The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-09
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings rhas Are Making History
--lnformatIon Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In q Few LIncs.
lNrERMouNrAIN.

Another murder may be added tc
the list or fatalities Of the past few
months at Bingham. Utah. as the re
suit of the shooting OF Peter Mike
aged about AZ years. by Isis Basshire
countryman. aged rs years.
Orlando w. Powers, former associ
ate Justice OF the supreme court OF
Utah under appointment OF President
Cleeyiand and one OF the eminent
1urists OF Utah, died January 2, from
pneumonia. Judge Powers was born
at Puttneyville. N. ", June 10, 1851.
The chase after Rafael Lopez, the
Mexican who killed countryman and
later killed Ave men who were at
tempting to capture him. will cost
Salt Lake county at least $4,000
Martial law was declared al Cop
perield, Ore, by Col. r. X. Lawson,
superintendent Of the state penitenti-
airy Five members OF the coast artil-
iery backed up the proclamation. This
step was taken in order TO close up
the saloons.
Myron b. Knowles, associated with
Edward Rosewater, founder OF the
Omaha Bee In the early eos, later
editor OF the Oakland (Cal.) News.
and the first school teacher In the
union colony that established Gree-
ley IN 1870. Is dead at Greeley, Colo,
at 81 years OF age.
Armed. one with a rifle and the
other with revolver, John Liebe and
Carl Marauardt. fast friends for years,
fought duel in their rooming house
Of Butte on New Years day. Liebe
Is In the hospital with shattered
arm,
DOMESTIC.
Three unidentified men we're killed
near Akron. o., by a Pennsylvania
passenger train. They were walking
the tracks. and In stepping out of the
path OF an oncoming feright train
stepped in front Of an onrushing pas
sengar train on another track.
The estate left by Whitelaw Reid,
ambassador to Great Britain and ed
itor and part owner OF the New York
Tribune. was valued at $l.s9S,SS4 in
report filed at White Plains, N. r.,
by the tax appraiser.
Twenty-dollar gold pieces amount
ing TO s1.4O0 were found by Mrs. VIII
liam McCorkle OF Mccool, Ind. They
had been buried under q tree across
from her home eight years ago by her
father, Nathaniel Marshall, carpen-
ter.
The withdrawal of ]. p. Morgan 4
Co from more than o score OF great
corporations and the statement by
George y. Baker. an almost equally
dominant figure In American finance,
that he soon would take similar ac-
ton. gave Wall street thrill ON Fri
day which almost brought trading on
the stock exchange TO a halt.
The condition OF Congressman Rob
ert c. Bremmer OF New Jersey. who
Is taking radium treatment for can
Ger az a sanatorium In Baltimore, is
said TO be gratifying.
Taxicab bandits kidnapped two
Pittsburg business men who were on
their way home, robbed them and
rode them about the city for two
hours before dumping them uncere
moniously into the street.
General Rosalie Jones, the suf-
fraget leader. veteran OF marches to
Washington and Albany, marshalled
her soldiers at New York City's north
Rrnmost boundary early Thursday
and started on another foot Journey
to the state capital
ssf,,uhaats o,,tth fha Gaftfoc.,i a.,
heavyweight. scored decisive vic
tory when he knocked out Arthur
Pelky. the much heraided Canadian
lighter. in the fifteenth round of their
white hope" championship battle at
San Francisco on Thursday.
With the first breath Of the new
year the segregated district of Oak.
land went out OF business About
200 women we're given a few hours
10 pack their belongings and get cut.
John Il. Densmore, solicitor of the
United States department OF labor,
telegraphed Governor Ferris late on
Thursday from Calumet that he believ-
ed he was making progress toward
q settlement Of the copper country
strike and that plans were under dis
cussion that might mature farorably
San Franciscos scheme OF provid.
Ing employment for men who want
to Work Is about 10 blow up. The rea
son is that the appropriation for this
purpose Is all but gone
Hans Schmidt. the former priest,
in whose trial for the murder OF Anna
Aumuller the jury disagreed. win be
tried for the second time, beginning
January ~. al New York City.
Charged with embezzlement Of
about $4,000 from bank In Havana.
Tabaldo Gou, young bank clerk, al.
legged 70 be fugitive from Cuba. was
arrested al Tara. Florida.
9. A. Hobbs. state senator Of Mis-
sissippi, who was charged with re-.
ceiying and soliciting bribess was ac-
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