The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-05-24
NEWS Of A WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFRaT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
hsppenlnsa That Are Making History
information Gathered from Al
Quarters Of tho Globe ana
Given IN Few Llnea
INTERmouNTsIN

lNTERMouNTkIN
Joseph Murray. chauffeur, was In
stantIy killed and Arthur Brown and
Miss Ruth Shaw, both OF Ogden, were
Injured when the automobile In which
they were returning from Marriott set.
Element became unmanageable and
plunged over an embankment five
miles west OF Ogden.
/ Three coaches OF a Rio Grande
Southern passenger train rolled down
an embankment at Leopard Creek,
near Brown Siding, Colorado, injuring
three passengers.
Ora Lee. q carpenter, fell down the
elevator shaft from the twelfth floor
i In the new Walker building in Salt
Lake City, and escaped with slight
scalp wound.
The state Republican convention
held at Provo, Utah, on Wednesday
selected delegates which were In.
structed for President Taft.
Seven men were burned to death,
six square miles OF timber was de-
stroyed and four logging camps razed
by a forest fire which swept Skagit
county. Washington. The property
loss, In addition to the timber, was
100000.
The Interstate commerce commits
sion has denied the application OF the
Denver e Rio Grande and the Colo
RADIO Midland railroad companies for
permission to charge higher rates to
intermediate points than are contem-
poraneously In effect TO more distant
points on their lines.
Mrs, Susan Wlssler, widow, was
elected mayor OF Dayton, Wyo. Mrs.
Wissler Ia a Democrat In politics, but
was elected on the independent
ticket, A majority of votes were cast
by women.
DOMESTIC
Suit has been filed at Cynthia, KY, |
against the International Harvester
company in four counties comprising |
The eighteenth judicial district, alleg.
Ing that the company operated In
these counties in violation OF the Ken.
lucky antitrust law. Five thousand |
dollars and costs are asked in each
case.
The annual Pacific coast conference
Of the Young Women's Christian as.
ISOLATION opened at Pleasanton, Cal,
on Friday with delegates In attend. |
ance from all the Pacific States and
Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Nevada.
The session will continue ten days.
The bodies of Robert and Urban
Nichols, aged 6 and 4, have been
found in tho feed box In the stables
OF which their father was in charge.
In Cincinnati, II is believed the boys,
while playing around the stable. fell
into the feed box, head first, and sink.
Ing in the feed. persisted.
Eugene v Debs OF Indiana was nom,
mated for president by the Socialists
in national convention at Indianapolis
on tho first ballot, as was Emil Seldel
Of Wisconsin for yice.president.
Clarence v. r. Rieheson's last hope
Of escaping death next week for the .
murder of Avis I4lnnell OF Hyannis OK.
pired Thursday when Governor Foss
announced he would not refer Richie.
sons petition for communication OF sen,
tence 10 the executive council 1
James A. Patten ON Thursday re.
seived credit from market reporters
Tor making Chicago Board of Trade
prices take one of the most remark.
able somersaults on record. Cereals q
Tell nearly 5 cents bushel and pack. l
ng house products almost 81 a barrel. Q
The moderatorship. the highest $
honor in the gift Of the l24th general q
assembly of the Presbyterian church
n the United States of America, in \
session at Louisville. went on the first a
ballot 10 the Rev. DR.. Mark Allison o
pastor OF the First Preshy. d
erian church of Seattle, Wash. 4
Three men committed suicide by a
Gaping from the deck Of the United L
States army transport Thomas into
he sea and another was beaten near. d
y 20 death on board the vessel during
he trip from the Orient which ended c
Ehursaay when the steamer reached k
San Francisco. i
Peter Chaser, the aviator who was C
INJURED In an aeFoplane accident at ST. I J
Souis that caused the death of Ray
aond Wheeler. died Thursday night o.
the anputation Of his left q
eg above the knee. tr
The American Bible society has is Il
sIed les niuerysixt annual report IA
nd announced that an increase OF "
a4,4I9 volumes was issued over the "
year n
Death from starvation, thirst and
sxposure was the end OF three men n
rom the steamer Titanic. whose II
'odies were in a eollapsibls BOAT Il
iiclsed up last Monday BY the steamer q
oceanic, ia the epIrion al Or. w. 81 "
french or the medical star or the d
oceanic. =
A man who did not know how "a
fde horse came into Grass Valley. A
al, robbed the Nevada County Sank I.
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