The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
NORTHWEST NOTES

Carl Rohr. the defauIting bank
clerk OF the National union bank o.
watertown, N. ". whose alleged
shorsage IL $4,000. was arrested Of
the street ia Seattle on Thursday.
Charles y. Postase railroad con
ductor, shot and killed Frank Potter,
an engineer as Portland. following the
discharge Of Potter from the railway
service. Potsage claims the SHOOTING
was IN self defense,
John shade. Of Tacoma. aged 40
yearn. while hunting for bear in tn
North Bay country with his uncle
George Todd. was mistaken Thursday
Tor boar IN the brush By Todd. whe
ahos and killed him.
The worst mine accident In severa
years occurred Ia the Leonard mine o.
che Boston and Montana company Al
Butte. on Tuesday. when four men
losa their lives during the blasting Of
= Founa 81 twelve holes.
The Oregon short Line Railway
company last week withdrew passes
from an In Montana except its en-
ployaa. IL accordance with recent
state supreme court decision holding
passea 10 Montana Illegal
Az . result OF tho crusade started
BY government inspector 70 stamp
out tho white slave traffic IN the Ely,
Nevada. district, about twelve nndealr
Ahle women Of H'fanch birth and easJ
Eaoraiity. have disappeared during the
last week
The body OF william hi Colbert.
member Of troop A. First Illinois cay
airy, during tbs gpanish.American
war. was found on gravel plie In the
outskirts Of Helena, Colbert had
drunk carbolsc acid while IN NJ o.
anspondemcy
Incorporated under the laws Of Col
uradp. with Denver men named as the
incorporation, d new railroad com
pany has let the contract for the con
atruction 81 800 miles Of line TO be
known aa tho Grand River, Moeker 4
salt Lake railway.
While running at the rate Of thirty
milca an hour east OF Billings, Mont.
chs engine on Northern Pacific
freight train exploded. killing Fireman
Owen Jones'. fatally ihiurlug Englneoi
flsn Wilson and seriously aoaIdlng two
men who were stealing ride
Naming the Great Northern and
twentyaeven other railroads al do,
tsnaantn. the Anaconda Copper Min,
iug company. employing $4,000 men,
hes tled complaint with the inter
stat commerce commission. alleg
lnK unjust. unreasonable and dlscriml
nate rates on as trAine.
A jury IN the superior court at Ia.
coma. Instructed by Judge Clifford
that an employer could not escape Tia.
bllity for injury 10 minor employee,
Tor any reason whatsoever, brought
IN a verdict giving Nick Gluclna dam
ages Of $500 against the T. II, Cess
Brick company, Ia whose plant IA
boys hand waa crushed
The apple shipments from Pullman
Wash. viii total SO cars. while nearby
stations viii Increase the total TO a.
least 100 cars. About ~ carloads hav,
been shipped from Pullman already,
The last great buffalo hunt in tbs
History Of the world, In all probability
yin take place soxt month In the Flat
head reservation IN Montaua. There
u part % herd there and Il Is nov
the property u the Canadian govern,
tnant
Messages flashed 100 miles out In
the Pacific ocean to San Franslco by
tho steamship Korea were caught In
Butte By James wattmgr and Harold
Satter In . wireless station THIS h
said 90 be- tho longest stretch of terri
tory ever covered BY wireless.
Hereafter tho Northern Pacific com
pany Will charge an elsrgymen tull
fare for transportation IN Montana In,
stead % half rate, This decision OF
the railroad people follows recent
supreme court decision holding thai
the organic act n the state prohibit
% the giving u paasea 10 any one
other than railroad eompany's en-
ployogs,
An Interesting and most unugua
legal tangle has arisen ID Montana be
cause Of the commission Of murder
on the Fiathead Indian reservation
due to the fact that the latter WI,
thrown open % settlement some timt
aEo. Both the government and stats
authorities hre ia somewhat 81 {
aaandary a. 70 which should praseeut,
In the premises
Joha Boss and Patrick Daily. hott
On the Tacoma jail for burglary. cul
cards 10 seq which should plead guilt,
to a charge az burglary and take thu
blame for their Joint crime Dal ]
lost. pleaded guilty, and WAS sentenced
70 one year ia the state retnrmaIoFy
EioNs Wou. went 10 trial. and drew 4
ave year sentence. After his fate has
been pronounced. Boss told Of the pris
on pact
The supreme court Of Montana hal
BANDED down a decision holding un
constitutional the legislative enact
uaent o. 1901, giving the park board 10
elites Of the hrst class, power 10 lev!
tar 81 one miil against the munlcI
pal property Tor park purposes,
Testimony or a boy who says be wa
hiding In barn az ST. Martin
springs. in Washington, and from hi
place Of eoncsalment witnessed III
kiIliux d Isadur ST. Martin. is relic
upon b. the defense to free J, T. Hal
"a. alias Robert Brown. Of Spokane