The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-04-21
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from Al
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given IN rev Lines
lNTERMounrAln

/ NAAh HsAh NtAH i34hk ghA III the MUM
tains. gave himself up to the Lander
authorities Friday lie was almost
dead from starvation and exposure,
but what no said he erayed most was
a cigarette He claims he shot ortez
In self dafense
DIR. r. w Reasoner was shot
| through the heart and Instantly killed
At Colorado Springs by n. o. Dayie, a
negro, who attempted to hold up the
| physician Before the doctor was
killed he shot the negro three times,
The latter viii probably die.
Roadmasier Carlisle OF the Union
Pacific railroad was dangerously in.
inred &C Kimball. Neb,. when motor
| car In which he was riding with a
Japanese helper was struck by an en-.
CINE.
A young man named Gas Lowitt,
who Is said 10 have been concerned
IN sumo banking Irregularities in
Portland. Ore, committed suicide in
Denver by jumping from window on
the sixth floor OF business block.
DOMESTIC
Samuel Finley Storey, editor OF the
Narrative, a weekly publication at
Clarmont, N r., was burned In his Of
Zee Friday Storey lived alone in his
office and according to his own state.
ment existed on nine cents a day.
The 6yearoId son Of S, D. knight,
farmer living near Ellsworth, Kans.,
while taking a small rifle from cup,
board, accidentally discharged the
| weapon, killing his S.months-old sis
ter, who lay asleep in a cradle at the
opposite side OF the room.
| Widows and orphans OF the victims
| Of the recent stockyards fire In Chi.
cago have filed an application for the
appointment OF a receiver for the
S2il,a00 fund raised for their benefit,
II being charged that the chairman of
the fund committee has refused to
distribute the funds
Benjamin c. Barnes Of Washington,
D. O., has been acquitted at Anderson,
Ind. Of the charge of having forcibly
entered a sleeping car berth occupied
by Miss Cecil Ill., foster daughter OF
Prot William IIill OF the University
OF Chicago. on Pennsylvania train
as II was passing through that city
ON the night OF January 26.
Tho wet" and dry" bills failed to
pass the Illinois house Of representa-,
tives, and with their defeat the fight
! for county option In this session OF
the general assembly came To an end.
According TO information received
from telephone Iineman near Plum.
merville. Ark, three persons were
killed and twenty-five injured In a
tornado which struck that town.
A terrific wind. hail and thunder,
storm, accompanied by heavy down
pour Of rain. swept over st. Louis
Thursday afternoon. causing many
thousands OF dollars damage and In,
directly three deaths.
Surgeons in an Oakland hospital
have operated upon Mrs. Jean Thurn-
herr Of Berkeley. young woman OF
good family. who has been afflicted
with kleptomania and recently sery.
ed a term In San Quentin prison for
burglary
The deadlock in the Iowa legisla-
tnre ended Wednesday afternoon
shortly before 1 o'clock. when Judge
William s. Kenyon OF Fort Dodge was
elected United States senator to sue
coed tho late Senator Jonathan r.
polliyer. following perhaps the hard,
est senatorial contest over fought in
Iowa.
Twenty,threc persons are reported
dead, more than 100 injured. two
towns practically swept away, scores
OF buildings demolished and thou
sands OF dollars worth Of property
damaged as the result OF tornado
that ragged In Kansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri ON Wednesday.
The newly elected mayor OF Hun.
newell, Rams. Mrs. Ella Wilson, has
announced that she will appoint Mrs
Rosa Osborn as city marshal.
Wednesday. April ~, was the flf
tieta anniversary Of the firing on Fort
Sampler.
Twelve election commissioners
pleaded guilty IN the criminal district
enart at New Orleans on Wednesday.
20 charges OF violating the election
laws ia the recent election for lust.
Ice Of the Louisiana state supreme
court
Matthew Clark. tho British eugi-
neer who built the trans. Andean rail,
road which tunnels the Andes noun.
tains at height OF 10000 feet. ar
rived in New York ON Wednesday
tEom Jamaica. full OF praise for the
Panama canal. which he recently in,
Rpected,
Honored IN one instance by partI.
eipati0n Of the president Of the United
States and in others by executives Of
cities. baseball began a six months
season on Wednesday in seven major
league parks and three American as.
sOelEtion cities.