Eureka Sentinel Saturday News Briefs and Local Notes
Eureka residents and visitors are mapped in a rapid-fire round of updates from February events. Mentions include Llewellyn Pedlar in Ely and Al Clayton in Eureka, Dr. Keen moving to Wadsworth Nevada, and infant Ferra gini’s ill health here. Reeves to Reno, miners urged to sink in Rocco Homestake. Also noted are religious services, social events, weather, and political ambitions including Supreme Judge A L Fitzgerald seeking Senate seats with an upcoming interview.
Ore Shipments Over The Eureka And Palisade
Ore shipments for the week ending February 49, 1004 over the Eureka and Palisade railroad include Muse Eureka Con and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka & Palisade
Muse
Eureka Con
Jackson
Metal quotations bulletin lists mixed New York values
The latest metal quotations show silver at New York nine contas per ounce, with Lew] at New York four dollars fifty cents and Salt Lake City 83 50, copper at Salt Lake City Lucents. the fragmentary report notes regional price listings without complete metal types or units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salt Lake City
Elko Set to Welcome Eureka Bank Branch
Oscar J. Smith of Meno and Bert I. Smith of Eureka arranged a Eureka County Bank branch in Elko. They bought the A C T W building for 5000 dollars, remodeling Workmen building with a burglar proof vault. R H Mallet will be cashier of the new bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Smith
Meno
Eureka County Bank
Bert I. Smith
Eureka
Elko
Eureka Banking Institution
Reinhart
W. T. Smith Company
Elko Independent
Mosler
R. H. Mallet
Cutting Affray At Palisade Knife Attack In Poker Room
A knife attack occurred at J. T. Raine's saloon in Palisade around 3 AM. James Norton of Pine Valley was stabbed in the neck by James Moore, a negro, after losing a poker game. Moore was arrested and jailed in Eureka. Norton worked at the Banor ranch in Pine Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Norton
Pine Valley
J. T. Raine
Palisade
J. T. Moore
Eureka
Norton
Moore
Hawkins
Banor Ranch
Pino Valley
Eureka marriages and Reno teacher injured by acid
Damele and Man wed in Elko with Justice Morgan officiating. Mabel Stewart and J Frank Ware wed in San Francisco on January 20, with Ware described as wealthy mining interests. they plan to reside in Los Angeles. Prof Winfrey of Reno High School suffered burned hands from nitric acid during a class experiment. injuries described as painful but not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware-Stewart
Eureka
Mabel Stewart
J. Frank Ware
San Francisco
John 8. Stewart
Diamond Valley
Eureka County
Klondike
Ware
Los Angeles
Gal
Butler Resigns Principal Post at Winnemucca High
Professor W L Butler resigns as principal of Winnemucca High School in Humboldt County effective February 12 to focus on the telephone business. Laura Smith becomes principal, newly followed by Frances Kirby of Reno as assistant principal. Utah Nevada Express stock delinquent. 20,000 shares due to an 80 cent assessment levied Jan 6 totaling about 16000. Company serves Eureka White Pine Elko counties. Charlie Parker arrested in Eureka for assault. pled guilty and paid a total fine of 61 plus 18 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
W. L. Butler
Winnemucca
Humboldt County
Silver State
Laura Smith
Frances Kirby
Reno
Utah-Nevada Express
Utah & Nevada Express Company
Eureka
White Pine
Elko
Charlie Parker
Will Keuhn
Justice Cromer
Eureka County Board Proceedings Closed February 18
At an adjourned meeting the Eureka County Commissioners ordered a bill against Mrs. Mary Doyle estate for death time burial and inquest costs presented to the Public Administrator. They insured guardianship for minor Rina Catarina Picollo at the State Orphans Home in Carson City and declared an abandoned Central Pacific road-bed a public highway with $20 to repair. A contract for two steel jail cells from Pauly Jail Building Co of St Louis was approved for Beowawe at $255 delivered. The board adjourned to February 24 to hear the County Assessor on the poll tax list.
