The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-11
DOings of the Day Reflected
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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told in Short Paragraphs--The
Latest Intelligence from
All Sources.

Thirteen Christians were killed and
nineteen wounded and three Mussul-
men were killed during the recent
outbreaks at Monastir.
Daniel NJ Ransdel, sereant-at-arms
of the United tates Senate, says that
an extra session of Congress will be
called about November 9Th.
Rear-Admiral Cotton has been in
structed to take the United States
European squadron. now at Villefran-
che to Kiel at the end of the month
Steam transports having a capacity
of 100000 bushels of wheat each will
Sc on be plying between the Pacific
Coast and Japan.
The Great Northern trainmen's S
trouble was the subject of two con-
feIences at St Paul Saturday Mr.
Eli gives out the railroads side of
the case in a long interview.
The Colorado Forestry Associa-
ton will put forth an extra effort to
save the timber of the State from pill
lage and fire. There are now only
about 5000 square miles of timber in
the tatSe.
Jimmy Britt, the pugilist, has yield
ed to the advice of his friends and
decided to wipe out the color line
He will now agree to a match at an
Francisco with Joe Cans, and endeav-
or to wrest from the colored fighter
the lightweight championship Of the
world.
Congressman Robert G. Cousins of
Iowa is on his way to the Pacific
coast Congressman Cousins is a mem
Der of the House committee on Naval
Affairs, and will make an inspection
of the new Government naval sta
tions at San Francisco and on Puget
Sound during his western trip.
1t is announced that the government
will erect the greatest wireless tele-
graphic station in the world at Cape
Henoy The principal use of the sta
ton will be to communicate with war
vessels at sea, Tampa, Key West, the
Dry Tortugas and northern navy
yards The poles will be 200 feet
high.
The Denver gateway which was
opened some months ago to the Mis-
souri, lines, will take in passenger
traffic for Short Line and Navigation
points as well. This will divert some
passenger traffic from Salt Lake in
favor of Ogden and is another blow
to the Rio Grande- Missouri Pacific
combination.
The International Machinists con-
vention at Milwaukee Saturday took
what is probably the most important
step since the organization of the as
sociation, when it passed section l OF
article l of the subordinate lodge con-
stitution, admitting all employees of
a machine shop to the union. BY this
step the association expects to in
crease its membership in two years
from $4,000 to 100000, and in five
years to be equal to the Miners Union
and this action lets down the bars
which prevented any except the skill
ed mechanic from joining the Union.
Salt Lake ministers are puzzled
over the mysterious disappearance OF
documents containing sensational
charges against the heads of the Nor
mon church which were mailed to
Secretary of State Hay and the Ger
man Embassy on April 18th. TheI
charges are in connection with the
emulsion of the Mormon mission
aries. Advices from Washington are
that these letters have never been re-
eeived. Among the things the am
davits set forth that Jos. F. Smith,
president of the Mormon church. now
and has for many years past been
living in open and notorious poly
gamy with plural wives.
The New York police headquarters
received an anonymous letter Satur-
day saying that an Internal machine
would be put on board the Umbria
at the Cunard pier. Police officials
found box the size of trunk at the
pier. in which the clicking OF machin-
cry could be heard Some of the pas