The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-06-10
DOings of the Day Reflected
and Condensed for Busy
Readers
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Told In Short Parasraphs--Th
Latest Intelligence from
All Sources.

The director of the mint on Tuesday
purchased so 000ounces of silver for
PHILIPPINE coinage, at an average of
53.55 cents an ounce.
Judge George II. Durand, Democrat
ic candidate for Governor Of Michigan,
at the last election until he was
stricken with paralysis and compelled
to withdraw from the ticket, died
suddenly from a stroke of appoplexy
Tuesday.
Hot wids from the north are threat
ening havoc to the grainfelds of
southeastern Washington, where the
wheat crop is already cut down 20
per cent by other adverse conditions
and where a continuation of the pres
ent scalding weather, with whitening
breezes, will soon cut it down by
half.
While the new monitor Nevada was
at target practice off Newport News
Monday afternoon an explosion of n
of the big guns tore up the tnrret, in
dieting considerable damage. The
monitor returned to Old Point Com
fort and the Navy department was
notified. Orders are expected direct
ing the monitor to sail at once to n
Of the navy yards for repairs.
Acknowledgement Knox has received
the resignation of Judge Henry c.
Caldwell of the United States Circuit
court of the eighth district. His
home is in Little Rock, Ark. Judge
Caldwell retires under the act OF Con-
gress which authorizes the retirement
of United States Judges when they
have attained the age Of 20 years, or
have served ten years or more on the
bench.
Prince George of Bavaria, heir-ap-
parent to the throne of Bavaria and
grandson of the Emperor of Austria,
arrived in Frisco Monday on the
steamer Korea from the Orient. He
has been in Java and Japan, and will
now proceed rapidly to Munich. He
is accompanied by his tutor, DR.. h.
Mayi. The prince. who is 70 years
old, is travelling under the name OF
Count Wartenburg.
The federal grand jury has found
true bills against the Croft brothers
in connection with the alleged offer
lg of brides to A. w. Machen, former
superintendent of free delivery of the
postottice department. This action
was taken it is learned, ON the same
day hat Mr.. Machen was indicted.
n delay In presenting the indict-
ments has been due to the fact thai
they could not be prepared for pre-
sentation before today.
1t is regarded as practically certain
that there will be a special session
OF the Kansas legislature in two weeks
to relieve some of the suffering caused
by the food of last week. If a special
session is called it will be for the pur-
pose of building bridges washed away
by the flood. Kansas City is especial
ly interested in the session. because
there were thirteen Kansas river
bridges washed out in that city.
Eight bridges were washed out In
shawnee county besides the street
railway bridges.
A mery-go-round in a park near
Evansville, Ind, ran away with itself
Monday night. There were thirteen
children OF it at the time. The con-
ductor grabbed up the children one
by one and threw them from the
swing. One of them was thrown
against a post and her skull fractured.
She is not expected to survive. One
child had its jaw broken, another had
an arm broken and several were bad
ly bruised. Just al the conductor
jumped from the swing it broke in
pieces and the wood from the horses
was thrown in all directions.