The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
NEWS OF A WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE
happenings That Are Making History
.-informatlcn Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given In a Few Llnea
lNTERMouNrAIN

iNTERMouNTAIN
After FIVE minutes deliberatIon a
Jury at Reno, New, In the case OF Or.
w. u. Eikner, on trial for killing w.
J. Otter at Mason, New, September
10, last, brought In verdict OF ac-
quittaI EIkner shot Otter dead in
the Mason hotel al he left the din
ner table, The defense offered evil
dence showing that otter had been
attentive 10 Elkner's wife.
Under the present Carey act law a
segregation once made withdraws the
land from entry for ten years wheth-
err the construction OF reclamation
works IL begun or not. Senator
Shoots new bill reduces this ten
year period to three years, which
time may be extended two years, in
the discretion OF the secretary OF the
interior
Fort Worden, the strongest OF the
coast defense works that guard the
entrance to Puget sound, can be talk.
en- from the rear, This was demon
strated Wednesday night, when the
six artillery companies stationed at
the fort engaged in sham battle,
i've companies making the attack
and one forming the defense.
The murder OF Mrs, Elizabeth Grif.
nth near Philomath Ore. which has
puzzled detectives since June 3, 1911,
has been cleared up through the ar.
rest and sworn confession OF George
Humphrey, woodsman and farmer,
who says robbery was the motive for
the crime.
The design for Utah's new capitol,
prepared by n. X. Kletting, Salt
Lake City architect, has been accept.
ed by the capitol commission,
Word has been received in Spokane
from Secretary Calhreath or the AM
erlcan Mining congress that the 1912
meeting of the congress had been
awarded to Spokane, The meeting
viii be held the week Of November |
IS.
DOMESTIC
A strike that Will affect the me-
chanlcai department OF every railroad
In the northwest IL imminent, accord
Ing TO J. II, Walters, grand lodge dep.
uty for the carmen's union, who has
opened headquarters at st. Paul,
At the close OF an arduous all.nlght
session Of the Republican state con-
vention at Guthrie, Okla, S. s. DEM.
son OF Lexington dropped dead OF
apoplexy,
by vote ef ten to two, the jury
at san Diego IN the contest brought
by George L. Patterson, banker of
Newcastle. Pa. to have set aside the
will In which his mother, Mrs, Har.
riet p. Thurston. bequeathed to Mrs.
Katherine Tingley. head of the Uni
versal Brotherhood and Philosophical
society, an estate valued at $24f,00O
found for the contestant
Five persons were killed in hur'
ricane which struck Headlaud, Ala
bamn Two others were perhaps ia
tally injured and four or FIVE more
hurt. Many houses were demolished,
Convicted of having slain g, J,
Leyyitanski, Laredo, Texas, jewell
or, last December for diamonds worth
$4,000, j. b, Compton has been
sentenced to be hanged
Outlaw friends OF Floyd Allen, be-
ing sentenced at Hillville, Va. for as
Wagner. Usher A. {. Heilman. and
the trial Judge ms he was sentencing
the prisoner, killed the prosecuting
attorney, sheriff and juror, after
which they took the prisoner and
made their escape to the mountains.
Representatives of all the t52
lodges OF the Modern Woodmen of
America In Kansas decided TO secede
from the parent organization and
form an independent order, at a
meeting In KANSAS City. Kan,
! A secret indictment was returned
at Cleveland, o., by the grand jury
investigating alleged padding of the
payrolls of the NOrcross company, a
marble concern, 1t is said the com
pany's losses total 100000.
Two fremen were killed. one was
/ fatally hurt and several others are
missing In a fire which partially de-
/ stFoyed the county court house at
Hamilton, o,
Indiana has more miles Of improved
roads than ans other state in the
country, with Ohio close second, fol-
lowed In the order named by New
YORK. Wisconsin, Kentucky. Illinois.
/ California and Massachusetts. accord.
ing 10 statistics gathered by the Oft.
GERS OF public roads in the depart.
meat Of agriculture. .....
Nerve and the simplest sort Of a
rinse enabled David A. Trou5dale, a
WeFlS>Fars0 Express company mes
sengsr who knew how 70 deliver a
swfft, terrible blow, TO balk the rob
berry Of Southern Pacific train nea,
San Antonio. Tex b. kfIMa9 two 81
the hfghWaynen.
MsxIeans rst6ed an American ranch
, near Preside. Texas, ard g0s awai
With afteen eattle after 4 ruEHins
, agas with wgan Rflgore, a deput,
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