The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-07-15
NEWS OF 4 WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 5RlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given IN Few Lines
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| stephen Suffer. Of Maiden. Mont.
has been arrested. charged with the
assassination OF Thomas Burke. who
Was found with bis body riddled with
bullets. There had been long.
standing quarrel between the two
men.
The grain crops Ia Montana and
the Western portion 81 the Dakotas
which have not the advantage OF lrrt.
cation. are literally drying Up and
ahrivsilng IN the fields Continuous
hot winds are proving disastrous
The government has won IN ma.
Jorlty Of the land cases In the Big
Horn country 10 Wyoming iifty.acyen
casee having been decided In favor OF
ne government. and four In favor Of
he entrymen
Charles ahufeit, a young faneher,
was drowned before his wtfe.s eyes,
she being unable to reach him. when
dc Was attempting 10 SWIM the Mis-.
souri, river near Glasgow, Mont,
astride d horse and leading another
animal
The Herald.iiepnblican Of Salt Lake
City aud four OF the employees Of the
paper have been fined a total OF $500
for contempt Of court as result OF
publishing. before trial, the confess
sion Of Harry Thorn, convicted muir.
derer Of George w. FasseIl. 4 grocery
man. The general manager OF tho
Herald.Republican was also sentenced
To thirty days IN jail.
The wildcat" mining law passed
at the last session Of the Nevada
state legislature was sustained by
decision handed down by the state su-
preme court on Friday.
Joseph Lee. an aged man, and his
two sons are on trial at Helena. Mont.
Tor eounteFfeiting, Lee claims 10 be
seer. refuses counsel, and declares
that he. like Christ, Is being uujustly
prosecuted. There IL little doubt that
the aged man Is OF unsound mind,
DOMESTIC.
Roy Duncan, aged "a. and his
father were Killed By gas while clean,
Ing well near Glrard, Kans Roy
was FIRST overcome, and his father
lost his life In an unsuccessful effort
10 save his son,
Charles nes FORCES, laboreF, shot
aud killed his wife, wounded his ff.
teen year-old son and then blew out
his own brains after a family quarrel
nc New Orleans.
Mrs Henry Mulsaw, wife OF Chi,
cago street car conductor, goaded 10
desperation because OF mistreatment
by her husband, shot and killed him
and their 3.yearold daughter, and
then ended her own life, taking car.
bolic acid
Heavy rains IN the vicinity OF
Calumet. Mich. on July s. broke the
prolonged drouth and extlnguished
the forest flrea Ia numerous part of
this district The worst or those fires
ranged for five miles along the shore
Of Lake Superior west OF the village
OF ou,anagon.
Carl Etherington, aged %, employed
at Newark, o.. by the state Antl-Sa-
loon league as blind tiger" raider.
was lyuched on Friday by mob,
after he had shot and killed william
Howard, proprietor of a restaurant
where Il was charged. liquor was be-
ing Illegally sold
Florence Jennlsseh and Mary pat,
mer, classmates and chums In welles,
ley college, were drowned In Lake
Wahana, at Wellesley. Mass, Miss
lenissOa giving her life In an lnef.
'Cctual EFFORT 10 save her friend Both
were residents of Wellesley,
The Georgia house OF representa-.
tiyes has declined 10 urge the Georgia
senator's to seek the removal of later.
nal Revenue Collector Rucker ne,
gro, who. In resolution before the
house. was designated au 'suudesir.
able" person TO the office
waiter wellman and Melvin Van
lnmau viii attempt this falt 10 cross
the Atlantic ocean In the dtrigtble
balloon America, which was built for
the wellman polar expedition, and has
been twice tested In voyages over the
Arctic ocean north OF SpitEbeFgen.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars Is the Zee which Is demanded
aud may be paid to Attorney Clarence
A. Knirht for services rendered In
STRENGTHENING ont the estate OF Chas.
+. Yerkes. the late Chicago traction
magaate.
Mrs, nlnah Greeuset. said to be
niece Of andrew Carnegie. died In
poverty az the Alameda county, Call.
fnrnas. tnflrmary. on July Z.
Sam Powell, negro who had con.
tessed to Tohblng ana burning store
az Huttig. Ark. was taken from the
Jail by a mob and lynched, his body
being found hanging TO a tree the fol-
lowing morning.
Fifty thousand garment aud cloak
makers. Of which S.O0n are women,
are out ON strike In New York City.
and II Is feared the strike will spread
70 other cities The strikers do.
maRd an eighthour day, an increase
Va wages and guarantee that con
tractors shah stand behind snb-Con,
tractors for payment Of wages.
A Fourth OF July prank by AmerI
can boys may result In the death OF
Antonio Butz. small Mexican boy. al
las Cruces, n, NJ. The American boys
pretended to search the Mexican LAD
for money and while doing so. filed
nis pockets with lighted tirecraekers,
He was probably fatally burned.
Mrs. c. w Dunn. who was placed
IN Jail at Tallu al, La, July 6, is the