The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-05-24

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VIII pay the penalty OF his crime in
the electric chair at Richmond. The
jury was out all night.
The Yukon valley is roaring fur.
mace for 200 miles between Big Sal.
mon and Stewart City. Everywhere
forest fires are raging, but they are
not near any city. Hundreds OF thou.
sands Of acres Of virgin forest are be.
ing swept.
| Armour a Co. were indicted by the
federal grand jury at Chicago, charged
with criminal violation OF the meat in
spectIon laws in alleged interstate
shipment OF meats without inspection
by government agents.
Penned in trench by dirt and
stones, which caved in on him while
he and fellow laborer were at work,
Daniel Smith, an employee OF the gas
company at Walden, Miss. was slow.
ly baked to death by flaming illumi.
mating gas.
WASHINGTON
The proposed amendment to the con.
stitution providing for direct election
of senator's was sent to the governors
OF the states by Secretary Knox on
Friday.
Commanders of troops along the Dor
der have been instructed by the war
department to exercise diligence to
prevent the American troops, situated
directly adjoining the border line from
precipitating friction with the Mexican
troops, either rebels or federals. This
Is the result of the report of soldiers
being fired upon.
The house committee on expendi.
lures In the agricultural department
has postponed indefinitely action on
the Nelson resolution to investigate
the meat inspection service.
The Interstate commerce commits
sion has directed the railroads to put |
into effect on June the reduced |
freight rates on wool, prescribed by |
the decision of the commission made |
April 10.
Vlce.President Sherman, as presid. |
Ing officer of the senate, signed the
Joint resolution for a constitutional !
amendment for direct election OF
United States senator's.
Plans for expediting legislation 10
enable congress to adjourn prior to
the national political conventions were
Tuesday at conferences OF
leaders OF the house and senate.
FOREIGN
Premier Bloletti announced in the
Italian chamber that General Angelic
lad surrounded and defeated the Turk
sh garrison of the island of Rhodes,
which surrendered Friday and was &C.
corded military honors.
The Danish royal yacht Danneborg
'rrived at Copenhagen on Friday,
the body of the late King
frederick VIII from Thavemunende.
A court-martial at Fee, Morocco, con
lemned nine Moors to death for par
lcipating in the massacre in April
when fifteen French officers and forty
oldiers were killed and twelve
french officers and seventy soldiers
we're wounded and over 100 Hebrews
we're slain and a large number wound.
d and mutilated.
II Is semi-officially announced that
he Dardanelles straits, which were ,
losed April Is, are to be reopened.
Adviees from the Orient say that the
teamship Panama Maru, plying be.
ween Japan and Tacoma, has been :
at Nagasaki with bubonic ,
lague on board. The Panama Maru :
! the second of this line to be thus !
etained.
The United States transport Buford |
as left Colima, Mexico, for Man =
lnia after embarking more than 100
merican refugees from Guadalajara,
olima and other points.
Germany is ringing with the kaiser's v
'test indiscretiou, which is nothing h
'ss than threat to smash the con- 5
titution OF Alsace,Lorraine. This as c
srtion was made at a dinner given in s
Is honor in Alsace-Lorraine. n
Christian X was proclaimed king of 4
from the balcony of the pal b
70 at Copenhagen. on Wednesday In b
| the presence of huge concourse | G
people, who had gathered in the I
luare in front of the royal resi-.
ance.
After eighteen years Imprisonment
aximo Martinez escaped from Jail Il
Neuvo Laredo. Mexico. with seven C
her prisoners. Martinez dropped il
'ad after he had run one block n
ON the jail. The other seven still "
e at large. Jailer Fructuoso de G
son was killed. b
King Frederick VIII of Denmark II
ed at Hamburg, Germany. Tuesday. "
g had been i'll for several months. s.
iristtan Frederick was proclaimed
ng Of Denmark as Frederick VIII on
nuary so, 1906, after the death or
tristan IN. Frederick was born
me /, 1913. s.
]. Bruce Ismay has contributed $50.
. and Mrs. Ismay $4,000 as the nu. :,
Gus OF a fund which Mr.. Ismay sug- -
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