The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

Mexico, aged ~ years, was burned AT
the stake by mob at Rock Springs,
Texas, following his confession that
ne shot and killed Mrs. Lem Hender.
son, wife of ranchman. because ''she
spoke mean to him"
Mary Norosel, aged 25, and her two
small sisters and brother are dead at
Pekin, Ills, as the result of starting a
fire with kerosene.
Charged with having solicited and
accepted a bribe of $500 to bring in
a verdict acquitting Edward T. Rosen-
heimer, a wealthy manufacturer of
New York, charged with murder,
George w. Yeandle, juror, has been
arrested.
WASHINGTON.
BY order of President Taft, all the
Alaska coal lands have been with
drawn from settlement, thus putting
them on the same footing with the
coal lands of Alaska, all of which have
been withdrawn with the exception OF
those located prior to 1906.
Postal receipts for the fiscal year
ended June 30 were 1867 go, an in.
crease of 10 per cent over last year.
President Taft's visit to the Pana-
ma canal will be celebrated by the
ships at the Isthmus. A small cargo
of material for decorating ship is be-
ing carried to Colon on the Prinz
Joachim, which sailed from New York
on Saturday.
A final contest over the interpreta-
ton of the Sherman antitrust law as
a criminal measure began in earnest
in the supreme court of the United
States on Saturday, in the sugar cases
from New York, the American Sugar
Refining company being charged with
attempting to drive a competing COM
pany out of business in violation OF
the Sherman antitrust law.
The fate of Porter Charlton in the
question of extradition to Italy for
the alleged murder of his wife at Lake
Como is now in the hands of the state
department, which will review the
case from all the angles of law and
treaty obligations having a bearing
upon it.
Ten orphan fur seal pups brought
by sailors of the revenue cutter Bear
from Boring sea to Seattle, are to be
sent to Washington, where further ex'
periments in feeding them will be
made.
FOREIGN.
An official decree has been issued
announcing that an imperial parlia
ment, the first in the history of China
would be convened in 1918. This is a
concession to the demands if the re
Gently constituted senate and delega
lions of the provincial assemblies.
The Spanish senate has, by vote
of 149 to So, passed the the paddock
BILL" which prohibits the creation Of
further religious establishments II
Spain until the revision Of the con
cordat with the vatican has been com
pleted.
The Filipino assembly has unani
mously reelected Manuel Quesol
delegate to congress. The assembl!
refused to elect Benito Legarde, whom
the committee had named as the sec
ond congressional delegate.
The latest and most important new
in British politics is movement t.
unite English, Irish, Scotch and Welsh
men who favor home rule. The prop
osition is being seriously urged.
Viscount Torrington, who married
Miss Souray the other day, is tn
twentieth British peer to marry an &C
tress since the beginning of the peel
age. Eleven of these marriages hav
taken place within the last twenty
six years.
The news has been received i
Paris from Corbere, near the SPANS
frontier, that a general strike has bee
declared in Catalonia and will be pre-
claimed throughout the whole of Spai
within a week.
The publication at Panama of tn
cablegram of Panama Minister Aros'
meme at Washington, stating that Pre-
| ident Taft emphatically denied the re
port that the American governmer
, Was considering the possibility OF ha'
= ing to annex Panama, and adding tha
J Mr.. Taft was Panama's friend, ha
made a good impression.
; Members of the diplomatic and col
sular service of China have been il
: structed by the Chinese goVernmeI
) to dress as do the PEOPLE in the cou
tries in which they are stationed, an
: with the idea in view, are given pc
, mission to cut off their queues.
/ One of the most welcome results
? the new regime in Portugal is tt
= prospects of a speedy abolition of 81
very and other infamous abuses
K the Portuguese colonies.
/. Martial law has been declared
e Honduras as a direct result of the r
a volt of General Jose Valladares, Il
# deposed commandant of Amapal
against the government.
t Following the prompt suppressic
/ of a rebellious movement originate
l. at Cuzo. Peru. it was announced {
:, Wednesday that tranquility prevail,
throughout the republic.
# Eight Christians, one an AmericJ
0 and two Chinese have been killed al
# much property belonging to foreigne
e has been destroyed by the rebellion
d Manobos tribes in the Philippines.
L. The japanese dreadnaught Kawacl
u 20 500 tons was launched at TOkoSul