical SYNONYM,

Poor Myra Kelley" said a maya
zine editor at the Authors club in
New York, twas almost as distressed
as Mr.. Carnegie at the spirit of graft
and crookedness rampant among us.
The young writer, at a dinner OF
magazine contributors, said that we
worshiped wealth-that was our trou-
BILE. Then she crystallized her mean
ing in an anecdote.
she said that one man asked an
other:
What position does Blank hold In
the community
"A very honorable position was
the reply.
lis he wealthy
wealth and honor said the other,
are synonymous terms in America TO-
lay"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Noted suffraalst Seriously III.

New York-Grave doubts are eX'
pressed regarding the recovery of Mrs
Mary Chapman Perry Gait, president
of the Woman's Suffrage association
who underwent a serious operation al
a private sanitarium here recently
She has been semi-invalid for the
last year or two. Recently she has
been too i'll to permit of her seeing
friends. Mrs. Gait has presided ovel
the affairs of the suffragists of clever
countries. Last winter she founded
the Woman's Suffrage party of Great
err New York.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Woman on Barren Island.

San Diego. Cal.--Leaving woman
and child on Guadalupe island, $50
miles off San Quinten, Lower Cali
fornia, A. Marcuson of Los Angeles
and a companion, the latter the hus'
band of the woman. arrived at San
Quinten on Saturday, after having
been at the mercy of the wind and
waves for six days in an open boat
and rescue party, organized at En-
senado, has started for Guadalupe isl
and The island is uninhabited and
the fate of the woman and child is
unknown.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
War Hmm Writer Dead.

New York.-Stephen Van Rensselaer,
Ford, authop editor, composer and
critic. member of one of the Oldest
families in the state, died here on
Sunday. He was "A years old. For
many years Mr. Ford was connect
ed with the Methodist Book Concern
in an editorial capacity, and had been
assistant editor of the Methodist Re
view. He composed several battle
hymns which were sung by the Union
army during the late Civil war. A
widow two daughters and son sur
yive the aged cong writer.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Hundreds Killed by Street Cars.

Chicago.-One hundred and ten hu
man lives were snuffed out in Chi.
cago by street cars in the eleven
months from July l, 1909, to May 81,
1910, according to a report submitted
to Corporation Counsel Edward J..
Brundage by City Attorney John r.
Caverly. Fourteen of these fatalities
occurred during May, in which month
there were also 1922 persons injured
many of them seriously. Twenty OF
the injured were children under the
age OF 10 years, who were playing in
the street when struck.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10

A schoolmistress whose hair was
OF the blacklist hue, was one day CIV
ing a lesson on a coal mine to class
in Suffolk, England. To make the les
son interesting as possible she went
on to say she had herself been in a
coal mine. A little lad put up his
hand, and when pointed to said:
Please, teacher, is that what made
your hair so black?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Whistler Shot by Cowboy.

Florence, Colo.-A few bars in the
key of G" probably cost the right foot
of ]. |. Luny, a cowboy employed on
a ranch near here. Luny was sitting
in front of store here when Al John
son, also a cowboy, passed by, whist
ling a popular air. Luny mechanical
ly took up the refrain. Johnson, an
gered by the impression that Luny
was mocking him. drew revolver
and shot Luny in the right foot. Am
putation probably will be necessary.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
FORGOT the Judge.

Two lawyers before probate
Judge recently got into wrangle. At
last one of the disputants, losing con-
troll over his emotions, exclaimed to
his opponent:
Sir, you are, / think, the biggest
ass I ever had the misfortune to set
eyes upon"
Order! Order!" said the judge,
gravely. You seem to forget that !
am in the room"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
The Business Instinct.

An English farmer, taking his little
son with him, was going to the
polling station to give his vote. On
the way he met friend on the same
errand, and the two entered into con-
yersation. After an excited and heat
ed argument about the budget they
came to blows. The poor lad was
much frightened, and, seeing that his
father was getting the worst of It,
suddenly called out to him:
Hit him in the watch, father;
that'll cost him something"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Good Work Proceeds Slowly.

At the present rate of increase near
ly forty-five years must elapse before
sufficient hospital accommodations to
provide for all the INDECENT consump-
tives in the United States will be pro-
vided, declares the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis. Although over 1000
beds in hospitals, sanatoria, camps
and wards for tuberculous patients
were established last year, there are
fully 100000 INDECENT consumptives
who ought to be placed in such institu-
lions and a total of only 22,720 beds in
the entire country. On May /, 1909,
there were 1924 beds for consump>
tiyes and 294 institutions. The annual
report of the national association
shows an increase of 80 institutions
and $500 beds.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Mrs. Roosevelt Longs for Home.

London. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
who has shared the honors Of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt abroad and who
has been exal ed in manner which
has fallen to few American women, is
delighted with the royal receptions
granted her everywhere. but she is
secretly counting the days until the
Statue IF Liberty breaks mo view
from the ship which will cary heI
back to America. She said so on Sat
urday, while she thanked publicly PEG
pie of England and Europe for then
manV hCraOrS
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
War Test for AeropIans.

Chattanooga Tenn.--A spectacu a"
test of the utility of the aeroplane in
warfare is to be made at the joint
encampment of federal troops an
national guard at Chiekamaugua park
this summer. Charles K. Hamil on
will carry aloft 800 pounds Of highly
explosive nitroglycern bombs. Rae
irg at a speed varying from As to 55
miles an hour he will release this
deadly cargo while at height of a
quarter of a mile, raining it down upon
dummy Notifications, arsenals, bridges,
trains and troops.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
sTATT OF OHIO CITY OF TOLEDO. [ go
T1TrNrrv 4 SIS

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partner OF the arm Of F. J. CHENEY Co., doing
business In the City of Toledo County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use o.
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence.
this 9Th day Of December, A. D. 1885,
SEAL A. w So GhnA pUpt,o
t=i -'SN%
Hairs Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo o
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
JimmY's Definition.

What is geography" asked the
father, who was testing his sons prog
ress in study.
Geography" replied little Jimmy
Jiggs, lis what you put inside your
trousers when you think you are going
to get a whipping Sunday Magazine
of Los Angeles Times.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
SETTLERS WESTWARD BOUND.
Thousands Will Seek New Homes Dur
ina Summer Months.

Washington.-An unusually heavy
movement of homeseekers this spring
into various parts of the arid west is
indicated by reports that have come
to the reclamation service.
Trainloads Of settlers have been
pouring into Montana, Oregon and
Washington, and large numbers have
been seeking the milGer climate OF
the northwest.
Extensive railroad building is now
in progress in Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon. The estimate has
been made that an area of $4,000
acres of land in Oregon alone soor
will be available for settlement.
On the reclamation projects in al
the states the influx of settlers is rap
idly increasing.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
His Excellence,

Il tell you," said one man to an
other as they emerged from the dimly
lighted corridor of concert hall, II
envy that fellow who was singing"
Envy him!" echoed the other.
well, If I were going to envy a sing
er I'd select somebody with a better
dice. His was about the poorest I
ever heard"
IT'S not his voice l envy, man."
was the reply. ITS his tremendous
courage. Ladies' Home Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10

ually and before long I was suffering
from dropsy. My body bloated and
my flesh was soft and fiabby. tired
easily and suffered seT erely from pain
in my back. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me and I am today in much better
health"
Remember the name-Doans
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Firm Friends.

Visitor-I suppose all your friends
deserted you In your adversely?
No. 999-"There was just three fell
lows stood by me after was pinched'
mum"
Visitor-"Who were they?"
No. 999-"Cops, num-"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Bears the


Tallman-Only fool makes the
same sort of mistake the second time.
Shortman-Do you mean to insinu-
ate that / am fool?
Tallman-Certainly not.
Shortman--Well, | didn't know. I've
been married twice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10

urinary troubles re-
suit. To eliminate
the aches and pains
you must cure the
XII d n eys. Doan's
Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys, and
cure them perma.
nently.
]. N. Markham,
Montesano, Wash,
says: Kidney trou,
BILE came on me grad.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Never Noticed Il.

did you have any difficulty in
breathing when the earth passed
through the comets tail?"
Not bit. long ago gave up the
foolish practice of running to catch
trains"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
PLAYED Hockey for Nothlne.

Doctor.-"You have gastritis, appen-
olcltls and couple of other diseases
and must stay in bed week"
Kid (who didn't go to SCHOOL,
Zee! den can't see de game after
al!"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
Ambiguous.

Hawkins-So you sent for doctor
Does he think youth be out soon?
Dawkins-I imagine so. He said
ne wished I'd sent for him sooner.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
.o %"s sys. E ass ThOmpson's Eye Water
When man dries up like mummy
ne usually thinks he is a saint.

.go TTlerces Pleasant Pellets first put up 40 years
anu bowels. sugar-coated tiny granules. A'e'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10

Have goodwill to all that lives, let
ting unkindness die, and greed and
wrath; so that your lives be made
like soft airs passing by.-E. Arnold.