The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-10

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Mrs. Dennis Arsenault. so years old
OF Spencer, Mass. dropped dead from
fright In the street as they witnessed
a fight between three men.
Robert Higgins, charged with kill
ing his wife so he could marry his
| stepdaughter, Julia Flake, has decided
to plead guilty, State Attorney John
NJ. Wilson announced at Galesburg
Ill, on Friday.
Inspired BY dream OF moving pic
lures while sleeping at his desk in
school In Chicago, Arthur Poltrock,
aged 10, drew pocket knife and
stabbed George Naniara, his seatmate.
eight times before the teacher could
overpower him.
Frank B. knight, aged s5, veteran
telegraph operator, who served with
Grant as a member Of his personal
staff Ia the campaign around Rich
mond, is dead at Dallas, Texas.
Crimes against women have in.
creased almost 100 per cent IN st.
Louis since the board OF police com.
missioners a month ago abolished the
segregated vice quarter. according to
police records for March.
Ella Hackett. i9-year old eques.
trienne, was killed by fall OF fifty
feet from trapeze In the arena at
the Barnum & Bailey circus in Madi-
son Square garden. New York, while
practicing.
WASHINGTON.
Delegate Wickersham of Alaska told
the house territories committee that
unless quick action were taken by the
government to prevent ruthless
slaughter of salmon In Alaskan wa
ters there would not be salmon left
along the territory's coast.
The house has refused to cut the
mileage allowances for congressman.
All proposals for reducing the ALLOW.
ances to actual expenses were voted
down, as they have been for years
previously, Twenty cents a mile Is
the present scale.
Nine members of the senate, head
ed by Senator La Toilette, openly re-
yolted against proceedings behind
closed doors after the executive SEES
sion on Friday In which the senate
confirmed the nomination Of Winthrop
M. Daniels of New Jersey to be a
member Of the interstate commerce
commission.
After three months of considera-
ton the reserve bank organization
committee has announced that 1t has
divided the continental United States
into twelve districts and selected
twelve cities where federal reserve
banks are to be located under the new
currency law. Tn cities chosen are
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Richmond Atlanta, Chi.
cago, st. Louis, Minneapolis Kansas
City, Dallas and San Francisco.
The new federal reserve banking
system will start business with total
authorized capital of about 500, O0O,.
600 for all reserve banks.
FOREIGN.
II Is reported that the blacks have
destroyed the Drysdale river mission
in Australia and murdered two priests
and six lay brethren and many half
breeds
Three bombs were exploded by suf.
fragets in an attempt to blow UP
church at Glasgow, Scotland. The
explosions did only slight damage.
Twenty natives were killed and fifty
others injured by the derailment of a
train while it was crossing a bridge
near Battoria. Java. The accident
was caused by a herd of buffalo, into
which the locomotive ran.
There are rumores that a revolution
broke out on March 80 in the interior
of Venezuela. 1t is stated that the
movement started in the state of
Falcon.
General Villa and his band of rebels
captured Torreon Thursday night af-
ter eleven days of lighting, during
which he lost 500 killed and 1900
wounded. while the federal loss is
placed at 1000 killed and like mum
her wounded
n pdCibt SplTiL mas
come over the political situation In
England. In strange contrast to the
storm and stress of week ago. 1t is
almost certain that Mr.. Asquith will
be returned to parliament unopposed.
The feeling In favor of a settlement
on federal basis is gaining ground
1t is reported that General Joaquin
Mas, with federal reinforcements
who has been reported at Saltillo,
from where he has recently been send.
ing dispatches. and which is to the
east of Torreon, is making a circuit
to the south with the purpose, the
rebels assume, OF Joining the Velasco
forces in Huarache.
The constitutional convention, which
Aas been in session at the Chinese cap
ital since March IS, has adopted un-
animously President Yuan Shi Kais
to the provisional consti-
tuition of the Chinese republic.
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