The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-23
NEWS OF 4 WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM.
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN RRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given II a Few LInes.
lNTERMouNTAIn.

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The relief Of the striking copper min
ers OF the Michigan fields. This
makes total OF $4,000 sent to Michi-
gan by the Miners union OF Butte
alone.
Charles H. Meyer, president OF the
Western Federation OF Miners, when
informed at Denver that he had been
indicted on a charge OF conspiracy,
said that he would not decide on a
course Of action until after he had
been formally notified OF the indict-
ment and had consulted with attor-
neys.
Through the appointment OF George
T. Bradley of Ouray, Colorado, to the
position of state railroad commits
sioner, which occurred Wednesday,
Mrs Gertrude A. Lee becomes the
first woman chairman OF state CEN
tral Democratic committee.
Without a dissenting vote the dele
gates to the twelfth annual session
OF the International Union Of Shingle
Viewers, Sawmill Workers and
Woodsmen at Aberdeen, Wash, adopt.
ed resolution declaring for the
eight-hour day for all men engaged
In the timber industry, and for
minimum wage of s2.25 day.
While driving his locomotive ffty-
Ave miles an hour, George s. Perry
OF Seattle. engineer OF the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul's fast overland
train the olympian. dropped dead of
heart dtHaaaA M 10
DOMESTIC.
Earl s. Bostwick and Il. A. Buchan-
an, apprenticed seamen at the Lake
Blum training station, committed sui
side after agreeing To die together, ac-
cording to verdict of coroner's
Jury at Chicago
Efforts Of the border authorities to
round up the Mexican federal generals
who escaped from 0iinaga, Mexico.
when the rebels occupied that place,
ON Friday resulted In the arrest az
sanderson. Tex, of Jose Ynez Sala-
gar.
Having ON board the ships cat, the
last living thing to be taken from
the wrecked liner Cobequid, the rev.
enue cutter Woodbury. arrived az
southwest Harbor. Me-, from the Bay
Of Fundy The cat has been adopted
AZ the cutters mascot.
The question OF admitting Harry K
Thaw to bail Will not be decided for
several weeks.
Forty,one New England heirs of
Abel Stearns, a pioneer who died In
the early seventies, were defeated az
Los Angeles In their contest for the
s700o.000 estate OF Mrs. Arcadia dc
Baker formerly the widow of Stearns,
and who at her death was the rich.
est woman In southern California.
More than $4,000 OF the $4,000 al
legged TO have been stolen by Raiphs
Want, q clerk OF the United States
Express company at Connellsville. Pa.
was found in crock partly filled with
nour In the home OF Fred d. Want
q brother.
Charles H. Meyer. president OF the
western Federation of Miners. and
thirty-seven other officials and mem.
bers OF the organization have been in.
dlcted on charges of conspiracy i'm
connection with the Michigan copper
miners strike.
Richard D. Landlord. vice-president
and secretary of the Southern rail.
road. was found dead from gas as. |
phyxiation In his bachelor apartments |
Ia Brooklyn on Thursday.
The sum OF st6,5Ss was realized at
the opening session in New York OF |
the sale Of the William II. Lambert
collection of Lincolniana-sa To he
the finest collection In existence OF
Abraham Lincoln autographs, books
and relies.
In an opinion given to the dairy
and food commissioner the state AZ.
torney general of Pennsylvania holds
that beef brought from South America
IN refrigerator ships Is not to be
classed as cold storage beef. but as
fresh. and may be sold in that state
as such.
The gunboat Nashville has been
ordered from Guantanamo. Cuba. 10
Port au Prince. Haiti. to observe con.
ditions growing out OF the latest
Haitien revolution.
Two firemen were killed by a fall
Ing wall while fighting fire that de.
stroyed the opera house at Bangor,
Me. The property loss was about
100000.
The next move in the Thaw case
will be the fling by Thaw's counsel
OF petition asking that the amouns
OF bail be fixed and date for a hear
ing on the question.
A cage carrying six miners In mine
No. OF the spcncer-Newlins Coal
company at Mulberry, Hans, dropped 4
hundred feet when cable broke. ,
Five OF the men were killed.
In the opinion of speakers at the an.
nuai convention of the National Shoe
Retailers association. at New York,
the retail price OF shoes may soon
reach SIC pair. /,