The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-27
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

During the recent storm sixty wash
outs occurred on the Tonopah railroad.
At Black Rock springs the roadbed was
washed out to depth of ffty-nine feet.
r. E. L. Windle. a newspaper man well
known in Nevada, but now of Ogden,
where he is engaged in running a paper.
will have charge of the Goldfield News
during the editors absence in California.
Steps have already been taken for the
creation of national game preserve in
Nevada, which shall include Sheep
mountain and the adjacent territory in
the south central part Of the state. The
proposed game preserve is about 700 miles
square.
Ore Is being hauled to the depot from
the Little Giant mine at old Battle
Mountain for shipment to Salt Lake. l..
this property and has four men en-
ployed and will probably increase the
looking good.-Central Nevadan.
A severe storm visited Sparks Thurs
ming rivers of the streets, while light
ming struck two residences. Several peo-
pie were knocked over by the fluid. An
electric light pole on Adams street was
shivered by stroke of lightning and
the lights put out of commission for the
night.
Wednesday at Elke on Senator T.
ters ranch a Chinese cook was foun.
hanging. When the workmen left the
house he was in good spirits and when
they returned were surprised to find
him dead. The coroner returned a ver-
dict of suicide but the fellow country
mtn of the man, whose name was All
Sing, believe otherwise and they ha
employed counsel to make an investi-
cation. There are circumstances indi-
eating foul play, it is claimed.
A valuable bull belonging to Jos. Mar
zen. Sr., of Lovelock, while being ship
ped to Sacramento to be entered next
countable way broke its leg. Drs. Bryant
and Shoemaker reduced the fracture.
and the animal is now confined In the
old slaughter house at this place. II
is said the owner refused an offer OF
81, 600 for this many times prize winner.
The animal is getting along allr ight with
the leg in a plaster cast.-Truckee Re-
publican.
According to man who has just ar
rived In Reno from Sodaville that little
place is overcrowded with persons who
have gone there in an attempt to reach
Tonopah. He says that for several nights
there have been forty to sixty persons
without places to sleep. and he advises
all persons he saw who are bound for
Tonopah to wait until the Tonopah road
is opened again. There are a few rigs
hSPt lOl hiC at 0oddNAiiCt pul lHSSc AaN
been driven to Tonopah and have nos
been returned. The Tonopah liverymen
are unable to secure horse feed and have
turned their horses out. SO they are un-
able to run stages.
d. w. McEachen, we'll known in this
city, was yesterday committed to the
insane asylum at Reno for destructive
and homicidal tendencies. McEachen Is
construction engineer and about a
year ago was employed on the Southern
Pacific and later on the irrigation canai.
He returned to this city about three
months ago and since that time has beer
confined his home by illness. The ex-
amining physicians are of the opinion
that he was a victim of sunstroke. Yes
terday he became violent and as his fam
lily was fearful of harm at his hands he
was examined and committed this morn
ing.-Virginia Chronicle.