The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-27
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twenty buildings were damaged at
st. Joe, Mo-, Monday by heavy wind
storm, accompanied by rain which
amounted practically to a cloud burst
The greatest damage was in South
st. Joe. where dozen frame buildings
were blown to pieces. The loss is
probably $4,000.
The firm of Smith & Wesson. re-
volver makers at Springfield, Mass,
closed their factory for an indefinite
period. The step is taken, it is be-
lieved, because of labor troubles. the
men having signified their intention
of forming a union despite the oppo-
sition of the firm.
At meeting of practically all tex
tile manufacturers of Philadelphia, it
was voted to make no concessions
whatever to the operators who are de-
manding increased wages. Fifteen
hundred carpet weavers and twelve
hundred textile dyers voted last night
to strike on June 1st if their demands
be refused.
Director of the Mint Roberts on
Monday purchased for the Philippine
coinage 375.000 ounces of silver at an
average of 54.946 cents an ounce. all
except $4,000 ounces to be delivered
at San Francisco The total purchase
to date is 5,162.070 ounces, at a cost of
s2,74S,57S, or an average of 53.245
cents an ounce.
In shooting ARRAY on the streets
of Freedom, Pa, Monday evening Leo
Oranzo was fatally wounded. Tony
Oranzo was shot in the right shoul-
der and Angelo Tureinza was shot in
the back. The men are all Italians
and were intoxicated and quarreled
over some trivial matter. There were
many narrow escapes of pedestrians.
Patterson Stewart. one of the best
known horsemen in the United States
and who in years past has owned
some of the fastest horses in the
country, died at his home in Kansas
City. from the result of a stroke of
paralysis suffered two weeks ago. Mr.
Stewart had lived in Kansas City
for nearly half a century.
The London Times correspondent at
Sofia has received trust worthy infor-
nation that Deltchiff. the famous
chief of the Macedonian revolution
ary movement, was killed in the de-
struction of the village of Banitzi,
near Seres, by the Turks. His death,
enormously reported previously, says
the correspondent, may temporarily
paralyze the movement.
Thomas H. Dickinson, travelling pas
senger agent for the Santa Fe railroad,
committed suicide at his home in Los
Angeles by shooting himself through
the head. Death was almost instant
aneous. He was As years of age, and
was we'll and favorably known among
railroad men of the coast. Prolonged
Ill health and melancholy are the
causes ascribed for the suicide.
Antonio Triola was put to death in
the electric chair at Sing Sing prison,
New York. for the murder of Mamie
Cerelli. Five shocks were necessary
to cause death. State Electrician Da-
Wis said 1t was harder to kill a thin
wiry man, like Triola by the electric
current than a stout man. as in the
case of a thin man there are not
enough tissues to convey the current
quickly to a vital part. Mr.. Davis
also said that Triola had thick greasy
hair which resisted the current.
A tornado struck fifteen miles south
of Norman, a small town in Nebraska,
early Tuesday morning. demolishing
fifteen buildings, killing three persons
and injuring a dozen others. From
Norman, which is a town OF about
one hundred inhabitants. situated on
what is called the high line" OF the
railway, the path of the
storm lay east of raullne, little sta
ton of the Missouri Pacific railway.
From Pauline it proceeded in south
easterly direction, finally losing its
force southwest of Fairfield. The en-
tire town of Fairfield, which has about
thirty-five houses, is reported wrecked
and II is said that three persons were