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The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-20
OF THE LATE
JAMES c. FAIR
The Nelson Clan Receive in
the NeighbOrhO0d of
S2,5OO,OOO

New York, May, ia large Jropor-
tion of the male population of New
market, N. j.. awoke today with heads
several sizes too large for their hats
az a result of great and gorg .ous
banquet given by Mayor Bill" Smith
in commemoration of the final settle
ment whereby he, his half brother.
Abraham Nelson, and other relatives
get considerable part of the Charles
L. Fair millions. Mrs. Caroline d. Fair
was Smiths full sister.
Yesterday everybody in central New
Jersey was asking: How much did
they get?" "B'l.' Smi,n. fillel with
the milk of human kindness an | sun
dry bottles of champagne, tae nost
popular man in tha, part nf the state
and who looks forward 10 nom.na-
tion for Congress one of these days,
confided to his friends that the certi-
fled check ne received ~ what is be-
lieved to be his aged mother death
bed was for s5s5.0o0. 1t was also as
serted that Abraham Nelson received
a like amount.
Neither would tell the exact amount,
but If their statement is accurate, the
settlement of the Fair estt.o i,v Mrs.
Oelrichs and Mrs. w. K Var, l.ii,it Jr
far exceeds the $1,000, 900 estimate orig
inally made. 1t was said that the set
tlement was approximately s2!ug. 900, at
which Messrs. Chandler ard Recknan
receive s500,000
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Cold Comfort for Hearst

Columbia. S. c., May 19.-The South
Carolina Democratic State Convention
elected as delegates at large to the st.
Louis convention, Senator Tillman.
Governor Hayward. Mayor r. M. Rhett
of Charleston and General w. Jones.
state chairman.
The delegates were not instructed.
but the unit rule was adopted. reso-
luton was passed after the election
calling for expressions from the candi-
dates as to the Presidential nom nee.
The delegates all expressed preference
for Judge Parker.
The platform condemns the President
for the appointment of DR.. William d.
Crum as Collector of the Port of
Charleston.
There is no reference to the platforms
of 1896 and 1900 and no reference to the
financial question. OF the eighteen del
egates 1t is certain not one is for
Hearst.
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Haunted by His Crimes

Seattle. May ia young man Civ
hg his name as Randolph Preston and
his home as San Francisco was picked
up bv the police this morning. AT
headquarters Prt ston broke down COM
.''e:oly and said that he been baunted
for two weeks by the phantom OF
his crime. The he told how he had
embezZled a considerable sum OF
money. His explanation on the point
rs to the person or persons from which
he took the money was not clear, SO
the police have telegraphed to San
Francisco for further particulars.
Preston said that he had not eaten a
oit of food for week and when taken
% a cell he fell into a sleep of ex-
haustion. He looks worn out
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A GrewsOme Find

Astoria, Ore. May ia murder
mystery which probably never will he
solved, came to light tonight at Chi
nook, Wash, small town near thiH
city. B. Sutherland, owner of a fish
trap, discovered the body of a man in
his fishing gear and exam nation by
Justices jury disclosed the fact that
a brutal murder had been committed.
the victim being weighted and thrown
into the river.
Efforts on the part of authorities to
determine the identity of the man and
the circumstances surrounding his
Heath have thus far proved futile
The corpse was found in the lead
Of the fisn-trap. 1t was nude, with the
exception of an undershirt. The fea +.
lures were unrecognizable. The skull
vas crushed. as If with heavy club
or stone. and the appearance of the
throat indicated that before the skull
had been crushed the victim had been
strangled.
Mute evidence of the effort Of the
murderer to hide his crime was fur
nished by a rope which had been tied
around the waist of the man and from
which the weight had worked loose,
permitting the body to rise to the sur
face of the water. 1t is believed the
murdered man was soldier from one
If the two nearby forts.
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A Snake lover

