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The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-30
TRY TO DEFRAUD
RAILROAD CO.
GASOLINE AND LIGHTED CAN
DIE PLACED IN FREIGHT
CAR
zen and Taken Back to Salt Lake
City to Answer Charge

One of the cleverest schemes to de-
fraud the railroad company was re
Gently attempted at Salt Lake City by
Mrs. Gussie Wallace, who, with her
husband, conducted second hand fur
niture store in that city. The railroad
company, with its special agents and
detectives, however, unearthed the
arrested at Hazen and taken back to
Salt Lake City by Agent J. G. Rich,
whose headquarters are in Winnemuc-
ca From him the appended story was
obtained:
The secondhand store conducted by
Mrs. Gussie Wallace and her husband
was recently burned out. The store
was insured for $4,000, but by com
promise the propretors accepted a
payment of $1,000 from the company
All the furniture was totally damaged
A few days after the fire Mrs. Wal
lace loaded the damaged furniture IN
a car and consigned the car to fcti-
tious person, Max Cohen, of Goldfeld.
She had the car invoiced for value
of $4,000, and placing the invoice in a
Salt Lake bank, left for San Francis
co. Three or four hours after the car
had been loaded and while it was yet
in the yards at Salt Lake, it sudden
ly blew up and sprung into a great
mass of flames. Luckily the switch en-
gine was near the scene and mighty
deluge of water put the flames out be-
fore any serious damage was done. A
special detective of the company i'm
mediately examined the car and made
some startling discoveries. He found
the car loaded with worthless furni-
ture of no value whatever. He also
found in one corner of the ear a small
ten pound keg of gasoline. On top Of
this keg large quantity of excelsior
and fastened in the top of the excel
sior piece of candle.
Realizing that an attempt to defraud
the railroad company had been made
he Immediately sought the wherea
bouts of Mrs. Wallace and had her ar
rested while her train stopped at Ha
zen.
She broke down upon her arrest and
made confession which involves the
facts above. She had placed two fire
traps, but for some reason one burned
faster than the other and exploded
first If the car had burned up and
been entirely destroyed she would have
been able to collect the amount for
which the goods had been invoiced
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-30
HIGH-GRAD CONCENTRATES
FROM THE SHEBA

A. H. Floeter, superintendent of the
Sheba Gold and Silver Mining Com
oany arrived last evening from Mill
City and spent today in town on bus
ness for the company. Mr.. Floeter re-
ports that he has just shipped fifteen
ton car of high grade silver eoncen-
states that everything is running sat
sfactorily at the Sheba mine and that
the new machinery recently installed
by the Sheba Company greatly facili-
tates the mining and willing of the
On No. 3 this afternoon.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-30
L. d. HUBBARD

,hemist and Tssayer, Mill City, New.
III Work Guaranteed. Regular Prices
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-01-30
TO INCREASE SALARIES OF
STATE OFFICIALS
DOINGS AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
MONDAY
Bills introduced to Increase the Sala-
ries of Different Oficials and
Others Creating New Ofices.

CARSON, New, January 29.-Al-
though there is little ooubt but that
the county seat of Esmeralda county
Will be removed from Hawthorne to
Goldfield, the people Of the mining
camp will have to possess their souls
in patience until next Thursday. when
the final vote will be taken in the as
sembly There is practically no doubt
but that the bill will pass, but the as
sembly did not wish to have the ap-
pearance of acting hastily, and the re-
solution deferring action until Thurs
day was passed
The general faith in the prosperity
Of the state was evidenced again this
morning when bills raising the salar-
les of the employees of state officials
and creating new positions were intro
duecd. hTe increases are as follows:
Governors private secretary, from
$500 to 5000; deputy controller, from
$1,000 to $4,000; deputy controller, from
$500 to $1,000; deputy secretary of
state, $4,000 from $500; deputy sur
veoyr general, $4,000 from $3.50;
draughtsman in state land Office, $4,000
from 1880; deputy treasurer, $4,000
from 1880; all stenographers, 800
from $75.
Senator Oddie introduced bill cre-
ating the position of governor . clerk
at salary Of $1,000 per year; secre-
tary of states clerk, $1,000 per year;
and two additional attaches for the
secretary of states Office.
Senator Pyne introduced an en-
ployer's liability act. The measure is
similar to the one that was killed by
the Democratic senate two years ago.
The sum of $1,000 year was voted
for the care of the G.. A. R. cemetery.
A bill defining water rights, and
providing for the appointment of a
state engineer and his assistant and
for a water commissioner was intro
duced by Assemblyman Syphers.
Senator Pyne introduced bill allow
ing school districts to issue coupon
bonds for the construction and main
tenance of school buildings.
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made with the view of obtaining po
litieal favor, then the speaker of the
assembly has proven himself to be a
man of mean and low principle and a
detriment to the present legislative
body. If it has been made, as claimed
by others, in order to divert the atten-
ton of the legislative body from mat
tiers of the greatest Importance to the
state, then it exceedingly dangerous.
In any event it is detrimental to
the University of Nevada and another
stone in the path of that institution.
From these facts it is quite fitting that
Speaker Skaggs should be investigat-
ed instead of the University of Ne
vada.
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SPEAKER SKAGGS REBUKED
BY STATE PRESS
CHARGES OF UNIVERSITY GRAFT
REPUDIATED
President of Board of Regents De-
mands Immediate Investigation
Of Charges

