The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-27
THE NEWS IN
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Doings of the Day Reflected
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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told in Short Paragraphs--The
Latest Intelligence from
All Sources.

A strike OF 5000 gold ore is reported at
Lone Pine. Inyo county, California.
An explosion occurred in the Dom
inion mine, Sydney. B. C., and four
men were killed.
The Official Gazette announces that
Cape Colony will participate in the
st. Louis exposition.
At The Hague the First Chamber of
the States General adopted the treaty
of arbitration between Holland and
Venezuela.
Because the Ironton, O., Portland
Cement company refused to give Ben
Garvey his old position as oiler, the
entire force of the plant and mines,
numbering 20. went out
Disorders have been reported in
France from various points in connec-
tion with the expulsion of the mem
bers of the congregations who have
remained in France, and several ar
rests were made
The sealed verdict returned Friday
night by the jury before which Louis
Decker, a former member of the Mis-
souri, House of Delegates, has been
tried on the charge of perjury in con-
nection with Suburban franchise
Doodle legislation. found him guilty
and imposed an imprisonment in the
penitentiary of four years.
Notice was received att he Union
Pacific headquarters Saturday from
the navy department at Washington
that the road has been awarded the
contract for carrying all trans-conti-
mental naval passenger traffic for one
year, beginning July 1st. A rate of
s22.75 is made from Chicago to the
coast and it is estimated that 10000
men will be carried under the con-
tract.
The naval board which for many
months has been conducting an ex-
haustive test at Washington to as
certain the fuel value of coal oil is
about to begin the compilation Of the
results obtained. An important result
obtained has been to reduce the my
riad oil burners, more than sixty-five
of which were tried separately into six
classes. There is not a great deal Of
difference in the value of the burners,
the simplest appearing to be the best
J. NJ. Basset died of heart failure IN
Oakland Friday aged rs years. Mr..
Bassett was well known as the author OF
sold Pard" letters, which worried the
late C. p. Huntington. He had learned
some business secrets of the Southern
Pacific as an employe. Huntington dis
charged him on Senator Stanford's
death and Bassett for years published
the letters. He established a ferry sys-
TEN between Oakland and San Francis
co as rival of the Southern Pacific.
He was a city councillor in 1894.
1t is stated in semi-official circles that
England, Japan and the United States
are preparing to make joint protest
against the action of Russia in seeking
to force China to surrender the sover-
eighty OF Manchuria. A note will be
addressed to China and protest against
Welding to the demands of Russia. 1t
is stated that the three powers are in
perfect harmony. From the latest re-
ports England has thirty-seven fighting
ships in the Orient, while France has
32. The United States has FIVE or six.
Russia's strength is placed at abont
thirty.
Coalinga oil is getting to be much
used at various mines and mills in
Arizona, southern Nevada and Cali