The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-12-29
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 5RIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
--InfsrnatIon Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
olven In q Few LInes
INTERMouNTAIN

A man named Burke, a shepherd
!. err for Jacob Mills. near Lusk, Wyo.,
a stabbed and killed man named
Black, camp mover, after a deadly
+ duel with knives
Dan Anderson, an old freighter,
was killed from ambush while driv-
ing from the p. Cross cattle camp on
| big Box Elder creek, In Montana, to
his home. He had delivered a load
OF hay 70 camp and his dead body
was found In the bottom OF the hay
rack by his wife upon the return OF
the team to his home.
GaspIng for breath after two hem
orrhages from the lungs due to bul.
let wounds inflicted by Policeman
Charels II. Hewston, with whom he
engaged In revolver duel at Port
land. Frank Ryan. a miner Of Mis-
soula. Mont, made dying statement
in which he denies that he was guilty
\ OF any crime.
The failure of the Boise State bank
on Tuesday proved "a shock to
financial circles and caused q sensa.
ton, started miniature stampede
among frightened depositors OF other
banking institutions at Boise Idaho,
which was quickly checked by the an.
nouncament OF the clearing house that
! all other state and national banks there
: have from SO TO 60 per cent OF their
deposits on hand in actual cash and
could pay out within twenty-four
hours. i4ytyslss Nid~,ts
Because they were compelled to
give up their berths in Pullman
sleeper to longer distance passengers
John Keller and wife and ]. Clark Of
Boaeman, Mont, who had threatened
suits for damages, have been present
ed with a check for $500 in settlement
y without suit.
! DOMESTIC
As punishment for carrying on !
\ stock swindle by mail, alleged +
, have extended over period of tw,
= years and to have Melted millions Il
profits, four promoters OF the firm o
O Burr Bros, incorporated, of Ney
y York City, have each been sentences
y to years Imprisonment on Black
y wells island.
Y Five persons we're taken into Gus
y tody after the discovery by the pc
lice Of the partly dismembered bod
OF Miss Mary Bolduc, 20 years old, Q
q Manchester. N. H., In the apartment
q OF Mrs. Jennie A. Shattuck at ia
< maica Plains, Mass,
~ Margaret Horton Potter BLACK
VI novelist, was discovered dead In he
y apartments in Chicago. from a
z overdose of morphine, which cork
ner's Jury found was taken acciden
q ally.
70 With the ultimate object of stant
=, Rrdizing all hash served in publ
~ places in Kansas, the state board c
health has instituted an investigator
~ MS TO the ingredients commonly use
40 by restaurants and hotels in the col
ooction OF the dish.
er Office holders In Lee county, vi
" ginia, who were elected at the receI
u election by means or Illegal vote
OF which were bought and sold in
~ wholesale numbers. will be permitte
"a to hold their offices unchallenged.
- Benjamin F. Jones. former Unite
States senator from Louisiana and fC
" half a century leading figure in tn
W political and commercial life In thu
u state, died at New orleans Saturda,
81 He was In his seventy.seventh yea
VI Scarcity of marriageahle youn
u women in Grant county. Kansas, he
" caused the bachelors of the count,
which is thirty,hve miles from a raj
ne road to band together with the pu
IS pose OF obtaining wives.
tn Senator William Il. Borah of Idah
10, at the Young Republican club in Ne
eI York, made an address that breathe
fire in every word for "lawless b
M business" and little violators of II
law as well.
he We have nothing to hide We al
m ready at any time for the agents
sc the law to begin investigating. S
ns declares President Samuel Gompel
ny OF the American Federation of Lab,
&C in an editorial on 'Labors Positio
~ Lawful and Progressive" which wi
appear In the January issue OF Il
he American Federatlonist
ch Sheriff. Clark and John Sehmid
'e under conviction at Lincoln Cente
I'D kans,, for completely in the tarrir
al OF Miss Mary Chamberlain, the Shad
n Bend school teacher, were sentence
n Tuesday, each being fined 5000 an
costs.
y Fred H. Thompson, a criminal la,
- yer prominent in southern Californi
S was found guilty at Los Angeles
y having accepted $4,000 from orlan,
- Altorre, a clerk in the money ord
q department Of the Los Angeles poi
- Office. knowing the money to ha,
on been stolen.
A group OF Brockton, Mas, childr,
win have the heaviest Santa Claus
the country to officiate at the
Christmas festivities. The entertai