The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-07-25
Doings of the Day Reflected
and Condensed for Busy
Readers
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told In Short Paragraphs The Latest 10.
telligerc. Gathered from All Quar-.
fers of the Globe

Vancouver, B. C.-The oldest white
woman in British Columbia died yes
terday. She was Mrs. Anna Gill, aged
101 years. She was a native of Ire
land and had lived in Canada for 40
years.
Kansas City, Mo.-William Ahearn,
an Irish comedian, well known on the
vaudeville circuit. died at his home
here of consumption, aged 33. His
wife, known on the stage as Annie
Patrick, was at his bedside.
Washington-The President has de-
MED the applications for Communication
of the death sentence passed upon
Benjamin C. Hill. white man So
years old who killed his wife. Hill
will be hanged tomorrow at the Dis
tlict Jail.
New York-It is stated here to-
day that President Roosevelt will,
summon business men from all parts
of the country to Oyster Bay and hold
plan. This is the definite outcome
of yesterdays conference with Repub-
lican leaders.
New York-Frederick w. Hollis, Sec
retary of the American delegation to
| Tue Hague peace conference and more
recent member of the international
court of arbitration, died suddenly OF
heart failure at his home in Yonk-
els, N. Y.
London-10e Lew battleship King
EDWARD VII, the largest in the world.
was successfully launched by the
Princess of Wales at Davenport
Thursday afternoon. Among tuoss
present were the Princess OF Wales,
Princess Henry of Battenberg and
the Lords of the Admiralty. King
Edward laid the keel plate March s,
1902 The vessel cost s7,500,000.
! Sedalia, Mo.-Missouri Pacific fast
train No. l, west-bound, collided with
the rear end of accommodation train
No. 5, just opposite the yards here.
The forward coach of the accomoda-
tion was telescoped by the baggage
land express cars in front of 1t.
-Four passengers and Baggageman ].
C. Grover were injured. Julius Hen
kel, of Holland, Ia, was hurt intern
ally and may die,
/ Monida, Mont.-Gcv Odell of New
York and his party took stage coaches
early this morning for the long an
picturesque ride over the continental
divide to Yellowstone park The party
viii leave the park at Gardiner, Mont,
and return via Butte and the Oregon
Short Line to Salt Lake. The gov
ernor's party will leave Salt Lake for
the east on the Goth or 30th over the
Denver e Rio Grande to Denver.
st. Louisa mob made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to lynch John Davis,
a negro who had shot and killed his
wife. The officers had sent In a call
for a patrol. when a mob of nearly
100 negroes rushed upon them.
Lynch him." went up the cry. and
the mob surrounded the officers and
prisoner. The officers used their re-
lvClvers as clubs, knocking down sew
eral members of the mob. Additional
officers arrived and put the mob to
rcut.
| Butte, Mont.-Acting under instruc-
tions and description sent from Raw
Inns, Wyo., the police arrested Frank
Ortoff on the charge of rohbing a
stage at that place two months ago.
Under a sweating Ortoff broke down
Iand confessed the crime declaring that
hunger and inability to get work
compelled him to rob the stage. His
plunder consisted of $110 worth OF
postage stamps. Ortoff also confess
,sed TO holding up the stage between
Shelidap and Buffalo. Wyo.. ten days
later and only securing $3.50. Both
o'd-ups were single-handed and dar-
ing