A perusal of the exchanges of the
state show that Speaker Skaggs of the
Nevada assembly, has caused storm
of disapproval by his big talk regard
ing graft at the state university. Some
of the state papers state that the ur-
substantiated charges made by Mr..
Skaggs was direct play to the gal
lery, in view of his probable nomin
ion for the next governor of Nevada.
Another exchange calls it conven-
lent scheme to draw the attention of
the members OF the legislature and the
geseral public away from others mat
ters which need investigation and
away from schemes OF graft which
may be carried on under cover of an
agitation against the state university.
"The purported extravaganza and
misuse of funds states this exc
barge, ''is simply rot. If the argu
ments used generally ar based on
facts, viz, that the progress and de.
velopment of the state causes a great
er expense in the several state offices,
in the state prison, asylum, and other
state institutions, that living, salaries,
supplies and geseral expenses are
higher, the same applies to the state
university.
"This biennial fight against the
and nari ow -mindedness ON the part
of some people not praiseworthy, or
consistent with the boosted prosper .ty
of some sections of the state, the rep
rcsentatives of which are fighting thi
educational institution
IL is 1eIt that weignticr matters de
mand the attention of the speaker OF
the assembly The sudden display of a
mighty voice such as the speaker has
made against the universiiy of Nc
vada, instead should have beer direc
ted against the corporations of the
state that are milking the people.
.'Of all the states in the Union.
says the Sparks Forum, ot one doles
out to its university such bsggarly
treatment az does the stat OF Nevada
TO it's big school Even the appropria
tions of the sparsely settled Arizona
and New Mexico exceed that of Ne
vada bv from fifteen to twentythous-
and dollars per annum. Have the peo
pie of this state become so poor in the
pride of the education q their young
that their legislators mrst so mistreat
their most cherished educational inst
tutions And what time and where
have the fathers and mothers of the
state 3 children given permits to their
legislators to low-grade their highest
grade school to a point, ranking it by
statistical record, lower than Mexican
and Indian populated New Mexicof
The shame and infamy of it all are so
great that instead of heaping on addi-
tional burdens, action should be taken
to place the institution On a better,
prouder and larger basis so much de-
sired by the citizens of the common
wealth.
If the matter were not of serious
turn the good people of Nevada would
feel disposed to place on the head of
Speaker Skaggs the cap of fool. But
il is serious and, therefore, can not be
taken in the light of joke. If, as is
claimed by some, this unwarranted at
tack upon the state institution was
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Mining location notices at this ofiicr
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Location blanks at this Office.
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SURPRISE PARTY RENDERED TO
MRS. j. G. KEPPLER

Last evening about twenty friends
gathered at the home of Mrs. J. G.
Keppler. The evening was spent IN
games, followed by light refreshments.
A general good time best describes TIL
evening spent.
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Marion Nofsinger departed today
with 1900 pounds of freight for Rose
bud Teh load consists chiefly of fur
niture and lumber.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
TELLS Wild TALES
OF CANN|bALISM
TRAVELLER BRINGS STORIES OF
HORRORS IN NORTHEASTERN
CANADA.
MURDER, FAMINE AND ffUD
ONE NATIVE EATS EIGHT HUI
MAN BEiNGS-THIRTEEN DIE
IN FEUD.

