The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-18
NEWS OF A WEEK. IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Arc Making History
---!nformatIon Gathered from Az
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In o Few Llnea.
INTER MouhrAIN.

IN the doorway 81 his brothers. house
! declared before he died that he had
been shot BY Miss Maude Keller Of
iiahns Peak. neighboring town.
-Four women viii SIT in the elgh,
seeuth general assembly % Colorado
a. q result of the election. They are
Alma LafIerty Louise " Jones,
Louise II Kerain. and Agnes N. Rid
sie.
The paint factory Of the McMnrtey
company 1T Denver was partially de
stroyed BY fre, causing loss Of
100000.
Miss Josephine Putnam Of Spokane.
school teacher, was murdered by
Patrick Holland. farm hand, near
Waahtucua, Wash, where Miss Put.
nam had been teaching school. the
crime being The result OF Miss Putnam
declining 70 receive the attentions Of
Holland
r. G. Thompson of Seattle. George
Babcnck Of Clear Lake and Joe
spangler Of Van Horn were drowned
10 the skagIt river at Van Horn, Ska.
glt county, Wash. on Monday. when
ono OF tho bucket supports Of an
aerial tramway by which they were
crossing the river gave way.
DOMESTIC.
The New Mexico constitutional con.
yention placed county officers on
straight salary basis. doing away with
tho fee aystem. II also adopted a
clause which gives county officials
q iouryeara term
The world crop OF oats Is nearly
.. 100000 900 bushels annually, accord
ing TO a bulletin issued by the depart.
ment 81 agriculture. The United States
crop for 1908 was about 100000. 900
bushels.
Five persona were shot. two Of them
probably fatally. In an attempt. to
rob tho saloon OF Louis Belmont in the
town Of Cicero m
The wife Of Charles j Ciuiteau, the
Of President James A. Gar
field, has Just died AZ her home In
Omaha. where she had lived In close
retirement for d number OF years.
John r Wayman, who was elected
20 the city council Of Trenton, NJ j.,
on the Democratic ticket, committed
suscide by hanging In the barn In the
rear Of his home.
Charles Armour, head Of the Ar.
mour Interests IN Kansas City, said
on Friday that he believed that food
prices had reached their climax and
were now on the down grade
six prisoners. after setting fire to
the Rowan county Jail at Morehead.
Ky. escaped, The jail was destroyed.
This Ii the third Jail delivery within
q year.
-Four mlners were killed and ten
we're injured In an explosion in the
shoal Creek Coal company's mine at
Panama. ILL.,
While prscticlng for the automobile
Arces at Savannah, Ca, Albert Fuchs
was killed and w II. Sharp seriously
injured.
John A. Lynch. said to be the last
survivor OF the Great Eastern, which
laid the first Atlantic cable. ana a
rarlne In the civil war. died In QUA
ha ON Friday
Marking the first conviction on fin,
ger print evidence In the history Of
this country. Thomas Jennings. a nc.
gro. was found guilty by jury In the
criminal court ia Chicago OF the muir.
der OF Clarence A. Hitler ON the night
OF September 10.
Two persona were killed and four
seriously injured IN FIRE that dc.
slroyed the upper floors Of an apart
ment house In Now York City, one
man jumped from the fifth tioar and
Was impaled on picket fence. His
wife was burned 10 death,
Leigh Rhodus, who. when arrested
In East ST. Louis recently confessed
the murder OF William b. Miohelis aud
Anton Hslbig in Chicago. on Friday
declared that hts East 81, Louis con,
fessiOps were made under duross, lie
deElOd committing the murder,
The New MexlCo constitution con,
yention rejected by an overwhelming
vote the proposition TO empower lu'
turo legislators TO provide u direct
primary system
Allard Glmpo. marshal Of Utica. s,
g.. Is under arrest at YanktOu. s, D.,
charged with the murder Of John
Cheek, 4 farm hand When Cheek no,
sisted arrest. uimpO shot him,
A bill providing for admission OF
Alaska 10 statehood will be intro,
dacsd on the opening day OF the De
cember session Of congress BY Dele
gate James wiekeraham
John r. Dleta, "tha Cameron dam
defender" on Monday was released
from fall on $4,000 bonds, but lmmc'
diately was 70 arrested on another
charge and is again in jail
Blame for the prevalence anG
growth OF the morphine habit wal
placed on the shoulders OF physicians
who prescribe the drug. al meeting
Of the druggists OF New York City,
Hans p. Peterson, As years old. wal
found dead In bed At his home Il
bridgeport. Conn, the room filled witt
Illuminating gas His wife and soi
were rescued in an unconscious condi
ton. II Is believed that Peterson in
tentionaliy turned on the gas,
That the woman supposed 70 b.
Belle Elmore Crippen. for whose muir
/ der DR.. HaWley Crippen ID under sen
1 tence or death In London, has beef