The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-07
NEWS Of 4 WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD aN sRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
--infornatIcn Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe ard
Given In q Few Llnsa
iNTERmounrAlN


Farmers and stock growers d
northern Montana presented 4 petit
ton % tno senate laat week, fayor!nt
the Canadian reciprocity bill.
The posse has returned to Rigby
Idaho. from the chase of the desper
ado who shot Conductor Kidd and
wounded three other men, without ap
pretending him. They report that
the bandit has succeeded In getting
into the rough mountain country on
the Wyolning-Idaho line and cannot
very we'll be captured now. They
report that be will be picked up In
the near future when he is least OK.
pectlng IL after he comes out OF
hiding.
Frank Harold Henwood, slayer or
George y, Copeland OF Victor, Colo,
q well.known mining man who was
shot accidentally by Henwood when
tho latter fired upon and killed syl-
yester 4. Won Phul. the amateur bal.
loonist Of 81. Louis, at Denver, has
been found guilty OF murder in the
second degree The penalty Is from
ten Years 10 life in the penltentiary
A heavy rain obllterated all trails
OF the robbers who held up the north.
bound Southern Pacific Oregon ok.
press train in Cow Creek canyon in
Oregon, and Il Is believed the rob.
bera made good their escape.
Az a Southern Pacific passenger
train was pulling out OF West Fork.
Ore, Wednesday night. three robbers
brought the train to halt. They ran
the engine and express, baggage and
mail cars four miles up the track,
where, after riding the registered
mall and attempting 30 blow up the
safe In the express car. they left the
cars and made their escape.
Death by hanging or shooting, ac-
cording 10 his choice. il the penalty
that ], j. Morris must pay for taking
the life Of J, W. Axtell on the evening
of May at Salt Lake City, while
making a desperate attempt to escape
after he and his partner, John MUIR
ray, had held up and robebd a pawn
shop Morris says he will choose
hanging, e..
DOMESTIC
Using a pick and crowhar to pry
open the vault. robbers broke into
the state bank Of Biars. at Biars,
Okla, obtained $4,000 and escaped.
Pacific coast senators have re.
quested President Taft to detail DR..
George W. Mccoy OF the public
health aud marine hospital service to
aid the Harvard research laboratory
Mt Shanghai. China. in the investiga.
ton OF diseases prevalent in the
Orient which at times threaten the
Pacific coast.
Every member OF labor union
In this country Is to be asked to con
tribute % cents toward the defense
OF John J. and James II. Mcnamara.
charged with dynamitIng outrages in
Los Angeles
A fast mail and passenger train on
the Philadelphia 4 Erie railroad was
held up Ave miles from Erie, Pa, by
Twelve masked men. The mail and
express cars were rined and c. II.
Block of Erie. mail clerk; II. d.
Rooney Of Erie. conductor, and c.
+, Remis, brakeman, we're injured.
], y, Reiohman. former president
pf the Carnegie Trust company, con.
Vtcted of making false report to
the state banking department, has
been sentenced to serve four and
nne-haIf months In the penltentiary.
Edward j. Cantield bridge
worker, has been arrested at Vaucou. !
Per, h. c.. charged with an alleged |
murder in Dickinson, N, d.
Two lives were lost when the steel !
excursion steamship Spokane of the |
Pacific Coast Steamship company. |
l0und from Seattle on twelve.day |
srutse of southeastern Alaska. struck |
Ripple rock in Seymour narrows, h. |
:, 1875 miles north of Vancouver,
That the lumber interests are the |
,utY organized opponents to reciproc-
ty with Canada Ia the opinion of Ben.
amin Idle Wheeler. president of the |
OF California. who has com,
,leted q trip OF several thousand miles /
ilong the northern boundary az the I
United States In making study of the
ituation.
The federal grand jury at New York
'ity has returned nine indictments
sainst that number of pools alleged !
o be operating as the so-catled wire
rust.
Accused of killing Emil Amann at
Warren. Pa, on January - last, Mrs,
itelta Hodge of that place has made \
declaring the killing was
John NJ. Andrews of War.
en- d few days ago was convicted OF
Amann, despite his vigor.
us puotestations OF innocence of the
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A dispatch from Wilmington. N. c.,