Bank Ring In Deal With Tax Collector Smith
The San Francisco Bulletin reports a ring of bankers colluding with E. J. Smith, the defaulting tax collector sentenced to ten years in Folsom State Prison. Scassarta Smith pleaded guilty, influenced by bankers, to shield banks from financial collapse. Loans spanned days, then months unpaid, totaling over a million during three years of Smith’s impunity.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Bankers
San Francisco
E. J. Smith
Folsom
Scassarta Smith
Smith
Ays
Bulletin
Missouri Supreme Court rules policy revocation after three payments
The Missouri Supreme Court held fraternal and assessment life insurers may revoke a policy after three serial payments. A May 1896 policy lapsed when the June 1899 payment was missed and the insured died in January 1900. The company denied the claim, but a lower court found positive policy value and sided with the beneficiary.
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Supreme Court of Missouri
Asesament Life Insurance
Jyne
Bowel Complaint in Children Promoted Remedy
During summer months children face bowel disorders requiring prompt attention at first looseness. The best medicine cited is Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for both children and adults, distributed by MM Schneiders & Co in Pennsylvania.
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MM. Schneiders & Co
Southern Nevada Transportation Firm Planned For Tonopah Route
A new company named Southern Nevada Fortpeceine Company to operate between Tonopah and southern camps has been formed. G M Harris, recently resigning Southern Pacific travel agent, named general manager. Arrangements with Tonopah and Garson Colorado Railroad set to enable merchandise traffic shifts, with traction engines and soon many teams in service. O Whittemore of auto freight line says feeders to Clark road will service Tonopah via Bull Frog and Goldfield, including high speed perishable cargo autos. Clark railway backs project with substantial investment to link Southern Nevada camps.
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Southern Nevada Fortpeceine Company
Tonopah
Southern Camps
G. M. Harris
Southern Pacific Company
Las Vegas
O. ©. Whittemore
Auto Freight
Clark Road
Bullfrog and Goldfield
Clark Railway
Nevada
Hazen Cut Off Work Halted by Court Injunction
Jerome Higman of Hazen Nevada secured an injunction from Judge Carter in Reno District Court barring Southern Pacific from building a railroad through his Hazen land. Higman, an early Hazen homesteader, had refused offers and insisted his property be valued higher, prompting the halt while the dispute proceeds in court.
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Hazen
Jerome Higman
Churchill County
Carter
Reno
Southern Pacific Company
Higman
Southern Pacific
Diphtheria in Tonopah becomes deadly outbreak
Tonopah Sun reports at least three diphtheria deaths in Tonopah over the past three or four days, including an adult. No quarantine on patient homes, but funerals restricted to Health Officer Smith and Father Baler. Five more cases claimed. doctors allegedly failed to report to authorities.
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Tonopah
Smith
Father Baler
Proor
Taft Talks on Canal Policy at Cincinnati Banquet
Secretary of War Taft spoke on policy and practice at the Commercial Club banquet in Cincinnati. He argued that Panama Canal materials should be bought American when prices and quality match, noting the need for a clear rule from Congress and that, lacking one, American goods and thrift guide construction.
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Taft
Commercial Club
Cincinnati
Ohio
Panama Canal
United States
Phillippine Islands
Congress
France
State University Faculty Discusses Normal School
Orvis King, Superintendent of Public Instruction, attended the faculty meeting at their request. The State Normal School drew much discussion with improvement suggestions. Declining department attendance was explained and causes noted. It was shown better trained teachers are scarce, and compensation is too low for country schools. The Board of Education issues temporary certificates to fill gaps.
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Orvis King
State University
State Normal School
Ring
Board of Education
Rand Gold Fields Output Rises to March Total
The Rand gold output in South Africa increases month by month with March producing 885,575 ounces. At current rates the annual value exceeds 90 million dollars, nearing the hundred million dollar milestone as deep level mining expands.
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South Africa
Rand
Western Sheep Quarantined Across Western States
The Department of Agriculture announces another quarantine on Western sheep. Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, North Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Idaho are affected. Moving sheep out of these states requires a Government Inspector declaration of freedom from scale. penalties apply. The order takes effect June 1, 1905.
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Department of Agriculture
Nevada
California
Oregon
Washington
North Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada official tours Tonopah region and southern Nevada
An Ogden dispatch notes James H Neven, Nevada state license and bullion tax agent, surveying Lincoln County and Tonopah district via Las Vegas. He examined Pioche, De Lamar and Searchlight areas, met Quartette mine managers, and promised a report to Governor Sparks. He cites rapid settlement south of Las Vegas and imminent sensational mines along the Grand canyon.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Ogden
Utah
James H Neven
Nevada
Lincoln County
Nev
Tonopah
Neven
Pioche
de Lamar
Searchlight
Las Vegas
Quartette
Bis
Sparks
Grand Canyon
Salt Lake
Dying of Famine and Consumption Descriptions
A fragment discusses the torments of consumption and the search for relief, mentioning Dr King’s New Discovery as a quick remedy for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and pneumonia prevention. It notes Schneider's drug store as guarantor with bottles priced 50 cents to 100 dollars and a free trial bottle offered.
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Wm. Myers
Cearfous
Iut Inez
Dr. King
Schneider's
Methods of the steel trust exposed in canal zone pricing
Washington dispatch notes Col Edwards of the Panama Canal Commission asked Secretary Drake about steel rail prices. Drake says US rails averaged 28 a ton in the last year, 24 abroad. Colon treated as foreign allowed 22.75 for first class rails and 191.75 for second class. Panama Canal purchases and railroad orders priced around mid 20s, with foreign bids 25 f.o.b. New York and 27.75 f.o.b. Colon.
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Canal Zone
Washington Dispatch
K. Edwards
Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Drake
Panama Railroad Company
Steel Trust
United States
Colon
Panama Railroad
Canal Commission
New York
Dry irrigation trial eyed by Nevada Experiment Station
Nevada University at Reno may study dry irrigation to grow wheat barley alfalfa on desert lands. The simple method uses Fall and Winter moisture from snow and rain to seed crops in spring, yielding lower tonnage but higher quality, especially hard wheat. Tonopah Goldfield ore shipments for the week ending May 36 totaled 1763 tons, all from Tonopah mines.
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State Agricultural Experiment Station
Nevada University At
Reno
Ural
Tonopah
Goldfield
Excursion Fare Deals From Reno to Nevada and Beyond
Excursion rates offer ten day round trips on train No 5 with Sacramento connections every Saturday starting June 3. Twenty one day returns priced with $5 excess, eleven day extensions at Portland with $5 and $10 surcharges. Include a $2 steamer ride Portland to San Francisco. Sixty day round trips with stopovers available statewide in Nevada June 1 to September 5 via Sacramento and Salt Lake City for $50. Information from A H Rising Acting D F P A Southern Pacific Reno Nevada.
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Vach
Sacramento
Portland
San Francisco
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
A. H. Rising
Southern Pacific Company
Reno
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