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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
2
Eureka newspaper entry records a postal notice about Serenad Clase matter filed at the Eureka post office. The readable fragment notes a formal postal action affecting a named individual.
A stream of Nevada notices reports Scotty promising a Death Valley reveal within two weeks. Marriage news notes Frank Phelan and Miss Mattie Kell wed in Salt Lake. A Salt Lake dispute over Branson’s anti IWW piece reaches the State Supreme Court. Western Pacific starts an 800 foot bridge over the Humboldt in Winnemucca. Goldfield poison attempt ends with a hospital recovery. A desert death near Dixie and a Reno fair planning week with committees at work. Car son City paralysis affects Willis Brougher. Elko’s Griswold Henderson Live Stock Co incorporation. Washoe County revenue shortfall tied to a new law. Indian Jack’s death rumor spreads via sheriff. Jock’s death by strychnine noted. Lander County to ship remains of Chinese to China. Battle Mountain burial ground removal approved. The Sewertwen prints Miner from Bollion Mining district, McParliv & Co publishers.
Patsy Dwyer, convicted of murdering Conductor Williams of the Nevada Central Railroad at Austin in 1906, was granted a new trial by the Nevada Supreme Court. The court cited inability to secure an impartial jury in Lander County as the basis for the ruling.
To the numerous friends and acquaintances who extended many acts of kindness and their sincere sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father, we return our heartfelt thanks. Mrs P. McBride and family join in expressing gratitude.
Chief Council William F. Herrin returns from New York to contest Nevada’s new freight tariff. Southern Pacific says the cut from 20 to 8 cents per ton per mile hurts local revenue, foreseeing a protracted legal clash with state authorities and other railroads showing sympathy. The rate structure adds multiple classes and conditions, with the State Railroad Commission allowed to adjust and enforce rates despite complaints.
The piece argues Morocco as a strategic prize, rich in climate, resources, and location. It highlights Tangier Ceuta, 1800 miles of coast, fertile land, fisheries near Agadir, copper, and a potential army from the Moorish people. It notes European powers eyeing the region and rail-link possibilities across the strait as a future nexus. The tone blends imperial speculation with economic promise and geopolitical risk.
The Associated Press, Western Union and Postal telegraph operators are largely out, with only a few workers left. A general strike is under consideration, potentially affecting 25 000 operators in the United States and Canada, with widespread impact on market reports and stock quotes.
In Reno August 12 Mrs. R W Martin an 18 year old widow pleaded with Dr J B Redman for mercy over a $15 medical bill during her husband’s illness. The physician refused to sign a death certificate preventing shipment for burial in San Francisco, prompting a complaint that he disobeyed city health regulations.
Redman was arrested and will face a hearing before Judge Richardson this week. After Redman refused to sign the death certificate, Dr. Walker, President of the Board of Health, signed it. The body was shipped to San Francisco.
Charley Williams and P. Barong arrived in Bureka on Tuesday with 120 head of range horses gathered in the Duckwater country. The stock was sold to O. W. Whitasy for shipment to Hubbard Iowa.
Indignant Ely residents press for removal of School Trustees J A Comins Allen C Bragg and Alex McDonald amid calls for a new board as district reckons with alleged fraud complaints. The petition cites no election in ten years and questions district governance while DA Eddy weighs action. A separate suit in White Pine County accuses H A Comins of fraud in a ranch deed involving Mary Molleson. The Molleson case seeks to void a deed and quiet possession of the Molleson ranch amid claims of mental incapacity and undue influence, to be tried at Ely District Court.
May and December Stanton of Goldfield aged about 88 says he saw 64 summers. He reportedly married an 18 year old girl Blanche Nye in Los Angeles. The wedding was blocked by her mother who spirited her away. Stanton allegedly shaved his moustache and dressed young to win consent, but the plan was thwarted and the Nye family relented.
Paris dispatches report Queen Victoria in delicate health after giving birth to a son on May 10 while King Alfonso accompanies her. In Sacramento, D Burkhalter to act as superintendent after T R Jones resigns from the 8 P division. Jones’ departure shifts charge to Burkhalter over both divisions temporarily. News from Chicago and New York notes talks among Standard Oil and railroad officials to resist further government probes, with firms Chicago & Alton, Chicago Burlington & Quincy, and Chicago & Eastern Illinois named in indictments. The Savitch report to President Roosevelt highlights Standard Oil’s foreign trade methods and a price policy that favors its foreign-related business, plus monopsonistic practices in selling railroad lubricants.
United States District Attorney Stimson filed in the Circuit Court a petition to summon E. H. Harriman and Oxto Hf. Kahn of Kale Loeb & Co to show cause why they should not answer ICC questions about control of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. The case concerns a possible acquisition and Union Pacific control. W. J. Rice, former Nye County Auditor and Recorder, died in Manhattan from typhoid pneumonia after Belmont’s county seat moved to Tonopah.
James K Urton of the Southern Pacific Company was struck by the engine pulling the second section of No 11 at Natchez Thursday afternoon. He died about an hour later while being taken to Elko. A bicycle rider who was with him escaped injury. Complaints of logs of stock by poisonous plants on National forest ranges will be investigated this summer by a specialist appointed by the Bureau of Plant Industry in cooperation with the Forest Service.
Notice records August 12 1807 shipment from Diswonil Station to Sterling Coloraily by Devonport Libby in care numbered 116 152 190. Details include multiple branding marks on horses including J 5 JY A bar over J 2 and other symbols. Sheriff W H Swaxser Hareka County Nevada and Deputy Thomas Dison sign the notice.
A forged draft for 457 drawn on First National Bank Winnemucca pretended to be from James Wilson and routed to Aden. Oscar Peterson endorsed the draft after being misled and verified it at the bank. Wilson vanished with the money after Salt Lake, but the draft had already been paid by Nevada Bank, shifting the loss to Winnemucca banks.
Rhyolite Nevada reports Nye County assessors place the 1907 valuation at about eight million dollars with over a third in the Junction district. The Tonopah Club, famed gambling resort, has closed after a lengthy run and plans move to a new building by December. County wealth and population have surged, aiding talk of a possible county seat shift to a growing Nye County center.
Citizens of Ely protest a White Pine County plan to relocate the county seat to a new town within the county. The drive includes proposed development such as a $35,000 schoolhouse down the canyon, with officials and residents clashing over the project and leadership.
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