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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1904
Page
2
A mosaic of regional press notes critiques journalism funding in Reno and Goldfield, praises Salvation Army aims on Carson Sink land, mocks Chino Valley and Eureka coverage, laments California teacher shortages, and urges united action against wildcat miners harming legitimate mining investment. The Pacific Coast Miner warns against fakirs exploiting the industry.
Judge Hawley denied Alfred Chartz's habeas corpus writ in the Kair case for violating the Eight Hour Law in Silver City. The decision centers on jurisdiction and constitutional questions, not merits, referencing Nevada and interstate highway talk and Harriman's bid for Northern Pacific control.
A summary of varied Nevada items notes Alf Chartz stops his Gardnerville Courier column after merger into the Record. Robert Barsett, IRS Collector under Cleveland, was shot and killed Sunday at the Tarasca mine near Torres Sonora Mexico. Eiko County Cattle Association elected L L Bradley president and officers including L Glaser, Frank Fernald, and A Brace. Henry Anderson sues Bernard Ardante in Reno over 1000 sheep trespass. Alice Clurk, arrested in Elko for running a house of ill fame near a school, was acquitted. verdict questioned by The Independent for possible 400 yard limit issue.
Mrs Emma L Watson of Portland is arrested over land swindles. Mrs Chansey Moreland, dubbed the fattest woman, dies in New York from diabetes. A Hancock Michigan resident recovers from diphthia after antitoxin, also quitting alcohol and tobacco. Denver doctor Harroun inherits two million but donates to his Portland sister, rejecting the money. Superior Judge Cook in San Francisco awards Lloyd & Wood and Knight & Heggerty $75,000 each in fees from Charles L Fair estate. US Senator J R Burton of Kansas sentenced in St Louis to six months and $2500 fine for improper fees. case appeals. John A Benson offers to turn state's evidence. authorities reject. At Woodbridge near Stockton, Mrs A Chapdelain bears triplets. two die, one survivor shows promise. Santa Clara uses Rochester voting machine. seven candidates, 700 votes, results declared in minutes. Fire alarm at Poodle DogSF reveals many who go to bed early and may face divorce cases. Supreme Court upholds contracts disclosure in Anthracite Coal Trust case. Three masked men rob Oregon Express near Shasta County. Wells Fargo messenger killed. car destroyed with little loot.
In White Pine County near Ely a miner, Gianoli, was injured when a cap exploded as he prepared a fuse for a blast. He suffered facial injuries and both hands and eye damage. He was taken by private conveyance to Bark, with possible transfer to Salt Lake City for treatment. Gianoli is known for years at Prospect’s Diamond mine in Eu reka.
Dale Hoyt becomes night operator at Eiko while J P Raine of Pine Valley returns from San Francisco. Bert Enner arrives from Denver March 31 and Miss Clari Succetti departs for Tonopah. A gang begins converting the old Southern Pacific road bed to a county wagon road as smallpox spreads in Belmont with seven cases reported and a court session postponed to May 2 due to quarantine.
Undertaker P H Hiol exhumed the body of Mary A. McKnight twelve miles north of Eureka at the Shekels ranch. The 12 year old died in 1874 and will be interred in Sacramento, California. Remains were shipped Wednesday to Mrs. Shekels who lives in Sacramento. James P. Winfrey, Nevada pioneer, died at Pacific Grove California after long illness. Survived by wife and two sons E E Winfrey and William Winfrey. Native of Savannah, Georgia.
Supervisor Pringle of the Indian Department selects a location for the new Indian School on sections 18 and 14 about one mile east of Elko on the river’s south bank. An irrigation ditch from the Humboldt river will supply water. brick, substantial buildings are planned and to be finished by year’s end. A private Eu reka letter reports Fred Gonder, 17, of Snake Valley White Pine County, accidentally shot himself in the head with a pistol last Friday and died from the wound.
Ore shipments for the week ending April 8 1904 over the Eureka and Palisade Railway list Mine Ins grasne weighing 10240 pounds.
The latest metal quotations list Silver at New York 643 cents per cunos, Lead at New York 4.60 and Salt Lake City 88.00, Copper at Salt Lake City 12 cents.
In Washington on April 4 the House irrigation committee heard George H. Maxwell disclose that the Great Northern Northern Pacific Southern Pacific Santa Fe Union Pacific and Burlington railroads each contribute 6000 yearly to a National Irrigation Association fund plus 2000 from Rock Island, totaling up to 50000 annually. The fund funded an education drive opposing the Desert Land Act repeal viewed to boost land values and scrip holdings. Maxwell said no syndicate of land scrip holders was formed and President Roosevelt’s stance was disputed by both sides. Separately in Salt Lake City the April lead price settled at 3.50 per 100 pounds with contracts expected to continue through May while ore shipments to smelters remain heavy. In Reno Tex Tompkins was fatally stabbed in a Sacramento saloon quarrel as Jack Spears attacked.
A statement clarifies that a colt branded 77 following a mare is not owned by Tos. H. Hicks. The public notice exonerates the owners of the 77 brand and their employer from any blame, asserting the colt is not Hicks’s.
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