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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1907
Page
2
Eureka Sentinel announces it will investigate promoters such as B A Seileman. The notice details subscription options and carrier rates. The item indicates newspaper mail handling and post office class status.
The piece reviews government silver coinage policies and compares them to private sector crime, cites the Asian Pacific Railroad fare resistance to a 2 cent fare law, and notes the Union Pacific earning data may reveal prosperity claims. It also reports Reno Journal changes, including new management of the Nevada State Journal and expanded publishing schedule. A Nevada stock inquiry discusses Mohawk Annex mining fraud allegations and a probe committee with names and roles.
In Carson News interview Bartine of the Nevada Railroad Commission asserts the Syphus Railroad law will endure court scrutiny. He says maximum rates may be adjusted but the law remains partially constitutional and could allow the commission to set reasonable rates with court approval. Elko Free Press notes EK Mc Clellan’s new role as arbitrator for Eureka & Palisade over Eureka County rights of way. The poem The Washington Monument closes the item with a reflective verse.
Immigration officials at San Antonio Texas say 4000 Japanese are in Mexico waiting to slip into the United States. The note comes from camps near Tuxpan on the Manganilo extension of the Central Railroad. A Western Federation of Miners session debated the Miners Magazine editor John M O Neil and attacked the federation leadership for backing socialist publication.
W E Dozier of Searchlight forms a miners union at Ploche Lincoln County. W J Hooting becomes principal and A Russell Moore vice principal of Carson schools. Emory Berry Briggs dies in Los Angeles at 57 from heart disease. Rev Barwell reports theft at Reno Methodist church. State attorneys push railroad junction cases to July 29. Rafe B Henricks and Martha Hinch wed in Virginia City. Mint purchases rise sharply as government buys vast metal. S P moves freight via three engines and 35 cars, rail workers doubt plan. W T Smith Telephone Co absorbed by Utah Nevada and Idaho Co, linking to Nevada offices.
Southern Vacitte Company and Southern Pacific Railroad publish a notice offering a 25 cent per ton refund on lump and nut coal held in storage as of August 1 1907. Refund applies to shipments billed at July 6 1907 rates, with further reduction possible after August 31 1907 upon written documentation that the original claim remains valid.
In Bisbee Arizona on June 29 a morning blaze from a gasoline explosion at the Colorado house on Brewery avenue destroyed about 100 buildings, including 20 boarding houses. The fire raced toward Chihuato hill to the railroad depot, sparing only K street business blocks. Estimated loss about 200000 dollars with around 40 percent insured.
Vice President and General Manager E Calv in of the Southern Pacific announces a thorough investigation found no organization among employees to expedite freight for bribes. A single man in Sparke Nev admitted to limited favoritism. the guilty party was discharged. Congestion along the Ogden route has improved and delays at Sparka due to washouts and handling Salt Lake road business are expected to be mitigated.
A Denver dispatch reports that leaders of the Financial Security and Trust Co. Goldfield Glow Mining Co. and Free Coinage Mining Smelting Co. were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for using the mails to defraud investors. W. F. Me Quarrie, president of Financial Security, along with De D. A. Saunders and P. F. A. Saunders, are named. All three were arrested and each posted $2500 bail.
The County Board of Examination will hold its second semi annual examination for teachers certificates in the Ericks school house from Monday July 8 to 11 inclusive. County Superintendent A. B. Henderson has appointed Misses Helen Whitmore and Violet Hancock as his assistants in the examination.
An unusual crowd of Indians in Eureka on the Fourth led to disruptions as several participants obtained alcohol and became so patriotic they required a night in jail to prevent a warpath. Also mentions mining location blanks for sale at the Sentinel office.
The Eureka School District faces a cash shortfall with seven months needed to run schools. The board plans a July 27 election to levy a special tax to cover repairs and operations, aiming to keep schools open ten months next year. Funding from state taxes will rise mildly, while county tax cuts and worn facilities necessitate the levy. The exact levy per hundred of valuation will be set after July apportionment. Publication and notice will follow as required by Nevada law.
Washington reports the coldest June in 75 years with likely similar patterns across New England and the Middle Atlantic, while other regions also run below normal. Officials cite pressure systems off Canada and the north Atlantic shaping northeastern winds and blocking Ohio Valley lows. New immigration laws take effect July 1, raising head tax to four dollars and imposing fines on ships transporting diseased or defective passengers. A daughter was born July 4, 1907 at Ruby Hill, Eureka County, Nevada to Mrs Sherrill.
In Alameda California on June 24 1907 services were held for Melien G McConkey Hoppen wife of Alfred Hoppen mother of Beatrice Celine Hoppen daughter of Mrs G W Dorn and the late George P McConkey sister of George McConkey aged 32 years 4 months and days
Reno Nevada June 25 1907 woman seeks to clear husband Cronant of alleged railroad shortage. She notes repeated requests for expert book review were refused or restricted by the railroad company then consented to export books if an expert is named and paid by her with fees set at 25 dollars per day plus expenses.
Clerk records show disbursements to numerous individuals and vendors for salaries, census work, hospital and prison costs, printing, water works, and miscellaneous supplies. Names include Alex Frayne L. H. G McTerns y J. J. Lacey W. F. Burnett Johnson Mercantile Gooreka Water Works and others.
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