The New York Sun tells of a man
who has peculiar penchant for every
kind OF snake that -crawls. At an age
when most boys are interested :, tops
and ma bles only, Raymond l.. Dit
mars, now curator of reptiles In the
New York Geological Park, was inter-
ested in snakes, not from mere idle
curiosity. but with genuine interest
in serpents which prompted him to
seek them out and observe and study
them.
AS a boy he spent his spare hours
out of school and even his vacation
times. in hunting snakes in the neigh
borhood of New York. not to destroy
them, but to see them in their native
haunts and to collect them. Then
when his family had moved from the
city to the country. and it had been
discovered that purpose from which
it had been endeavored to dissuade
him was one seriously formed. a room
was fitted up for him in the new
house, with suitable glass cases In
which snakes could be cofortably
and safely installed. These cases he
had filled with snakes in two weeks.
Interested always in natural history
in general, Mr.. Ditmars was employed
between 1e and % as an assistant In
the insect department of the American
Museum of Natural History, beng
there engaged in mounting butterflies
and beetles: but his pet speciality was
snakes, and he still continued constant
ly his studies of this form of reptile
life and his journeyings into the coun-
try in search of snakes. He came to
know all those in the city who have
to do with snakes; snake dealers. snake
charmers and fruit importers who, inn
porting fruit from tropical countries,
sometimes receive snakes. From one
and another of these sources he was
occasionally able to acquire des'rable
snake to add TO those he had himself
collected. until finally he came TO have
a private collection of 800 living snakes,
occupying. with the enlarged facilities
required for the safe and comfortable
keeping of so many. the whole top floor
of his house. And his home had now
come to be a rendezvous of artists
seeking living snakes to draw from, of
snake enthusiasts and of all those hav-
ing technical knowledge Of and MAX
ing a study of snakes. The number
of these last was comparatively few,
this branch of herpetology having as
yet but limited following.
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Japanese Lose Warships

Chefu, May 10. 1880 a. m.-ilussan
refugees who arrived here solty ri.
a junk from Pot Dalny say lhtt the
japanese bomba4 ded Port Artnar last
Monday. Russian officers who we,e on
Golden Hill declared. according 20
the refugees. that du.ing the Dom.
batdment japanese battleship and
a {. iuser struck mines and sank. The
warships tepo, Ted to have been snnh
were the battleship Shik.shima and the
az moied cruiser Asama. The stofy is
not believed here. but the Russians
who brought the news insist that il
is true
The Shilxishima is a flrst-class bat
tleship of 1850 tons q dsplacement.
She is 400 feet in length. 20 feet beam
and has a. draught OF q feet and an
Indicated horsepower of 14500. Her
armor belt is 9.4 inches thick and he.
turiet armor is lac inches thick. Her
deck amor is OF 35 inches. She car
ries four i2-inch guns, fourteen 6-ineh
guns and twenty quick fires She has
five torpedo tubes, Her speed Is reck-
on.d at lS.5 knots and she car. les a
complement of 741 men. The Shiki-
shma was built on the Thames in 1898.
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Sperry's Salifornia Flour. $3.l5 pc
humid ed, at Browns. 1w.
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Wife and Babe Disappear

Portland Ore. May 19.-Undsr most
mystfying circumstances Mrs. George
II. Hall and her ten months-old baby
boy suddenly disappeared in Portland
upon the afternoon of Wednesday, May
4 Day and night since that Tins
the husband. Geo ge II. Hall, an attor-
ney at St. Helens, has searched for
the missing woman and their child.
Chef Hunt and his police force. along
with private detectives, are also work.
ing upon the case, but no clew has
been found. and today the mystery Is
as deep as before the search began
The suicide theory has been discussed
by the husband. but he eads to
think that his wife would have com
mitted self-destruction along with he,
baby and does not believe this soiu-
tion possible.
Il am nearly Ike crazy man." said
Hall today as he left the police station
after asking whether any traces haa
been found of the missing woman. ''If
/ do not find her soon / shall surely
81 liA1It nave bN'At AAAAtAAS iANt aA9
and night since a weey ago Sunday.
She had no occusion to leave her home.
as everything was comfortable for her
and we never had any trouble
The last that was seen of the woman
was at 2:30 o'clock when she arrived
from Oregon City upon the afternoon
OF May 4. She came in with her moth
er. Mrs. II. c. CaImack. When the
woman. with her baby. left the cai
at Fi st and Taylor streets she started
for the wharf. where she intended 10
board the steamer Mascot and leave
for ST. Helens. She told her mother
that she was going straight home. She
said her husband was to meet hef here
IL Portland and they would go home
togethef
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Will lrrigate Big Tract

