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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1907
Page
2
A dispatch from Inwich Massachusetts reports the wedding of Jacob A Riis, renowned reformer, to Miss Mary A Phillips Riis secretary to the groom. Only immediate relatives and Riis’s young son attended. Precautions kept the nuptials private until hours later.
F M cLellan & Co of Seattle Ward won a $1 102 205 bid to build the nation’s largest government dry dock for the Bremerton reservation Puget Sound. The dock will run 652 feet long 115 feet wide and 88 feet deep. Additional items include health quarantine measures in Texas and various court verdicts reported from Boise San Francisco and London.
A group of prominent turfmen in Reno discuss a Monte Carlo project in Nevada. Organizers led by Abe Levy and Hilay Gramnan plan to invest up to half a million dollars and choose a prime site likely Reno to launch a venture that aims to outshine similar efforts nationwide. Definite work would start after the fall racing season ends, leveraging Nevada’s open landscape and regulatory laxity.
The jury found William D. Haywood not guilty of complicity in Governor Steuneburg murder after four hours deliberation. Judge Wood freed Haywood, drawing loud labor union celebrations in Nevada towns as mobs paraded and dynamite blasts erupted in Goldfield. State attorneys plan to pursue prosecutions of Mayor and Pettibone despite the verdict.
Haywood releases a Sunday statement praising working class support and expresses no ill will toward anyone. He says he plans to return to Denver to resume work after his arrest and thanks Boise citizens, Sheriff Hodgins, former Sheriff Moseley, Senator Borah, Judge Wood, Governor Gooding, and labor and political representatives for their courthouse presence and consideration.
Judge Wood refused bail for Pettibone after attorney Dirrow urged it. Trial date fixed for October 1 as prosecutors hint at incriminating evidence involving Harry Orchard and messages to him. Co defendant H Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, released on $25,000 bail. Haywood and Pettibone cases loom. Chronicle outlines Haywood case chronology from December 30, 1905 murder to July 28 verdict of acquittal and total trial costs reported at $200,000.
Secretary of the Interior James A. Garfield visited Fallon and Churchill County addressing 200 farmers about forest reservations and irrigation funding. He announced a cut in reclamation appropriations from 15,000,000 to 6,800,000 for next year, and pledged quick handling of farmer damage claims while praising Fallon irrigation progress.
Miss Nydia Randolph appointed postmistress at Halleck Nye County. A dying prospector near Ubehebe kills his burro, drinks blood, and is rescued unconscious. Whiskey Flat, Esmeralda County, sees copper find excitement. Mark Twain notes, Wahiskey Fiat becomes historic. Major W A Stanton of Goldfield planned Los Angeles wedding to 16 year old girl. mother objected. ceremony delayed. Stanton 64.
The Mexican derby will be run annually starting 1910 with federal backing. The government allocates 200000 pesos to improve the horse breed, divided into ten shares of 20000 each. The first race will be on a new track at Condesa on the Polo Club grounds.
Two men, Hower Winters and Charles Webster, filed a homestead on 80 acres near Humboldt House on the Southern Pacific line in Humboldt County after a railroad survey error left the company without possession. They have pitched a tent, begun business, and challenge the railroad’s claim, potentially requiring the 80 acres and a booze mill to transfer if SP loses the dispute.
The Governing Committee of the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board orders removal of listed stocks. The latest batch includes Red Rock Extension Jim Butler Extension Tonopah Golden iate Brougher's Jim Butler Extension Tonopah Virginia Sylvania Kawich King Kawich Gold Kawich Bullfrog Toltop Consolidated Kawich Mining Company Gold Reed Mines Gold Reed Mines Ex tension.
Announcement from Washington reports the engagement of Miss Edith Root daughter of the Secretary of State to Lieutenant U S Grant son of Major General Frederick Dent Grant. No date is set but a late autumn wedding is anticipated with Grant a former presidential aide to Theodore Roosevelt.
Richard A. Riepe of Ely Nevada purchases the Main and Nevada street corner holdings in Downieville including the stone cellar saloon the Kayser residence above the cellar the B Aiken dry goods store and an office building. Riepe a prominent Nevada businessman plans to spend time in Downieville and urges Nevada friends to visit the mining district to explore opportunities.
A fierce heat wave hit McGregor Texas lasting 1 hour 20 minutes. A thermometer showed 149 in the sun and 117 in shade with a three by two mile affected area. A peculiar hazy veil hung over the region as scores collapsed. Animals and people suffered, one man lost 35 head of stock. The cause remains unexplained.
Ohio politics show Senator Foraker defeated as the Republican State Central Committee backs Secretary Taft for the presidency. The Columbus meeting endorses Taft, aiming to balance Knox’s influence, with Roosevelt’s apparent approval noted in Ohio political chatter.
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