The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-12-10
SHORT NEWS NOTES
FROM EVERY
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Doings of the Day Reflected
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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told In Short Parasraphs.-The
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All Sources

London.-The steamers Waterland
and Stella collided Wednesday morn
ing The Stella sank, drowning three.
Washington.-The state department
is informed by Minister Thomas that
both Norway and Sweden have recog-
ni2ed Panama.
Parsons, Kans-A natural gas ex-
plosion wrecked the Beros block doing
$4,000 damages. Windows a block
away were shattered.
Westinghouse cable from Minister
Leishman confirms the affair reported
to the Constantinople dispatch. Min
lister Leishman reports that he is maxi
ing a full investigation.
Clarksburg, N. J.-Five were burned
to death in a fire Monday morning.
which destroyed the residence of Clay
ton Flower, The dead are Flower, his
wife and three children. One son es-
capped.
teen teams which started in the six
day bicycle race are still grinding out
the miles. but the record so far is low.
Iweive teams are tied, showing 632
miles, six laps. The record for the
same time is 679 miles, one lap.
Aden.-Word was received of a bat
tie between sixty British marines and
six hundred Somalis under the Sultan
OF Somaliland at Durby. The British
were compelled to retreat aboard the
Mohawk after Commander Grant had
| been severly wounded and one marine
/ killed. The SomaH losses were heavy.
/ Washington. - President Roosevelt
| chairman of the Republican state COM
mittee of Missouri, to be assistant
/ United States treasurer at St. Louis.
General q. B. Farrer, the present sub
| treasurer. notified Secretary Shaw sew
eral days ago of his withdrawal from
the contest.
| Berlin.-A Koelnische zeitung dis
patch says that the American syndi-
/ cate bid for the construction of the
Russian ship canal connecting the
Baltic and Black seas was $136, 900, 900.
This bid is 35 per cent cheaper. than
any of the German, English, French
or Russian bids and the American syn
dicate will probably be given the con-
| tract.
Paris.-The Russian ambassador at
Paris has been recalled he has pre-
sented to President Loubet the order
for his return. The recall of Ambas-
sador Prince Urusonff is said to be
! "A tn n1a he hU he fS n a
10 Rome to succeed Russian Ambassa-
/ dor Nelidoff, who was recalled after
! the czar abandoned his proposed visit
to the Italian capital.
Indianapolis. Ind.-Dr. Edwin Holt
Hughes was inaugurated president OF
Depauw University at Green Castle.
Indiana, Wednesday. The guests in
cluded number of college and uni
versity presidents and alumni from all
parts of the country. Senator Albert
J. Beveridge, who was graduated from
| Depauw in 1885, delivered the principal
address, taking as his theme, The
School and the Nation"
jefferson City, Mo.-The supreme
court reversed the case of Colonel Ed
Butler, of St. Louis, convicted in Mo-
vember of bribery, and sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary, and
the prisoner was discharged He was
found guilty of Offering Or. Chapman.
a member of the board of health of the
city of St. Louis, $500, to award
contract for the destruction of the
city's garbage to the St. Louis Reduc-
ton Company of which Butler was
part owner.