The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-10
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Chico. Cal.-A1p-oximately hal.
o. the business portion of Biggs wa
destroyed yesterday, entailing a loss
of over $4,000.
New Yofk-Mortimer Sullivan. {
California forty-niner, died here las
week leaving a fortune OF $4,000. TIC
money will be divided among six heirs
one OF whom is a policeman.
Guthrie, Okla. A. Taylor, OF
Wynnewood, 1. T., has a corner on tn
liberia peach crop in Oklahoma an
Indian Territory had began shipping.
In the spring he inspected the b.g
orchards, giving directions for thin
ming, paying from 81 to $3.50 per
bushel. The quality is excellent an
the total yield will be 10000 bushels.
NCme-Considerable surprise am
some anxiety was caused here by the
appearance of two immense water
spCuts in the vicinity Of Sledge isl
and, over twenty miles from town
They were very black and seemed t
reach the clouds; gradually they dis
appeared on the no lion. The PIE
Eomenon is believed to have been a
result of the unusually hot weather.
Miles City, Mont-The stockmen OF
eastern Montana are preparing for a
general exodus to better grazing
grounds in Wyoming, the Dakot-s
and Nebraska. as the result of the
ravages CT gra~sshoppers, the pes.s
having devastated the range of veye
tation until all hope CT winter sub
teDance has been abandoned by tie
stockmen.
Boston-Over 5000 Grand Army me
and women's relief corps, membe.s
OF Massachusetts. en- route for Sal
Francisco, left Boston on a specia
train OF eleven tourist cars and Pull
man sleepers ana a baggage car. They
are bound for the national encamp
ment of the G. A. r. at San Fran
cisco, August 10 to % inclusive, an,
will arrive at tleir destination San
day morning, August IS, at 1880 a. n.
Spokane, Wash.-A hot fire has bes1
raging in Occur d A!ene, Ida, sine
about $50 a. m. Saturday. The entire
tCun hoe +,rpod ont To 6-b+ 49, G.
and pant Of Spokane's fire department
was sent up by special train. AT l.
a. m. the big planning mil and yards
OF the Occur d'Alene Lumber com
pany had been destroyed and the fire
was eating its way through heaps
OF rubbish toward the company's saw
mill, The loss up to this hour is
retkoned at $75,OCO.
SpCkane-Mrs. Augusta Schmidt
wife of a wealthy rancher, liv.n.
about five miles south CT Rittsvills
was fatally burned by the explosion
Of a lamp. Her daughter, aged IS,
had just lighted the lamp and handed
ii to her mother, when it exploded.
covering the woman with burning oil.
She ran out of doors to where the har-
vesters were unhitching their teams
for the night, and they extinguished
the flames. but not until she was
burned so badly that she died short
IL afterward.
Missoula, Mont.-Ray Griffith, a
Northern Pacific brakeman. is under
arrest and is now confined in the
county jail, charged with ~assaulting
a 9-year-old girl. The complainant
is Mrs. ". n. Cook. the mother, wifi
OF a Northern Pacific conductor, foi
whom Griffith had been breaking
Griffith boarded at the Cook home.
Intense indignation is expressed owe
the affair ard there are threats Of
~lynching, but it is not probable that
this will be done. The sheriff fears
M attack upon the Jail, but is pre-
pared for it.
Astoria, Ore.-Lorenz P~iIkington
the 11-year-old-son Of city physician
Pilkington and Harry Hoeaer, the 10
year-cld-son Of Il. r. Hoefler, purchas
ed q 2e-calibre lie Yesterday and went
out to shoot larGa game. and so ia
as reported they shot and killed two
horses. two heifers, and a bull and i.
is not believed that the returns are