The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-07-23
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Newark, N. Herman Gaudinger
a pattern maker, shot and killed his
wife, shot his nine-year-old son, and
then killed himself. The tragedy end
ed a spree.
Estherwood, La.-Burglars blew
open the safe of E. T. Hoyt & Co., and
secured $4,000 in cash, crop liens ant
notes. Bloodhounds have been put on
the trail Of the robbers.
Coleville, Wash.-James Miles, a
young man recently married to a girl
of IS, shot his wife through the heart,
and she died the next moment, her
arms clinging about his neck. The
shooting appears to have been purely
accidental.
Bozeman, Mont.-Because his prom
ised wife would not come home from
Holland and marry him, Jan Hunenga.
a Little Holland raneher, hanged him
self at his ranch on the West Gallatin
river. Her letter, refusing to be his
wife, was found in his stiffened fin
gers when his partner cut him down.
Butte, Mont.-Word has been receiv-
ed here from New Bedford, Mass, tC
the effect that by the death in this
state of their brother, George Col
Inns, whom they had not seen since
he went away in 1872, Mary, Nellie
and Annie Coi.Ins, three poor mill
operatives, have become sole heir to
a fortune Of 100000.
Spokane, Wash.-Oscar Szontagh, a
prominent mining man, recently man.
ager of the smelter at Northport, this
state, committed suicide by shooting
himself this morning in his room at
the Hotel Spokane. The cause of the
act is unknown. Oscar Szontagh was
one Of the most distinguished chem
lists in the United States and had long
had a national reputation as a metal
lurgist. He was born in Austria fifty
one years ago, and was educated in
Vienna and Germany.
Denver, Colo.-Twenty thousand
acres of coal lands have been taken
up in Routt county during the past
year. The receipts at the Glenwood
springs land office. which is in this
district, aggregate $3.50, 900. The rush
is accounted for by the building Of
the Moffat road, whose proposed route
penetrates the rich coal feds of Routt
and lands nave been sold by the gov
eminent for $40 an acre, where they
we're within twenty miles of the line.
On this basis the estimate Of the num-
per OF acres sold is placed at 20, 900.
Jackson, Ky.-At Cave Run school
house, three miles from here. Mack
Howard and James Barrett, a negro,
fought a duel with pistols, the result
OF a card game. Both were fatally
wounded, and James Wires, aged IL.
who was sitting at his desk in the
school house. was shot in the aldo.
Len. Wires may recover. The civil
authorities declined to take action,
and the men were arrested by two
-.etails of soldiers, who had to go into
ne country to get their men. Bar
lett admitted having shot twelve men
n one woman. two of whom had
died.
Pasadena-E. j.. better known the
state over as LUCKY" Baldwin mar
rowly escaped death IN a runaway. He
vas driving on South Fair Oaks av-
enue in company with Colonel Hen
messy when his horse, a young and
Aervous beast. took fright at an cleo
-rlc car. Baldwin could not manage
the animal, which ran, throwing botn
men yio4ently to the pavement. Bald
WIZ landed on his back and arm ana
was stunned. He was taken to the
pasadena hospital and cared for. 1t
was found that no bones were broken.
dennessy. VINO was less severely hurt,
caught the horse, and later drove
nome.
Roanoke, Wa detective last
hlght arrested James w. Bailey and
jonn w. Kennedy near Shenandoah
charged with wrecking a Norfork &
western passenger train heal Green
ale on the night OF December 2Sth
last when Engineer Bailey was killed
he men pleaded guilty anu were sen
D stanton Jail, without bond, charg
"a with murder. In a sworn confes-
s!cn they said they planned with
Mrs. Ellen Paynter to wreck the train
and Kill any passengers who might
escape death in the wreck. Only the
engineer was killed, and the plan OF
wholesale murder was abandoned
Mrs. PavQter who comea from North