The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-05
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN RRlEFRsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
--informatlon Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
0iyan In q Few Llnsa
,NrERMouNTAin

lNTERMouNTAiN
Following a request made by Sena,
4 tor Warren for reduction OF grazing
H rates In forest reserves the forestry
bureau 10 preparing TO announce a,gen,
era reduction OF the ratea charged
for cattle and sheep grazing In the ma
tionai forests.
What Ii claimed to be the champion
bear story Of the season is told by
William Smith. who has returned TO
BOULDER, Colo. after hunting trip OF
two weeks In the mountains, Smith
claims 10 have killed 250-pound
black bear with blow from his fist.
DR.. @. II. Button, formerly a proml.
nent Billings, Mont, physician, shot
and killed his wife. and. after drink,
Ing a quantity OF poison, shot himself,
dying instantly, The Buttons had
been divorced.
Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman. add.
ed knockout over Tony caponi to
his record at Salt Lake, Wednesday
night. The bout lasted less than
three rounds and was wholly one
sided.
In a duel with guns near Lovelock,
New, A, Killabrew and William Walker
were killed. Killabrew was shot four
teen times, Both men were ranchers
Family trouble Is given as the cause
| for the fight.
DOMESTIC
Results OF the official canvass OF the
| first state election held In New Next
co, on November q, made public satur.
day, show a total of 60.S42 votes cast.
The Socialists polled from 1887 for
governor to 2,026 for secretary OF
state, the Republican and Democratic
candidates dividing the remainder
Two women who nearly two years
ngo were arrested on the charge Of
robbing Warner M. Van Norden, the
former banker, early one morning
near the Waldorf-Astoria hotel In New
York, have been freed of the accusa-
tion.
A defective fue is believed to have
started a fire at Globe, Ariz. which
caused loss Of $4,000.
The announcement comes from New
York that the Success magazine has
suspended publication because of lack
OF funds. The magazine was founded
twelve years ago by o. s. Marden.
Direct evidence that a packers pool
was In existence from 1898 to 1896 and
that, after suspending operations two
| years, Il resumed control of the coun-
| try's fresh meat business, was given
Saturday In the packers trial at Chi
eago by Henry yeeder, who admitted
that he acted as secretary of the Or
| ganization,
A suit alleging that the striking EN-
ployes of the Hartman lines are guilty
OF an infringement of the Sherman an.
thrust law has been filed in the
United States circuit court OF the east,
ern district of Illinois, in Danyille.
/ Otto zeigler. once champion bicycle
racer of the world. Is totally blind at
his home in Alameda. Cal
4 Promoters of the United States
Baseball league are hard at work on
their proposal to invade the field OF
organized baseball They expect to
file articles of incorporation next week
In New Jersey.
An ordinance granting a franchise
20 the Cincinnati Union Depot and
i Terminal company to erect new
central depot at Cincinnati. to cost
S4o,0o0,000, was passed by the city
council on Thursday.
Lillian Russell, the actress. will
marry Alexander p. Moore, publisher
OF the Ptttshurg Leader, in May, II
win be Miss Russell's fourth matri
monial venture. She has known Mr.
Moore for about ten years.
With sacks OF oil cake tied to theil
saddles horsemen were on Thursda!
riding over cattle ranges in Texas
saving what cattle they may from
starvation by giving them the con
tents. Thursday was the twelfth ia!
, since crust of snow cut off prac
tically all food from beasts,
George II. Frost, II years old, TO
thirty.one years Il Santa Fe conductor
died at Albuquerque, N. M. on Thurs
, day, He was active during the civil
: war throughout the south In moyini
! freight and passenger trains for tn
II government.
, That citrus fruits were not as badl
damaged as was at first expected b
e the cold of the last few nights, no
$ as badly as two years ago, Is state
d by orange growers of southern Cal
I fornia.
The state failed in it's effort to fl
9 the blame for the fire horror of Marc
0 25, 1911, in New York City, in whic
lat employees of the Triangle Wais
l. company lost their lives, A verdict {
g mot guilty" was returned Wednesda
o in the case of Isaac Harris and Ma
Blanck, proprietors of the factory.
n Ihree indictments were returned I
u Los Angeles by the United State