The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-27
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD I'M BRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In Q Few LInes.
lNTERmouNTAIN.


Seattle's ordinance prohibiting over
crowding of street cars was held void
by the state supreme court as conflict
ing with authority OF the state public
service commission
When three men ON passenger
train bound for Vancouver. B. c., I'M
dertook to resist one OF trio of
robbers who entered the day coach
when the train was running along the
edge of the bay nine miles south Of
Bellingham, Wash. the robber pulled
an automatic pistol and shot the men
dead.
The Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company was held to be
operating without legal right to use
the streets and alleys of Denver In a
decision handed down Friday.
An earthquake occurred at Reno.
New, on the 18th. The shock was
violent. and lasted about three sec
onds. The direction was from south
east to northwest.
At special election held In Dem
yer, the proposition to bond the city
for $3.000.000 to aid In the construc-
ton of a tunnel through the CONT
mental divide to be used jointly by
the Denver & Salt Lake railroad and
other lines, carried by two-to-one
vote.
DOMESTIC.
The win by which Frank II. Holy
yoke, lumberman of Bangor, Me-
left the bulk Of 100000 estate to
two nieces, Madeline and Marjorie
Holyyoke, was broken by jury In the
superior court at Los Angeles. The
will was contested by his son.
A body washed up by the sea on the
beach at Gaviota, Cal. is not that of
Francis Lewis Clark the Spokane mil
lianaire. who disappeared five weeks
ago, according to Walter Shuts, Clark's
valet.
The initials In hat left behind by
a burglar in Bronx fiat led to the
arrest and confession, according to the
police, OF George w. Acker, 23 years
old, choir singer, whom professional
detectives were loath to accuse be-
cause OF his high standing In church
circles.
The trial judge at st. Paul has SEN
fenced former Chief of Police Martin
J. Flanagan and former Detective Fred
Werner each to serve an indefinite
sentence of not to exceed ten years
In the state prison at saltwater. fol-
lowing their conviction on charge
Of third degree bribery.
Edward Morgan, former cashier of
the First National bank OF jamestown,
N. ", was sentenced to four years in
prison after pleading guilty to appro-
priating to his own use a fund of
which he was trustee.
Resolutions condemning the govern
ment for its handling of Mexican af-
airs were adopted at mass meeting
held in a theatre at Ell Paso, Texas, to
protest against the execution of Will
lam S. Benton by General villa at Jua-
rez.
In love with the same woman, two
Mexicans locked themselves in room
In Los Angeles, and shot each other
with the same revolver after tossing a
:oin for first shot, Both will die.
Mrs. Grace Sprague Of Victoria, Cal,
was killed twenty miles north of there
when the wind which was sweeping
the Mojave desert struck the tent in
which she was sleeping.
The old pavilion in Croll's gardens,
Alameda. Cal, probably the worlds
best known training place for famous
pugilists, is being pulled down to
make way for modern business struc-
lures.
Abraham Ostatter. pawnbroker,
OF Wichita, Kans., shot and
killed his mother-in.law. Mrs Jo-
seph Cohan and shot his wife. Mrs.
Sadie ostatter and his father-in-law
Joseph Coahn, intlicting probably fatal
wounds A physician pronounced him
suffering from epilepsy
Mrs. Zelda Seguin- Wallace, at one
time well known opera and concert
singer. died at indianapolis, aged 65.
MITE OEEutH-f w dtldGt GlGdtCu tuS lAtlC
role in Carmen" in America and ac-
quired fame as the gypsy queen in
The Bohemian Girl"
Twelve persons were injured. four
seriously. when Missouri, Kansas &
Texas passenger train No 8, known as
the Katy Limited from st. Louis, col
iided with four stock cars at Parsons,
Kan.
The new country home of Mrs VIII
liam K Vanderbilt. Jr., at Jericho. L..
l., was destroyed by fire Wednesday.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 on
the building and $4,000 on the fur
nishings.
The bodies Of Andre Rosasco, his
wife and their 6-year-old daughter
were found frozen in their home in
Detroit.
Richard z. Lloyd, discharged
brakeman, threw himself in front Of a
x.naoan1,av traf, ~ Don1a Ia,ua and