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Show Boy Drowned in a Slough Lad Plunges Into Icy "Water and Loso3 Life Mother Meets "With, an Accident. Special to The Tribune, WEISER, Ida., April 30. Chetrter King, a boy about 14 years of age, whose- parents live In this city, was drowned In Buttermilk slough, an arm ofjj-nako river, about four miles from UitT city, about 11 o'clock this morning. Young King and a companion went to the slough to fish. "When they got there young King suggested sug-gested to his companion that they go mvlmmlng, . The other boy refused, when King threw off his clothes, saying he would show him how to swim. Ho Jumped into the ice-cold water, which Is about ton feet dcop at that point, and almost immediately sank, It Is supposed sup-posed from cramp, as lie could swim. The alarm was given by his companion, compan-ion, and aftor dragging tho place for several hours the body was found and brought to this city. The mother of the boy was taken to tho hospital yesterday with her right anklo broken in two placey, cauwd by being thrown out of a buggy by a runaway team. The bones wero driven through tho flesh. She Is In a serloun condition and It Is feared 'the shock of bee son's. death-may.iprorvo lalaX, |