Winnipeg, Man, Oct. 12.-Tales OF
cannibalism, wholesale murder. awful
famine and deadly feuds among the
natives of Northeastern Canada, be
tween the eastern shore of James bay
and Labrador, are brought bach by j.
A. Osborne. the veteran editor of the
Fort Francis Times, who has just com
pleted a trip of exploration in that
desolate and uninviting country. Were
the stories told by any one thar
James they would be taken with many
record for veracity leads to the belief
that the tales he brings, which'are the
results of his own research and verifi-
cation, are true.
Had Eaten Eight Humans.
While at Moose Factory the explor.
er met a young nan who fed thither
in terror of his uncle, who. he said,
had killed and eaten eight human be-
ings. There, too, he saw a who
last winter killed and ate her two chill
dren, SO great was the famine. This
lack Of food primarily was brought
about by the fact hat the woods
seemed almost entirely without the
usual number of deer and rabbits,
upon which animals the natives ordi-
narily subsist.
AS these occurrences did not seem
to have caused any tremendous stir in
that region Osborne has come to the
conclusion that ~cannibalism is prac-
ticed open upon many occasions
among the Indians and half-breeds.
Thirteen Die in Feud.
One village on Main river practical-
ly vas wiped off the map because of
the remarkably great snowfall last
winter.
A feud between two half-breed fami-
lies resulted from the killing by two
brothers of a hunter who was dis
euised as a bear, and thirteen persons
lost their lives.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
EMPERoR's CONDITION WORSE.
Francis Joseph's Physicians Fear At
fack of nhulan DnA..nnani,

Francis Joseph's Physicians Fear At
tack Of Lobular Pneumonia.
Vienna, Oct. 15.-Although Emperor
Francis .Ioseph's condition yesterday
morning was regarded as slightly bet
ter, it again became worse during the
day. His physicians now fear an at
tack Of lobular pneumonia. The en-
peror's fever is higher. There is a
feeling of depression among the men,
bers of his encourage.
A sleeping potion was administered
Saturday night, and his majesty slept
until 6 o'clock yesterday morning.
After awakening he arose and was
propped up by pillows in an arm
chair. His temperature was below
normal. He has taken considerable
doses of quinine.
The emperor repeatedly asked to be
taken into the open air. saying that
he had been used to it the whole of
his life and that otherwise he could
not ecove quickly. Owing to his
condition, however, the physicians re-
fused the request. According to the
doctors the danger is from old Age.
The physicians made a physical ex-
animation during the afternoon, and
the signs pointed to the possibility of
the development Of further catarrhal
Inflammation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
SIX LIVES ARE LOST in FIRE.
Father and Five Daughters s~uffocateo
When Home is Burned.

Gloversville, N. Y, Oct. Is. - Six
members of the family of Solomon
Frank, the father and five daughters.
were suffocated by smoke when their
home was destroyed by fire early yes
terday.
The father lost his life in endeayor.
ing to save his children, following the
discovery of the flames by the mother.
who, with two small sons, made her
escape. The bodies. of the other vic.
times were found by the fremen. All
had evidently made efforts to reach
The windows.
The Oldest daughter was to have
become a bride early in December.
and Saturday night there was a social
gathering at the home of the family
! n celebration of the approaching nun.
tials. The gathering broke up about
l o'clock and at 1870, when all had
retired, the fire was discovered. The
origin Of the fire is unknown, though
1T is believed to have been due to a
defective chimney.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
y LIVES LOST IN
LAKE DISASTER
BIG STEEL FREleHTER CYPRUS
FOUNDERS IN LAKE SUee
RIOR.
ONLY ONE LIFT TO TELL TALE
WASHED ASHORE dashed u
LIFE RAFT-cRAFT ON ITS
SECOND TRIP.
ONLY ONE LIFT TO TILL TALE

