The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-26
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRiEFKsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from Al
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given In Few LInss
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With the death or John Trenchard
and the discovery Of three unidentified
bodies in wild Horne canyon. seven
miles away. the total toll OF the food
Of Thursday night which wiped out the
camp OF Maxuma. New, and partially
DESTROYED Seven Troughs, has been
brought to thirteen.
The plan to merge all the tide water
| saw mills and lumber interests OF
Washington and Oregon In a s75, 00a,.
600 corporation has been abandoned at
least temporarily according ia Henry
J, Pierce OF Spokane, who has been
prominent IN promoting the merger
Former Governor AiVa Adams OF
Colorado has formally announced his
candidacy for United States senator
as successor 10 Senator Guggenhelm.
A sensation was created ia the
trial III Cheyenne OF .. j. Warren Jen.
kins for the murder or his wife last
April, when the head Of the woman
gas introduced 10 court rs evidence,
Delegates from idaho TO the conyen.
iion Of the National Progressive party
at Chicago August viii be elected at
convention to be held At ST. Anthony.
July 90
Nearly q score Of bodies have been
recovered and several more are be.
iieyed 10 be buried In the debris OF
cioudhurst. which swept down Seven
Troughs canyon, thirty miles from
Loyelocka. Friday, and destroyed the
mining camp o. Mazuma. Nevada. and
partially overwhelmed the nearby
camp Of Seven Troughs.
George Iii Parker, flscal agent OF the
United Wireless Telegraph company.
who was alleged In court proceedings
II Seattle % have cleared si,s15, 900
BY his operations. and was sentenced
10 serve two years In federal prison.
has been paroled from McNeiis island
penitentiary.
DOMESTIC
Mrs Rena Bacon Morrow. fashion
able club woman OF Chicago, writer
and prominent church worker, has
been acquitted Of the charge or shoot
ing aud killing her husband, Charles ID.
Morrow, on December "a. 1911.
An explosion In the tim room at All.
hany, N, r., OF the General Film com.
pany, makers OF moving picture Aims,
resulted Friday In the death of at
least two men and property loss Of
$500 600.
All speed records for big gun battle
ships we're broken Friday by the new
battieship Wyoming. sister ship Of the
snperdreadnought Arkansas, during
her STANDARDIZATION trials,
Eight entries for the national ellmi.
ntion balloon races to start from Kan.
sas City, July n. have been received
and Il v now believed that more bal.
looms win start In this race than ever
before competed in a like event In this
country
The Democratic campaign commit
tee. which viii have supreme charge
OF the presidential campaign, was
named Friday by Governor Wilson. II
consists Of fourteen members, with
William ~ McCombs, the chairman OF
the Democratic national committee. as
chairman.
The Democratic campaign fund con,
tained about $1,000. 900 when Alton n
Parker ran for president In 1904, &C.
cording TO w. r. sheehan OF New
York, who testified Friday before the
senate committee investigating cam.
paign funds
The original agreement between
representatives OF labor and capital
IN Los Angeles, by which the McNa.
mara case was to be ended forever,
was disclosed Ia detail by Fremont
Older. editor OF the San Francisco
Est.lletin. Whn took the stand on Wed.
nesday for the defense la the bribery
trial OF Clarence S. barrow.
A strong sermon denouneing social,
Ism by Rt. Rev Bishop John r. Car.
roll Of Helena, Mont. was the feature
OF the opening Of the annual conyen-
ton OF the Ancient order OF Hiber~
mans at Chicago.
Two relatives of Nathan Swartz, his
father and sister, Mrs. Frances Alex
ander, testified that he admitted to
them that he had murdered 12-year.
old Julia Connors in New York.
swartz has disappeared.
Supporters OF Colonel Roosevelt in
Illinois have issued call for state
convention to be held in Chicago Au,
gust 10 elect delegates TO the thIrd
party national convention in Chicago
August s.
The excursion steamer Rosedale,
while passing out of Rockaway inlet
with TOO passengers on board, coIlid.
ed with the steamer Nassau A hole
was torn in the Rosedale's bow aud
her captain headed for shallow water,
where she sank, all ON board being
saved.
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