Eureka Residents and Visitors Rails in Week's Travel
Alonzo Waugh left for Salt Lake on Tuesday while Joseph Flynn visited Eureka from Mineral Hill. Locals from Hamilton, Newark Valley, Monitor Valley, and other areas arrived or were noted in Eureka this week. Religion services set for Sunday. county records updated. a photo of Joseph Smith highlights a quip about polygamy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Waugh
Salt Lake
Joseph Flynn
Mineral Hill
Eureka
Andy Tenvoord
James Grainger
Hamilton
Raymond Robinson
Newark Valley
Judd Wilson
Bureka
Monitor Valley
Nye County
The Great Winter Storm of April 1904
The central storm moved from the Sierras to the Atlantic, bringing rain to the west and heavy snow across the region. Six inches fell Friday night, with eight to ten inches by Wednesday night in Eureka, two feet at Prospect Mountain’s Diamond Mine, and a foot or more in Hamilton and Ely. Haro ka saw snow as Friday began, with warm temperatures melting flakes until noon before new snow accumulated. As press time Friday afternoon, snow continued with no clear break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierras
Eureka
Prospect Mountain
Ely
Hamilton
Haroka
Sestiwel
Raine Granted Funds to Repair Palisade Road
At an adjourned meeting on April 16, the Board of County Commissioners ordered RB F Raine paid 30 for repairing the Carlin wagon road from J P Rain's ranch to the Elko County line. He must send a sworn, itemized bill for the work. The board approved bonds for James Williams as Justice of the Peace of Ruby Hill and J P Shoemaker as Sheep Inspector of Eureka County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
RB. F. Raine
Palisade
Carlin
J. P. Rain
Elko County
James Williams
Ruby Hill
J. P. Shoemaker
Eureka County
Odd Fellows Ball Promises Great Dance Night
The anniversary party of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs draws Eureka dancers and Terpsichore enthusiasts from nearby towns to the Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall on Friday evening April 29. The hall is expected to be crowded, with Mrs. Huebner arranging a ball supper served in the Gregovich Hotel building opposite the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Eureka
Terpsichore
Order
Masonic and Odd Fellows
Mra. ©. Huebner
Gregovich
Funeral of Mrs McGarry in Superior Wisconsin
A telegram from M McGarry said his two daughters Mrs D Arcy and Miss Annie could not attend the funeral due to illness. Final obsequies were held Monday at the Catholic Church with Rev Father Sheehan of Austin officiating. A large procession accompanied the hearse to the Catholic Cemetery. numerous floral tributes marked the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Sheehan
Manion
Eureka
McGarry
Austin
J. E. Johnston
Presbyterian Church
Bill" Pearce
Eureks
Re‘veille-Tonopah
Gertrude Hagar
Palisade
Tristees
Eureka County Hospital
Atlas Company
John Pardy
B.L. Smith
M. McGarry
D'Arcy
Annie
Superior
Wisconsin
Ore Shipments Over the Eureka and Palisade Line
The Eureka and Palisade Railway carried ore shipments for the week ending April 22, 1904. Figures list various ore types and weights, with Mrzx and other consignments charted by pounds.
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Eureka & Palisade Railway
Mrxx
Rich Lead-Carbonate Specimen From Lemon Mine Strike
Frank Kopp and Maurice Hartnett reported a very rich lead carbonate ore specimen from a new strike at the Lemon mine on Prospect Mountain near the Alexandria mine. A Friday storm halted further mountaintop inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kopp
Maurice Hartnett
Lemon
Prospect Mountain
Alexandria
Mr. Kopp
Metal Quotations Reported in New York and Salt Lake City
The latest metal quotations show Silver at New York 581 cents per ounce. Lead at New York 4.00 dollars and Salt Lake City 83.50. Copper at Salt Lake City 124 canta.
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New York
Salt Lake City
Canta
Card of Thanks for Boreka Friends
We extend heartfelt thanks to all friends in Boreka and vicinity for acts of kindness and sympathy during our bereavement. M. McGagey and Pasay acknowledge the support and share that it takes all of life to know all of love.
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Boreka
M. McGagey
Anp
Fusion Accomplished In Nevada Democratic Silver Meetings
In Reno on Tuesday the Democratic and Silver state central committees met in separate rooms at Investment Hall. They endorsed fusion terms for the national convention with four Democrats and four alternates, and two Silver delegates with two alternates, to be uninattested. Delegates named include Ryan, Russell, Weber, Newlands. alternates McGrath, Hilp, Clarke, White. A Hearst resolution was debated and narrowed to praise for labor and democracy. An allied-party declaration urged full fusion and attacked Roosevelt and trusts.
