02 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1904
Page
1
Freight rates apply to excess baggage with thirty pounds allowed per passenger. Eureka leaves for Ely not after 2 30 p m. Travel from Eureka to Ely costs 1000 one way and 1800 round trip. Eureka to Hamilton is 500 one way and 90 round trip. Palido to Ely is 160. Passengers must pay fares in advance.
Tuomas Roase.ti announces receipt of a Binger Universal Feed Arm Machine for boots and shoes repair at his shop on South Main Street Eureka Nevada. The machine will handle slipper binding school rags back straps inserting elastic goros and related tasks both cheaply and efficiently.
The Sacramento Bee notes that some metropolitan papers use a personal bent in society columns. Illustrative extracts from the San Francisco Post praise Mrs Burpham and Miss Wagner while lampooning Eva Adam for a cheap cheesecloth gown described as a marked down buy.
Grasshoppers swarm Humboldt County ranches near Lovelock threatening a second alfalfa crop. Farmers spread bran Paris green and syrup to kill hoppers and bees, prompting debate over bees harming hay versus aiding it. Silver State notes a future inquiry to decide if bees must go.
Alfred Chartz accuses Senator Newlands of implying Judge Belknap should be disciplined over the Eight Hour Law, prompting a reply from Newlands denying any intent to discipline the judge or the Nevada Supreme Court. Newlands says conscience guides both judge and party, warning the Fusion platform could undermine the law.
Governor Pardee questions corporate taxation. Secretary Walton cites Willis Law taxing subscribed capital stock at one tenth of one percent with no less than ten dollars yearly, claiming it cut state levy on real and personal property by over half. Jurists from Nevada discuss harmonizing U S laws at Universal Congress in St Lo is, while barbed wire freight costs differ greatly between New York Mazatlan and German sailing ships.
In Nye County at Belmont, Judge Peter Brean presided as Frank Everett and others sued the Goldfield Mining Company. Arguments for and against the demurrer and injunction dissolution were heated, with the judge warning of possible perjury and promising a decision within 10 days.
Reno attorney Dave Leishman died of pneumonia in Carson while attending court. Proche candidate J D Campbell seeks State Senator seat from Lincoln County on the Republican ticket. Wyrick of Fallon filed for bankruptcy in Carson with assets of 16 000 and liabilities 10 000. Silver State reports rich silver and gold assays northwest of Kennedy Humboldt County. Hay hands scarce in Lyon County and East Walker with daily wages 2 to 2 ¼ for Pinto labor. ranchers offer 1 ½ to 2 including board. Pete Johnson died after mill roller accident in DeLamar on June 17. Stage robber captured near Silver City Idaho. Willian McNally identified himself and said he came from Battle Mountain Nevada. Walter Tragallis from Glendale Reno loss of 800 to Chicago bank. Reno Wheelmen beat San Francisco New Century in Reno relay by seven eighths of a mile. Carter and McKenzie posted top times. Humboldt County labor prices fixed at 1 ½ to 1 ¾ with 2 for head stackers. expecting 260 extra harvest workers. Elko school picnic accident at Hunter dam near South Fork. Kate Thompson sank, rescued by Dora Mallett and others.
Colonial Girl ridden by Booker carried 97 pounds to win the $41,000 handicap by two lengths at the Fair Grounds in St Louis. Hermis was second and oee third as the race finished in about 2 in distance of one and a quarter miles. Otto Stifel presented jockey Booker with 10,000 after the race.
The Scientific American notes a United States patent for a furnace by Amos H. Mylin and Lewis B. White featuring an outer fuel receptacle forming a chamber and an inner refractory shell chamber. Air and coal flow from top through the outer chamber to the inner chamber where combustion occurs with high efficiency and adjustable heat use.
The Denver Northwestern and Pacific Railway mortgage of 22.5 million dollars was filed in Salt Lake City with a 5 thousand dollar fee. David H. Moffat signs as president for Mercantile Trust Company. Reports connect the line to potential Salt Lake to San Francisco routing and possible Western Pacific tie ins. Southern Pacific reportedly to absorb Santa Fe, with Union Pacific eyeing Chicago and Alton. An ad notes Pain Balm sold by Mrs. H. M. for rheumatic relief claims.
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