The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-11-03
STATE NEWS
ERlEFLY TOLD
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

Smallpox has broken out in Elko
again.
There are 200 patients in the state
asylum.
Senator Newlands visited Carson
Saturday.
The Nevada State Journal has ad-
ded another press to its equipment.
A group of mines near Osceola.
White Pine county. has been sold for
Sc, 900.
The Carson Indian school eleven de-
feated the Reno high school team in
game OF football Saturday by
score Of to 3.
Senior Enriques, the alleged Spanish
torIeador, was arrested Saturday in
Reno and placed under $500 bonds to
answer to a charge of tormenting a
bull.
II. B. d. Haysted, who for several
years past has been chief clerk of the
Lovelock Commercial Company's store
"a Lovelock. has accepted clerkship
with S. J. Hodgkinson in Reno.
A farmers institute will be held in
Elko on the 18th and 18th of Decefber.
The first date set was the 9TH and
9th. The change was made by Pres.
Stubs of the state university, to
avoid conflict of dates in other. con-
ventions.
The business men say there is more
money in our town than for the past
twelve years, says the Cherry Greek
Miner. The poker games are running
lively, and from $500 to $1,000 can be
seen on the tables to be gambled for
at time.
The Halloween pranks of some boys
IN Gold Hill Saturday evening near
ly had a fatal ending An attempt
was made to remove a gate at the
| residence of c. Butler, but the boys
were scared away. They returned a
little later and when they attempted
to pull the gate off Butler lred into
the crowd several bird shot lodging
ia the thigh of Jack Murray.
Clabe Gunter. an old-time follower
of the goddess of chance, expired sud-
denly while dealing faro at the Inter-
national saloon in Virginia City Sat-
drday night. Deceased had been all
ing for several months with heart
trouble and his physician had warned
him against any excitement 1t is
supposed that the tense strain over
the game was too much for him and
he fell. Bystanders thought he had
been overcome by apoplexy and ap-
piled every means at hand to restore
him, but to no avail. When ply
sician arrived he had expired.
John Hayes Hammond, aecompa-
MED by President Brock of the Tono-
pah Company, passed through Reno
Saturday en- route to Tonopah Mr..
Hammond is consulting engineer of
the Tonopah Company at the NUM-
dcent salary of s25,0O0 per year, but
since his appointment he has been
very i'll and has made but one examin-
alton of the properties, upon which
ne reported favorably. AS the result
of his visit it is expected that work
in the direction of establishing large
reduction works will be decided upon
and pushed from now on.
Probably the largest poker game
ever witnessed in Wells was played
here last Saturday night, says the
Wells Herald. The ante was five dol
lars, and several thousand dollars
changed hands on the game. Fortune
favored Thomas Harvey, and Sunday
morning the game broke up with him
over $4,000 to the good e. M. Gut
ridge of Elko was the heaviest loser
but several local sports contributed
to Mr.. Harney's winnings. The game
was fast and furious and drew large
crowd of spectators. Bets as high as
thousand dollars were made.