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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1905
Page
2
A brief postal notice indicates mail handling designation for Eureka, listing the classification as Second Class Matter and recording the entry at the local Post Office.
The Churchill Standard chides Reno carnival charges as exorbitant and calls the event a stupendous graft. It notes hotel rates in Reno, with defenders labeling the portrayal as harsh but the piece argues the carnival lacked wholesome attractions and integrity.
The fall report on Equitable Life Assurance Society affairs released by the New York State Bureau of Insurance reveals startling disclosures. Senator Chauncey Depew admits a $250,000 loan to the Depew Improvement Co valued at $150,000, foreclosure followed, and he votes for it despite not advising it. Jacob H Schiff contests records showing sales to the society, admits losses and dummy directorship, and notes he bought stock after the scandal. The testimony shows $2,000,000 of Union Pacific preferred stock acquired by the Equitable under a syndicate that prohibited sale, with Harriman implicated but not called to testify.
The Carson Appeal reports Frank Thorne once Esmeralda County's state senator was jailed in Hawthorne for selling liquor to Indians. Once a respected Tonopah labor leader and Miers' Union president, he now faces a jail term and possible prison treatment to curb his liquor habit.
Yale advocates call for Chauncey M Depew to quit the Yale Corporation amid last night scandals tied to his links with the Equitable Society The New Haven Register editorial says the discredit of Depews conduct weighs on Yale and he should retire when his term ends or seek resignation now regardless of future appointments
The Panama Canal Commission seeks laborers to finish the Isthmus project turning to contractors. An initial experiment will secure 2000 workers each from Japan China and Italy. Immigrant bureaus opened previously aimed at West Indian and African labor but produced only about 1000 of the hoped 5000. Field Marshal Lord Roberts told the British Lords that the army cannot guarantee a war defense, urging conscription or compulsory training to prepare for potential conflict and defend empire interests.
Bristow, special commissioner, outlines freight issues across the Isthmus affecting the Pacific Coast. He cites Pacific Coast chamber complaints that Pacific Mail Steamship Co is railroad-controlled and discourages Panama commerce. He notes rail rates and data suggesting Gulf-to-Pacific shipments could beat overland routes via rail.
Tonopah raised 2738 for the Fourth of July celebration. Ex Senator W M Stewart delivered the oration at Rhyolite. Spiking mill in Goldfield exploded July 7, killing James Spiking and Taylor Bates. Dawking resigns as Eiko principal to Lovelock. Ralph Patterson injured in a mine near Beatty. An allpox case reported in Cargon, John Winter the victim. J J Ovsrien, Washoe pioneer in sheep industry, died at Reno. Pioche mine laid off workers due to goat plague. Ash Meadows store robbed of 900, revolver strike on a woman clerk. Fire at Joe Pradries paint shop in Virginia City causes 4000 loss. spontaneous combustion blamed. Banquet in Goldfield for San Francisco brokers. 166 at 40 plate, total 2004.50. Reno barbers raise price to 35c. Tonopah joke on flies at convention. Nye County commissioners create Silver Bow township. appointments made. Las Vegas Age backs Lincoln County split. two counties proposed with Fremont as seat. Caliente possibly seat of northern Lincoln. Charles Schudemer charged with withholding stage-robbery evidence. fined 100. Divorce rehearing in Reno reduces alimony from 75 to 0 per month. Dr Bergstein formerly Reno State Insane Asylum superintendent.
Postmaster General Cortelyou issued a fraud order barring the United States Bank of St Louis from mail use. He pledged to aid Missouri officials in recovering 65,000 stockholders. Evidence shows EG Lewis, the principal stockholder, loaned investors’ funds to himself without investing real capital. The bank, with 2 million dollars paid-in capital, advertised in Lewis’s Woman's Magazine, which he owned and controlled.
W A Seymour a young miner at the Watson mine in Ey White Pine County fell two feet in the shaft Sunday morning while mucking dirt and died that afternoon from injuries. He had complained the air was bad and after reaching the surface joked about the air below. He fainted and fell backward as he walked away. He had been in Ey about three months from Adair Arizona leaving a wife and two children.
California board blocks parole in a sensational case. Charles H. Parks of Napa, jailed 20 years for a Solano County assault on a young girl, is granted unconditional parole after Regan, prisoner in Carson City, confesses to being the actual culprit. An affidavit from the girl supported the board's action. Regulators urge Governor Pardoe to grant an immediate pardon.
Samuel Sillyman, a well-known young man from Ely White Pine County, suffered a serious accident at the Eureka shaft Copper Flat last Monday night. While filling the skip from a chute he was standing with one foot on the skip when hoisting began, trapping him between the ship and shaft timbers and crushing him. He is reported in critical condition.
Weekly ore shipment figures for the Eureka and Palisade Railway show Diamond mine delivering 100,080 pounds, Ne Plus Altea i Minaletei lease 6,560 pounds, and Rocco-Homestake 45,960 pounds for the week ending July 14, 1006. The data reflects total tonnage moved from these three mines during the period.
The latest metal quotations list Silver at New York 50 cents per ounce and Jaund at New York $4.50 and Salt Lake City 149 cents for Casting Copper in Salt Lake City. The E. P. Railway hauls freight to Hamilton and Ely, with Baraka depot freight nearly cleaned up. Palisade shops build a 2 ton boiler and compressor car to move to Ely. Social note: M. L. MeKinney visits Reno to collect gambling device dividends, staying at the Park.
A special Salt Lake Herald dispatch from the Bullfrog District on July 0 notes 110 degree daytime heat for about twelve hours daily. At 8,900 feet altitude the sun’s rays sicken even the most energetic as there is little vegetation and no breezes until nightfall.
Marriage notices report Timothy J. O’Brien of San Francisco and Annie L. Greene wed at Cherry Creek White Pine County Nevada on July 3 1905 by Rev. P Manion Eureka Neighbors note Annie is niece of Charles Greene. Separate item records G G Bazzetti of Step Toe Valley and Miss Kells married June 20 1905 by Justice of the Peace POH Cannon.
Elza Elizabeth Clayton died July 10 1905 at Alpha Eureka County Nevada widow of A W Clayton and eldest daughter of Elias Boothhower of San Jose California She was a native of Grow Valley California aged 10 months 7 days Her San Jose and Hollister California papers please copy.
Principal place of business listed as San Francisco with works in Eureka Nevada Burvks County. Board levies a 25 cent per share assessment payable in gold coin immediate to the secretary at Mills Building San Francisco. Delinquent on August 10 and to be sold July 4 to cover costs if unpaid by September 4 1905. PURCELL ROWE secretary Mills Building San Francisco.
The Tonopah Miner cites the Sand Chronicle asserting ore shipments from Tonopah total 50 million dollars to date and that Tonopah mines have produced 10 million in ore. It notes current ore averages range from 40 to 50 dollars per ton with some reports up to 100 dollars per ton as stated.
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