The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-17
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Des Moines, lathe bill prohibiting
h . docking of horses's tails passed
the house.
New York.-Mrs. Griffin, daughter of
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, died We'd
nesday morning.
Washington.-The president has sent
to the senate the nomination of Capt
Theodore f. Ewell to be rear admiral.
Washington.-The house committee
on military affairs has recommended
the Henry ranch In California for a
permanent military camp site.
Denver.-Dr. James Brownies San
ford. speaker of the house of repre-.
sentatives. died yesterday of appen-
dicitis. He was porn at Penn Yam,
N. Y, thirty-five years gao.
Vigo, Spain.-Emperor william and
King Alfonso lunched Wednesday on
board the Spanish royal yacht Giralda.
Emperor William subsequently sailed
to Gibraltar on board the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Koenig Albert.
Dillingham;. Wash.-At Mountai.l
View, the home of Bertrand Drake.
caught fire while he was lighting the
heating stove, and was totally destroy
ed. His two daughters, aged 6 and 8
years, who were asleep upstairs, were
burned to death.
New York.-John Flood, who fought
John l.. Sullivan nine rounds on a
ga ge anchored in the East river neai
He'll Gate in 1880, died suddenly today.
Heart disease is believed to have been
responsible. Flood was employed as
detective by a firm of horse dealers
and was well known to horsemen
throughout the country.
Kansas City.-Jesse L. Jewell, state
senator of Kansas City. was brought
to trial in the criminal court here up
on a charge of soliciting asbribe. The
charge is that Senator Jewell went to
j. w. Hess, manager OF a baking pow
der oompay, and offered for $4,000 to
influence legislation in the state legis-
iature that would be beneficial to the
company.
Dover, Del.-The Union Republican
state convention was held Wednesday
and delegates to the Chicago conven
ton elected. On behalf of the resolu.
tion committee, Mr.. Addicks read q
resolution commencing President
Roosevelt and his administi alton, and
lnstructing the delegates to vote for
his denomination and use all honor
able means to bring about that result
The resolution was adopted.
Denver.-Nearly all the Chinese in
this city attended the funeral of Louis
Yuen Wednesday afternoon. publ,
Sc. vices being held on a vacant lot
The deceased was a Mason OF high
rank. having taken the thirty-third
degree. He came to Denver thirty
nve years ago and was the founder OF
the local Chipatown. Though a re-
port has been set a1oat that Louis
Yuen was poisoned. pneumonia is
given as the cause OF his death IN
the c~oroner's death certificate.
Washington.-The statehood problem
was taken up by the subcommittee
of the committee on territories recent
ly appointed to draft statehood bills
for Arizona and New Mexico ana
Oklahoma, and the Indian Territory.
The bill making a state of the first
two named was practically completed.
The difficulty of adjusting the taxation
and other questions with regard to the
admission of Oklahoma n the Indian
Territory as a state are next TO be
taken up When the second bin has
been completed 1t is probable the two
bills will be joined as a dual bill for
two states out of four territories. The
subcommittee is to continue its work
daily.