The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-01
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In q Few Llnea.
iNTERMouNTAIN.

hihiP icudIuOp dCCiueHldlly SHOI
1t Bingham, Utah, when another man
was demonstrating the use Of fire
arms, is dead.
For the second time on record
Mount Shuksan, one of the most
rugged and difficult peaks of the
Cascade range, was assembled Sunday,
party of twenty-five members of the
Seattle Mountaineers' club reaching
The summit after three days climb
Fully 10000 persons crowded their
way into the tabernacle at Salt Lake
City on August "a, and half as many
big structure and enthusiastically ap-
plauded the address of Governor
Charles E. Hughes, the Republican
nominee for president
Thomas Civilian, prominent
ranchman Of Falcon, Colo. and Mrs.
Mary e. Simmons, his housekeeper,
were found dead with bullet holes in
their heads, having been murdered
Charles Evans Hughes said in an
address delivered at Reno, New, that
the prestige of the United States has
been cut practically in half as re.
suit of its dealings with Mexico.
Daniel Vanderpool, 48 years of age,
is dead at Greeley, Colo, while his
assailant, Conrad Geissek, farmer
residing near Greeley, who beat Van
derpool to death with the butt end of
a rife, following an attack on the
farmers young daughter. Kate Gels
SEX, has been exonerated by coro-
ner's jury.
DOMESTIC.
Secretary Lansing will attend the
first meeting of the American NJ exican
commission to adjust border differ
ences, which will be held in New
York September A.
Fifteen hundred employees of the
American Printing company, textile
manufacturing concern, were thrown
out of work when the company closed
its plant at Fall River, Mass, for an
indefinite period.
Two men and one woman were ia
tally burned, nine others, including a
boy and two women, were seriously
burned and number of others were
less seriously injured when a large
oil tank exploded at Charles City,
Iowa
Henry ]. Furber, 76 years of age,
formerly a wealthy real estate opera
tor. shot and killed himself in a Chi
cago hospital. He had been a patient
there for several years. He left a
fortune estimated at $6,O0O,0O0.
Miss Babe" Wright, San Fran
cisco girl, swan across the Golden
Gate in 81 minutes 80 As seconds,
setting an official Pacific Athletic as
ISOLATION record for women for the
event.
The strike of conductors and motor
men, which had tied up street car
traffic at Chattanooga for two days,
ended August %.
Glass manufacturers in the Pittsburg
district have been notified by their
London agents that an order in coun-
Gil has been issued placing an en-
barge upon American table glass
ware.
The Illinois Manufacturers associa-
ton has called a conference of sim
liar organizations from many states
to meet in Chicago August 20 to
uphold the principle of arbitration
and to secure united action on the
part of industries with reference to
the controversy between railroads
and their trainmen."
Blind Jimmy" who the police say
begged from IS to SO a day from
Chicagoans, was thrown in Lake Mi,
ehigan and drowned, according to 4
report under investigation. Two men
who led Blind Jimmy are being
held pending inquiry.
Five men were killed and several
others were injured at the plant of
the National Foundry company at
Erie, Pa, as the result of the collapse
of two heavy cranes.
The corn crop has steadily deterior-
Rted in northern Texas, Oklahoma
and much of Kansas because of con-
tinued hot weather and almost COM
piete lack of rain, according to the
national weather and crop bulletin.
All street cars at Chattanooga ceas-
ed operation at 10 o'clock Tuesday
night as precaution against threat
ened violence by strike sympathizers
after rock had been thrown through
a car window, injuring woman. and
windows in another car had been
broken by pistol shots.
Catholic voters throughout the
United States were urged at a mass
meeting of the Roman Catholic Gen.
trail Verein at New York City to unite
and cast their influences at the polls
where it will subserve to high and
holy principles" for which Catholics
stand.
The Americans to the international
commission appointed to settle the
differences between the United States
and Mexico are Franklin X. Lane, sec