Senator Dryden Quits Bid for Reelection in Ill Health
Washington reports Senator Jake PairScid Dryden of New Jersey withdraws his reelection bid due to ill health, accompanied by a physician’s statement. The move comes amid a bitter war over the Predestinal Life Insurance Company exposure and political pressure from Republicans in Trenton seeking his public explanation before the party caucus.
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Washington
Jake PairScid Dryden
New Jersey
Charles II
Newark
Dryden
Trenton
Southern Pacific scheme faces Nevada Oregon opposition
The San Francisco Examiner reports Southern Pacific agents watch state legislatures in Nevada and Oregon seeking to block railway reform. Harmed by proposals like a State Railway Commission and lower freight rates, the company pressures shippers and mine owners to shelve railway legislation. Brock syndicate profits from high traffic rates fuel local anti-railway sentiment.
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San Francisco Examiner
Oregon
Secramesto
Pacife
Nevada
Salem
Carson
Harriman
Creton
Hill
Herrin
Brock Syndicate
Philadelphia
Tonopah-Gold- Seid
Southern Pacific
Brock
J.©. Stubbs
Lees
Ne ‘Gade
Stubbs
Inheritance Tax in Utah Through Early 1900s Law
The Utah inheritance law, effective since 1901, taxes estates worth ten thousand dollars with five percent paid to the State after debts. Since enactment, the State treasury received 147,019.26, and in 1906 the tax totaled 51,001.56.
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Utah
Gould Wins in Court in Transcontinental Rail Plan
In the U S Circuit Court of Appeals a reversal favors Western Pacific against Southern Pacific to cross tracks and build a mole along the Oakland tide line. Judge Gilbert's opinion, delivered by Judge Ross, overturns a lower court ruling that SP held sole title under Oakland Water Front. The decision clears Gould to pursue a landing on the bay for his transcontinental line.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
Morrow
Oakland Water Front Company
George J Gould
Gilbert
Oregon
Ross
Los Angeles
Wolverton
Gonourring
Nevada Press Comment on Pyne Rail Measure
Carson correspondence notes Senator Pyne’s three cent fare and three cent per ton mile freight plan ridiculed and likely dead on arrival. Reno Journal urges unity to push tangible results like lower rates, while Tonopah Bonanza should be more precise in its critique and vigilance over railway lobbyists.
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Pyne
Borning— Carson
Goldfield Chronicle
Tonopah
Carson City
Reno Journal
Nevada Senate Rejects Public Utilities Investigation Bill
A Nevada state Senate vote defeated Boyd’s proposal to empower committees to probe domestic and foreign public utility firms operating in the state. The paper argues the bill would have asked for accountable disclosure, warns rail and telegraph interests, urges voters to track the ten opposing senators, and predicts public backlash against any anti peoples measures.
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State Senate
Boyd
House
Nevada
Western Union Telegraph Company
Nevada Legislature Debates Railroads and Tax Acts
Carson notes report the Senate indefinitely postpones a highly explosive storage bill while Nevada lawmakers push for railroad rate reform. D S Taggart, a rail lobby figure, predicts laws curbing railroad favors, as Woodbury and Folsom advance committees to investigate corporate management and enforce annual tax cuts. A new act caps passenger rates for broad and narrow gauge lines, with penalties for violations. The assembly votes to visit Goldfield, including state officials on the trip.
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Senate
Boyd
D. 8
Taggart
Nevada Commercial League
Nevada
Newman
D. S. Taggart
Southern Pacific Company
H. B. Maxson
Clark Roads
J. W. Brock
Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad
D. 5. Gray
Oregon Short Line
L. A. Blakesley
Southern Pacific
Woodbury
Carson
Reno Gazette
Assembly
Goldfield
American Girl in Leslie's Weekly Portraits and Verse
A collage of prose and verse featuring an American girl celebrated for grace and charm. The passages praise youthful beauty and moral virtue, with verses extolling a girl of seventeen and a wooing narrative, interwoven with reflections on national pride and propriety.
Summons in Nevada District Court Against Showell Brothers
The State of Nevada sends greetings to Richard Showell and Willis Bhowell doing business as Showell Brothers defendants. They are summoned to answer a complaint filed in Eureka County District Court within ten days if served in county or twenty days if served elsewhere. The action seeks judgment for a sum of 73 73 with interest and costs, based on promissory time checks issued since September 1, 1900, referencing specific dates and payees.
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District Court Judicial District
Nevada
Richard Showell
Showell
Wilt Bhowell
Kureks
Suswer
Ser. Sige
Thie
Fis
St Barth
Palisadereke County
Paliesde
Eureka County
Uber
Lon Dover Am
Wim Murphy
G Dohnson
County Commission Meeting Voted Allowances on Feb 4 1907
In a February 4 1907 session the county commissioners approved listed sums for specified persons or projects. The record notes the approval of certain expenses and allowances as presented, with names and amounts to be settled per the meeting’s resolution.
Notice of Stock Ownership and Invalid Gift Prohibition
A notice from the United States Mining and Smelting Company announces that all individuals are forbidden from purchasing or accepting any stock or gifts in the company. The undersigned asserts ownership of deeds charter stock and treasured stock since the last meeting held in Chicago on February 19, 1907.
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United States Mining & Snelting Company
Alpha
Nevada
United States Mining & Smelting Company
Chicago
Illinois
Wiates
See
U.S. M&s. Co
Tsinis
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Senator Joen
Neck of the Woods
Gould
Western Pacific
George J. Gould
Rom
Nene
Fiallerwac
Leslie's Weekly
Tenry
Carmen
Bealer
District Court of the Thint Justicial
Serada
Eureke
Wiseman
Piavnthi
A. Bhowit
Zoteg Basivene
B.J. L. Taber
Eiko. Nev
Atty
Piabase
Onnenen
Alex Praver
Salary Azul
P. Peroni
K Thomas
McAbaries
W. H. Seeeees
Lacey
Wiary
Lewiee
B. Merlo
Froreka Water Works
Jobnee
ALK
Wilhelm
L. Beoy
Stampa
N. Hawkins
T. K. Jewell
Sapplies
Mes
A. P-Tentoorl
Matres Hopital
LeDevRnes
Maee
Jessie Seenerin
Ize Jide Beatty
B. Carey
McCwanue
Zenoli Silver-Copper Company
Zenoli Silver-Copper CO
Barth, Eureka County
Nev
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W. M. Forster
Cal
E. W. O'Brien
Zadow
Henry K. Mitchell
W. F. Burnett
Drolta.e
Hamilton
Swithnae
Over Wells
Otto T. Williams
Dotta Eire Elko
Rica
Polepta
Ura
Scientific American
Jarvest
Ruby Hill Mercantile CO
Main and Clark
Mrb. Louise
Eureka, Wevada
Flora Morris & Son
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
Eureka
Ely
Hot Creek
Tonkin Stage Line Co
L.hagamean
U.S. Mafia
Eureka Famiilton
Tonkin
Hamillton
Ne Creek
C. C. Whitmore
James A. Rattazzi
North Main Street
Bank OF Nevada
Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada
George F. Turrittin
Morita Scheeline
K. C. Turrittin
H. Lewers
Ass’t
Deniel Meyer
R. L. Douglaas
Moriiz Scheeline
George F. Turrittio
P. J. Flanigan
Henry Anderson
A. G. Fletcher
Reno
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