The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-09
NEVADA IN BRIEF.
Happenings in sagebrush State Told
In Few Words.

a Philadelphia woman. who declares
herself 10 be the widow OF the late T. S.
Mason, Is preparing TO bring suit for
the recovery Of the estate OF her hus-
band. and the allegation is made that
n woman who applied for letters of ad-
ministration In Reno mt the time OF Ma
sons death was not his wife. The lat
viii ne sued Mason was hurt In a
wreck at Harvey, New, and was taken
TO Reno. where he died,
j, G. Hines, who killed Count Pod
horsSy In a Goldheld cafe, alleging that
the dead man betrayed his wife Will
plead the 'unwritten law" justin
cation for his action when the trial comes
UP at Hawthorne before Judge Langan.
Hines spends his time miserabiy In the
state prison. where he was moved for
safc-keeping.
Three students of archaeology and an
Instructor from the University of Chi
during the heavy windstorm Of Tuesday
on Pyramid lake. They were caught
out on the water in q small boat, and
when the craft turned over clung for
safety until the waves dashed them TO
shore on the eastern side.
On their refusing 10 tell of the valua-
tions of their roads while the stand
under oath, and because of their refusal
to produce the books OF their companies
Manager ]. F. Hcdden and Auditor Lyons
Of the Tonopah and Godfield railroads
have been sent TO jail at Hawthorne for
contempt OF court,
Merchants of Goldfield, the embargo
on freight from all the world has been
lifted This was the announcement
made by the railroads leading into the
great desert mining country Friday. The
freight trains Will begin hauling sup
plies into Goldheld and Tonopah i'm
mediaLely.
The indications are that there Will be
a lively shake-up ut the State prison
when the new warden. Colonel S. II.
made no announcement OF any changes
thus far,
Governor John Sparks has signed the
bank taxation dill, passed at the last
session OF the Legislature and from now
on National banks In Nevada Will be
taxed the same as other financial insti-
tutions,
,oA;a,.57 A Paz7i Ss was seriously injured by the
caps at the Smith 'SS Green er sn1
mony mine near Mill City. The injured
man was taken to Winnemucca and
placed IN the sanitarium there.
The first passenger and freight train
on the new Santa Fe branch reached
Searchlight on Monday. Tho train con-
sisted OF five cars, including a passenger
coach and about twenty passengers.
pioneer OF Nevada, j. S. Shoemaker.
n former clerk Of Washoe county is
dead In Oakland. Cal. aged 81 years.
He was at one time grand master OF
odd Fellows OF the State.
United States Senator Nixon has pur-
chased the Westerfield place In Reno, one
OF the finest homes on the south side of
the Truckee river. with the intention of
making residence out OF 1t.
Stoddard Southworth, former student
OF the University. who left Reno a few
weeks ago TO join a railroad surveying
party at Bullfrog, died at that place last
Friday night.
Sheep shearing Is now In full blast at
the corrals across the river from Winnie
mucca. Two clips only have been sold
at l7M1Tsc.
Announcement Is made that through
sleeping car service between Ely and Salt
Lake will soon be inaugurated.
Mrs, A. f. Hawcrort, a pioneer of
Nevada, Is dead in Reno.