The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-04-29
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN eRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
INTER.MouNTAlN.

frame cabin near the Hampton mine,
i says Central City, Colo, dispatch.
whether Chittenden was victim of
foul play cannot be told. as the body
was consumed
\ Two armed but unmasked highway
men boldly entered saloon in Park
| City, Utah, and lined up the twenty
occupants OF the saloon In the back
room. tapped the faro bank and rou-
lette game, from which they procured
| $500 in gold and silver and made good
their escape.
! J. G. Driscoll, former supervisor Of
the Nevada insane asylum. who was
removed from office by majority
vote OF the asylum board recently,
has filed a long complaint against DR..
Isl g. Gibson superintendent of the
asylum, charging him with misappro-
Ipriatlon OF funds, graft, neg ect and
lnhuman treatment Of the patients
Or. Joseph Mllleron, veteran Of
the Civil war was killed instantly by
the accidental discharge Of a shotgun
he had been holding between his
knees while diving with his daughter,
near Sat Lake City. The daughter
was injured when the buggy was over
turned thus causing the weapon to be
discharged
Through the mistake Of muse
who administered a large dose Of
oxalic acid In place Of dose Of
EPSON salts, Mrs Myron e. Tubbs OF
Junction City, Kan, died violent
death in Denver hospital.
James Edwards and John Wilson
have been placed on trial at Glen
wood Springs, Colo, charged with the
! robbery Of the Citizens National bank
at Glenwood Springs. September 20
last. Both men will attempt to prove
an alibi, Edwards declaring he was in
Salt Lake at the time of the robbery.
Thirty minutes after he had robbed
the passengers on street car In Salt
Lake City, Jack Davis was captured
at his home with the plumber in his
| possession. II Is believed he was in.
toxicated when he committed the rob-
berry
An ordinance is before the Boulder,
Colo, city council which would pro-
hibit the wearing of long skirts on
| the streets of that town. The docu-
ment is entitled "An ordinance to pro.
mote the public health" and has the
approval Of the women's clubs.
DOMESTIC.
Six eonyicts escaped from the fed
eral penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, by seizing a switch en-
| CINE and threatening the prison
guards with dusty reviewers, made of
wood. Five have been captured,
| Samuel l., Clemens MARK Twain
died at his home in Reddlng, Conn,
April 81, at the age Of IS Death was
due to angina peCtoris. The end
came peacefully for the worlds great.
est humorist. who will be mourned by
the people OF all nations.
The Minnesota supreme court has
held that the Creamery Package com.
pany, incorporated in Illinois and do,
Ing business in Owatonna, Mimi. is
a combination In restraint of trade,
and ordered that It's license to do
business In Minnesota be forfeited.
Sudden darkness, descending over
Chicago on Friday. created consterna.
ton among the more ignorant who
attributed the phenomenon to Hal
ley's comet The weather department
| explained the darkness was caused by
a combination of rain. wind and
smoke,
Eighteen miners lost their lives as
the result Of an explosion In coal
miae at Amsterdam, Ohio. Seven rsen,
bruised and burned, were rescued from
the mine. their escape from death be-
Ing regarded as miraculous, The mine
had been inspected but two days pre-.
Vious, and the cause OF the explosion
Is unknown,
As a memorial to the late J. Sterling
Morton, the first secretary Of agricul.
ture, a bin has been introduced by
Senator Burkett to provide for the es-
tahlishment of the Morton Institu.
ton Of Agriculture and Forestry" at
Nebraska City, Neb,, the former home
of Mr.. Morton.
After being arrested on the charge
OF having kicked his wife to death !
Ernest wirth, SO years old and
bartender, tried to end his own life in |
the Los Angeles jail by beating his |
head against the bars.
| The police believe that JAMES |
franklin aud Fred Hanson, suspects |
tn the Rentcia train robbery case, who |
were captured in San Francisco by
Oakland detectives, are the much.
soughttor bandits Engineer Marsh
Of The robbed train has virtual Y fden.
titied the suspects.
| Carl w Eisendrath. viee-presIaent
OF the Monarch Leather comnapy
was found dead In his room in Chi.
| eago. Death was caused by a huIIet |
from hunting rife. While members
| cs the family declare the shooting
was accidental the police are investi. |
I eating.
William Randolph Hearst. former
asniraBt for the Democratic nomina,
ton for the presidency, has issued a
remarkable statement over his own
signature, in which be unqualihediy
endorses President TAFT, and warns
the country against a renewal Of the
political domination Of ex-President
Roosevelt
Four strikers We're shot by police
a. Schoenyille, Pa, Wednesday night,