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Silver
Democratic Alliance
Reno
Harmony
H. Stoddard
St. Louis
Silver Party
Winnemucca
Joseph R. Ryan
Storey
George B. Russell
Elko
Peter Weber
White Pine
Francis G. Newlands
Washoe
John McGrath
Sol Hilp
BE. W. Clarke
Lincoln
Democratic Committee
State Central Committee
Hearst
William R. Hearst
James G. Sweeney
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Chicago
Kansas City
United States
William Randolph Hearst
Newlands
van Duzer
Roosevelt
Panama
Nevada
Fusion Party
William E. Sharon
W. J. Westerfield
State
Democratic State Committee
Democrats
George
Nixon
Sam Davis
Reinhold Sadler
Hareka
J. C. Price
W. Gregory
Lyon
Political Oppositions and Silver Party Fusion in Nevada
A Nevada Silver party meeting presided by W J Westerfield discusses fusion with Democrats and delegate allocations. Reports indicate no clash over Fusion, with Gibson’s proxy scheme thwarted by a Democratic exposure and Patterson appointed to the Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases.
Long Life and the Calm Path to Longevity
The text argues that extreme age brings ease and repose of movement not as a result of age but as the cause. The calm octogenarian has long been calm, unlike the hustling seeker after status. It suggests longevity stems from deliberate, unhurried living and the avoidance of constant worry.
New Fees for Mineral Surveys Set by Government
The government moves to lower fees for mineral surveys with a new price schedule effective April 15, 1904. Lode claim fees drop to 30, placer claims 885, millaite 30, millaite included with a lode 920, lode claims within a placer survey 820, multi location lode surveys start at 30 with 25 for each additional location, placer surveys start at 85 with 80 for each extra location, and a supplemental order for survey remains as described.
Body of Curtis Kendall Buried in Utah After Goldfield Killing
The body of Curtis Kendall, killed by Sharpe at Goldfield last week, was transported to his Utah home for burial. Nearby, fourteen cattle carcasses were burned near Exat Reno after being poisoned by wild parsnip. Charles Schwab and about twenty others tour mining property in Tonopah. The Southern Pacific will paint all Reno to Osilin bridges, a multi month project. Carson Held Piano Scrap ends with Woodmen winning the Biddle piano by 55 831 votes amid claims of dishonesty. Assessor Kinney predicts Ormsby County will gain by taxing merchants per business volume in the contest. The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention refused to instruct National Delegates for Parker, sending them to St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Kendall
Sharpe
Goldfield
Utah
Exat Reno
Charles Schwab
Tonopah
Southern Pacific Company
Reno
Osilin
Carson
Kinney
Ormsby County
Virginia Enterprise
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Alton B. Parker
New York
St. Lonia UN Labatt Oy Islet
Volcano Column Defends Tonopah Wages Claim
Tonopah Bonanza correspondent Volcano from Sodaville reports railroad push toward Tonopah and wages 62 to 63 a day pending outside communications. The claim is disputed. 4 a day was set at camp inception and remains unchanged despite living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah Bonanza
Walker Lake Ballstin
Sodaville
Tonopah
Heavy Coal Bill for Russian Pacific Squadron
United States agent Groenar reports the Russian Pacific squadron’s coal bill at 1,080,000m year to keep ships in fighting trim. An ironclad uses 19 tons daily for electric lighting. prior fuel use included 60,000 tons Cardiff coal at Port Arthur and 90,000 at Vladivostok annually plus 10,000 tons of Japanese coal. Japanese fuel cheaper, priced 1% to 8 per ton. Also a Chicago obituary note mentions Levy brothers and a grim joke about embalming or freezing a body.
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Pacific
United States
Groenar
Cardiff
Port Arthur
Vishivostok
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Tur Eureka Sentinel
Charles Read
Prospect
Eureka Lodge No
Frank Mathews
Imogene Irwin
Duckwater
Eueka
A. P. Tenwoord
Baby
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
The
Odd Fellows’ Ball
Metal Market
Thowe Hitharte
Fusion
8. G. Gibson
Gibson
Sparks
W. H. Patterson
Nevada Hospital
State News
Levy
Jack
San Francisco
Eureka County Bank
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J. Smith
J. H. Hoegh
Bert L. Smith
W. BE. Griffin
J. Horom
John Parks
W.e.griffin
J.smith Best L. Smith
Heorge W. Hanna
J. J. Hylton
HYLTON & _HANNA
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H. A. Mickim
Hureka
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