The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-01
news OF 4 WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE
Hsppsninss That Are Making History
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Quarters Of the Globe and
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sNTERMouNTAiN
Chris Jordan was proclaimed tn,
/ winner OF the championship wrestlin.
match with Mike YokeI at Salt LAX,
when Yokel went through the ropes
from sheer exhaustion and was un
able 70 come back and continue tbs
match.
While attempting to stop a stree
fight at Ogden, Utah, Lou Hobson
chief deputy sheriff, was shot In the
right side by August Bodh. The Of
fceT's injuries are not regarded as
serious.
News has been received OF the And.
ing OF the body Of John ID. Sargent,
the solitary occupant OF the famous
half million dollar Swiss cottage built
by Robert Ray Hamilton, wealthy
New York man. In the remote Jackson
Hole district In northern Wyoming.
Sargent evidently had died from self
inflicted gunshot wounds.
Dissolution OF the alleged telephone
monopoly on the Pacific coast by the
American Telephone e Telegraph
company-the so-called Bell Tele.
phone trusts sought by Attorney
General McReynolds In the civil ant,-
trust suit filed at Portland, Ore.
/ Jesse Root Grant, youngest son OF
| former President u. S. Grant, has filed
suit for divorce at Reno from Eliza.
beth Chapman Grant. Desertion was
the only allegation. They have two
grown children.
William T. Clayton, insurance COM
missioner Of Colorado during former
Governor John shafroths administra.
ton. committed suicide at his home
IN Denver by inhaling gas. Financial
troubles are given as the reason for
his act
Cioudbursts and waterspouts oc.
Cured In many parts OF Nevada on
the 22nd and 2Srd,
DOMESTIC
Lillian Fernand, aged 33, was muir.
dered by Joseph Archer, aged 20,
prize fighter OF Pueblo, Colo, in her
room at the St Daniel hotel, san
Francisco. Her assailant then sui
cided
Mrs. s. s. Strand. aged 30, wife of
farmer living near Thompson, Iowa.
was thrown from a hay wagon and In
stantly killed at her home. when
swarm of bees attacked the horses
and caused them to plunge A wheel
OF the wagon passed over the WON.
ans head. crushing 1t.
The entire population OF Nome went
to the beach Friday night to say good,
Bile 70 Vilhialmar Stefansson, who
embarked on the steamer Corwin for
Port Clarence, where he will take
command of the Canadian polar ex.
ploring fleet,
i, M ("Borax') Smith. mnltimil
llonaire manufacturer and promoter.
must appear before the United States
district court at San Francisco on
August 5 to show why he should not
be adjudged bankrupt
The constitutionalist committee al
Douglas, Ariz,, announced Friday that |
no election would he held In Sonora
state in August. II is planled 70 hold
elections only after peace is fully re.
stored.
Returns from the special election in
Arkansas show that Judge George w.
Hays, Democratic candidate for gov.
ernor won by about 10000 majority.
The Republican, Progressive and So
cialist candidates finished in the or.
der named.
Three men were killed and another
fatally injured Thursday in short.
sharp battle between striking miners
and watehmen employed by the Wake
Forest Coal company at Wake Forest,
W, Va, on Cabin creek, the scene OF
much rioting and bloodshed since coal
strike troubles started in April, 1911.
The railroad situation. involving the
threatened strike of $4,000 trainmen
and conductors against the eastern
roads, remains practically unchanged,
but 1t Is believed the strike will be
averted
Governor Sulzer OF New York. after
characterising the Binghampton FIRE
- NNAAACtO NtttNHAtNpHGt QttldTeu
that the people OF the state will hold
Mr.. Murphy OF Tammany hall respon. |
sible" Il
Mrs. Adela Missikaitis OF Chicago,
president OF Lithunian women's club. ]
Is the iirst woman in Cook county to I
take out naturalization papers since (
the limited woman suffrage law went I
into effect in Illinois.
Heavier sales OF wool and gen
eral big Improvement are noted in the
Boston market for the past week. To
tai sales amount TO about 100000
pounds. This is reflection of recent
mill business. and better prices were
obtained by dealers than were ex-
peeted
Miss Mary Heineman, aged 1e
years. OF Metamora, H., was killed.
DR.. c. B. Heineman, her father. was
seriously injured, and Mrs. Heineman
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