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Board of County Commissioners
Mary _ Doyle
Angelo V. Picollo
Rina Catarina Picollo
Carson City
Central Pacific Railway
Beowawe
Claro
H. Duberg
Pauly Jail Building Company of
St. Louis
Eureka County
Palisade Briefs From Eureka County North End
Leo Lacey spent a few days in Elko this week. E Boomhower of Alpha left for Hollister California to visit family. A Nichols acts as day agent at Tecoma Nevada during a two week absence. Noble of Ogden covers at night. A Baltimore fire telegrams from Mann and Wilson say losses are being adjusted and paid. Combined New York Underwriters and Hartford losses not to exceed 750000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Lacey
Elko
E. Boomhower
Alpha
Hollister
California
A. Nichols
Tecoma
Nevada
Mr. Nichol
Mr. Noble
Ogden
Mann & Wilson
Pacific Coast
New York
San Francisco
John Pardy
Eureka
Baltimore
Home Office
Hartford
Elko Gives Up Western Pacific
The Elko Independent reports strong local speculation on whether the Western Pacific railroad will pass Elko or go south through Ruby Valley. It cites Saturday night claims that the line will not pass Elko due to the high cost of blasting Palisade and Moleen canyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Western Pacific
Western Pacific Railroad
Ruby Valley
Independent
Palisade
Moleen
DeLamar Wins Suit Over Mining Claims Case
The Utah Nevada Mining Company failed to compel payment from Joseph R. DeLamar in a 5 million dollar suit. Judge Morrow ruled an oral realty agreement invalid, denying Blake’s inherited claim and leaving DeLamar not liable for the mining claims in Lincoln County Nevada.
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DeLamar
San Francisco
Utah Nevada Mining Company
Joseph R. DeLamar
Morrow
United States Circuit Court
I. E. Blake
New York
Lincoln County
Nevada
Blake
Stockmen at War In Oregon
News from Alturas reports the killing of 8000 sheep and the robbery of Benham Brothers near Silver Lake in Modoc County. Three masked men robbed the herder of ammunition, then mounted raiders slaughtered the flock. Cattle camps in Modoc and Southern Oregon are guarded as tensions rise amid the border clash. Washington's Birthday is a legal holiday Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Redding
Cal
Alturas
Silver Lake
Modoc County
Benham Brothers
Modoc
Christmas Lake
Death of Judd Riddle Shakes Eureka Community
Judd Riddle, longtime Eureka resident and railway conductor, died Tuesday at Wentworth Hospital Reno after foot surgery and subsequent typhoid fever. Born in Ashland Ohio, he came to Eureka in 1872, served as assessor and later worked with the Eureka & Palisade Railway. Survived by mother and sister Harriet Thomas of Ashland, Ohio, he belonged to multiple Masonic orders in Eureka. His body was embalmed and sent to his East home for interment.
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Eureka
Oe Riddle
Wentworth Hospital
Reno
Masonic Fraternity
Judson Bennett Riddle
Ashland
Ohio
Western Union Telegraph Company
Palisade
Judd Riddle
Nevada
Riddle
Harriet Thomas
Montgomery Lodge No
Willisea
Iowa
St John's Chapter
BR. A. M
Eureka Commandery
E. T
Iphigenia
McKinley Mining Company plans reform at Cleveland meeting
W N McGill manager of the McKinley Mining Company, returned from an East meeting with James A. Yerington of Carson City. Directors, called by President M Barber in Cleveland, Ohio, discussed future operations and measures to protect legitimate stockholders while removing unscrupulous interests. A three member committee including Yerington was named to negotiate with the McKinley estate and Barber interests.
