The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-10-29
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN HRiEFEsT
/. MARINER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
---Insormatlon Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given In Few Lines.
lNrERMounrAlh.

with the death OF George F. Gray. an
Englishman, who was crushed In the
machinery at the Colorado & South
ern railroad shops August &c.
A report from Cheyenne. Wyo.. that
State Tax Commissioner John McGill
has sold his ranch holdings to the Toll
tee Livestock company for 100000.
The reported deal involves 1900 head
OF cattle. 10000 head OF sheep and
5000 acres OF land
The Rev. James West, pastor OF the
First Baptist church at Tacoma. Wash.
was accidentally shot through the alb
domen while deer hunting, and is in
critical condition.
Under recently enacted work
mems compensation act In Montana
relatives OF the dead and injured in
the recent mine accident at Butte
viii receive benefits aggregating
more than $4,000.
New York lecture bureau has tel
egraphed Judge Ben Lindsey OF the ju-
venile court at Denver an offer of
$4,000 for three-year contract on
the lecture platform.
Fourteen men were killed at the
Granite Mountain mine OF the North
Butte Mining company at Butte, by
an explosion of 500 pounds OF giant
powder. Eight other men, all work
ing at the surface, we're seriously In
iured.
Nicholas Dumas was found guilty
OF murder In the first degree by
jury at Walsenburg. Colo. The crime
charged was the shooting February
10 last OF William Dick, Oakview
mine paymaster.
There was little interest in the pri-
mary elections In Utah on Tuesday,
the vote being exceptionally light.
DOMESTIC.
In the elections TO be held on No.
vember 2. full tickets are to be voted
upon in only three states. Woman
suffrage will be voted on in three
states. Five vacancies In the house
OF representatives are to be filled.
The death OF Bryan Scott or Knox
college, who died in st. Louis OF In
juries sustained In a football game,
was the eighth football fatality this
season, according to statistics avail
able.
The national shooting tournament
in progress at the state range at Jack
sonville, Fla, since October 2 closed
Friday with shoots for the United
States trophy and the pistol champion
ship.
villa has occupied the Mormon col
ony OF Colonia 0axaca and has taken
complete possession of the colony, ac-
cording to the reports brought TO El
Paso by American settlers.
Marauders, continuing campaign OF
arson across two states, started four
fires early Friday In big hop ranch
across the American river from Sac
ramento, Cal. and did damage esti
mated at $4,000.
The establishment of a permanent
council for national defense was urged
as primary measure of preparedness
by speakers az a mass meeting held
under the auspices Of the National Sc
curity league at Boston.
Two policemen shot two boys off
motorcycle In the East Lake park dis.
trict at Los Angeles. killing one and
probably fatally injuring the other.
The police claim they believed the
boys were stealing the motorcycle.
Announcement that the human voice
had been successfully projected across
the Atlantic was made Thursday on
behalf Of John J. Carly, chief engi-
neer OF the American Telephone &
Telegraph company. at the company's
offices at New York. A message was
sent from Arlington, Va, to Eiffel
Tower. Paris.
Forty men and women were injured
when the Lackawanna ferryboat Meth
erland crashed into the Barrow street,
New York, pier during a fog and
hurled number of passengers under
the hoofs of dozen horses which
were on the boat
John l.. Casper OF Kansas City, al
legged head OF the ''moonshine conspir.
acy," who pleaded guilty at Fort
Smith, Ark, was sentenced to nine
gears anu lniec ud1S III the lleaNeQ-
worth penitentiary and ordered to pay
a fine OF $4,000
President Wilson has authorized the
taking of special census in Ell Paso,
Texas. The law provides that spe-
cial census may be ordered at the re?
quest of a city willing to bear the ex-
pense.
The first order for Red Cross Christ
mas seals has come from far-away
Korea, it is announced by the New
York committee on the prevention of
tuberculosis
J. c. Chauncey Redding of Melrose
and Philip Bulman of Maiden, Mass.
were killed by the fall of biplane in
which they were making an expert
mental fight.
The body Of one Japanese was found
Thursday among the dead Mexicans
killed IN an eariy-morning fight be
tween United States soldiers and Mex