The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-08-14
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minutes after Nolan had telegrapheo
his ultimatum as to what amount would
be demanded. Business men, saloo
Latepers, bankers, mine owners, gamb
lors and miners, all rushed into the of
fee of Tex Richard and planked their
contribution down in good hard cas-
no promises or convention money; the
total amount subscribed reaching the
grand total of $50, 900, which is depos
tied with John s. Cook & Company.
bankers.
This deposit is given to the bank il
the plain name of the Gans-Nelson
Fight Fund, and every cent of this vast
sum is given to get a good, square fight,
and they have certainly secured the
best pugilistic attraction that was ever
bhled for the past twenty years.
Betting is very brisk and at a low es
Innate there is Lound to be $500. 900
change hands.
From New York the most prominent
sporting men of the country have tele
graphed for seats. John Considine has
engaged twenty-five ring-side seats for
his New York friends, and will leav
in ten days for the scene of battle.
In addition to this championship bat
tie the promoters are going to give a
bull fight, which will also take place
on the same day that Nelson and Cans
mix it. The tul fighters are now or
their way and the widest and tough.
est bulls that can be secured on tn,
Idaho, Wyoming and Montana ranges
are now bein glooked fir by the cattle
men of this country, who have been
teiegraphed for already. This will Re
q novel event for the American people
and no doubt will help to increase the
attendance here.
Nevada is the only state in the union
where a finish contest can take place.
and there is no question but what the
good sporting people OF Go'dfold have
proven themselves to be the gamcst
sports that ever promoted a pugilistic
encounter.
Sheriff Clark was informed yesterday
by an Italian that a quantity of shoes
and other articles were cached in the
sagebrush near the railroad track at
Avanelle, about six miles west o. Elko.
he s cured a team and drove to the
pace indicated and found FIVE laro.
cases of ladies' and children's shose
probably $50 pairs, together with tive
large eases of cigars, about 5000, where
some unknown persons had cached
them in the sage brush. He loaded
them on his wagon ant brought them
to Elko and notified the Southern Pa.
cifc officials.
The goods had evidently been thrown
from a Lox car and t~foerwards removed
to the sagehrush whore the robbers
thought they would be safe until they
could remove tn, m to a better place
at their convenience.
All the eases were broken more or
less and three eases were smashed to
pieces and the shoes badly scattered. A
half dozen or more glass cigar jars
were packed in the cas-. 8.
The goods were evidently consigned
to the r. Manages Shoe Company, San
Francisco, as that name and address
is plainly written on all the cas- S. Ihey
were probably thrown from a train
while switched at Avanolle by hobos
All the goods are new, but seemingly
of a cheap quality.-Elko Free Press.
RHYOLITE, August 13.-J. G.. Ken
nedy, deputy mineral surveyor who
has been working in the Emigrant
Springs district, endured a frightful ex.
perience while travelling from that dis
trict to Rhyolite, and the wonder is
that he lives after suffering such
dreadful troturcs.
Kennedy was doing some surveying
at Emigrant and after completing his
work concluded to walk back to Rhyo
lite, since no teams were coming in
The distance is about sixty-fvc miles
Leaving Emigrant Friday morning rs