The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-11-26
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A Weeks EVENTS
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II is announced that the Copper
River q Northwestcrn railway Wall be-
completed from C0rdoya To tie 10.
I land terminus All Kenalcoot, Alaska
4 distance u 200 miles, BY the end Of
next year
Julius r Stone. president 81 bang
AZ Columbus. o.. aud party. have
succeeded ii navigating the Colorado
river for ! 800 miles. from Green
River. Utah. 10 The Needles Cal
The young Finn desperate vino At
tempted 70 egade arrest BY talsing
refuge In a farm house near Nnmpa
Idaho. where be locked himself IN q
room With Harry Garrett. aged ~,
and threatened 10 XIII the boy II the
ottcers etoFmed thB house. tiualiy fell
aaleep ana The boy made his escape
The officers then charged on the
house and the Finn was killed, being
literally Bhot 20 pieces.
The voters of Twin Falls county.
Idaho have decided that tne saloon
must go Twelve towns IN that
county win be dry az the result OF
Toe election
The opening session og the inquiry
into the Alaskan coal cases was held
10 Seattle on November ls
new trial has been ordered In
tho Sharp coal case At Salt Lake
CITY sharp, who vas d coal dealer,
charged the Union Pacific and Ore
gon Short Line railroads, through
their agents, put him out Of business
by refusing 70 sell him coal, and al
the trial the dstendants were con
yieted
DOMESTIC.
Following his arrest at Terro
Haute, Ind, Claude simpson, train
dispatcher confessed that he WIS
one Of the men who attempted TO
rob the Merchants bank al West
Manchester. o.. October 10. Simpson,
who has been q train dispatcher az
ferre Haute for two years, was on
hiA vacation at the time OF the at.
tempted ROBBERY.
Al the closing session OF the tween. |
tyninth annual convention OF the
American Federation OF Labor held
" Toronto, President Gompers, vice.
President John Mitchell and Score.
tary Frank Morrison wore re.electeu
and 81 Louis chosen as the next
place o. meeting,
DR. Haidone Clemlnaon has been
found guilty at Chicago or the nur.
der OF bis wife aud sentenced 10 life
Imprisonment, Mrs. Cleminson was
.ehloroformod. and the doctor claims
the deed WIS committed by BURGLARS
but the Jury failed 10 accept his OK.
planatinn Of the tragedy
After being imprisoned for seven |
days living ON bark from tho timbers |
aud eating the leather from their |
laps, tweuty men were taken alive |
IRON the burning coal mine al Cher.
w. Ills
The passenger steamer ST. CroIx |
was burned at q poiGt three miles OF
Point Duma, Cal, the eighty.twn pas
ssnBers and the crew OF thlrty.aix
inaking their way ashore without any
fatalities
Richard Watson Glider, editor,ln
chief Of the Century Magazine and
widely known as an author and Ice.
tnrer died unexpectedly In New York
ny ON November rs.
Nincente plaz. who declares he ia
the grandson OF President Diaz OF
Mexico, was arrested az Enid. Okla
pn charge OF disorderly conduct
Failing 70 get bond. he waa nut to
work on the streets.
Director Lowell OF the observatory
At Flagstaff, Arizona. reports the first
apparent Antarctic snowfall OF the
geaeop on Mars.
John Mitchell, the labor leader. has
declared thar. so Tar as he Ia con.
eeFned be Intends, regardless of con,
sequences. watle at liberty, to declare
tor the rights guaranteed him by che
constitution.
Troops have boon sent TO Cherry.
Ills, 10 prevent any untoward dem.
onstrattons at the coal mines while
the bodies of the miners kIlhgd as
result Of the explosica are being
brought 10 tho surface.
Charles L. Warriner Of Cincinnati.
former treasurer OF the Big -Four rail,
road, has been indicted BY the grand
iury ON charges Of larceny aud en-,
bezglemeat.
Three unidentified men ars dead
nte others are seriously injured ami
twelve men and women are suffering
troH bruises and shock. the result Of
tire Ia lodging house on the river
trent Ia pittsbur5.
Miss Daisy heoyer. said % have
pcen tie best professional second
pSsemsa among women base bali
players IN the United States, was
buried IN the potters field at Kansas
city last week. she having died IN
destitute circumstances at local hos.
pttal,
Mrs Augusta n Stetscn at New
York city, FOR many years regarded
as one 81 the most powerful members
oi the Christian Science church, has
been accommodated by the board Ot
directors OF the mother churh OF New
York City.
The supreme court OF Iowa has de-