The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-09
Doings of the Day Reflected
and Condensed for Busy
Readers
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told in Short Paragraphs--The
Latest Intelligence from
All Sources.

The latest metal quotations are:
Silver, SO; lead, s4.67 IL; copper,
$1450.
George G. Williams, president of
the Chemical National bank of New
York, died at his home Thursday
night. He had been confined to his
bed two weeks with a weak heart
the result of an attack of the grip
last February.
The report of the secretary and
treasurer of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen for the fiscal year end
ed December 31st. shows that the in
crease in membership amounted to
5000 men, making a total of $4,000
in round numbers. The sixth BIZ
ennial convention will be held in Den
yer, May 18th.
On the Wanikin. Mich, golf links
Nat Goodwin. the famous actor,
broke his record, going a round in
forty-three. Maxine Elliott, his wife,
got jealous and sent a golf ball some
thing less than mile crashing
through a second-story window in
the house of Bentley E. Pierce, a
prominent business man.
The police of Cheyenne, Wyo., are
after vandals believed to be half
grown girls, who raided the grave of
Governor Richards in the city GEM
etery and stole a large amount OF
flowers and decorations. The ribbons
with which bouquets were bound were
pressed and afterwards sold in the
city for hair-dressing purposes.
Rather than give an alarm which
she knew might awaken a dozen sleep
ing families to panic, Mrs. James
K Polk silently and desperately
fought a fire in her apartments in
New York city. She paid for this
with her life last night, for so badly
burned was she that she died despite
every effort of the surgeons Wealthy,
and herself a daughter of one Of
Sweden's famous artists Mrs. Polk
was married twenty-one years ago to
Mr.. Polk, whose great uncle was
President of the United States.
Harry B. Bulls of Haverstraw, n.
Y, has made a formal claim against
the government of Venezuela for
false Imprisonment and detention at
Maracaibo. He laid the matter be-
fore the Department of State in
Washington and assumed that his
case would be presented with the 9TH
ers that have been placed in the hands
of the special agent appointed to rep
resent the United States in effecting
a settlement of American claims. but
was surprised to learn that there was
a question about the presentation OF
his claim with the others. owing to
a technical objection, which will be
remedied.
Col w. H. Dewey, of Boise, Idaho,
died of dropsy yesterday morning.
He was so years old and a native OF
New York. Col Dewey was one of
the very prominent men of the state.
He made a fortune in the mines of
Silver City and more recently develop
ed the Dewey mine at Thunder noun
tain, which is now known to be OF
great value. He built two short lines
of railway, one from Nampa to Muir
phy. the other from Nampa to En-
NETT. Another monument is his hotel
at Nampa, which was opened three
months ago. 1t cost s250000. His
estate is estimated at from $1,000
900 to $1.250.000.
Edward Heiser. whom the postal
charge with being a mem
Der of green goods gang, with head
quarters in New York, and who was
at Allentown, Pa. after
desperate struggle, was given a hear
ing before United States commission
er Craig and committed to Jail in de-
fault of bail The postal inspectors
say that through a letter addressed
to u. Smith, Parkville, Mo-, the
conspiracy was first dis
covered. The letter was opened by
mistake by the postmaster at Ham
Ilton, Mo. A postal inspector acted
the mart of come on" and met Hell
ser at Allentown Thursday. The in