The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-28
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San Francisco-Two masked men
held up saloon on Seventh street
Wednesday night and secured S170.
London-All advices indicate that
war is inevitable between Bulgaria
and Turkey. A great mass meeting
at Sofia urged the government to sup
port the Macedonian fight for liberty.
New York-Actor Ernest Hastings,
enc Of the best known actors on the
Pacific coast, is a raving maniac here
in the care of friends. He raves over
Madge Cummings, said to be a San
Francisco girl.
Syracuse, n. Y.-Sister Beata OF
Louisville, Ky, is at the Franciscan
convent in this city making prepara-
tions to accompany Sister Mary Leon
ida to the Hawaiian Islands, where
they will work among the lepers.
st. Johns, N. F.-A school of 143
small whales was driven ashore at st.
Mays bay and was unable to retreat.
The residents, men and women, waded
walsL-Geep INTO the water and killed
tLen al with hatchets and pitch
4Crks.
hone-There is a remarkable erup-
tioa of Mt. Vesuvius. A great hole
broke in the mountain a thousand feet
f.oi.4 t-e san.n4it ana a stream OF lava
pou4ed cue 1t is a magnificent spec
tacie. 1he Damage SO far has been
small.
Saratoga, N. Y.-The twenty-second
ahnuai lnSe.AIs OF the American Street
Idliway association will bring to Sar-
aloaa next week hundreds of men
most pIom4nently idenined with stree.
ralIway interests OF the United States
anu canada. An inte. esting program
Ci papers and discussions exLend4n5
oNel tAIee uays las been prepared.
OSHKOSH, Wis.-The people of Osh-
kosn celebrated the fiftieth anniver.
sary oil the city. In 1853 Oshkosh was
a Struggling village of lumberman,
tiappers and others who had settled
aIong the shore OF Lake Winnipeg.
Nnw Al Is one OF the most fiourishing
c.lies OF this section of the country,
the center of large inductries and with
/. popu.ation OF 10000.
Mysuc, Conn.-There was large
attendance at the opening of the an
nual national peace conference. Thi
sessions will continue until Monday
oOlue OF the prominent speakers to be
heard are Baroness Won Suttner Of
Austria, Henry w. Wilbur of New
iCIk, United States Senator Cullom
o. Illinois, b. F. Trueblood of Boston
and Juuge William N. Ashman of Phil
..ue4pnia.
rev York-In sight of half dozen
revenue cutters 14-year-old Robert
Thompson was carried away to sea by
a French bark. The boy was kid
naped and taken aboard the vessel
He jumped overheard in his attempt
to escape, but was recaptured. The
matter was reported to the authori-
ties and Revenue Cutter Gresham
overlook the bark at Sandy Hook and
Will investigate the case.
New York-Sam Parks, walking del
eeate of the Housesmiths and Bridge
mems union was sentenced by Record
e. Goff to serve in Sing Sing prison
a term OF not less than two years and
six months and not more than three
years and six months, on conviction of
extortion. Parks attorney immedi-
ately went to the supreme court and
made application. for a certificate of
reasonable doubt
Atchison, Kan.-Tne annual opeu
tournament OF the Missouri Valley
Tennis association, which began here
Thursday, is one of the most notable
events of the kind ever held in this
section of the country, both as regards
the number of the contestanots and
their high class. The first day was
devoted to the preliminaries and the
finals will be contested tomorrow anc
Saturday.
Alexandria La.-Alexandria gave
royal welcome Thursday to the scores
OF visitors here from all parts of the
state for the annual convention of
the Louisiana division, United Confed-