The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-02-17
NEWS or 4 WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.

Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In Few Lines.
lNTERMouNTAiN
G. A. Bafret. alias Charles Mccabe
suspected Of being the brains OF this
famous gold bullion robbers. who
broke Into the strong hos OF this
steamship Humboldt last August. ply
lng between Fairbanks. ALASKA, and
Seattle. and st0ie $4,000 In gold and
$4,000 worth " registered mail. has
been arrested tn Salt Lake City
searehers found the body Of O. w
wilkins. superintendent OF schools
81 Summit county, Utah. who disap,
peared January ~. ia 4 ditch Ia ra.
vine Of South Fork canyon, twenty,
four miles west Of Theodore. Wilkins
had been buried "a snDwslide on his
way 10 hts home ID peoa from The,
odore.
The body Of Herbert D. sherer was
found 10 ha cabin on his homestead
about twelve miles south Of Caldwell,
Idaho The entire back Of his head
waa blown on and bis brains scattered
about the room, lie had sulclded
Fifteen miners were entomhed as
The reBult 81 an explosion III the Coke.
iale mine Of the Carbon Coal and
Coke company, eight miles west OF
Trinidad. Colo,
James X Houghton, mayor Of Ault,
Colo.t died in a Denver hospital from
a self inflicted wound Mr.. Houghton
shot himself at a hotel when dotee.
tive went 10 arrest him on the charge
81 forgery.
Mayorelect George W. billings plu-
rality over Mayor Hiram c. Gin In the
Fefall election at searle was 6.2sl.
The vote Of Edwin ]. Brown, the
Socialist candidate, WINS 1859. Dill.
lnga majority over both opponents
VIVA t.542
DOMESTIC
Erasmus Page. the oldest newshoy
IA Joliet Ills. who for years has been
q familiar figure al the railroad sta.
tiuh, where he sells newspapers, IL
III. and, owing 10 his age. little hope
Is entertained for bis recovery. Page
this month viii complete his t02nd
year ot llfo.
Richard 0lney, former secretary OF
state who recently Joined other lead
Ing men or the country In a deelara,
tion OF reBaoua why the Panama canal
should not be fortified. In a statement
Friday indicated that he Is uneOn.
WINGED that any such fertilization was
contemplated by the amended Hay,
Pauneifote treaty.
A. an example To women who have
no uualms against smuggllng Federal
Judge Martin Of New York city sent,
oneed Mrs, Roberta q Hnl TO the
fOmbs from Friday night until s
o'clock Monday morning. and fined
her $4,000,
Mrs, zerelda Samuel SO years old,
mother Of Frank and Jesse james.
he former ex,haudlt. died on pas.
'enEer train near Oklahoma City
while On route to Kansas City from
he home OF her son, Frank. who lives
IN farm near Fletcher, Okla.
Carrying forward his campaign for
Canadian reciprocity, President Taft
made a direct appeal to the American
armer ON that issue, In speech ut
Columbus, o., on Friday. He declared
hat tho Impression that reciprocity
Sith the Dominion would lniuFe the
armer was without foundation, aud
" statistics he sought to lend actual
proof to hls assertions.
A prize of $500 IN offered by the
New York Society for the Prevention
II Cruelty to Animals for an inven.
Ion 20 prevent the slipping OF horses
N smooth or Icy pavements.
Ad wnlgaat lightweight champion
II the world. and Knockout" Brown
II New York, fought hard siS.round
iraw before the American Athletic
hub Ia Philadelphia, "Wednesday
light.
George W Baker OF Concord, n. H.,
ION OF deceased brother OF Mrs,
Eddy. has decided TO take steps TO
determine what he considers his
lights In the estate left by the leader
u the Christian Science denomina.
ion
Sustaining the conventions OF the
of Oklahoma city In every
,oint In the capital removal contro.
Sersy, the state supreme court. in a
decision rendered Thursday. declared
his city to be tho permanent capital
" Oklahoma,
The pes Molnes Press club has re-
ceiyed acceptance frotu Dr. Fredar.
.ek Cook. tho ArtlC explorer, OF the
Invitation TO lecture In uea Mosucs
February -
Frank Gotrh. worlds champion
wrestler. Wednesday night. gt kaa-
sas City. won from Gus sghoenua
tAuserieasl IN straight falls. The first
fall came after forty.two minutes and
twenty three seconds with halt,nel.
son aud crotch hold and the second In
twenty minutes, twenty,t two second
with toe hold.
whlrled around a shafting which
vas revolving assoc times minute.
Martin C. Kuehnert. 20 years old. was
beaten TO death against an oak beam
In foundry IN St Louis in which
Ia vas ,V.skfav