Postoffice Registry Note at Bureaua Second Class
Patered at the postoffice at Bureka as Second Class matter.
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
2
Patered at the postoffice at Bureka as Second Class matter.
Six inch air pipe at Alpha shaft Ely was bent by rock and earth at the 600 level blocking air to entombed miners. Rescuers repaired the break within hours and the three miners, now a little below the 600 foot level in soft ground, are in good health and averaging ten feet per day.
Mona Bell was shot at her Rhyolite home. paramour Fred Davis is suspected. War Dept buys Merchants Hotel at Columbia for army barracks to house two companies. Western Federation workers revolt in Goldfield over strike assessments of 25 percent. Senators Newlands and Nixon to be in Carson for special session backing federal troops or equal measures. Local politics name Newlands as possible re‑election with rivals for governor and Congress. One hundred twenty miners travel from Salt Lake City to Goldfield camp for Seiten sales and Geld Consolidated Mines. An assassination tale is debunked as accidental shooting of John Smith in Caliente. Nevada gold output shows 14,704,658 with silver 5,126,556. national figures 89,420,000 gold and 37,751,000 silver.
Amos B Hardin pled guilty in Federal Court at Carson to illegal fencing of Government land in Nevada. Judge Farrington sentenced him to $1000 and four months in county jail, with transfer to prison. Hardin, calm yet worried, claimed innocence and blamed the company for the offense.
Georgetown Ky January 4 After more than 48 hours the jurors in the Caleb Powers murder case report they again cannot reach a verdict and are discharged. The foreman and another juror favored conviction while ten supported acquittal. Powers receives congratulations as Judge Morris schedules the next trial for July 6. Citizens plan a statewide appeal to Governor Wilson for a pardon with petitions to accompany it.
Nevada Supreme Court affirms Elko court ruling in J A Abel versus W T Hitt executor of Mary Abel estate. Abel claims mental incapacity at will date and lack of due influence. jury sided with Abel earlier. Mary Abel, wife aged 67 at death, left most property to others. Abel, age 55, disputes validity amid plans for Elko bath and improvement company costing about 200
New York January 7 Indicted by a Federal grand jury for over certifying checks totaling more than 100 000 drawn by Otto Heinze Co on Mercantile National Bank Copper magnate Augustus Heinze former bank president surrendered to U S Commissioner Shields and posted 0 000 bail His counsel Elward Lanterbech said over certification was not willful and noted a 40 000 check the bank keeper may have failed to record The statute carries not less than five years in prison or fines up to 100 000 or both.
George Dixon the famed Negro featherweight champion of the world died Monday in Bellevue Hospital New York City age 37. penniless and friendless. Harry K Thaw trial began in New York City with plea of insanity entered for killing Stanford White. Justice White upholds U S Supreme Court ruling that The Employers Liability Law of 1906 is unconstitutional. lower court judgment affirmed.
Sardis Summerfield a prominent Reno attorney lies injured at home with a broken rib and head injuries from a family clash involving his son Lester and Mrs Doughty. The altercation began with a dispute over laundry and escalated when Summerfield retaliated against his wife before Lester and Mrs Doughty joined in the attack.
County Treasurer BR McCharles certifies the free and correct statement of Eureka County Newsda finances for the quarter ending December 31, 1907.
State Bullion Tax Collector James Nevin filed with the Secretary of the Board of Revenue at Carson a report showing total nine month collections at 250804.99 across counties including 7705 on the Hayes-Moanette lease in litigation. Production valued at about 17 million with strikes and railroad troubles affecting output. County tallies, saloon licenses by county, gambling license counts, and Nye county prize light fees noted. London Times sold to C Arthur Pearson. William Haywood succeeded by Ernest Ler as Western Miners secretary.
A damaged OCR fragment describes horse shipments with garbled branding and missing details. It mentions branding, left and right sides, and a resections or seating note but lacks coherent names, dates, or locations for proper interpretation.
Osweney notes sums of money for named persons including bills allowed in January with details on races and mileage. Names appear garbled but indicate an official accounting entry for expenditures and reimbursements to individuals.
The county boards announce the next term with exams set for January. Teachers’ duties begin with opening lectures while Deputy Supervisors oversee the process at Eureka and neighboring towns. The event starts Wednesday, January 1, with sessions continuing through the week.
The readable fragment mentions a state revenue liquor license issue and payment, with references to January and a person or entity named Lets Cuderrue or similar. Details are garbled, no clear event, date, or parties fully identifiable. unable to determine a concrete headline or summary.
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