The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-19
DOings of the Day Reflected
and Condensed for Busy
Readers
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told In Short Paragraphs--The
Latest Intelligence from
All Sources.

Colonel Stanford, a brother of the
late California Senator, died last week
in New York. aged 81 years.
Gilbert Farr night clerk at the Ia
coma hotel, was instantly killed and
four persons slightly injured by
Point Defiance car with a broken
axle jumping the track.
1t has just become known that dur
ing his official visit to Paris King Ed
ward went one night on a real esca-
pade. He slipped out of a side door
and lost 10000 francs at poker
Owing to the troubles in Morocco
Spain has thrown up defenses at Ceu-
ia, seaport in Morocco, belonging
to Spain, and will ship thither six
| heavy guns which have been lying
at Algeciras since the Spanish-Amer-
ican war.
! By a cave-in at the Drain drift of
the Egnol placer mine in Lincoln
gulch, four miles from Helena. three
miners were entombed. 1t is not
known whether they are alive or not.
A shaft is being sunk beyond the
cave, with the hope of rescuing them.
E. H. Hartman, the millionaire
railroad magnate, has not decided yet
whether or not he will submit to an
operation for appendicitis. He has
entirely recovered from the mild at
tack and the physicians say the only
reason for an operation at present
would be to prevent a future and per-
haps more serious attack.
The famous Washington Elm in
! front of the Wadsworth Athenaeum, in
| Hartford, Conn, was felled recently
being blown down in the spring
storms. 1t will be remembered that
this elm was so called because George
Washington and Rochambeau met un-
der IT in Hartford, and the tree has
been regarded as a landmark in the
city for over century.
James ]. Jeffries, the worlds cham
pion heavyweight boxer, arrived in
Oakland Tuesday night from Chicago,
and is in the best of condition He
came west with Al Smith, the book
maker, and the genial kid" Egan.
Jeffries was taken in hand immedia-
tely by Billy Delaney. He will re-
main in Oakland until Thursday, 60
ing to Los Angeles for a short visit
with his family AS soon as the de-
tails for the Corbett-Jeffries match
are completed the big man will begin
active training. Where he will do
his outdoor work has not been decid-
ed as yet.
Two remarkable happenings are re-
ported from Mississippi In one case
a negro was hanged and pronounced
dead by physicians who attended the
execution. After the negro was cut
down he came to life and is enjoying
his freedom because ii has been de-
cided that he is dead from a legal
mob hanged a negro, put IL bullets
into him. and left him for dead. He
regained consciousness while being
prepared for burial, but as he could
not take advantage of any legal tech
nicality he did not escape. He has
been sentenced to ten years in prison.
movement has been started in
New York among union men to quiet
ly organize for the special purpose
of acting together in judiciary cleo
tions. The movement was melted, ac-
cording to labor leaders, by the Oft
repeated abuse of the power of injunc-
ton employed by the courts for the
alleged purpose of suppressing labor
union men in connection with the
strike troubles, and. they allege, de-
priving them of constitutional right.
Samuel E. Donnelly, leading mem
Der of the International Typographical
Union, is prominently identified with
the movement. 1t is proposed to carry
the work throughout the country
wherever labor unions exist
Governor Beckham of Kentucky has
offered a reward of $50 for the arrest
and the assassins of ]. B. Macrum.
Dispatches from Jackson, Macrum's
former home. show an alarming state