The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-20
DOings of the Day Reflected
and Condensed for Busy
Readers
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told in Short Paragraphs
Latest Intelligence from
All Sources.


the solution of the horrible murder
o. little four-year-old Alphonse Will
mes as they were when the mutilated
body was found Tuesday last.
Bakersfield-John McCune, alias
SLACK Jack" a laborer employed by
the Kern county land company was
shot and instantly killed by Louis
Riddle, butcher, at the Belleview
ranch, several miles from Bakers
field.
Portland, Ore.-Birdie McCarty, the
Lake county school teacher who sued
d. Heryford, a cattle king for $22,50
for breach of promise in the federal
circuit court here last month, must sue
again. Judge Bellinger set aside the
verdict and ordered a new trial.
Paris-A romantic courtship will
reach the final stage on August 9th.
when Professor Benjamin D. Wood
ward of Columbia university, will take
for his bride Miss Gladys Van Buren,
Piver, the California singer. The
wedding will be witnessed by many
residents of the American colony.
Fort Smith, Ark-The kidnapping of
a white girl and the killing of one
of the posse who tried to rescue her,
are the crimes charged against a
party of eight negroes, fortified on
fClo nd rfv Of
here. The negroes are said to be
we'll armed.
Yuma, Ariz.-During an alteration
between two life-term convicts. both
Mexicans, at the Territorial prison,
one man was stabbed dozen times in
the chest. abdomen and legs with a
small knife. One of the slashes open
ed the famoral artery, and the man
died within a few minutes.
Salt Lake-While workmen were en-
gagged in breaking Stag at the Ger
mania smelter at Murray, Utah, We'd
nesday a premature explosion of dy-
Mantle occurred. Dan Spencer was
instantly killed. his head being torn
off by the force of the explosion, and
Ike Harris was slightly injured.
st. Petersburg-A dispatch received
here from Port Arthur says a band
of native bandits recently attacked a
dynamite magazine near the Manchur-
ia frontier station and attempted to
blow it up. A detachment of Cos
sacks captured twenty of the bandits,
Tut the majority of the band escaped.
Ogden-Jesse Langsdorf. cashier Of
the Salmon City, Idaho bank, was ta-
ken to Salt Lake to be treated for
two dangerous gunshot wounds re-
-ceived while camping on Salmon river
in Idaho A shotgun was accidentally
discharged, portion of the load
striking him in the right eye, destroy
charge making a dangerous wound in
the thigh.
Canon City, Colo.-James Arm
strong, the convict who led the re-
cent Jail break at the penitentiary,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in his cell. He had arraged dummy
in his cot and his body was not dis
covered for some hours Armstrong
was considered one of the most des-
perate criminals in the west, and was
wanted in Utah for murder. He was
serving time here for burglary.
Roseburg, Ore.-Within forty yards
or the cabin of E. P. Bagshaw, near
Perdue postoffice, in Douglas county,
the nude and partly decomposed body
of Harmon Snider was found in a
shallow hole covered with leaves.
About six weeks ago Snider, who was
from Portland, in company with Bag
shaw, left this city for the latter's
claim, to spend a few days in the hills.
Later Bagshaw wrote TO friends stat
ing that Snider had left the cabin
some days previous on his return.
Snider did not arrive and searching
party was sent out to look for him.
Their efforts were fruitless. Then Bag
shaw returned to this city and told
conflicting stories regarding Snider's
disappearance that aroused suspicion.