The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-12
In YEARS GONE BY
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(From The Silver State Files)


men, pressfeeders and stereotypeers.
None of the newspaper offices are
affected. There are only nine
strictly union firms that have re-
fused to comply with the terms of
the strikers. The object of the
strike is to compel the employers to
reduce the working hours from ten
to nine hours day. The 800 men
on strike consist of about 175 job
printers, between 80 and 100 press
men, rs feeders and 3 stereotypers.
There are now "a Cinnamon in
the state penitentiary. This COM
prises about twenty-five per cent
of the entire number of inmates.
There is only one woman there,
Lottie Carson, who is suffering soli-
cary confinement.
In view of a possible war with
Spain it is especially and most
urgently requested that each and all
of you use your utmost endeavors
to recruit your companies up to
seventy-five men liable for military
duty, so as to place your companies
upon war footing in case the state
is called upon for troops. The
patriotism of the young able bodice
men cannot be shown in any manner
more creditable at this time than
by joining the Nevada National
Guard and by so doing will show to
our sister states that, although not
IS large in population, our quota
will be more than filled and that in
a very short time, and the patrio-
tism of our young men is not to be
excelled by that of any other state.
Respectfully, C. II. Galusha, Adju-
tant General N. N. G.
Deputy United States Marshal H.
j. McInnis of Skagway reached
Portland the other day. In speak
ing of the conditions of Skagway
| and on the trail, he said: Hun
dreds and hundreds of people are
going over the trail from Skagway,
which just now is without exception
the best trail in Alaska. Numberless
Dads of freight leave Skagway for
he summit daily. The packing
| facilities are now the best and a
man with money is not obliged to
wait to have his goods moved along.
Skagway, all reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding, is as orderly a
| town as anyone wants to live in. The
sure thing gamblers and other graft
ers have been driven out and the
best of order is maintained. No
martial law has been declared, as
has been reported, and none is
necessary. The merchants are do
| ing good business and about
everybody is making money. The
population is anywhere from 1000
to 10000.
There are two unknown men lying
dead in the county morgue, the re-
suit of drinking the deadly poison
known as wood alcohol. Last even
ing about 9 o'clock cries of agony
proceeding from the direction of the
freight depot attracted people to
the spot, where two men were found
lying upon the platform. One of
them was in a stupor, with hardly
any signs of life, while the other
was grooming from the great pain
he was suffering though so far gone
as to be unable to give any infor-
nation throwing light upon what
seemed to be a double attempt at
suicide by poisoning. Though the
men may have drank the stuff with
suicidal intent, it is more likely
that they drank the poison thinking
it was the ordinary alcohol, which is
a common beverage for trarnps In
quest of intoxication. The men
were seen around early in the even
ing and seemed under the influence
of liquor.
Chris. Diehl Sr. was thrown from
a buggy in from. of the Lafayette
hotel on Railroad street yesterday
afternoon and one of the ribs of
his right side broken. He was driv-
ing alone in a single rig, when the
single-tree broke. The horse turned
short and threw Mr.. Diehl from the
buggy.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE
presidents message asks congress to
take measures to secure the termina-
of hostilities in Cuba and secure the
establishment of a stable govern
ment there and to use the military
and naval forces of the United
States as may be necessary for the
purpose. The president says the
only hope of relief from a condition
which can no longer be endured is
the enforced pacifcation of the is
land. The issue is now with con-
gress and he awaits action, standing
prepared to carry out every obliga-
ton imposed on him by the constitu-
ton. Spain's decree for a suspen-
sion of hostilities is submitted to
congress for just and careful atten-
ton, with the observation that if
the measure attains a successful
result, then our aspirations as a
peace loving people will be realized.
If it fails it will be only another
justification of our contemplated
action. The Maine incident figures
prominently in the message. The
president argues that the wreck of
the Maine in Havana harbor shows
that Spain is not able to guarantee
security to foreign vessels. Spain
has offered to sumbit to arbitration
all the differences which may arise
from that affair.
Thirty able bodied men are desired
for enrolment in Co. d, list Regi-
ment, N. N. G. They must be be-
tween 10 and AZ years of age, of
sound mind and body, and Of good
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