The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-02-24
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given in a Few Lines.
INTERMOUNTAIN

9|Ai"tCL, are renewing ACTIVITY IN TINS |
direction. Prospects are not consid |
cred bright, however, for success.
Mrs. Francisco Esper, los years
Did, and said to be the oldest woman
in Colorado, died in the arms of her
111-year-old husband at Florence,
Colo, from burns received when her
clothing caught fire from an open
CRATE. Mr.. and Mrs. Esper had been
married ninety-one years.
Judge Greeley W. ~nitford, Of
Denver, who recently sentenced SIX.
teen miners to jail sentences for con
tempt of court, received another death
threat for himself and family through
the mails on Wednesday.
An army transport ana an appro-
priation OF $4,000 for its expenses are
to be made Immediately available to
carry relief from Seattle to the famine
sufferers of China.
DOMESTIC
The rain and snowstorm which
swept over eastern and southern New
Mexico and Oklahoma last week,
~ OhC OlAC vi lAC ldl SCSI VI SDCllo
in that section in years.
At the close of the Western Fruit
JObbers' association convention at
| Sacramento, st. Louis was chosen as
the place for the next convention,
January II, 1912, and VIM. r. Roy
lance of Provo Utah, was reelected
treasurer.
Charles Gates, son of John w Gates,
the steel magnate of New York and
Chicago, was stricken with blood poi
| soning at Yuma, Ariz., and was placed
on a special train ana lu4.=n to an
eastern hospital.
Six women were rescued, uncon-
scious, from the upper floors of a
hotel in Cleveland, during a fire which
threatened for time to destroy the
building All of the rescued women
were overcome by smoke, but none
was seriously hurt.
The much-talked of boxing bout be-
tween Anthony J. DrexeI of Philadel-
phia, husabnd of Marjorie Gould, and
the Hon. Robert Beresford of Eng
land, a brother of Lord Decies, took
| place on Saturday in private the
bout being witnessed by the George
Gould family and about a score Of
guests. DreXel lost in the third round.
Senator Gates resolution for the
| submission to the people of a con-
stitutional amendment providing for
the initiative and referendum passed
! the California assembly by unanimous
vote.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
sent to all labor organizations
throughout the country circular
asking their aid in raising a fund of
| half a million dollars to be used in
fighting opponents or organized labor
in Los Angeles.
Formal announcement is made of
the betrothal of Jay Gould, son of
George Gould, to Miss Annie Doug,
| lass Graham.
That the United States government
is going to put a stop to filibustering
expeditions from New Orleans and
| other gulf ports to Central American
| countries was indicated Wednesday
when an investigation was instituted
! before the federal grand jury in the
matter of the departure from this port
December % of the steamer Hornet
for use in the Honduran revolution
Overcome by an irresistible desire
to shoot something, John Cash, a
| street vendor from Denver, shot and
killed Frank Harris, a negro express.
man, in Los Angeles. The negro was
wounded four times and died almost
instantly.
! The McCurtain county court house
at Isabel, Okla, collapsed Tuesday
fatally injuring, two negroes and caus-
ing a loss Of several thousand dol
lars. Rains undermined the founda-
ton.
Charles F. Morek, u professional
though comparative inexperienced
aviator, was forced to dive into the
Hudson river with an aeroplane when
his motor stopped as ne was making
a fight
The Iowa legislature has adopted
the Oregon primary plan.
]. H. Talbot, an election inspector
at Muskogee Okla, has been arrested
on a federal grand jury Indictment
charging that. under the grandfather
clause" Of the Oklahoma constitution,
he prevented a negro from voting at
the last election. Twelve other Off
Gals have been indicted.
Weldon B. Hepburn, United States
| senator from Idaho, argued for an
hour and a half Saturday night before
! four hundred silk manufacturers in
! New York City and their guests,
against the proposed reciprocity trade
agreement with Canada.
In fulfillment of a compact made
with her husband during his lingering
illness, which death ended the day
previous, Mrs. Lynwood S. Keene took
her own life at Oxford, NE, after hav-
ing fatally shot her 4-year.old son,
| Gerald.
A masked man leaped on a Seventh
street car in Los Angeles, near the
end of the line at Rampant street and
| shot the conductor, G. G. Johnson.