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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
2
A brief oddity from the Somerville Journal notes that, despite prior missteps, the management earned a rare compliment for distributing useful blotters, signaling a small corrective gesture amid criticism.
Walter W. Calver named postmaster at Kawich Nye County Nevada. Mining revival active at Tuscarora with all available men at work. Joe Farnsworth and Will Harrington to launch a weekly paper at Ram eay in August. Knights of Pythian Nevada contribute 1380 to San Francisco relief. State Superintendent Ring says many teachers needed in Eastern and Southern Nevada. Bodie citizens protest graft in county affairs at mass meeting. Post Office Department increases Reno postal clerks salaries to 700 per year. Twenty deeds filed in Elko County for Western Pacific right of way along new line. Briggs Hotel at Osrson bought by W B Harbin who plans 3000 in improvements. Sparks school selects several teachers. Nevada candidates for Annapolis scholarships pass exams and sworn in as midshipmen. Arthur T Brendon offered Winnemucca principalship, reportedly to accept. Body of Lake White recovered near Sparks. D Galvin linked to Skaggs Bros copper property Bald Mountain for 200000 with staged payments. Air drills enter Goldfield district. Gold Bar Mining installs three light rock drills. Retio schools fill vacancies with Carrie Roberts Mary Benson Jennie Torreyson and Grace Nicholls. Las Vegas Times notes Frank McNamee possible district judge candidate. George S Brown may seek Supreme Bench. Carson News notes A J McDonnell may seek Nevada governorship if named by Republicans. McDonnell long associated with Comstock mines. Leo Bancel arrested in Elko for arson of Gem stables. bond set at 1000. Johnny Nolan and Jack Foster fight. Foster wounds Nolan with knife. serious injury risk noted. Foster described as dangerous.
Wall Street operator and centi millionaire Bareaul Sage died at his Lawrence home Sunday afternoon in his 90th year. Heart failure reported by attending physicians as the cause after two hours of illness.
The aged financier Sage died after a slow decline unseen by those near him, with doctors announcing the passing. His estate is valued at over 100 million, a figure earned by years of toil and frugality. Sage’s famous maxims and tales of his hard-nosed methods have long been widely reported.
Mr Fairbanks offers his view on the silver and trust issues while noting the Steel trust seeks favors from the government. The piece mentions the son of Jesse James admitted to Missouri bar and taft inviting comparisons of promises and performances. It also notes Mrs Leslie Carter's marriage and her son’s admission of age.
Nevada press voices mixed views on the Logan murder verdict. The Rhyolite Herald notes public sympathy for Sheriff Logan yet condemns his alleged neglect of family and wealthier rival, while urging accountability for wrongful acts. The Elko Independent surveys passenger-rate changes by mileage. The Phoenix Royal Insurance Co of Vienna refuses to cover fire losses from last April in San Francisco.
A garbled market note lists metals with prices in New York and East Lake City, mentioning silver at 65 cents per ounce and lead at 5.75 dollars per 100 pounds, followed by a broken copper entry. A stray, overheard remark attributes a Kipling line to the poet novelist and his daughter prompts a puzzled line about introductions to the melody.
A reader argues that party loyalty, not principle, has allowed politicians to plunder the people. He warns that national and state laws favor trusts, concentrating wealth and power, threatening labor and consumer welfare. Independent writers should spell out each party’s principles so voters can decide with justice for all.
Winston Churchill formally opened his campaign for the Republican nomination for New Hampshire governor in Concord. He supports non-interference by corporations in state politics and urges broad statewide appeal, with pledges including a direct primary law and a lobby abolition measure to curb influence and passes within the state.
Commenting on the Thaw murder case, writers compare it with the killing of Key by General Sickles in Washington. Sickles, a former congressman and Union officer, confronted Key after a love triangle with Sickles’ wife, shot him to death, and was acquitted. He continued to serve in the army and later returned to politics.
The home of P. Socchiotti at Reno burned July 22 from a defective fire. Hours later the owner learned his insurer for 2500 had failed. Date notices list births in Eureka and Ruby Hill, Nevada, including A J Pedlar’s daughter born July 4, 1903, and other births at Ruby Hill in 1906.
All persons indebted to the Brown Hotel are asked to call and pay at the hotel to Mus Lictian Treeze Eureka Nevala on July 27, 1906.
Eureka Nevada July 23 1906 Eureka County Republican Central Committee meets in the Justice's Court room at the Court House on Saturday July 28 1906 at 8 pm to resuscitate the committee fill vacancies receive the resignation of Earl W Tremont Secretary elect his successor and transact other business as may come before it F J Brossemen Vice Chairman Lew Roorrs Temporary Acting Secvy Eureka Nev
On June 14, 1906 J. J. Wilson of Austin Lander County Nevada filed to appropriate public waters under Statute 1905. A ditch will convey one cubic foot per second from Reynolds Creek north of Kurwka Belmont road to unsurveyed land for irrigation. Construction must start by Oct 1 1906 finish by Oct 1 1907 and water applied by Oct 11 1908. State Engineer Henry Thurtell signs.
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