Washington, May l9.-The Secretary
of the Interior today announced the
withdrawal OF a large body of land in
Colorado for the purpose of building
a great natinal reservoir at what Is
znewn as the kiemml ng site in the
canyon OF the Grand river. the iarg-
est tributary of the Colors do. Govern
ment enginee finding II impossible
C provide storage In the lower reaches
Of the Colorado for extensive systems
of irrigation it was planned to have
in estigated the valleys of the princi-
pal tributaries and they decided upon
Kremmling as the most valuable site
available. An official of the Geologi-
cal Survey, speaking of the effect OF
the action of Secretary Hitchcock.
sd:
The knowledge that a vast stor-
age rese. voir is % be constructed at
The headwaters OF the Colorado should
.eI.eve much of the apprehension that
now exists I'm the lower valleys regard
ing the proposed diversion of this
stream upon the lands above Yuma.
It also will simplify In a large meas
ure many vex.ng questions which
might arise between Mexico and this
country over a division of the water
Inc California Development Company
mas undertaken wo. ks below Yuma
that ultimately m ght employ about
all the normal flwo of the stream.
During the spring the flow of the river
is more than double all its require
ments and probably equal to the de-
mands Of the irrigation plans of the
Government and the private enter
prlses besides. II abundance can be
stored in the spring to be used in time
of need much of the difficulty can be
overcome.
The area which can be irriga' ed by
the proposed Government works is
estimated at about 100000 acres.
These lands a.e not only unusually
fertile. but on account of the climate
viii produce crops during practically
The enthe year. The climate and
physical characte. lstics of the river
aid the features upon which l'riga-
don WI depend partake largely of
the nature of the Nile in Egypt, In
vClviDg much the same problems AMI
.etu. ming much the same products.
Children's gingham ana crash dress
es. IN sizes from to Ia years old.
l.. REINHART & co.
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must be familiar with the obligation.
before making application.

must be familiar with the obligation.
before making application.
At the organization the following
office were elected and Installed:
Mac" Franquelin, Chief ef-Promulgator;
William Lane, The Highly Illustrious
Grand Hiankadink and Jimmie Pyne,
the Chief Lizard of Wallhalla. Follow
ing are the by laws adopted:
1t shall be unlawful to hunt and kill
piano ped1lers, feather renovators,
stock food, wheat peddlers or fan DIS
tributes between January 1st. and
December 31st.
1t shall be unlawful to shoot, trap
or wound any book or sewing machine
agent between sunrise and sunset.
1t shall be unlawful to entrap, en-
snare, inveigle or entrice any old maid
into any kind of matrimony between
the last day of May and the first day
of April by use of any net or facinat-
ion known to horrid men, unless by
order of the "Chief- -Promulgator.'
Widows, st, aight or grass. are not
upon any account to be moles,ed in
the quest of game between the front
gate and the parlor sofa during the
time for which eligible bachelors and
consolable w.dowers are liable to be at
large and unprotected.
Horse traders and crap shooters are
not to be killed on the first day of the
week. commonly called Sunday; nor
is it lawful for editors to go cunning
for delinquent subscribers later than
10 o'clock N m Saturday
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Deadlock unbrOken

