The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-06
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Omaha.-Frank Smith. a stockyards
employe at South Omaha. shot and
killed his wife and 1s-months-old son
and then fired bullet through his own
head. Domestic trouble is assigned as
the cause.
Des Moines.-With satisfactory re-
adjustment of the difficulties between
employing plumbers, by which 200 men
resumed work today, it Is announced
that the big shutout involving $500 Ia
boring men in Des Moines is practically
at an end. Both sides made conces
sions.
Bakersfield.-Judge Bennett this
morning refused to grant new trial
to Charles III. LeMar, who was con-
victed Of manslaughter, and passed a
sentence of ten years imprisonment at
Folsom upon him. lie Mar shot and
killed Thomas Delaney. a miner, at
Mojave some months ago.
Pueblo, Colin an interview this
was informed while in ST. Louis by
President John Mitchell that the ma
tional organization had withdrawn its
support from the Colors do miners, and
to this fact he attributes the collapse
of the strike in the southern coal eids.
Salt Lake.--Announcemen was made
at the Oregon Short Line Offices today
that all railroad lines west of the Mis-
souri, river, effective today, would fol-
low the example of the Chicago &
Northwestern and other western roads
in supplying return transportation to
| livestock shippers and caretakers from
the point of shipment.
Santa Cruz.-The will of Murdock
Young. who died here in April. 1908,
leaving an estate valued at $4,000 to be
distributed among his friends. has been
sustained. In the will he declared that
he had never been married. but II was
subsequently learned that fifty years
lgo he left wife and four children in
failure to mention his children was in
territorial and not an oversight.
Delp and John Evans were hanged
here today for the murder last August
OF Simon Bucher and his wife. They
were stolid to the last. Delp previously
made confession. in which he said
Judge planned the deed, his motive
being to ret rid OF the Butchers be-
cause they had the oversight over
some mountain land from which Judge
wanted to steal timber. judge en-
ployed Evans and Delp to commit the
crime.
Washington. May 4.-The director OF
he census has prepared a statement
explaining the discrepancy between
the number OF male and female Ameri-
can-born Chinese in the United States.
The returns of the sixteenth census
show that of the 9010 Chinese claiming
American nativity, 6617 were males
and 1868 females. The director ex-
pressed the conviction that the prepon-
| derance of males is due to the fact that
many male natives OF China have
| fraudulently secured admission as
| American born.
Washington.-Corne N. Bliss OF
| New York, who dined with the presi-
| dent last night when Senator Aldrich
also was a guest. left for New York
yesterday. after talking to several in
auential republican party managers
during the day 1t is now practically
settled that Bliss will very shortly
make known his willingness to serve as
| chairman of the republican national
committee If the members who are Z,
| be elected at the national convention
in June should ask him to do so.
| Olympia.-After caucusing all night
1t Is stated that the different factions
In the democratic state convention,
which meets here today. agreed on a
compromise which provides for the Sc
lection of delegation to the national
democratic convention with the sup
porters OF William r. Hearst in the
majority. The compromise was effect
ed by combine of the King county.
Seattle and Pierce county Tacoma
delegates. The delegates to the ma
tional convention win be controlled by
the unit rule.
Boulder, Col.-The Colorado a North
western railroad was sold by United
States Commissioner Hinsdale of Den
Yer I'm Boulder under foreclosure for
100000 TO Colonel S. b. Dick of Penn
sylvania, one of the largest stockhold-
ers and bondholders In the company.
The road has been constructed from
Boulder to Ward. distance OF nine
teen miles, and Colonel Dick has an
nounced his intention to extend IT to
the new Denver-Salt Lake road, which
ID. III. Moffat is building.