The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-03-17
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
--lnfcrmatlon Gathered from All
Quarters o. the olobe and
GIvsn IN q Few Llnsa
lNraRMouNTAin

I The trouble N In the same section
the Meadow Valley wash In Nevada
The preaont trouble il due 10 heAyS
rains ia that section
Mrs. Mary w Hartman. wiuow Of
Edward II. Hartman. and erecutrix Of
his si0Q,OO0.o00 eatate. has just given
10 the state Of Utah a check for s7ss.
Es6ss. 4 sam Of money almoat equal
20 the annual revenue or the stats. and
BY 100000 the largest inherltanee
tax payment on record, Tho money
comes By virtue Of the Utah inhsrI
lance tax Law.
Senator Borah. Of Idaho, on Wed,
nesday laid before tho Interior de-
pertinent an oifur or the Oregon
Short Line to furnish seed grain up
10 d total value Of $4,000 TO desti.
tute settlers on the south side Of tho
MinidpkR project Idaho. on condition
that the interior department win not
sxact annual payment OF building
and maintenance charges from these
settlers this season
Positively identified as the bandits
9ho. on the night of January 2, held
up the mwentbound Overland Linn.
ap the westbonnd train al Reese.
Twelve miles west OF Ogden, Utah,
numbering william Davis, negro
porter. seriously woundlng A. N. Tay.
ior, another negro porter, and secur.
ng about $4,000, two men have been
arrested IN Michigan
Elmer Flint and Samuel l.. Meir.
gwo settlers OF the F'lashead reBer-
walton. went through the Ice OF Rig
Arm bay, says a Kalispell. Mont. dis
patch. while in sight OF the shore
and friends and were drowned.
DOMESTIC
Late dispatches from Mono county.
Cal, confirm the death by ayalanchos
during tho recent storm Of seventeen
people.
Fire which broke out on the NTH
foor OF the Munroe hotel In Cincln-
uati caused a panic among the guests
About dozen persons jumped from
The second story and some sustained
ilight injuries, but none was serious.
u hurt
Practically the entire business dis.
trict Of Wabber's Falls. Okla. was
destroyed BY are Sunday afternoon.
Only one store was left standing.
The total idle freight cars on March
we're .eTs. according to state.
ment By the American Railway aaso.
citation. The statement says that since
January | tho increase Of surplus cars
has been unchecked
The Red Cross has cabled $4,000 10
tho American consul general at
Shanghai, making $4,000 which al.
ready has been sent 70 China in this
way, The sum OF $4,000 was spent In
Seattle for food supplies,
The hre that threatened TO destroy
the town OF Dougias. ARR, was extin.
guished after II had destroyed prop
erty value at 100000.
President Taft IN y speech before
the closing session OF the Southern
Commedeiai congress at Atlanta, Ga,
made plea 10 tho young men OF the
new south to take up the political Is,
sues Of the day from broad and lib
erai standpoint and 70 ELIMINATE from
ahrlp aud seetionalism.
ambassador Do In Barra In Wash.
lngton and Minister Llmantour In
New York have issued sharp state.
msnts In repy 20 limitations that our
troops might cross into Mexico to
stop disorder, They agreed that no
government In that country would
consent 20 such action, and the PEG,
pie would resent Il,
A Los Angeles jury has returned
verdict for $4,000 damages against
the stanard OH company In favor at
9,yearold Edwin Petteys, who was
thrown from bicycle and seriously
Injured, II Is alleged. rs the result Of
the Carelessness OF a driver Of a
Standard oil deiiyeS wagon.
Fred sehWarz. aged 80. member
Of prominent family living on a
ranch near HeaidsburE. Cal, shot and
killed his two grown sisters, Lena
and Louisa No cause Is known for
the tragedy,
Tho eononsF's jury at Yuma. Art
roma. Investigating the death OF the
papaEo Indian. who was dragged 70
death by young Wild horse 90 which
be bad been tied by other indians,
rgtarued a verdict that four members
n the PapagD tribe committed the
srtmes
With the wrist tied to the tail OF
4 Nild horse, the body OF what has
been Identified rs a Papago Indian
vas fouud b. a detachment Of the
First UFitea States cavalry az the edge
VI the CHA river near Mesa. Arizona
Il IL believed tbs Indian ives con
te@ned 60 die In this manner by
~ bis tribe
THAT tba massinR 81 United States
troops along the hexiean border is
! Rpsctaeuisr attempt 10 inttmidate
ths FeY0intiDnists, IL the belief OF
he officials from the revolutionary
iaHta "a Los Angeles,
The thousands Of United States
troops rushing 10 Fort Sam Houston
are 10 remain there two months or
mere. Il would seem. from the great
Of supplies bought for their
use
The rain and foods ia Santa Bar
bsra county. California. continue una.
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