Springfield. ILL.,. May 19.-The Repub-
lican State Convention spent another
day in fru.tless balloting. and, al
though the leaders have been in con-
ference since daylight. there is not
the least indication of a break in the
deadlock anywhere along the line.
Sherman's followers today continued
to vote for Dennen. but the Cook coun-
ty candidate developed no additional
strength. Yates followers remained
firm and oemented their agreement to
stand by the Governor to the end.
Nne ballots were taken today and
the result of the last one Stood Yates.
ASP; Lowden, 4OS; Deneen, 4s2; Ham
lin, Ill; Warner, So; Sherman, 2;
Pierce. SO.
The convention will meet again at
10 o'clock in the morning and indi-
cations are that the ballot'ng will he
a practical repetition of the proceed
ings of today.
Il. 20 klr~F FlFN a
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-20
At the Worlds Fair

st. Louis. May IA delegation of
newspaper men from California and Ne
vada. numbering $50. met at the Cali
conducted through the different exhibit
lalaces by Commissioners Frank Wig
gins. j. A. Flcher and E. d. Will
is. The delegation enthusiastically
inspected all California exhibits.
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LATEST FROM THE
OIL FIELDS
Worlds Fair Commissioner
Watson Says the Strike
IS Genuine

Worlds Fair Commissioner, Charles
L. Watson. who was in town today,
recently visited the scene of the eat
oil strike at Fallon. Mr. Watson
stated that there is no question as to
the stab lity of the strike. Oil was
found in great quantities at forty-five
feet and indications point to a great
flow at lower depth. He says that
the outlook for Fallon is great. Lots
that sold for $50 to 500 a few weeks
ago a. now being eagerly taken at
from $500 to 5000 each. People are
flock ng into the district ON every
section, and locations are being filed
daily
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ComiCdl Clowns

"Boys viii be boys and girls will be
tiful maxims ever coined. Who but
the clown in the circus can so effect
lively recall lfes bright sunsh.nny
hours? What grander sensation can
come to the human being than when
watching the banks and antics of the
clown. he or she is suddenly encircled
In a dreamy maze that make them a
child once more? Therefore, circus
without clown is like Hamlet with
out the melanchol. Dane.
Aiming TO make every epoch of the
great Floto shows complete In its
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Death of a Pioneer

Boston, May, l9.-Robert 3. Gray, a
California argonuat of the forties and
a former large jewelry manufacturer
OF San Francisco. died at the Massa-
chussetts General Hospital today of
appolexy. aged rs years. He was ir
business In San Francisco until lSt
when he returned to Boston. He was
a life member of California Comman-
derry. No. 1. knights Templar, San
Francisco.
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has held several other prominent offices
IN the county. He was a member OF
the Genoa Lodge of Odd Fellows and
the Reno Lodge, No. IA. Independent
Order of Odd Fellows will take charge
of the funeral, whidh will be an
nounced at later date. The deceased
is survived by one daughter. Mrs.
Eva Cross, two sisters. Mrs. Smith
and Mrs. Evans. and two grandchild-
rem. Bonnie and Harry Richardson,
all of Reno
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A Health Resort

Springer & Moyle have secured an
option on the Kyle Hot Springs. fa-
nous for its wonderful health propen-
stiles. Messrs. Springer & Moyle have
accommodations at the springs fixed
up in first-class style for the public.
All persons desiring to go TO the
spring should drop a line to Messrs.
Springer & Moyie at Mil City. and
they will be there and take you to the
baths in comfortable conveyance.
All persons who have their own out
fits and desire to camp on the grounds
and have access to the baths. rate of
So per week viii be charged. Persons
visiting the springs and desiring first
class board and room will be charged
at the rate of $40 per week.
For further information. address
Springer & Moyle. Mill City. 5-19-lm
See the new Scotch ginghams at Z
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Rock Island Reduces Time

Chicago. May 19.-The Rock Island
-oday announced a cut of eight hours
n the Chicago-California service of
he company. The faster schedule is
made possible by better connections
)ut of Kansas City and faster time on
nearly every division of the road and
IN the Southern Pacific road.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-20
foster Reflected Senator

Baton Rouge, La. May 19.-The Gen.
eral Assembly today in joint session.
formally declared Murphy j. Foster
elected to succeed himself i'm the United
States Senate. his present term explr-
ing in 1907
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MARRIED IN SAN FRANCISCO
Senator Biggin's Tin Can Or
CheStra Gets Left

