The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-03-03

Dlu6t near iTdiIdJ NehisB SSaAA'AA~N~N pNA
eide later by shooting himself in the |
head. His dead body was found on
the mine trail.
Blowing out one side of the build
ing and wrecking the safe, robbers
stole between $4,000 and $4,000 from
the First State bank at Barry, Texas.
The robbers escaped with a stolen
rig, which they later abandoned.
William r. Montgomery, formerly
president of the Brooklyn bank,
which failed in 1910, has been sent
enced to a term of not more than five
years nor less than two years in Sing
Sing for grand larceny.
Charles Gates, son of John w. Gates,
the steel magnate of New York and
Chicago, was stricken with blood poi
soning at Yuma, Ariz., and was placed
on a special train anu IaHen to an
eastern hospital.
WASHINGTON
The new Japanese treaty of trade
and navigation was ratified by the
senate on Friday. The action, in
promptly confirming the new agree
ment, is expected to do more to prove
the feeling OF cordially that this
country has for Japan than anything
done for many years.
Attorney General Wickersham an
nounces that final reports Of the ma
tion-wide campaign against bucket
shops show that more than 1000
offices of that character were put out
of business.
Edward McQuade. for nearly TWEEN
ty-five years coachman for the sec
rotary of war, was killed in a runa-
way accident in Washington. He
was driving Secretary DicknsOn's
two-year-old granddaughter, Helen
Dickinson, and Miss Dunning, her
governess, both of whom escaped in
jury.
In his farewell speech 20 the house,
after a service of twenty years in
that body, Representative Hull of
Iowa, chairman of the committee on
military affairs, urged upon Congress
the necessity of supplementing the
regular army of this country with an
effective reserve force of 100000
trained men.
FOREIGN
Blanche Quenault, an artists
model, of Paris, shot and killed her
lover, Miroslav Kostich, Servian
law student Of noble family, and then
MORALLY wounded herself.
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police of Berlin, who are accused OF
having initiated the police of New
York City recently, constituting them
selves captors, judges and execution
ers.
The territorial Legislature has
adopted a resolution asking Congress:
that the Hawaiian islands TERRITORY
of HawaiD be granted statehood.
TWO women belonging to the mos
, exclusive society circles Of Madrid
appeared on the streets Friday even
ing wearing the new Partisan trous
ers skirts and were fairly mobbed.
Two cases of cholera have beer
; discovered in Honolulu. The terri
torial health board has issued strin
gent orders stopping all fishing TO
the market and bathing at th'
. beaches.
: An ice foe drifted away from Law
: ensari island, in the gulf OF Finland
-, carrying away 500 fishermen.
a A run was made on the Nordel
v Savings bank in Berlin. Owing to III
e 1hrnII q
,. speculation thousands of women o
= the poorer classes rushed to the banl
- to draw out their savings. All de
y mands were met up to the regula
d hour of closing.
5, 1t is reported from Lisbon that, a
the legitimate representative of til
g house of Braganza, King Manuel is t
p be allowed an annuity of $4,000.
- is also stated that the entire reVc
i. nues of his house amount to abou
- $3.50 900, but that the difference vii
& be retained for the payment of loan
from the treasury.
n. The general heath of the PHILIP
n pines is much better now than in te
~ years, and officials of the marine no!
is pital service say if the satisfactor
Is condition can be continued the pos
sibility of another serious outbrea
- of disease practically will be elm
ID mated.
-. Wireless teelgraphic stations ar
- to be installed at Calcutta, Delhi, A
=. lahabad and Simla. This embodie
the first extensive use of wireless
+; telegraphy for inland communicate,
u The total cost of this enterprise wi
~ amount to $2j0,00O
", Sir John Jackson, the great Englis
al contractor, has signed a conTac
with the Turkish government for III
. construction of a great dam at tn
:, Hindie section of the Euphrates,
- connection with the Mesopotamia i
49, rigation works.
q. One of the two insurgent spies ca
tured by Mexican federals and he
!. at Tiajuana, Mex, it is learned
-! Harry c. Dell, an American.
% 1t is reported that Industrial Wor
4 ers of the World and Socialists W
l. establish a colony in lower CalifOrni
in where the man who works with h
hands will be supreme.
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