The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-16
NEWS OF 4 WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In . Few Lines.
INTER.MouMTAIN-

was sheepherder employed by the
newell brothers. and the murder was
committed after HarrelI had been dis.
charged
Captain T. D. BIom, prominent in
shipping circles and head of a Goldfish
company was found in park in the
heart Of Tacoma with his throat cut.
He probably viii die. Robbery was
the motive for the attack.
The bandit who was killed while
holding up a Colorado Midland train
near LeadviiIe on the night of Sep
| TENDER l has been identified az a
miner of Victor. Colo. named Chas.
Anderson.
! The Denver county convention Of
| Democrats chose Governor Shafroth
! as delegate to the safe convention,
but instructed him, along with the
ether county delegates to vote for
! DR.. Benjamin l.. Jefferson as the
county's candidate fer governor.
! Colonel Samuel A Merritt, So years
old, resident OF Salt Lake City for
many years, and one OF the best
known men in the west, died septeu-
Der 8.
John D. Roselsir, convicted of wife
| murder in Washington county. was
hanged at Salem, Ore, September. 8.
Roselair declared the killing of his
wife was accidental
Denver S. Dfckerson, present gov
arnOr OF Nevada, has been renominat-
ed and has carried the rest of his fac
tionai ticket to victory by large ma
iorities- On the Republican ticket
George S. Nixon who had no Opposi-
ton polled an enormous vote.
DOMESTIC.
The National Conservation congress
at St Paul on Thursday adopted a
platform placing the seal OF its ap-
prevail on national control OF natural
resources, and adjourned
Charles K. Hamilton. one of the best
known American aviators. and who
made the great race from Philadelphia
to New York June 13 last. was serious
ly and possibly fatally injured at Sac
ramento, Cal, when his bipIane
crashed to the ground after a spec
tacular flight.
The lower house of the Texas legis-
tature. by vote OF 81 to 81, instruct
ed senators and congressman to
work for the repeal of the fourteenvu
amendment to the federal constitution
comforting the franchise on negroes
With her clothes ablaze. Mrs. Robert
Carnahan, wife of a farmer living
near Plymouth, o.. was rescued after
she had made futile efforts to rescue
her two children. trapped in blazing
barn.
Three coal passers are dead and
seven machinists and firemen in
iured as the result of oil catching fire
on the battIeship North Dakota. The
explosion resulted from test Of oil
as fuel
The population of Boston. Mass. is
670,5S5. an increase of los, 963. or 1915
per cent as compared with 560S92 in
1900
The stone barge Kellogg turned
turtle in heavy sea near Ludington.
Mich. The crew jumped overheard /
and was rescued by tug.
Colonel Roosevelt refused to attend /
the banquet at the Hamilton club. Chi |
cago, unless the invitation to Senator !
William Lortmer. a member of the /
club. was recalled. The delegation I
having the affair in charge requested /
Senator Lorin1er to remain away from !
the banquet, which he did and Col /
onel Roosevelt was present !
Richard Brown. chief of the San |
Jose. Cal, fire department. was killed (
early Saturday by the overtuEning of !
an automobile. He was returning
home in company with friend. who !
escaped injury.
Lee O'NeiI Browne, minority leader
in the Illinois legislature, charged !
with bribery in connection with the /
election of William Lorimer to the /
United States senate was found not
gully by a jury in the criminal court
at Chicago on Friday.
The strike of Illinois coal miners,
which has lasted twenty-three weeks,
ended on September S. when a com
mittee of the Illinois Coal Operators
association signed an agreement in
Chicago adopting a wage scale out
lined by the Peoria miners couven-
ton
In the hearing before Superior
Judge Law,or at San Francisco. 10
Show cause why Abraham Ruet
should net be remanded to Jail while
his appeal against t4-year sentence
for bribery is pending, several physi-
clans testified that the health OF the
would be injured by further
Incarceration.
BY a vote larger than ar.- corr
tined votes ot her .wo mae oRpo,
neuts. Mary H. Archibald. Il widow
supporting several small children
WAS nominated at The pr maGies for
treasurer of Ashland county, Wis,
Because some one stole his clothes,
A man supposed 10 be c. Williamson
of Wilderado, Tex. and also of Den
yer. lost his j0b. and because he lost
his job he committed suicide by tax
Ing arsenic while seated in the union
depot a Kansas City |
The corpse of woman SAL. upright
in the seat of parlor car on The
Lake Shore and rode many miles be-