The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-06-28
IN YEARS GONE BY
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(From The Silver State Files)

TWEEN I-flNE leans AIO
A Washington dispatch says that
the amount of subscriptions re-
ceived yesterday for the new (Span-
ish-American war; bonds exceeded
that of any other day since the sale
of bonds commenced. Among the
number were several one million
dollar subscriptions.
Kingston (Jamaica), June 21.-
As soon as the fleet of transports
carrying the army of invasis ar
rived off Santiago Monday General
Shafter went on board Admiral
SIMPSONS flagship for conference.
Small bodies of troops will be put
ashore to determine the best point
of landing. Information shows that
bitter work is ahead of Skaters
men before the Spanish flag comes
down from Morro's walls. The
Spanish infantry, cavalry and guer-
LA forces, estimated to number 3d.
900 to $4,000 men, are stretched
from Guantanamo to Cabanas, a
distance of so miles, and ready to
concentrate at the point of attack.
But starving and harassed by the
insurgents, the Spaniards are des-
perate, and naval officers familiar
with the situation fully expect ter
rife fighting about Santiago.
Haying will commence in this sec
ton in about two weeks.
Mrs. A. Wilkinson left this morn
ing for her home at Ten Mile, Ore.
Jacob Leick of Kennedy has sold
his entire herd of cattle to Russell
& Bradley Of Elko county.
Six large teams are engaged in
hauling sulphur for the Humboldt
Sulphur Company from the mines
to Humboldt station.
A quiet wedding took place at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schmidt this morning at the hour
of about nine o'clock. The con-
tracing parties were the highly es-
teemed young lady, Miss Ernestine
Diehl of Winnemucca "a cousin of
Mrs. Chris Diehl and Mrs. John
Schmidt of this place), and Edward
Stock of Paradise Valley, a well
known rancher and business man of
this county. Rev. G. Hamm Off
ciated.
Quietly and peacefully, as the
minute hand was nearing the mid
night hour June 81, 1889, Mrs.
F. C.. Robins passed from this world
into the next. AS the shadows of
evening were falling yesterday, she
gently called her eldest daughter
"a child of about 10 years. to her
bedside, and as the child knelt the
mother fondly placed her hand on
the bent head and told her in a
voice full of sadness that she was
dying, and it would be but a few
hours before she would bid all her
loved ones goodbye forever. She
expressed wish that those left be-
hind would not grieve, for death
was welcome relief from incessant
and great suffering.
A conference was held yesterday in
Acting Governor Sadler's office, be-
ing attended by Colonel Lord and
a number of other men prominent
in military and civic circles, and
the matter of the present call was
fully discussed. There are at pres
ent six companies of infantry in this
state-two on the Comstock, one in
Carson, one in Winnemucca, one in
Reno, and one in Elko. The aggre-
gate number of names on the mus
ter rolls of these companies is 385.
After going over the ground at
some length, the governor decided
to issue orders to the officers of the
various companies commanding
them to recruit their companies to
as great a number as possible. On
or about the 9Th of July it is the
intention of the governor to order
out the entire Nevada regiment to
Carson, where they will be enrolled