The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-22
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
late News NOtes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

The finance committee for the Labor
day celebration partly canvassed the
town yesterday and met with much en-
couragement and a guarantee of every
support in making the celebraI n
memorable one. The sentiment seems to
greatest ever held in Nevada and every
one is putting their shoulders to the
wheel-Enterprise
one hundred and fifty laborers employ
ed in constructing the Tonopah railroad
quit work in a body Wednesday and all
are out of Job The laborers laid down
their tools because Superintendent Tripp
refused to grant an increase in wages
from 50 to 81 day. Instead, he discharg-
ed the men. went to Tono9ah and en-
gagged every man at wor,. constructing
switches to go out on the road and help
complete the line. The new .,en are be-
ing paid 81 per day.
The mystery of the disappearance of
T. B. Walker of Oakland has been solved
His bedy was Wednesday found in
ditch near the N1arn,ol Marble works.
Two little girls made the grewsome dis
covery and reported it at once Although
the body was found in California Core ner
Updike of Reno was summoned. He was
not in Reno at the time and the in
quest was held by Justice Connor of
Verdi. a verdict of death by drowning
was returned. Two hundred dollars re-
ward for the finding of the body had
been offered by the relatives of the de-
ceased and the money will be paid to the
two little cirls.-Gazette
A character known as Ped McCauley
broke into TIE Denver saloon in Wads-
worth Tuesday nieht and broke ooen
the cash register and after taking pos
session of the few dollars IN it proceed
ed to fiji a sack with chamoa rne but
was caught at the work by the n'gst
bartender and frightened away The
bartender took a shot at the fleeing
burglar. but sust before Re fired the
thief threw a bottle of CHAMPAIGN at
HI u IN,
Constable Regan was passing the saloon
as the burglar dashed through the or
with his arms full of champagne bottles
and before the theft could ESCAPE he was
in the custody of the officer.
The direct charee is made by the peo-
ple of White Pine County that Sheriff
Newman is responsible for the escane of
the two desperate horse thieves. Arm
cut of the jail at Ely last week. The
citizens in a signed statement yester-
day asked the Grand Jury of White Pine
County to investigate the case and place
the blame wwhere it belongs. They fur
ther allege that not only did the sheriff
allow the prisoners to escape. but when
the time came to take w the chase the
sheriff and his deputies only made a pre-
tense at & Glowing the trail of the fleeing
men. The accusation has caused wide
spread interest throughout tie state and
will undoubtedly re-ult in the rnatter be-
ing thoroughly investigated
The Tonopah Railr ad com~any has let
the contract for building the depot build
ing and platforms at Tononah TO the
Tonopah Lumber company, says the T.
nopah Sun. The price has not been an
nounced, but it is estimated al 5000. Sew
eral bids for constructing the building
were received. among them being num-
ber from California. but that Of the Zeal
company was the lowest. Charles Madi-
son. the well-known builder. will have
chdise OF 'he WORK. Whlch VIII pesih
about the first as it will take until that
time to get the material here. The build
ing will be built in the same style as that
adopted by the S uthern Pacific r liroed d
company nearly all over California, and
the platforms and sheds will be $50 feet
long. The passenger department wwill
consist OF two stories an dthe freight
building one. Pine a~d redwood VII. be
used I'm its construction. and I. is esti-
mated II win require IS. OJ0 feet