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Oct. l5.
| Bound down from the head OF the
lakes on the second trip she had
made since being launched at Loralh'
| Ohio, on Aug. II last, the fine steer
| freighter Cyprus, 440 feet long, found
| cred Friday nigkt in Lake Superior
off Deer Park, taking down with her
twenty-five members of the crew.
Second Mate C. j. Pitt, washed
| ashore lashed to a life raft, is he
only person left alive of the ships
people.
Tells Story of Wreck.
Recovering consciousness after
hours of constant nursing, he gave a
| graphic account of the last moments
of the crew on board the Inflated
vessel.
The mate said that the Cyprus was
making fairly good weather in the
storm when suddenly the cargo shift
ed, giving the craft a heavy list. This
was about Z p. NJ, when the vessel
was off Deer Park in the regular
course of vessels bound up and down.
Water began pouring in the matches
and a panic ensued, many of the crew
putting on life preservers.
Capt. Huyck, however, felt conf
dent he could reach shelter behind
Whitefish Point, and the boats were
not lowered.
Four on Life Raft.
T,,t c,,1lnn1r tho frntrh{nr rD11nI
over on her side and almost instantly
plunged to the bottom. When the
vessel rolled over the first and second
mates, a Waterman and wheelsman
were close to a life raft, which they
cut loose and cast off just in time to
escape the whirlpool caused by the
Cyprus as she plunged beneath the
surface of the water.
The boat sank about Z O'Clock in
the evening, and until 2 o'clock in the
morning the four men chung to their
frail support while the waves drove
them toward shore.
Fighting Angry Surf.
Five times in the angry surf of the
rocky shore the raft upset, the men
each time having to fight the heavy
undertow for their lives. Each fight
weakened the benumbed and disheart-
ened sailors, and after the fifth battle
with the surf only one of the quartet
remained upon the raft.
But the next time the raft was
caught upon the surf it was thrown
upon the beach. Mate Pitt had Just
strength enough left to crawl out of
reach of the waves before he fell ex-
hausted, where he was later found by
the patrol OF the ~life-saving station.
Cause of Disaster.
There seems now to be little doubt
that the sinking of the Cyprus was
due directly to the failure of the cap
tain and crew of the wrecked vessel
to cover the matches with the canvas
tarpaulins designed for that purpose.
The Cyprus took in SO much water
through her uncovered matches that
her pumps we're unable to carry it off.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
Nine lives were lost at the Foggs

Nine lives were lost at the Foggs
colliery, near Bolton, Eng, when a
rope slipped off a pulley and precipi-
tated an elevator cage to the bottom
of a deep shaft.
Thomas j.. Dupress, a member of the
firm of Broadnax & Co., jewelers. of
Memphis, while riding a motorcycle COL
lided with a street car, sustaining in
juries which resulted in his death.
Thomas Bertram, twenty years old,
OF Altoona, Pa, received injuries dur
ing a football game that caused his
death. His death, 1t is said, will re-
suit in prosecutions against those who
played Sunday football.
James Jackson, a coal miner, and
his sixteen-year-old daughter, were
killed at Bridgeport, Ohio, when a
spark from the pipe smoked by Joseph
Barbusi set off a keg Of powder in his
home and demolished the house.
Stanley Gerrity and j. F. Fortney,
employees of a construction company at
Gary, Ind, were killed and three work.
In injured Wnen d pdSSeu-
ger train ran into a group Of men who
were about to board a local train at
Gary.
A passenger train on the Atlantic
Coast line ran into an open switch and
collhed with an engine at South
Rocky Mount, N. C. The engineer OF
the passenger train was instantly kill
ed and a postal clerk was slightly in.
jured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
CUBS ARE WORLDS CHAMPIONS.
Chicago Nationals Win the Fourth
Successive Victory From Detroit.

v'SSS'y Si'' SSS'S'
Detroit, Oct. 15.-The Chicago Ma
tional league baseball team Saturday
afternoon at Bennett Park won the
worlds championship. defeating the
Detroit American league team by the
score of ? to 0.
1t was the fourth successive victory
for the Chicago team in as many
days. Taking advantage of every slip
made by the local players and run.
ming the bases cleverly, they scored
two runs in the first two innings,
while the Detroit team did not sue.
ceed in getting II mar over the
home plate.
The "rooters' who had followed the
Chicago team from their home city
swarmed down to the diamond when
the ninth inning closed and showered
the players with congratulations.
Then several hundred of them form
ed In line and marched down Mich.
gan avenue, headed by a band, cheer
ing and singing in celebration of theil
victory.
1t was a disappointing day for the
local team in more ways than one
h weather al raw and cold, en-.
tirely unfit for baseball. The official
count of the attendance was 1870
Mullfn and Brown both pitched we'll
but the Chicago mar received strong:
er support from his teammates.
The score by innings R.H.E e.
Detroit .........o o 0 o Q o o o 90 Z z
Chicago ..."....1 0 o o o 0 % Z c
Batteries - Mullin ana Archer; Brown
and King. Umpires - Sheridan and
O'Day.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
CHILD wife SLAM:
HUSBAND MISSING
MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN is FOUND
cHokED TO DEATH IN HER
ROOM.
HAD BEN DEAD FOR A WEEK
DOLCE BELIEVE HUSBAND KILL
Ed WOMAN IN FIT OF JEAl-
Gus RAGE.

