Interstate Commerce Commission Aims at Rail Rate Reform
In Washington Congress debates empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroad rates. Five commissioners led by Chairman Knapp, with Prouty, Clements, Fifer and Cockrell, contrast enhanced powers and court review with a push for tighter controls to curb rebates and abuses in interstate transportation.
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Requiem Verses Mirror a Hunter's Restful Home
Poem fragment featuring Robert Louis Stevenson style lines about lying peacefully at home. Images of grave, manor, and hunter returning from the hills echo a reflective farewell and burial ideal.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Mineral Surveyors Under Fire in Nevada Probe
Reno dispatches report Government Land Inspector George L Haut will open an inquiry into charges against Captain J B Menardi and other Deputy Mineral Surveyors in Southern Nevada. The probe, led by Surveyor General Matthew Kyle, aims to determine alleged mining claim locations by officials and possible forfeiture of entries. Williams is said to have confessed to taking stock for locating property. Menardi denies all charges stating he never located or profited from any claim and condemns a San Francisco paper notice as a forgery.
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Virginian
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San Francisco
Hawwthorne
Steve Elkins
Grover Cleveland
Bryan
John D. Rockefeller
Carnegie
Taft
Hearst
Massachusetts State Senate
Old Bay State
Hearst Traitor Accusations Roil Democratic Club Speech
Delancy Nicot denounces William R Hearst as a traitor at a Democratic Club event presided over by August Belmont, charging him with accepting committee funds and stabbing party candidates in the back. The speech contrasts Hearst with William J Bryan, praising Bryan while criticizing Hearst. Also reports two Indian girls aged 14 and 16 fleeing Government Indian School near Carson and returning with an Indian trailer amid Spring fever at the school.
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Walker River Indians oppose lands opened to miners
News from Hawthorne in Emmet Alda County reports strong dissent among the Paiute on the Walker River Reservation over Interior Department action allotting agricultural lands to tribe members. About 700 Indians hold 960,000 acres including Walker Lake. Indians fear loss of game and fishing access as whites gain mining access. Younger members lead objections. older Indians may travel to Washington to protest.
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Emmeralda County
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Walker River
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Walker Lake
Washington
Political odds, opinions, and a whiskey brand note
A breezy column surveys political jockeying over the pore Food bill and Statehood bill, with Judge Parker backing southern presidential influence. It cites Joe Bailey of Texas, Tillman, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Taft, Bryan, and Roosevelt era context, plus a tangential promo for T W Harper whiskey and local milling location blanks offered at the Sentinel office.
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Pittsburg
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Larceny Case Involving George W Perkins Arrested In New York
George W Perkins, former vice president of New York Life Insurance and member of J P Morgan & Co, was arrested March 28 in New York as District Attorney Jerome tests the legality of insurance company political contributions. The case moved directly toward the Supreme Court, with potential appeals to higher courts. Warrant cites a 1904 payment of 48702 to the Republican National Committee from New York Life, tied to the Armstrong investigation, with Perkins charged with larceny in the first degree.
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Court of Appeals
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Republican National Committee
New York Life
Perkine
Crossing the Sierras and Western Pacific Advantage
Western Pacific routes across the Sierras offer clear advantages over the Southern Pacific with lower maximum grades and greater altitudes. Beckwith Pass shows deeper snow than Summit Station, while Beck with Pass records light snow. Clarence H Mackay contributed a $5000 check to Reno Catholic Cathedral Fund, surpassing $15,000.
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Southern Pacific
Sierras
Beckwith Pass
Summit Station
Beckwith
Clarence H Mackay
Reno Catholic Catherdeal Fund
Nevada state briefs recount fires and civic actions
State news items report fires destroying the Lodge and Barrel House and the Combination Mining Company office in Goldfield with about 2000 dollars in losses. Other notes include a claim-jumping takedown at Fairview in Churchill County, a new type-setting machine installed in Wirfinda City, and multiple local incidents from Reno to Hawthorn.
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Hue Boos
Tonopah
As S Dopos
Goldfild
Asway
Combination Mining Company
Goldfield
Fairview
Churchill County
A. H. Grigaby
Pacific Coast
Unitype Company
Ogden
Virginia City
Gold Hill
George Carr Wan
Yellow Jacket
Virginia
Carr
Why Mining Attracts the East Explored by Salt Lake man
A Salt Lake mining figure explains Eastern investors favor mining propositions in the West citing financial attitudes toward traditional industries. Copper, mold, and silver stocks draw Eastern capital while older industries lose veneer, signaling mining may emerge as a major year feature. Also, Al Cook was discharged from custody after a coroner’s inquest found McIvor fired first in a Silver Peak duel. Cook remained under medical care.
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