The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-10
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD in sRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
IMTgRmouNTAlN.

Lantala, Finnish miner, In the alb
domen. The mayor will recover, but
his assailant Is dead.
In the presence Of large crowd,
several barrels and bottles OF liquor
were emptled into the gutter IN front
OF the court house at Twin Falls,
Idaho. Other consignments will be
similarly disposed OF within the next
few days by order OF the court.
President Wilson has nominated
Charles Mactay OF Winnemucca, New,
to be register OF the land office at
Carson City. New.
w. p. JOY OF Salt Lake has estab
lished a new automobile record be-
:ween Salt Lake and Irish Noun.
tains, New Mr.. Joy made this trip,
distance OF 302 miles, in fifteen
hours.
One robber was killed and one rob
Der and deputy sheriff were wound
I'D In a gun battle between three ban
Tits and passengers on a passenger
rain near PendIeton, Ore. The
wounded robber and his companion
obSaPtu W tue MOUNTAINS.
Warrants have been issued for the
arrest Of. Kid" Davis and Red"
Foley, at Butte, charged with being
implicated in the dynamiting of the
miners union hall.
DOMESTIC.
The bodies Of s. f. Bennett, a car
penter 80 years old; Mrs. Bennett. his
l7-year-old wife and Mrs Matte Toll
oert. 40. Mrs. Benefits mother, were
,ound In the woods near Atlanta, Ga.
rhe man had killed the women and
himself.
Frank Denton, 10, may lose the sight
Of both eyes as result OF the ex-
olosion OF toy cannon, with which
ae was celebrating the Fourth at
Springfield, Ill.
BY means Of interlocking director
les. control Of public utilities in Chi
cago and the surrounding states has
become centralized in the hands Of
six men. according to a report made
public by Montague Ferry, Chicago
commissioner OF public service
A resolution opposing the removal
OF the liberty bell to San Francisco
for the Panama-Pacific exposition
was adopted unanimously by the de-
scendants of signers Of the Declare
tion of Independence who opened
their seventh annual conference at
Philadelphia.
Two persons were killed and fifteen
were seriously injured at picnic
ground near Sallisaw, Oklahoma,
when a building in which many per.
sons had taken refuge from a storm
was struck by lightning and wrecked.
New York. Pennsylvania and Tli-
noss paid more than half OF the SILL
3S6.14 turned into the national treas.
ury In income and corporation taxes
during the fiscal year Just closed.
After lapse OF more than twenty
years. twenty-round boxing contests
under the auspices Of chartered clubs
have been legalized in Louisiana.
Governor Hall having signed bill
limiting glove contests to twenty
rounds instead of ten.
The troubles OF the American
Panama Joint land commission, which
is endeavoring TO settle land claims,
have grown serious. according to the
legal officers OF the canal. who make
no secret OF their expectation that the
work OF the commission would result
in failure and that a new commission
would have to be appointed.
General reduction of IL per cent on
all general merchandise express
rates, elimination Of the two line rates
and abolition of special rates has
been ordered by the Kansas public
utilities commission.
Government accountants have re-
ported that they had discovered the
La Sale Street National bank of Chi
cago violated the national banking
laws in September, 1912. by not hay
ing the required amount OF deposits
on hand.
Guy Phillips, associate secretary oil
the Missouri Pacific Railroad com,
pany, shot and killed himself in New
York. His physician said he had been
a sufferer recently from dependency
The announcement that 400 Jap
anese laborers from California are
coming to locate in Alger county
Michigan, has started anti-aiien LIANT
law agitation there.
The drought that has prevailed al
st. Louis since May % was broken
July l by a rain that amounted t,
sixty-six hundredths OF an inch. Rair
was general in Missouri.
Chief Wallace of the Charlotte, \
c. fire department and one fireman
were killed and three others were SCI
iously injured by dynamite explc
SIGN in small fire.
Fred Scudiero. VINO shot and wound
ed six persons seated on the observi
tion platform Of a train near Liberty
Mo, admitted firing the shot, but sal
! he fired the gun as salute