The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-09-15

acting under instructions from Los An
gelee. The charge against Lyman Is
said to be fraudulent nse OF the mails
| in connection with the exploitation OF
the Panama company.
| A number Of prominent men Of Los
Angeles have banded together In an
Organization to fight woman suffrage.
DR.. Joseph r. Sndman. a veterinary
surgeon, whose wife was found dead
in bed at Jackson, Mich. has been ar
lrested on charge Of murder An au-
Itopsy is alleged to have revealed cJa.
hide OF potassium in the stomach OF
the woman.
Being unable 10 unite cord Sc,
curing her underskirt, Mrs. Grace We
Der, aged So. set fire TO the unyielding
knot and is reported dying Of her
burns at Chicago hospital
Governor Donaghey OF Arkansas
has announced that he win commute
the sentence Of Earl Gilchrist, ne
gro 10 years old, sentenced to be
hanged September s for the murder
OF another negro,
Eddie Smith, well known sporting
writer and fight referee, died at Oak
lard. September 8, at the age Of SO.
WASHINGTON
Over 100 postoffices Of the second
class have now been designated as
postal banks, and these will all be
open for business by the middle Of
the present month.
The design of a new Mcnamara de.
Tense fund stamp submitted to the
postofgice department by Frank Nor.
rison, secretary Of the American
Federation of Labor, has been ap
proved by Third Assistant Postmas-
ter General Britt.
The big army recruit depots Of the
country soon will be commanded per.
nanently by colonels, instead of by of.
ficers Of junior grade, as has been the
custom In recent years. Seldom has
a colonel been detailed to recruiting
stations because Of the deficiency in
the number of officers OF that rank.
The joint maneuvers of the regular
army and the organized militia next
year will cost $1,3OO.OOO, according to
estimates prepared by the war depart.
ment. These exercises are held In
alternate years, none being scheduled
this year.
FOREIGN
/ A Paris newspaper declares that
Germany is proceeding with war prep.
arations ON the French frontier in
spite OF her explanations to the con.
trary. The paper states that 10000 in.
tantry, 10000 cavalry and 1850 guns
are now stationed on the southeastern
frontier, In addition to numerous
forces at Nancy.
| A theatre in Nice. France, collapsed
while workmen were engaged in max
ing repairs on the building, forty-five
men being buried in the ruins, twenty
being killed.
The famine riots in Lhangzeh, China,
are spreading, and the American Bap,
fist chapel near Quinsan has been
sacked by marauders from suchau.
Francisco l. Madero, the candidate
of the Progressive party for presi
dent, was the victim of mob on his
arrival at Vera Cruz, Mexico, being
crowded and hustled until made
thoroughly angry. Not all were his
friends, since stones were throwr
and several members of crowd re
celved injuries.
Missionaries in the outlying dis
trict of Szechuan province, China
; have been ordered by the viceroy tc
concentrate in the larger towns II
consequence of the general unrest
among the natives arising from tht
governments railroad policy.
Tension over the Moroccan situa
ton, regarding which negotiations ar,
now going on between France ant
Germany. has been somewhat reliev
ed by impressions derived from boil
4 Berlin and from high official quarters
:, in Paris that an agreement is NOR
:, likely since the French proposals
have been read by the emperor ant
: the imperial chancellor. r... ~-.
The run on the savings bank a
: Stettin, Prussia, caused by the publ
Q cation of rumors that war between
France and Germany was impending
( continued Wednesday,
q The entire territory between Han
! kow and Shanghai, China, a distanc
o Of about 800 miles, has been ovei
flowed. Cities and towns are unde
l. water many dwellings being submerg
t ed. Because of the scarcity of rio
b and the destruction OF the fields, tn
|. cost of living has risen 10 the highes
Il point ever attained.
} BY half a million votes to $4,000 tn
l. trades union congress now in session
in England. rejected the proposal TO
II the organization Of citizen army.
D, A telegram received at Lima, PERI
Q from the purser of the Chilean steam
+. err Tuoapel, which was wrecked nea
4 Quilca, says thirty,two persons wer
drowned and ninety were saved.