The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-12
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN RRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
--lnformstlon Gathered from All
Quarters of che Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
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ran into waKhDut near AKIN. caused
by an irrigation ditch overlooking and
washing out the track
While on his way to his home In
Denver on e bicycle, having been
called home as the honored guest at
surprise party, Clark w, Green was
run down by an automobile and killed
the police ambulance bringing hla
body TO his home, where his friends
we're assembled.
Two children OF Mr., and Mrs. 10.
seph Albino OF Kayeee, Wyo., were
tfightfuily burned when their sheep
wagon caught fire from powder with
which they were experimenting while
the parents we're herdlng sheep. The
boy. only ton years old, heroically
saved his older sisters life by drag
cling her 10 nearby stream and ex-
tinguishlug her burning clothing,
Christopher Snyder. who claims to
be wealthy mining man OF Montana.
was arrested on board the steamship
ManohurIa AZ San Francisco by Dep
uty United States marshals on 2
cabIed warrant from Honolulu eharg.
ing him with smuggling opium.
Fifteen children, inmates N the
ChIIdren'B home In Boise, Idaho, were
poisoned by the use OF milk in which
Il IL alleged, formaldehyde had been
placed by the milk dealer. All of the
children were. made seriously III. but
have recovered. The state pure food
commissioner Is making an investiga'
| ton, and arrests may follow.
| Edwin A. Brown OF Denver, famed
/ aa the millionaire tramp" because OF
his excursions In search Of informa'
| tlon as 10 how the other half lives,
| Ia In New York at the end OF his last
| excursion I'm overalls. He Is through
seeing the seamy side of life from the
/ inside. he says, and henceforth will
| carry ON by other means his work oil
Undressing upon cities the necessity
/ Of providing for the worthy poor.
| The scandal following the embes'
element by q former city clerk and
his deputy Of large sums Of money
from the city was sufficient to defeat
all tie councilmen who ran for re-
election at Reno, Nevada.
DOMESTIC
with a hard right swing TO the Jaw
Jim Flynn of Pueblo, Colo, knocked
out Al Kaufman Of San Francisco II
the tenth round Of their fght at Kan
saa City.
The steel steamer Fisher was SUM
on Wyandntte In the lower Detroit
river In collision with the steamer
Stephen Clement of Cleveland, Chile
Engineer w, w. Auhl and Steward
Louis sugden and Sugdens wife are
believed to have been drownd,
Eight men were scalded, two 81
seriously that they may die, when thu
main steam pipe to one Of the boiler
OF the steamer State of Ohio, oper
ated by tho Cleveland and Bufai
Transit company, at Cleveland, OK
plodcd,
Major General Carter. in charge o
the maneuyer division at San Anton
10, has informed President Taft tina
despite reports to the contrary, Their
Ia no discomfort or cause therefor,
The excitement caused by the gov
ornments failure TO hurry action i
Alaska coal land cases reached Oh
max at Corduya on Thursday, whe
500 business men and citizens form
cd mob and. armed with shoyelt
marched TO the ocean dock OF th
\ Alaska Steamship company, wher
they proceeded to throw several hun
dred tons OF British Columbia COS
: Into the bay,
p William ] Bryan. speaking at tn
1 tercentennial celebration in Chicago
Of the King James translation Of tn
r Bible, challenged materiallsts an
, those opposed to the theory Of d
F. y Ne inspiration OF the Bible, to sho
, they were right by producing Il moo
p | superior to that volume
! President Taft was the guest ,
e honor ut reception given in Phil
delphla by the Medical Club of Phi
. adelphla. The president was halle
q | as the one executive who had don
J.. most for tho advancement OF medic,
a I science
a The rush OF Americans for the GO
T. onatlon began In earnest last wcel
( Al the NouhGerman Lloyd pier
( HotoEcn there were GOO passengo,
booked for the steamship Georl
, / Washington,
{, Judge John = Cowan OF Devil
}. Laka who has been on trial at hi
marck. $, D.. for several weeks b
r fore a high court Of impeachment {
. charges Of misconduct IN ONCE, vi
declared not guilty ON all the Sc
enty four charges against him.
q A true bill on the charge OF usiI
. he mails to dstraud was four
4 against the Correspondence lnstitu
| NJ America IN the United States Con
Al Harrisburg, Pa The institute WI
4 charged with illegally maintaining
school for cartoonists and artists
correspondence.