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W. .N. McGill
McKinley Company
James A. Yerington
Carson’ City
Gleveland
Ohio
Ely
Yerington
McKinley
State News Notes From Nevada and West Coast
James Ferguson a pioneer resident of Biko dies February 11. D M Tomblin manager of Spencer Milling and Mining Company at Kennedy Humboldt County dies February 12. Twelve miles of grade completed on the Tonopah road and track laying begun at Rhodes this week. A fifty million dollar mortgage of Western Pacific Railway filed in Eureka Elko Humboldt and Washoe Counties. Three men die February 12 in the snow slide and cave in of the Southern Pacific snow sheds near Truckee. forty six men were at work. Daniel O Olbrok of Derby Conn recovered. two others buried under snow. Robert L Douglass and Miss Eleanor Ernst wed in San Francisco last week. bride daughter of former Nye County state senator George Ernst now in Churchill County. groom nephew of late Joe Douglass of Virginia City.
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Western Pacific Railway Company
Eureka
Elko
Humboldt
Washoe
Southern Pacific
Truckee
Daniel O. Olbrok
Derby
Conn
Robert L. Douglass
Eleanor Ernst
San Francisco
George Ernst
Nye County
Churchill County
Joe” Douglass
Virginia City
Reno Gazette rails at Reno streets in Their Own Looking Glass
The Reno Gazette criticizes Reno’s streets calling them hog wallows and unworthy of the city’s size and wealth. It notes dust in summer and fall and mud in winter, saying no city of similar grade has more miserable streets. The piece portrays civic neglect and discomfort for residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno Gazette
Nevada
Reno
Lads and Lasses Leap Year Party at Eureka Opera House
Eureka social scene invites unattached females and bachelors to a Leap Your Party at the Bureka Opera House on Friday February 26. Married folk to join as Hed Cross Committee to aid Cupid’s victims. Rico's Male Orchestra engaged for merriment. rules and mining location blanks advertised at Six-TINEL office.
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Eureka
Bureka Opera House
Rico
Advance in Silver In the Philippines Darkens Mexican Dollar
Washington reports Insular Bureau data showing the Mexican dollar at Hongkong equal to 4454 conta, nearly parity with the Philippine peso. The rise from 87 cents over the year reflects wartime drain as Chinese and Japanese traders convert stock to cash, with strong hopes the peso will supplant the dollar in the islands to protect import duties.
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Washington
Insular Bureau
War Department
Hongkong
Philippines
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Eureka Sentinel
Llewellyn
al Clayton
E .R. Keen
Wadsworth
John O. Aiken
C. H. Duborg
Beownie
Maurice Roberta
Ruby Hill
W. B. Graham
Tom Robinson
Bonanza
Tonopah
Manion
W. J. Hooper
tom #ammons
L. A. Harcourt
Roseville Junction
Sacramento
Mike Walsh
Spring Street
H. Y. M. Dennis, Jr
New York & Nevada Copper Company
White Pine County
E. M. Baum
J. E. Johnston
the Presbyterian
Thomas Haley
Mr. Haley
A. L. Fitzgerald
United States
Stewart
Sentinel
Metal Market
Elko's New Bank
The
Damele
Mau
Steven Damele
Tessie M. Man
Justice of the Peace
Morgan
Charles Man
Newark Valley
John Damele
Proceedings OF
Commissi
Beowane
JSE
M'Kinley Mining Company
State News
James Ferguson
Biko
D. M. Tomblin
Spencer Milling and Mining Company
Kennedy
Tonopah Road
Rhodes
Six- Tinel
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
J. H. Horgh
Bert L. Smith
W. E. Griffin
H Hoergh
John Hancock
S. W.e.griffin
Oscar J.smith
Western National Bank
New York City
the Crocker- Woolworth National Bank
Knauth, Nachod & Kine
McComnick & Co
Salt Laks City
Kyl-tl
Eorge W. Hanna
J. J. Bylton
Skelton
General Merchandise
Mound Valley
Eureka Cash Store
Royal Manufacturing Co
Brazil
J. B. Biale
North Main St
H. A. McKim
Hureka
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