The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-26
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killed her dog, a St. Bernard. Miss
Martha Bond committed suicide at
New Rochelle today by drinking car
| bolic acid.
| Supe Tor Judge Cook of San Fran
cisco has orde. ed the estate of the late
| Charles L. Fair distributed. The es-
tate is appraised at s3,040.000. 1t is
| equally divided between his Two sur
viving sisters.
! st. Louis. - Charles kratz, former
$4,000 bond to answer to an indict-
ment charging him with bribery while
a councilman, has retus ned to St.
Louis from Guadalajara. Mexico.
The strike of the street car men in
San Francisco is expected hourly. and
If once commenced there is no telling
where it will end. Both the employees
ard the United Railroad company re-
fuse to yield. The question of strike
is to be settled by a vote of the men.
Cleveland. Ohio.--A number of firms
| in this city have been up against a
smooth proposition in one Frank, who
got in on the trade here to the extent,
| of about $1400. Frank made a specially
| of poultry and fish during Kosher
| and after running up bills to the
| amount stated, he failed to make good
Washington.-In deciding a case Of
| the Western Turf Investment concern
! nt
the postoffice department holds tina:
the business of securing bets to place
| on the races is a violation of the Law
/ prohibiting lotteries and games OF
chance. The concern therefore is pro
hibited from using the mails.
Washington.-Fro various sources
it is said the president has been adj
| vised that the nomination of Senate
Fairbanks of Indiana for vice presi
dent would not strengthen the republi-
can ticket, but on the other hand
m ght tend to weaken the republican
vote. Fairbanks the efore, who unit;
recently was regarded as likely to be-
come the nominee for vice president.
appears to be losing ground rapidly.
One of the richest pieces of placer
ground ever discovered was in Con-
federate gulch. Montana, known as
Montana bar. The bar covered less
than an acre ard in three months
yielded s15OO,OOo as the result of the
tanning a small percentage of black
iron, weighed 1000 pounds and was
packed in nail kegs and shipped on a
raft to st. Joseph, Missouri in the fall
Of 1854.
Sacramento, Cal.-Cha.les w. Tur
ley. young man of about "a years
shot himself through the head while
lying in bed at an early hour Satur-
day morning. He died about $50. no.
Iegaining consciousness. 1t is gener
ally believed that the act was commit
ted while he was asleep and there
seem to be no circumstances that point
to suicide. and no motive for such II
deed is offered by any of his relatives
or friends. He was a sleep-walker.
Needles. Cal.-An engine going cas-.
unuschedued ran head-on into a spe
ciaI loaded with United States troops
five miles west of here Sunday morn
ing about 1880. An infantrymai
named Eugene Kuhn, from Duluth.
Mimi, was killed and twenty-five 9TH
ers inju ed. some of them seriously
Engineer Thompson of the light engine
was badly bruised. but will recover
All the other members of the crew es-
capped by jumping. as they saw the
crash was inevitable.
Ogden.-Rumors to the effect that 9
big railroad strike Is Imminent are
circulated. and the stories come from
employees of the ailfoads. which makes
the matter all the more serious. Tht
trouble is said to be an echo of tht
recent consolidation of the Hartman
roads. and based upon the wages O.
the employees. AS the story goes. tn,
Southern Pacific men are paid 22k
cents per hour. while the Union Pacifi,
men are getting but 20 cents an hour
Officials of the road profess to disbe
lieve the story, and state that they
| idu ltpl Dtilu diytnAiiS aDcut diis
trouble.
Oakland.-"Mr. and Ms. James j
, Jeffries, Los Angeles" Standing ou
on the page in big. bod letters formed
by the husky. hairy fist of the cham
pion himself and written by him fo'
the first time in his life. this nscrip-
, tion appears on the register of ar
, apartment house today. With much
laughter and amid the prompting Of
; his bride of few hours. the conquerol
of pugilists wrote the above early thi:
morning after a banquet in the "Ga'
! Kitchen near by. Many teiegram'
addressed Mr.. and Mrs. James
Jeffries" We're received today by tn