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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
2
The Silver State announces subscription rates by mail and carrier, with pricing for one year, four months, and three months, plus a weekly Winnemucca carrier rate. Address business correspondence to The Silver State Winnemucca Nevada.
Weather data for the 24 hours to 5:00 PM local time. Mean barometer 30.29 inches. Maximum temperature 54 degrees. Minimum 17 degrees above zero. Mean temperature 6 degrees, normal 2 degrees. Prevailing wind north. Precipitation 0. February 2 reading 23 above zero. Hayden, Weather Bureau collector.
Cloudy tonight and Saturday with rain expected in the western portion. McADIE forecasts a damp Friday with overcast skies and regional showers.
The article notes gold dredging will play a key role in Nome's growth this summer as dredges built in New Zealand and by San Francisco and Seattle ships head north for the Arctic passage. It traces dredging origins from early Sacramento trials to 34 years of progress, describing the earliest gear on the Molyneux and simple river dredging methods.
Several theories circulate about last year's smallpox in the Pacific Northwest. One idea credits disturbed Indian burial grounds and exhumed bodies for spreading the germs. Another view suggests the disease was brought by returning volunteers from the Philippines.
Democrats posted a legal document on the executive mansion door in Taylor Kentucky today, serving the governor as required. The remark implies possible retaliation if tit for tat logic were applied, suggesting a threat of violence if such actions continued.
Beginning April one the Philippine postal service will be placed on an independent footing. Money orders can then be drawn upon all points in the islands and registered letters sent between post offices there.
The House approved legislation granting Cuban vessels most favored nation treatment in American ports. The measure aims to extend national treatment across port facilities and trade conditions, signaling a shift in maritime policy toward Cuba.
W. H. Magers was hanged at The Dalles for the Ray Sink murder. The transport Ohio, 27 days from Manila, arrived in San Francisco with 150 bodies and two passengers. Reports say William Wright, ex-Kentucky legislator and Democrat, was assassinated near Boone's Fork, Kentucky. Fire at Sprague Warner Co. building in Chicago injured two firemen. Senate considers investigation into Treasury bank dealings since 1897 and sale of the old New York customs house. Manila cable says Hancock carried 462 dead soldiers to San Francisco, Indiana with 200 bodies and Ohio with 120 arrived. total nearly 1000. Southern California orange crop forecast at 14,000 carloads worth about 4.6 million dollars.
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