The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRiEFRsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given IN q Few Llnes
INTERMoUNTAlN

and playwright, died at Wlnnemucca,
Nevada, October 10. as the result of
accidental gunshot wounds, selfin-
fllcted, while the author was hunting
near Goleonda, Nevada.
Joseph Tremayne, aged 0, who
started for school, accompanied by
his dog, was found three hours later,
IN mill pond, near Salt Lake, hav-
ing been drowned The body was
nude when found, and the boy'L log
has disappeared.
Owen Wister, the author, who is on
a hunting trip to Jennie's lake, Wyo-
ming, declares that the rumors OF
his III health are unfounded, and that
he expects soon to leave his Wyo-
ming ranch for New York
The Idaho State Medical associa-
ton will hold It's convention next
year In Portland, that city being
chosen because OF the Washington
and Oregon associations conclave
there next year under teh head of the
Northwest TriMedical association.
John Henry Smith, second coun-
selor 10 President Joseph F. Smith
| Of the Mormon church. died at his
home In Salt Lake, Friday morning.
| John Henry Smith was born at Car
| bunca, Ia. September Is, 184S. He
| was the son of the late President
Smith and Sarah Ann (Libbay)
| Smith.
Charles w. Hammond, charged
with having murdered Edward c. Bar
hydt on Bell mountain, near Van
couver, Wash, May 81, last, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree.
Fireman ]. P, Bohls was instantly
killed and Brakeman Charles R.
Smart was fatally injured when a
Great Northern freight train crashed
into rock slide eight miles from Eel
bingham, Wash.
Speaking to more than 5000 per-
sons In the armory at Iceland. Ore,
President Taft made a plea for com
nary Justice In dealing with the rail.
roads OF the country.
DOMESTIC
A cutter from the flagship Califor-
mia. containing thirty-flve members Of
the band, was run down by gasoline
launch in San Francisco bay, and
one OF the bandsmen was drowned.
A decision has been rendered in
the United States circuit court at
Baltimore In favor of the govern
mont In its dissolution suit against
the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
company and others in the so-called
"bathtub trust" The action was
brought under the Sehrman antitrust
law.
Clifford Pinchot and Senator Miles
Poindexter visited Juneau, Alaska, on
the 18th, and ut a public meeting gave
their views on the development of
Alaska.
Fire destroyed the Union Pacific
roundhouse at sydney, Neb, causing
a loss of 100000, eight large passen-
ger and freight engines being burned.
Making his first appearance since
his defeat Of Hackcnschmidt in Chi
ago, Frank Gotch, worlds champion
wrestler, easily won from Padoubny,
Of Russia. at Kansas City on the 18th.
James u, Mcnamara was placed on
trial Mt Los Angeles on Wednesday
for murder District Attorney Join
d, Fredericks, for the prosecution,
elected to try him for the murder of
Charles ]. Haggerty. machlnist,
who with twenty other men, met
death in an explosion and fire which
wrecked the Los Angeles Times build.
ing October /, 1910.
Complete official returns from 2S77
precincts out of 3.l2l in the state of
California give: For woman suf.
frage, il9,SS0; against, 1ll7,779. Ma.
jority for suffrage. 2,O5l.
An appeal for financial aid was
sent out from San Francisco on We'd
nesday by the federation of shop en-.
| plOyes OF the Hartman lines to labor
unions throughout the country. The
reuest is general, and does not specify
any method or amount of contribu.
! ton.
| What Is believed to be worlds
| record in Transforming standing grain
! into bread was established recently
| by w. S. Gabel. farmer living near
Beloit. Kans Just thirty minutes
elapsed between the time when tie
wheat was cut and when MIR. Gabel
| took the first bite of biscuit which
had been made from II.
Two more bodies recovered from
| the ruins of the flooded community
at Austin. Pa. makes a total of sixty
six deaths, the result of the break
ing of the Bayless Pulp and Paper
company's dam on September 30.
A jury in the probate court at
Mexico, Mo-, decided that it was un-
lawful for a physician who is also
a preacher to charge for preaching
his patients funeral il he dies.
United States Senator Jefferson
Davis was married at Ozark, Ark,
on Thursday to Miss Leila Carter OF