Minneapolis, Oct. IA. Choked to
death, Mrs. George Patous, the seven
~teen-year-old wife of George Patous, a
Polish laborer, vas found lying on q
bed in an upstairs rooom at lZle
Third street north yesterday morning.
Patous has not been found, and lhe
police believe he is the murderer
The woman's body was found by W.
A. Shaughnessy, who rented a room 10
! Patous and his wife. She is believed
to have been dead since Sunday night,
| Oct. 6. There had been no signs Oh
life in the Patous room for a Week.
and Shaughnessy, becoming alarmed.
| entered the bedroom yesterday morn
ing to find the strangled body OF tha
girl lying across the bed.
Husband Is Missing.
Patous has not Deer seer since M
day night, Oct. 6, and a search OF the
apartment showed that all of his per-
sonal belongings are missing. Shaugh-
messy reported the matter to the po'
lice, and officers we're at once detail
ed upon the case.
The police made a careful inspec-
ton of the premises and are of tho
opinion that the woman made a des-
perate struggle against her assailant
Blood spots were found on the pillow
and mattress. Imprints of a man.
fingers are plainly seen upon the
throat of the murdered m
Tragedy Quietly Enacted.
The tragedy was enacted so quietly
that the members of the family below
had no idea Of the crime, and for 81!
night slept under the same roof will
the corpse.
Annie Krunpski, a sister Of tn
dead woman, residing on Eleventh
venue, admits hat there were ste
ries circulated regarding the dea
woman previous to her marriag
about a year ago.
Patous was of a surly d~ispositio
and was feared by his wife. The p.
lice believe that in a moment of pea
. Gus rage because of attentions show
other men he murdered his wife.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
PERSONAL.

Julius M. Reiser, aged sixty-seven,
said to be the pioneer manufacturer of
glass mirrors in the United States, is
dead.
Alexander M. Fox, the oldest direct
or o. the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany, died at his home in Philadelphia.
aged eighty-three years.
C. A. Wilson, sixty-eight years old,
capitalist and influential citizen of
Sussex, N. j., died suddenly in Sioux
City, Iowa. He had banking interests
in Iowa and South Dakota.
Rev. George Boardman Taylor, for
t%hirty-fve years president of the Bap-
fist mission in Italy, is dead. DR.. Tay-
lor, who was chaplain to Gen. Stone
wall Jackson in the Civil war, was the
first pastor Of the Franklin Square
church at Baltimore. He founded sew.
eral churches and schools in Italy.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
Farmers to Have elevator.

Castle Rock. Mimi, Oct. 15.-Farm-
ers in this vicinity organized a farm
ers' elevator company. Directors
elected We're: NJ. N. Holt. F. G. Pry-
or. l. N. Gill, B. X. Ousbye, G.. H.
Wood, A. j. Lasby and E. p. Rub. Ap-
plication for Incorporation papers has
been filed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
Children and Matches

Huron, S. D., Oct. 15.-A new harm
and contents in the rear of the resi-
dence of b. G. Kneeland was destroy.
ed by fire, together with a new sur.
rey, harness, etc. The loss is )
The fire was the result of children
playing with matches.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-10-18
SITUATION GROWS DESPERATE
SOLDIERS AND DEsPERADoS'
CLASH IN THE STREETS OF
MILAN.

Rome. Oct. 14.-Italy faces one vi
the most dangerous crises OF nor .
cent history in the attitude OF s'flh-
ing workmen at Milan, the kingdoms
second city, who, having tied up Dusl-
ness. refuse peace until the govern
ment pledges itself never again W
employ troops against strikers. iran
tic efforts are being made, Win
alarming prospects of success, 10 eA'
tend the warfare throughout Italy uh-
less the government yields.
Little is known OF real conditions
in Milan, even the telephone and tele
graph service being practically GU
of.
Situation Is Desperate.
A relayed message which go
through declared the situation desper
ate and the city entirely in tn
strikers hands. Train and posta
service has been abandoned and put
lie resorts are proposing to close.
Bands of hooligans ranged tn
streets all day, creating panic ever,
where they went. The police wei
powerless against them. Cabs, aut
mobiles and tram cars were compel
ed to stop and drop their passenger
and in some cases we're overturned.
The gravest fears are %entertaine
of violence during the night, and II
possibility that the strikers may clio;
the electric lightning plants, leavil
the city in darkness for the hooligal
to plumber at will. The military
combining itself to protecting ban.
and public buildings, but it is doul
full if ever they can be defend
against determined night attacks.