The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-05
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 6RIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given in Few Lines.
lNTERMouNTAIN.

on January 20 to Charles w. Fair
banks, former vice president of thu
United States, at an elaborate dinnei
in observance of the birth of William
Mckinley.
The state public utilities commits
sion will investigate with view t.
REIMBURSEMENT, the passenger fares o.
all railroads in Colorado.
st. Mary's hospital, at Walla Walla
Wash, large frame structure, was
burned to the ground Forty-iye pa
tients were in the institution, one Of
them on the operating table, but al
were rescued. The fire started on the
second floor. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Police Sergeant r. H. Stahl died al
Portland of pistol wound received
Wednesday night while testing the
wakefulness of patrolman, who mis-
took Stahl for a burglar.
Burglars killed scrub woman al
restaurant in Salt Lake City when
she found them rifiing a cash regis
ter.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has further suspended from Jan
uary 20 to July 30, 1915, the proposed
increases in passenger rates from
points on the Oregon Short Line via
Salt Lake or Ogden, and the Denver
g. Rio Grande railroad, by the can
collation. of this route as to traffic
moving to Denver and points beyond.
DOMESTIC.
Howard Snyder, the oil man who
killed his wife, Lorena Beresford Sny-
der, in sanitarium at Houston,
Texas, died from poison he swallowed
after the crime.
William b. Warwick. private in
company G, Sixteenth infantry, was
instantly killed by a bullet at Ell Paso,
Texas. The soldier was lying in his
tent near the river when the stray
bullet struck him.
Captain Frank H. Ainsworth, award
ed a medal by congress for planting
the first American flag on Cuban soil,
after the outbreak of the Spanish
American war, and for five years in
spector of immigration in San Fran
cisco, has received notice of dis
missal.
j. 7. Butler and H. w. Legleitner.
two of the men convicted in the In
dianapolis dynamiting trial, have
been tentatively paroled from Leav-
enworth penitentiary by the federal
parole board. Both men were said to
be i'll.
Agreement to arbitrate the wage
controversy which has kept $4,000 coal
miners in the Ohio field out of work
lince April has been arrived at.
Three million acres of desert land
have been made to bloom and pro-
duce good crops since the government
Instituted its reclamation department
"A 1902, c. ]. Blanchard, statistician
of the reclamation and forest conser-
yation service told the Southwestern
Lumber Dealers association in con-
1ention at Kansas City.
The New York chamber of com.
nerce has adopted resolution recon-
nending that the United States gov.
srnment, to encourage the upbuilding
4 an American merchant marine. de.
ermine the difference in cost he.
ween operating American ships bv
American standards and ships fiying
,ther flags, and pay the difference in
he cost to the owners of American
Formal opening ceremonies at the
Panama canal probably will be post.
'oned from March to July and Presi- |
lent Wilson will go to San Francisco
" rail in March and to Panama later
vhen the naval review will be held.
Harry X. Thaw pleaded not guilty
the charge of conspiracy under
which he was brought to New York
rom New Hampshire. His trial was
ct for February %. Meanwhile he is
remain prisoner in the Tombs
Is counsel having agreed not to an.
ly for bail.
The fleet Of German liners tied up
their docks in Hoboken since the
eginning of the war blossomed ont
n January %, with German and
flags and with red. white
nd black bunting in observance of
'mperor Williams birthday.
Edward Bright, an American cit;.
en- arrested at Goetingen, Germany
october II, charged with being sny
nd held in prison until the early MARI
I January, has arrived at New York
Euasne 3, Schmitz, who was MAYOR
San Francisco at the time of the
reat earthquake and fire, has an
ounced his intention of running for
he office again next spring. He saws
wants to be indicated and also
esires to make the coast city a wide
pen town.
Governor Manning in a special mes.
lge to the South Carolina Legislature
sked appointment of committee n ,
lvestigate the disappearance of the
'cords of Governor Blease's admins.
alton, all of which, he said. had bean
from the capitol