The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-06

her husband. Siivio Niccoli Is in q
/ hospital with bullet In his brain as
the result OF a mysterious shooting
| in San Francisco.
Articles OF incorporation have been
| filed with the secretary OF state at
Pierre. s. D., for the Chicago, Sioux
Falls & Pacific Railway company.
with capitalization OF sl4.000,000.
The accidental killing OF man in
Lowell, Mass. 20 years ago. was given
by John Frank Hickey in a signed
confession as the starting point Of
career OF debauchery and crime during
which he murdered two boys and as
saulted many others.
Woodrow Wilson has written let
ter to William Jennings Bryan inviting
him to a conference after Mr.. Wilson
returns from Bermuda,
Mrs. Dorothy Pussy was shot down
in Chicago and possibly fatally injured
by her divorced husband as she was
preparing Thanksgiving dinner for
her five young children, who witnessed
the shooting.
Chicago may be given an opportun-
ity to decide the question OF vice regu-
latlon at the polls.
WASHINGTON
President Taft has issued an execu-
tive order abolishing the United States
land office at vernal, Utah. The order
will go into effect June Is, 1913.
How to dispose OF one billion dol
lars worth OF annual appropria-
ton bills and transact all other gen.
eral legislation in twenty-six days is
the problem worrying Speaker Clark
and his associate managers of the
house OF representatives.
An effort was made last week by
Senator Dixon OF Montana to record
himself Progressive" instead OF Re
publican" in the new issue of the con
gresslonal directory. He found, how
ever, that all of the body OF the edi-
ton had been printed. The senator
said the change would be made In
the next edition Of the book.
/ Adyices to the state department re-
port a fight In the streets Of Mana
qua, Nicaragua, between Nicaraguan
police and soldiers in which an Eng
lishman was accidentally killed, one
soldier killed and one mortally wound
cd and two soldiers slightly wounded.
Colonel Daniel M. Ransdell, sergeant
at arms OF the United States senate,
former United States marshal for the
District OF Columbia and an intimate
friend OF the late President Harrison,
died Thursday in Washington as the
result of an operation performed Nov
ember Z.
FOREIGN
The Chinese republic is on the
verge OF declaring war against Rus
STA. say official cablegram received
by the Chinese consul and Chinese
newspapers published in San Fran
cisco. Chinese all over the world are
contributing TOR great war fund.
That there will eventually be estab-
lished Pacific fleet as unit of the
imperial navy, and comprising divi-
sions from Canada, Australia and New
Zealand, was the declaration made by
Admiral King Hall, commander of the
Australian navy, at banquet at
Auckland
The Russian duma met Thursday.
NJ. Rodzlanko. the Octoberist deputy of
Kekaterinoslav, who was president OF
the third duma, was reelected presi-
dent by a vote OF 251 to $50.
Several meetings have been held at
Chez Flu, China, to organize boycott
OF Russian goods, according to dis
patch from that city. The Chinese are
endeavoring to collect war fund
amounting to $5,000.000 and to enlist
1000 volunteers among the inhabitants.
Seven OF the LOG Koreans accused of
conspiring against the life of Count
Terauchi, Japanese governor general
stand Thursday, the third day of the
new trial. In their testimony they all
denied completely in the conspiracy.
Details of a serious outbreak of a
bubonic plague at Noumea, New Gale
donia, have reached sydney on ship
from the French island, which has
been placed in quarantine by the
health department.
The French minister OF war has
issued statement declaring that the
report OF the mobilization OF the
French army on the eastern frontier
and elsewhere was utterly unfounded
Heavy lighting occurred Wednesday
between a force of Turks retreating
from Monastlr and Greek army at
Sorowitz to the south of Monastir. 1t
is reported that the Turks were routed
after losing 1000.
| All American citizens in Asiatic
Turkey are safe and unmolested, ac,
cording to reports by Consul General
Hollis at Beirut. Syria.
Sir Edward Richard Henry. chief
commissioner OF the London metro
politan police was shot and seriously
/ wounded Wednesday night by man
who had an alleged grievance against
| him,