The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-10
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 5RIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE
happenings That Are Making History
--'InformatIon Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given IN q Few Lsnea
lNTERMouNrAlN

William Mathers, formerly car In
spector at INLAY, Nevada, shot and
killed a woman known as May Fisher
at Wlnuemucca, Ney.. and then turned
the revolver on himself, firing a bull.
let into his right side, and died all
most instantly.
Accidentally shot and killed by his
wife after he had threatened to kill
her and had seized shotgun from its
hanger, which she wrenched from
him, was the fate of Joseph Picken-
stein, q miner employed at the Black
Hawk coal properties. south OF Price,
\ Utah. during a domestic quarrel at
his home.
lone bandit entered the bank at
! Hedges, Mont, inundated Joseph
Dahl, assistant cashier, who was alone
In the bank, by firing a shot over his
head and forced him to hand out all
the cash in sight, $1,000.
The Fifteenth infantry OF the Unit.
ed States army, which has been sta
toned at Fort Douglas (Salt Lake
CITY, for four years, Is on its way to
Manila, The troops left Friday after
noon after q march through Salt
Lakes streets that was in the nature
OF a trinmphal procession.
Thomas Jonas, aged 80, was crush
ed 70 death in coal hole near Ken
dali, Mont, by a fall Of rock and
earth.
Mike Rodoman, charged with the
murder Of Frank Jackleh at Raiders
burg, Mont, July last, was acquit-
ted by jury at Townsend, Mont.
The dead man was slain in Fourth
OF July fracas.
Colonel William f. Cody, who as
Buffalo Bill has for years been Am.
erica's most picturesque hero, retired
from public life Wednesday. He will
spend his remaining years. in Wyo-
ming. where he has a large ranch.
DOMESTIC
Mrs, Louise Vermilya of Chicago
has been formally charged with the
murder, of Policeman Arthur Bisso-
nette by poisoning him with arsenic,
following the report OF PSYCHOLOGISTS
who had examined the viscera of the
dead roomer at the Widows home.
The woman is suspected Of having
poisUed at least a dozen people.
The hull of what is supposed to have
been an old Spanish warship was UNI
earthed by workmen excavating on
made land on the water front at San
Francisco. The vessel was built OF
strong pax timbers, held together by |
copper spikes, each one inch thick
John Rech. an Italian rancher, and
his wife, who were arrested at Santa
Barbara, Cal, charged with the muir.
der of their newborn baby. are now
in the county Jail, Ignorance of the
law and the high cost of living are |
the only excuses offered by Rech in
extenuation OF his crime.
Because the stone which Mrs. s.
Rudy threw, and which perforated
kitchen window in the home of Mrs.
E1ma Pinto, was aimed at the Pinto
dog, jury of women at DAILY City,
Call decided that Mrs. Rudy was not
guilty Of disturbing the peace.
No Christmas or New Years spe.
cial railroad fares will be granted
this year by the Western Passenger
association roads, 1t was announced
Thursday at Chicago. The states in
which rates will not be changed in.
elude North and South Dakota, Wyom.
ing, Montana, Colorado and Utah.
pajama party, at which both men
and women were present in that
classic garb, is the latest entertain.
ment in society at Madison, a st.
Louis suburb. The party was given
by Mrs. r. G. Engleman, a leader in
the smart set.
A. r. Armstrong, head of Armstrong
4 Co.'S large clothing store at Tue.
son, Ariz., committed suicide in his
office late Thursday by shooting him.
self through the head. Mr.. Armstrong ,
was one of the wealthiest men in ,
Tucson
Californias first woman Jury was
impaneled at the suburban town of :
Watts, ON Thursday to try the case of !
A. a, King. editor of the Watts News, $
charged with publishing an. article in
of a city ordinance. .
Six masked men held up train =
near Hurlburt, Ark. but were fright. .
'ned away after securing the regis. 9
cred mail -
An unidentified negro ran amuck
n Algiers, La, and shot two police u
men and several citizens before he -
vas finally killed, n
Mrs. Marie Booth Manten, wife of
.ohert Mantell, the actor, and her. .,
elf Rmous as a co-star with her hus- 7,
and, Is dead at her summer home h
I Atlantic Highlands, N. ]. Mr., .,
tantell arrived home few hours too N
ate to see his wife before she died. ii
The fact that mothers who nurse
heir children are rapidly decreasing a,
4 number and the botte-fed baby is of
ecoming legion, Is believed by the OR
tate board OF health of California 10 ~