The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-18
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j. Pierpont Morgan is said to be on
the verge of physical collapse.
A man supposed to be Convict
Fahey, who escaped from Folsom,
California, prison, was shot and killed
by officers at Hanford, California.
San Francisco.-Superior Judge Cook
today postponed for two weeks the
formal sentence Of Imprisonment for
life of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin for the
murder of Mrs. John p. Dunning.
Hamburg The Hamburg-American
line steamer Bulgaria, Captain Russo,
from Hamburg for New York, is
aground at Schula. Assistance has
been sent to the stranded vessel
Powerful influence is still being
brought to bear on the Walter N Dim
mick case with the hope of securing
freedom for the man who was con-
victed of stealing $4,000 from the
United States mint.
Seattle.-A special from Valdes,
Alaska, says Judge Wickersham
wires from Fairbanks. in Tanana dis
trict, that the cleanup there this
winter will exceed 100000. Also that
there will be good summer digging.
Wages are 81 an hour.
Marseilles.-M Santos Dumont, who
has been experimenting with his diri-
gble airship near the shores of the
Mediterranean, and who expects to
he f,,tn
United States, intends. after having
finished his aerial trips at the St.
Louis exposition, to devote his time
to experiments for the use of airships
to discover submarine boats.
John A. Richie, an elderly man.
who is said to have been q prominent
mining man of Quincy. California, died
in San Francisco Friday night. Par
alysis is the cause of death assigned
by the attending physician. The death
was reported to the coroner, but there
will be no inquest, as Coroner Leland
believes that Richie died from nat
natural causes. Mr.. Ritchie was well
known in Nevada.
today ordered the final distribution of
the estate of the late Charles l.. Fair.
which was app aised at $3,040,O00, to
the two sisters of the deceased, Mrs.
Herman Oelrichs and Mrs. VIM. X.
Vanderbilt The sum OF S126,000 is to
be held out for the purpose of meeting
various claims. Attorneys fees and
other claims amounting to over $2O0,0o0
already allowed are also to be paid out
of the estate.
San Francisco.-On Wednesday last
Judge Seawell annulled the marriage
of Edward K. Clarke to Rosalind A.
Bower, better known as the ''sweet-pea
grl' of the Durrant trial. The evil
dence showed that Clarke vas under
the influence of liquor and went
through the marriage ceremony believ-
ing it to be a joke. Apparently Mr..
Clarke was very much pleased to be
released from the bond. but he does
not appear to be equally pleased with
the prospect of paying for his free
dom.
Washington.-Secretary Moodys at
tent.on today was called to the fact
that a serious accident occurred off
Panama two months ago, resulting in
the death of one enlisted man. 1t was
stated that this was the first the sec
retaiy had heard of 1t. officially or
otherwise. The seaman who was
killed was named Kahn and the acci-
dent occurred about the middle of
February. Kain was killed, according
to the official report submitted the de-
partment, by the premature explosion
of six-inch gun on the Boston. hav-
ing been struck by the firing-pin of
the gun.
Redding, Calif.-A painter named
Petrie, aged 35, is missing and it is be-
lieved that he was beaten to death by
a mob last night and his BODY thrown
into the Sacramento river Petrie was
accused of making a criminal assault
upon the four-year-old daughter of
VIM. Hodkinson. machinist, at Duns-
muir. When the story of the alleged
assault became known late last night
Petrie was taken by a mob and Sc
verely beaten and afterward placed on
southbound train. A second mob
took him from the train and beat his
head against the railroad track. 1t is
SAID that Petite died from the effects
of the beating, but when the coroner
went to take possession of the body.
which was supposed to be on the out
skirts of Dunsmuir, 1t was not to be
found, and this fact led to the belief
that it had been thrown into the river.
A special effort will be made to ex-
cell all previous attempts at the ball
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