The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-17
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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
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Fontana, Kan.-Willam Higgins, 20
years of age, was killed in a baseball
game here. While running between
bases he was struck on the temple
by ball.
Winfield, Kan.-The death list from
the Twigg shooting, which occurred
Thursday night. now NUMBERS seven
and the list of wounded, some fatally
remain at about twenty EIGHT.
St. Louis, Mo.-The sketch plans
for the California building at the
Worlds fair have been approved. Cali
fornia is to reproduce an old mission
building in the southern part of that
state.
Albany, Ga.-Reports received here
state that a white man named Thomp-
son and King Wrightman, a negro,
were lynched at Hartsfield for as
saulting a white woman near Harts-
field Saturday night.
Washington. The commissioners of
the General Land Office have with
drawn from entry 10000 acres of pub
lie land in the state of Colorado, to
be used in connection with the White
river irrigation project.
Russiaville, Ind.-At the age of 81,
Grandfather Coy, south of this place,
is cutting a full set of new teeth
above and three below at present, but
all his teeth are coming in new and
gradually pushing the old ones out.
New Haven-After arraying herself
in evening dress for a dinner party,
Mrs. Arthur E. Bradley drank carbolic
acid and died in the presence of her
parents and family. She was the hand
some daughter of Loren II. Stannard,
a wealthy manufacturer of this city.
Spokane, Wash.-Chalmer Shuff will
not be hanged for the murder of Eu-
gene Klein. The jury at Wallace, Ida,
returned verdict after half days
deliberations, finding Shuff guilty of
murder in the second degree. The
maximum sentence is Imprisonment
for life.
Rochester, n. Y.-At the session of
the Union Veterans unions national
encampment a resolution was passed
commenting the administrative acts
of Lieut.-Gen. Miles. 1t was decided
to take no formal action in the matter
OF the factional troubles that have
beset the organization since the Des
Moines convention in 1899.
Omaha, Neb.-A cloudburst at Pap
illion, a few miles south of this city,
flooded the entire town and caused
extensive damage. The entire sur
rounding country was flooded, and the
crops were almost entirely destroyed
in the vicinity of the town. The water
ran over the Missouri Pacific tracks,
causing delay to trains of ten hours.
St Louis-Harry A. Faulkner, for
merly a member OF the house of dele
gates, who was convicted of perjury
in connection with the suburban
Doodle deal, was sentenced in the
Criminal court to three years in the
penitentiary. Immediately afterward
Faulkner's attorneys took an appeal
to the Supreme court, and Faulkner
furnished bonds in the sum of 100000.
Vernon, Ill.-Frank Binion, famil-
iarly known in this section as Uncle
Frank" has celebrated his one hun
dred and third birthday. He is still
strong and robust. runs the hotel he
has conducted for half a century and
raises his own vegetables. milks LII.
own cows and does his own chores.
He comes of long-lived family, his
father having attained the age of 104
and his grandfather 10 years, the lat
ter meeting his death by accident.
New York-Judge Ray, in the
United States Circuit court, handed
down an opinion sustaining the con-
stitutionality of the Foraker act,
which provided new revenue tax on
merchandise brought into the United
States from Porto Rico after the ISL
and ceased to be foreign country.
The decision sustained a demurrer in
terposed by the United States in ac-
ton commenced against it by the
sugar importing firm of Lascelles &
Co., OF New York.
Washington-At the request of the