Miss Adelaide A. Reid, daughter of
the late Fred Reid of Winnemucca,
was married today in San Francisco
to Edward Mullaney of McDermitt.
The event will cause no surprise to
the many friends of the young lady
Miss Re was born and raised in Win
nemucca. and a graduate of the High
School here. For the past five years
she has resided with her mother and
sister in San Francisco. 1t is stated
that when the newly married couple
return, Mrs. Reid will accompany
them. and again take up her residence
here. where she owns considerable
property.
r u a . G
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MEMS CANVAS SHOES. Price from
81 to $3.50. Also Ladies Canvas OK
ford Shoes. Something new IN mems
Tan shoes You must see them all.
II. c. ROBINS & co.
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A New Order

A new order has been organized in
Loveloek called the Hunters Union"
1t is similar to that of the Knockers
Club" and every person who joins
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4 Democratic Mayor

Denver, May 19.-Further returns re-
ceived today increased the plurality
of Speer CD for Mayor to more than
lOOO.
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mowers and all kinds of garden tools at
lowest prives. Il. Reinhart & Co.
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For rubber hose. lawn mowers. lawn
sprinklers and hammocks GO to c. b.
Brown & Co. 1881.
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STOCK BUYERS will please corres-
pond with First National bank. Burns.
Oregon for sheep or cattle. 4-27-lm
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See the black and colored silk skirts
al IL. teinhart & cos.
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Pioneer California Flour. s3.15 per
hundred at Browns. 1w.
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es. IN sizes from to Ia years old.
T.. REiNHAkT g co.
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Lovelock Flour. $3.50 per hundred. at
Browns. 1w
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Alaska refrigerators. the best on the
market, at E. Reinhart & Co.'S.
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OFFICIAL. COUNTY PAPER

The Daily Silver State Is the official
county paper. and generally recognize
ed by the people OF Humboldt county
as the leading paper for fresh news
at ell times.
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New Embroideries at e. Reinnart &
,O's
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See the new Scotch ginghams at E.
Reinhart a Co.'S.
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JOB PRINTING

The Silver State has the hest equip
ped Job printing plant In the county
and can print anything from a calling
card to q bible. Bring or send In
your work.
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Sperry's Salifornia Flour. $3.15 pc,
humid ed at Browns. 1w.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01
GROWTH OF THE NAVY.

GROWTH OF THE NAVY.
has In
ginning good ships put in
rough and ready eas who carried the fame of their
flag the distant paths OF The record OF
the Navy during the of the Revolution which, up
the time OF the French alliance ecpsd that Of the Army and
the of 1872 only distinguished battle
took about prizes and compelled
the actual if formal abandonment OF the right
i After the of the Navy had laures-in-
Guiding those of the Trpotan adventureby
its but little active service for nearly fifty years
the fine traditions the service deep
of the preserved the type who
years. had
Richard and of Perry's squadron on Lake Erie
The beginning Of the Civil War small naval force
widely dispersed; but in remarkably
armed aAoa than Britain
Navy 1864 contained vessels of every
and the genius Of produced
for the South and the Monitor for the North reoionzng
warfare and compelling the of Europe
anew.
After the Civil Navy to an in
significant force The seagong commerce
left to and the people tired Of noise the
powder turned with dpeasure from military prepare
ton But for the Indians Army might cut
less the Navy officers and
ashamed go abroad ships Things
this until during
Arthur the New Navy begun by laying
Chicago, Boston g1,nboat Dolphin From
year to year the types and tonnage protected
armored battesps following
OF the but not the
warshps which are either service each ranking
Navy consists of sixty warshps nearly all
which will involve outlay of s8oooooo And
from Washington that the Senate Committee
IS planning make Navy in the
And why not? The vessels, numbering fourteen
ships eight mored cruisers 1900
tonnage o6oo protected cruisers of
improved
torpedo
these vessels will bring the third place rating
France
and the her France has
abroad such coasine
hng interests reconcile
trine obges consider And may deemed mere
question of before only Navy
friendly Jreat Britain the representing
tically motiveand method in the civilization
1t is for ta American Navy building
majestic fabric for peace Britain though
the Europe has had thanks Navy
with European power half
would dare attack her. combination
undertake the risk Great Britain finds that
than and shall and this
the Navy would have had choose this
between against great odds humliating settlement