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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
2
Nevada editorial condemns wealth as ruinous amid the California disaster. It urges restitution by Carnegie and Rockefeller, predicts economic shock for Nevada merchants, calls for unity and aid to stricken San Francisco, and notes quick relief efforts and fraternal tributes from Elko lodges.
Metal market report shows Silver at New York 691 cents per ounce. Lead quoted at New York 35 cents, and Salt Lake City ore at $3.60. Casting Copper in Salt Lake City at 15 cents per pound.
Days of panic pass as San Francisco rebuilds after the earthquake and blaze that burned about seven square miles. Death toll around 500, with thousands injured and refugees seeking tents and food. Federal troops defended the burned zone while key buildings survived. Officials warned banks may remain closed for a week or more.
Notes report physicians and nurses sailing to San Francisco after the quake. An offer for Market Street property is refused. California's college suspension, and Lipton's offer to Mayor Lehmigz are noted amid global relief. Tokyo dispatch links the quake to Japan within minutes. Congress approves 1.5 million and 1.9 million for California sufferers. Markets tumble. insurance losses cited at 225 million, Chicago and Baltimore losses listed. Alcatraz untouched. Southern Pacific ferries 235,000 people from San Francisco over several days.
The Tonopah Sun reports expert audit of Nye County Sheriff Thomas W. Logins accounts shows a shortfall near 2000. Commissioner Louie Simonsen review concluded with no firm denial of the shortage, banks deny deposit knowledge, and discovery may hinge on possible private funds. Meanwhile Ophir and Don Virginia mines resume work easing local gloom.
Ruby Hill opens after two week break. Thomas Cardew sprains his arm at the Eureka Coal mine trestle. A new spur track to the Richmond wine is under construction with a train passing New Town trestle this week. Ben Gillian and wife arrive from Paradise Valley and are greeted by the Ruby Hill Tin Can Band. Bartender kills miner Bert Stewart during a fight in Searchlight Lincoln County. The first box of California cherries sells in New York for 2440 dollars to aid earthquake sufferers, cherries auctioned one by one amid merchant attendance.
The reader presents a fragmentary poetic passage describing chimney grime, a languid breeze, a dream of a roaring rhythm, storms through trees, black snow in the streets, and a stab of a stable track where God’s band has passed. It evokes urban decay and divine presence without a clear narrative or characters.
Correspondence from North End Eureka County notes visits from Mrs H Chatterman of Eiko and S Maples from Pine Valley Elks business trips. A Patton traveled from Pine Valley, a wedding rumor circulates, Jon Hooper left Tron mine for railroad work. A new restaurant opened by Chinamen from Eiko along the river side. Mrs O Pratt and family returned from Eureka after months away. G D Abbott returned from San Francisco trip. Abbott family fled the city during the war earthquake and are now with relatives in Oukisnd.
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