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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
1
Ridgway's weekly magazine shrinks its original 14 city rollout to New York Chicago Denver and San Francisco. An editorial explains the change as dropping local features to build a nationwide backbone and focus editors on two or three major crusades.
Grand Rapids residents approve a non partisan primary plan allowing a single alphabetized ballot and a two candidate runoff. Any petition to place a name on the ballot can be signed by a small voter group, with the legislature to enact approved amendments if the plan passes the city vote. The experiment aims to remove partisanship from city elections and marks a potential new era in candidate selection. The article also notes a Libertine librarian in Charleston and a hypothetical Eve in a satirical aside.
In Carson City Nevada Democrats weigh appointing Assembly speakers with Robert Skaggs favored for Speaker amid a slim majority while Republicans hold one Senate seat. Lieutenant Governor Denver Dickerson a Democrat plans committees but Republicans threaten to name them, risking cross chamber friction. A separate Lyon County ruling voids Churchill precinct votes by mail, potentially unseating County Commissioner J A Strosnider.
The article profiles Sergius Andrejevites Monromtee as presiding officer of Itusata's first national assembly amid court versus people tensions. It details President Mouromtseff's noble St. Petersburg lineage, 1850 birth, Moscow University education, legal career, journalism work, and marriage to a renowned opera singer with a daughter active in St. Petersburg and Paris society. Mme Mouromtseff retains a fine soprano.
Reports from the Carson News say H. Van Etton and associates located a lignite coal deposit northwest of Reno in the Sierras. A 18 inch seam appears to widen with depth, though heavy snowstorms hinder development. Van Etton just returned with an optimistic outlook and notes surface lignite gives way to solid coal deeper in.
Botte Montana November 30 Receiver Wilson reports a check for 100000 from F Augustus Heinze former Aetna Bank president who withdrew in 1903 He says the gift aims to aid depositors who believed him still in charge The contribution could raise the bank’s assets by about 30 percent.
A new Sparks shop well on Southern Pacific property has produced hot water and dirt too hot to handle as it reaches 815 feet. Tests will determine if the water carries minerals that could harm boiler systems. If permanent, the warm water could supply shops and engines.
War Department orders announce Major General A W Greeley assumed command of the Department of the Missouri on December 1, relieving Brigadier General T J Wint who proceeds to Cuba to lead American troops there. Miss Ladys Jones, a popular Virginia City young lady, died November 30 at Tonopah from pleuro pneumonia after a brief illness. She had worked in the Nye County Recorder's office and had been in the southern mining city only a few months.
Lillian Russell, shifting from comic opera to legitimate drama, headlines at the Savoy in Barbara's Millions, a French play adaptation. Critics doubt a Hollywood-like box office, noting she should stick to opera roles while her daughter Dorothy Einstein faces divorce proceedings amid family notoriety. Frank Bell, former Nevada governor and early telegraph era figure, now serves as Justice of the Peace in Reno Township. Plymouth Land Company expands 6000 acres by buying the O Bannonon and George Simpson ranches near Wellington Walker River Valley, enhancing water rights and holdings in Nevada.
Nevada State News reports the Western Pacific Railroad expected to be finished in two years. Tonopah tests a lignite deposit at Coledale Esmeralda County as a fuel substitute. Humboldt County feeds 20 000 cattle and 30 000 sheep on Big Meadows. Murphy dies in Goldfield. Dalton sentenced in Genoa for whisky sales to Indians. Greenwater Times notes pest and work activity. Goldfield Hotel replacement planned at 150 000 dollars with Chicago investment interests.
Director of the Mint Roberts, returning from western mining camps, predicts Nevada will produce eleven million dollars in new gold this year and twenty million in 1907. Gold mining is booming. rails expand, many fortunes rise, and wildcat companies spread. A plan to advertise the region includes a Salt Lake City ore train worth one million dollars. A copper region in Nevada is said to rival Butte in Montana.
Dr. E. W. O'Brien visits for a second professional visit and solicits patronage. Office at Zadow Hotel invites Sunday or evening appointments.
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