The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-05-06
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD in sRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from AZ
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given Ia : Few Lines
lnrER.MounrAln.


! most dead from voluntary starvation
begun twenty seyen days ago on The
! advice 81 woman doctor who pre-
/ scribea abstention from food anc
drink az 4 remedy far AL ailments,
General "a =. Alexander. who in
1865 went ep field duty with the Utah
, expedition and later was in the Con
fedeFats army. ia dead AZ Savannah,
Ga.
James Edwards and John II. Wilson
have beeen found guilty by Jury Of
Fobhing the Citizens National bank IN
ulsnwood Springs. Colo, September
70. last
i Letters found ON the body d Harry
Rrophy. the ringleader killed In the
attempted iaiI break at Canon City,
i Colo. show persons outside the prison
aided the eonvicts ia their attempt
10 escaps. Warden lyman refuses 10
eiyulRe names Of the accomplicea, but
officers are seeking several exconvits
Il il GAINED that II the courts hold
thar Thomas r. Walsh was AZ the
time Of hia death a citizen Of Colorado
that state would got $4,000 inheritance
tar, and that II the court held that
Mr. WALSH was citizen OF Washing.
ton. Colorado would get but $4,000.
DOMESTIC.
investigation Of bribery acandal
involving the Chicago n Western In.
diana railroad, the Illinois legislature
as composed two years ago, the city
council 81 Chicago. and sums Of money
which may run anywhere between
100000 and treble that amount. has
been ordered BY States Attorney
WRyman.
District Attorney whitman has oh.
tanned positive proof that Il 10 possi.
bic 70 buy girls for immoral purposes
10 New York Four young girls. who
were purchased by special agents OF
the district attorney, are in the care
81 HIS ofilce,
Clyde Hastings, alias Harry Claim.
borne. arrested for the murder OF Po-
sleeman Brooke AZ Los Angeles. es,
capped from Maricopa, Arizona. Jail,
Thursday night. The door had been
broken from outside and the handouts
lay on the door,
Motormen and conductors Of the
Columbus (Ohiol Street Car company
went on strike on Friday. Cars are
running, but the service Ii badly Grip,
Piled.
Ella I4umBden, aged IA, was at
tackled and fatally injured In the rear
OF her home In Loa Angeles. The girl
had been watering the lawn and went
back OF the house 70 put away the
bose. when she was attacked by an
unknown man. who escaped, hsr skull
being crushed,
For the first time IN ten years the
unorganlzed employees OF the Gulf,
Colorado 4 Santa No llneB In Louis
lana, Texas aud Oklahoma are to re-
euive an increase 10 wages The in
crease IL 9 per cent, aud affects nearly
10000 employees
Machiniata on seven railroads en-
tering Kansas City have delivered
their ultlmatum 20 tho companies. In
which they declare a strike win be
called unless their demand Of an In
crease u sents an hour Is Eranted,
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson, IN
an adtroaH ia sew York. declared that
the aalls % the MtsAlssippl valley are
being subjected gradually TO the same
anwlae treatment that 30 seriously dc.
strayad the soils east OF the Allie
Fheales aud south OF the Ohio The
destruction Of soils no believes has a
direct bearing ON the increased cost
OF living
Several persons were injured and
property damaged 10 the amount OF
several thousand dollars when eight
balls and QUE female elephant belong
Ing to q circus stampsded at panylllo,
MS,
Ralph MadiH6n. q year old. son OF
q wealthy raio Alto rancher, has been
cured Of ehogsa, rare disease which
cause him to labor ander deluslon that
no Was q dog barking and snariiuE.
the boy has been 4 sufferer from the
strange malaay for two years.
The reception committee which has
10 charge ttE Weicums homa Of Theo.
dors Roosevelt. In june. u heiuE
swatnpsa with applications from or.
Eanizationa Ia macy parts Of the Coun,
Try Nhiea want 90 take part in the
land and naval parades and other |
features III the celebration.
Hugo Hreeklsin, Kansas city
druwEst. and three OF his employees |
have testified that ON three occasions
IN September aud December. 1899, nr,
hyde. accused ef the murder VI MIl /
iiOaaifN SwOpo. purchased a total Of |
turHsyf I've grain capsules u Cyanide |
81 p0tassiRm,
Although the end % the tail OF 1
llatssyN comet NAY brush the earth /
Hbaat the 18th Or s0th ot Mag. PROT, /
o c, Wendell os tao Harvard obserys
tory declared hst Tuesday that be- did /
not b,ak Tor any Interference with cleo, /
tFtc wire o. wireless communication,
NiRs men have been arrested IN |
diRereRt parts Of the country In con.
neegloh With one of Che most gigantic ]
iessiFy frauds In the history OF the /
country, The tossea are estimated To 4
be near s2.00G.U90 According to re, 4
ports FROM New York the scheme Was
70 buy ieweigy throughout the eonn- .
try, ship II 20 Montgomery. Ala. after 1
which dummy packages were sent out I
20 stores controlled BY the men in
tae conspiracy The stores were burn.