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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1904
Page
2
The San Francisco Examiner interviews lawmakers showing broad support for an Isthmian canal via Panama over Nicaragua. Nevada figures, including Senator Newlands, face local scrutiny as editorials in the Reno Nevada Observer urge backing Roosevelt's Panama plan and warn against opposition seemingly harming western interests.
A New York Puck article argues Hanna’s supporters are really opposing Roosevelt. It says the praise they offer masks a belief that Hanna would halt Roosevelt’s reforms on trusts inter state commerce law enforcement post office Cuban treaty coal strike and labor Miller case. The piece notes Hanna would not feel obliged to thank supporters if they truly perceived him as Roosevelt’s successor.
An explosion rocked the Harwick coal mine in Cheswick Penn on January 26. About 190 miners were entombed with 95 bodies recovered by noon Thursday and 21 identified. Official death toll is 174, with the list still potentially increasing.
William Jennings Bryan spoke in Lincoln Nebraska on January nineteen asserting the Kansas City platform should be reaffirmed and updated by the next Democratic Convention. Democratic leaders nationwide weigh reforms on trusts, labor issues, and money debates, with calls for an eight hour day and labor protection while avoiding old monetary fights. Joseph R Ryan Nevada City voices a view that the Kansas City platform needs rearrangement by the St Louis Convention to reflect changed conditions since its adoption.
Nevada press columns lampoon local governance and taxation while urging probe into White Pine County officials over a whisky sale to Indians. It notes a Southern Pacific reconstruction cost claim, questions tax per mile, and reports a Chicago jury verdict naming eight theater officials after the Iroquois Theater fire inquiry.
A Tonopah oil fuel test claims 3 percent annual cost per horsepower for a 125 HP diesel mill. Fuel costs 12 cents per gallon with 110 gallons daily use, yielding about $38 per horsepower per year. The claim sparked questions about reliability in the Virginia Report. Grover Cleveland comments on Bryan's nomination stance, saying Bryan has the stage and should proceed.
San Francisco markets report Matton price movement. typhoid outbreaks surge in Leadville. Park City mine layoffs discharge 200 miners. Floods devastate South Africa with 60 drowned and 176 houses plus hotels ruined. Eastern U.S. suffers severe weather while Central States endure deep cold. Pure Food bill delays effect to September 1, 1904. The Grand Secretary of Native Sons of the Golden West misappropriates about $7000. Bryan comments on Palmer Buckner race. Hawaii acts to ban Chinese labor on public works and set eight-hour days. Russian Army beef set for Orient voyage. casks special. Arthur Lynch freed on license, no royal pardon. National effort to curb Mormon influence led by Mrs. Alfred D. Warner. General Kibbe, Civil War era Indian fighter, dies at 82 in New York.
Laborers on the Tonopah railroad receive two dollars per day and board. Several smallpox cases are reported in Carlin, and a last week funeral or event was postponed. Daniel Princible died at Ely from injuries after a sixty foot fall in a well. The McKissick Opera House in Reno is condemned for fire safety. Joseph Mack of Dayton is set to take the Southern Pacific railroad course. The Troy laundry in Reno was destroyed by fire, caused by unknown origin, possibly incendiary, with $20,000 loss.
Victor Colorado January 26 A mining accident at Stratton Independence mine claims fifteen dead and one severely injured as a cage hoisted from lower levels plunged 1500 feet after the cable parted. Two men were trapped in the sheaves. one crushed, another severely hurt but alive.
A temporary receiver is appointed for the Bankers' Union of the World an Omaha Nebraska based insurance order. The union organized about five years ago owes policy holders 30000 while assets total 437. It operates in twenty five states with about 25 million dollars in force insurance and 1903 gross receipts reflect claims paid during the year.
Portland January 25 Every fence on government land in Oregon must be removed. Fence owners may remove them. otherwise federal authorities will cut wire and burn posts. U S District Attorney John H Hall says all fences enclosing public land must go and enforcement will be strict and impartial with department inspectors checking progress.
The Harriman Herald urges ex state senator P. L. Flanigan of Reno for the United States Senate as a contingency plan should Stewart decline the nomination, presenting the potential candidacy as a ready alternative.
A notice from the Sentinel at Duckwater Nye County Nevada dated January 2, 1904, records a subscription or payment request to the wife of W. M. Blair for one item. The terse notice appears in the public record, reflecting local commerce or transaction activity in the town.
At the bride’s parents home in Elko Nevada on January 2 1904 a ceremony was conducted by Rev E B Meredith uniting Mr Robert B Hunter and Miss Ebe Mallett both of Elko.
At Julimes Mexico on December 6, 19 percent George W Mendes Portuguese native aged 58. At Marshall Texas on January 22 1 4 Mrs L E Lee mother of Mis Jewett W Adams of Carson City Nevada aged 83 years.
The Senate passed a long-pending bill to reimburse Nevada citizens who supplied the Volunteers under Captain Stewart in 1860. The appropriation totals 50,000 dollars to partially repay early settlers who provided provisions amid Indian uprisings.
Notice of referees sale issued by J A Mitten referee under Nevada Third Judicial District decree. Lands and the Mi MAU Mines property in Mineral Hill Eureka County are to be sold at public auction at the county courthouse, with sale conditions, payment on confirmation, and listing of extensive land parcels and stock. Publication date December 12, 1908.
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