The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-12-31
NEWS OF 4 WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making fIsfor,
information Gathered from Al
Quarters o. the Globe and
Given In Few Llnsa.
lNTEa.MoUnTAln.

4 hiNHi8t ~ y lHkRlf AttefiIpt 10 EHAtHlit
suicide, Joseph Bowden. wealthy
increment Of Salmon City, Ida, sue.
ceeeed Iii accomplishing ms purpose
Eat fgof springs Ark BY stabBlHg him.
self Ia the neck With pair Of SETS
gors Dependency oyer iIi health rs
4 gigcn At The cause.
A frozen watariail 10 ogden can
Ydn. near Ogden. Utah broke loose
Ennd crashed down into the canyon,
demonstrating sWo steel bIldaeg. block.
"a tiie county road With i mountain
Of Zee. dammed 10 The river and
EeaHBed considerable damage 10 the
lrGad2Ry by water Travel through
ne eapyan VIII moi b possible for
8egera days
The battieBhib Utah, the latest ad.
dltlgn "a the navy 81 the United
States. II the biagaat aud most for
midable u all the lighting machines
that have been constructed for the de-
rense u the nation
The trial iudga al Denver dis
charged the defendants on trial be-
/ fore him tor alleged coal land frauds
III Hanlt county
What II believed by the police 10
be evidence of q terrible crime was
found beneath the WestiaKe trestie
% Seattle when the mutllaIeu pody
Of Mrs Dorothy Woadhead was pick.
ca 40. II II believed she was mur.
dered and her body placed on the
tracks.
War between the cattle and sheep.
men IN central Idaho may break out
o. ans time. Il Il reported For more
than year the situation between the
cattlemen and the sheep owners Of
the Salmon river basin has been
growing more and more serious,
DOMESTIC.
William ] Bryan III m at the home
o. cousin Ia Jacksonville, Fla. be,
Ing threatened with pneumonia
Miss Myron Hicks one Of the three
women mail carriers in the United
States, was fatally injured al Spartan.
burg. = g., on Christmas day.
Following Il duel at Moscow, Tenn,
between Silvln Jackson and Joe Sher,
man, during which one bystnndsr was
killed and another seriously injured,
both sherman and jackson were ar.
rested on charges Of assault to com
init murder on each other.
Mrs Charles shtpp. widow OF
former ehtef Of the fire department Of
Carthage. Mo. was killed by falling
through trap door on the second
door Of AN enginehouse. shlpp's funeral
occurred The day before, aud Mrs. shlpp
had gone III department headquarters
% gather up her husbands belong,
lng9.
Harold Mclean, the g-yearold son
III Mrs William o. Mel can OF Noko,
mis-, Ill, was shot aud killed by Roy
salter a Pasadena, Cal lad who was
his companion ON q shooting expedi.
tion Saiter was scraplng rust from
the barrel Of his small caiiber rifle
when Il vas discharged.
Because his wife had expressed a
desire to SO To her parents home 10
spend Christmas. James n, Blakeley.
railroad foreman, shot and killed
her and himaelf al their hone az Al
Eiers, la, The t,yearold, son OF the
couple called nelghbors 10 the house
and showed them his parents lying
dead on the tioor.
The mystery and glamur for many
years surrounding Tiburun island,
Gulf OF California, has been effectu.
ally aissipated by the return of seven
Of the American explorers. They
found no mineral, and the natives
were peaceful and friendly
| Edward II, Hartman was really
worth al the TINS % his death more
than S200. OVR 600, although recent
1 appraisal OF his estate placed It's Yalue
! at sll9.0001t i sluce Mr.. Harriman's
death. hts estate has prohted by a
rise IN market values, and II Is stated
that the wealth Of Mrs Hartman
may be eouseryatlyely estimated at
S22o. O00.00O
Mrs William Murphy was burned
70 deaJh al her home In New York
tCfty Preparatory TO eating Christ.
mas dinner Murphy and hls wife
were taking an afternoon nap when
o ire started Ia some mysterious
manner on the second door, Police
men rcsraed Murphy, but were unable
TO save his wife,
Etgbt meu were killed and the lives
OF AGO others endangered by an ex
pi0sioa VI gas In coal miue AZ Her
rim, Ills Open lamps caused the sS
n sio0
Tong ktnB Chang, Chinese editor
ard Publisher Of San Francisco, has
been arrested on q charge u murder
in connection with the foud between
the lee family and Gu Yick tong
The engineer and fireman weYt
allied aad thirteen passengers IN
iurea 10 train wreck near Tucson
Arizona. the train leaving curry,
I while ruueing al high rate OF speed
I In their desire for statehood, tn,
people 0t Arizona are a unit. SAYS
Governor Sloan Ia his annual repayl
on affairs OF the territory. subu.ftte,
to the secretary Of the interior
/ Five men We're injured. two serious
". Ia an explosion az Cougters mine
No, 2, near AleAlsster, OKLA.
4 H. W. Smith OF Peeos. Texas, per
formed a wedding ceremony by teIe
phone. uniting Miss Do.Uthy Flower
ana Kyle Lovejoy. w.o were In Toy
all, twenty miles away.
The number Of men killed in cou