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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
2
Public notice from Eureka about a record class matter dated Monday August 10 1908. Details are partial but indicate postal and tariff or classification procedures at the local Post Office. No specific names or actions beyond the date and location are readable.
The Postoffice Department’s order denying second class rates to subscribers in arrears is now in effect. It targets cheap weekly and monthly mail order journals and has drawn protests from country weeklies and small newspapers. Subscriptions to daily papers must be paid within three months, to monthlies within four months, and to weeklies within a year.
John Temple Graves of the Independence party denounces Thomas E. Watson and charges Hearst finances and controls the Independence party. He attacks its creeds and planks, saying the party is a copyrighted, Hearst payroll affair and that true liberty resists privately owned political organizations.
The Postmaster General informs the Treasury of a parcel post convention with Italy taking effect August 1 2006. The pact limits parcel size and weight normalizes disposal options at destination per local laws and regulations. In a separate notice, Astin Reveille reports ranch lands near Austin sold to John Hickerson of Beowawe alongside 400 to 500 cattle in the Batse place and Ackerman canyon area.
United States Senator William B Allison died at 1 45 p m. A prominent Iowa Republican, he was born March 2 1829 in Perry Ohio and moved to Town. He practiced law in Ohio until 1857 and served in the Civil War era. He served in the 38th to 41st Congresses and as senator from 1875 to 1909.
Superintendent E J Anderson of the Stergo Misting Company arrived from Stargo Nye County about 60 miles south of Eureka with news of a new gold discovery on one group of nine claims. A 25 foot wide free milling ledge can be traced for 00 fever and promises over $100 per ton in ore. Prospectors are flocking to the district as the country around the find grows more located in porphyry and quartz.
Latest metal quotes show Silver at New York 52 cents per ounce, Lead at Salt Lake 450 dollars per hundred pounds, and Copper at Salt Lake 12 cents per pound.
Archbishop James M. Farley of New York was received with distinction by Pope Pius at the Vatican. Farley presented the jubilee offering of the New York Archdiocese, reported it well, and the Pope thanked him for Peter's Pence. The pontiff called the New York centennial a remarkable religious event and praised American religious liberty.
George A. Pettibone a longtime figure in the Western Federation of Miners and linked to allegations against Moyer and Haywood in the Idaho governor Steinenberg murder case died at St. Josephs hospital. He had been ill since his Idaho imprisonment and trials at Boise.
The Selby Smelter near San Francisco closes for cleaner operations while the Tonopah wage scale is adopted by the Rhyolite Miners Union. A Bisbee cloudburst causes $100,000 damage and a forest fire in East Kootenai, BC kills 170 and leaves 6,000 homeless. A Santa Cruz church gathering denounces local papers and backs prosecuting graft. Nevada entrepreneur Snyder and wife are ambushed near Bishop, with $160,000 estate and ongoing manhunt. motive unclear as investigators scrutinize the husband.
A buyer seeks a perfect title after examining a property's records. Elko County Abstract & Title Company offers guaranteed abstracts for any property in Elko County, promising prompt preparation to avoid delays when selling. Address Elko for details.
An active movement seeks to divide Esmeralda and Lincoln Counties with Las Vegas backing a Clarke County seat. Esmeralda supporters want Toose carved from Goldfield. Bartlett wins Democratic primaries, defeating Mcarran for Congress. the Daily American suspends after two months of publication.
A $50 reward is posted for the arrest and delivery in Eureka of J D Hammond who defrauded locals by taking money under false pretenses and left town on July 18. He is about 28 to 30, slight build, 150 pounds, dark complexion, and wore a khaki suit. He rode a sorrel horse with a flaxen mane and tail owned by A C Florio, branded with a quarter circle cross on the left shoulder.
Eli F. Miller of Marysville California died July 30 after a week of lockjaw following a finger injury at work. A bricklayer by trade he was 98, native of Bourbon Indiana. Survived by wife, sister and two sons. Body shipped to Bourbon Indiana for burial. Also note Pabst Blue Ribbon beer sale at Owl in Aureke Nevada August 8 1908 to the wife of Kedeil Cacier.
The record notes the August 3 session where the board approved payments to named individuals and the amounts allowed to each. Names and totals are listed as part of the formal ledger entry from the meeting minutes.
State News From Exchanges reports Miss Etta Pixley drowned Sunday afternoon in a cloud-buret watercourse in Dog Valley, 14 miles NW of Verdi. Revenue agents order Carson officials to shut down illicit liquor houses lacking licenses. George Gibson seeks new trial after a Goldfield killing conviction, with Supreme Court accepting the challenge to testimony procedures. Jonnie Davie of Reno lodgings fights criminal case via writ of prohibition to move it to the Supreme Court. Augustino Percenelli and two mules die from heat in the Sutro Tunnel as rescuers discover the Italian unconscious. Spontaneous coal fires in Sparks fed by heat prompt large-scale extinguishment efforts and potential steam shovel removal of burning coal.
Notice details horses shipped from Alpha One to Uma Nebenake by P Bradatt on the Eureka and Palisade line dated hiss 28 1908 with branding on left thighs shoulders and right thighs. It lists many branded marks including Iney bar croas J K TF L P and A plus notes about expected area and county by J W for Statement No 45.
The piece weighs party platforms as absurd, noting both parties claim reform on tariffs and injunctions while offering vague or conflicting stances on election for Senators and race. It argues the real contest is Taft versus Bryan, with each platform revealing political tactics over concrete policy.
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