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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1904
Page
2
William Allen Whits critiques modern governance noting a shift from constitutional form to de facto power. He argues corporations and political money infiltrate politics, controlling nominations, judges, and policy, while vice and crime gain political protection and legitimacy within the system.
Antone Sassanno spent Thursday in Carlin. G D Abert had a flying trip to Balt Lake. J M Requa left for Eureka for a few days. George Patten and Willis Bradley visited Palisade. Mrs M Pratt visited Mrs Broffey at Raine ranch. Mrs O accompanied by family visited her mother Mrs Thomas Jewell. Mrs G D Abbott and children with Miss Lizzie Hand left for Oakland for the summer. Mrs Oliver Pratt and son with Miss Eosma Hawkins left for Eureka on Monday. Mrs Jay Jewell arrived from Ogden and after visiting with Mrs T Jewell traveled to Eureka to visit Mrs John Nicholas of Ruby Hill.
Bert Zottman driver of the River side Hotel bn in Reno lost control as a horse bolted Friday night. He and two companions were thrown, the carriage badly damaged, and Zottman dragged a block by the reins with cuts and bruises. Also notes Ed McEllin returning from California to Hamilton to meet family and Donna McEllen arriving from Alameda. William Potts buys the Little Empire ranch in Monitor Valley Nye County from James L. Butler amid Tonopah discovery era independence.
About 1000 Reno residents assembled at City Park on Monday night to discuss saloon and gambling issues and how to curb them. E R Dodge presided. Rev Unsworth President Stubbs Senator Newlands and Judge Carler spoke. Resolutions urged enforcement of the 12 o'clock closing law and reduction of saloons to 40, with newspaper cooperation.
Six masked gunmen burst into the engine room of the Combination mine in Goldfield last Saturday night around 11 o clock and shot engineer Robert Dempsey in the legs. Dempsey crawled away bleeding to a nearby house for aid and was later brought to Tonopah hospital. The attack, linked to his refusal to join the Union, followed by the Union officers denouncing the shooting. The incident occurred amid the enforcement push for a 12 o'clock closing law in Washoe County, while other items note a sister’s kiss linked to a baby’s death from lockjaw, metal market quotes, and court news.
Riots erupted in Victor during a miners meeting after a June 6 Independence dynamiting. Forty shots hit a crowd, one killed, several wounded, militia deployed, Sheriff Bell in charge and many arrests. Troops clashed with miners near Victor and Big Bull Hill with seven soldiers injured in exchanges. Mob damaged Victor Daily Record office as unions faced anti labor actions. District quieted by Thursday with authorities confident the worst was over.
Dan O Doane faced a preliminary hearing in Wadsworth on bigamy charges. Bound over to the Washoe County Grand Jury, bonds set at 2000 he could not post. He wed Miss Bennett of Fallon on May 18 and was later arrested after his first wife in Corrine Utah objected.
The Eureka Sentinel reports bills allowed at the June 6 1904 county commissioners meeting. Names include Alex Fraser John McNaughton P Parent Miss Emily Studden and various road and merchandise expenses. Indigent allowances are listed for named dependents with amounts certified as part of the record.
At Cortes Eureka County on May 26 2004 a daughter was born to the wife of A E Richardson At Tonopah Nye County on June 2 2004 a twin boys were born to the wife of J E Miller
The 194 statewide vote in Oregon produced a Republican majority estimated over 5,000 with two Congressmen elected. Mrs. Olivia Clemens widow of Mark Twain died in Florence on June 4 after a cheerful last visit with her husband. Her remains will return to the United States for interment. Born Olivia L in Elmira, New York, she married in 1870. The article notes disruption from a Walker Lake boiler explosion and regional hay market shifts as railroads approach Tonopah, affecting farmers in Mason, Fish Lake, and Owens Valleys.
An explosion at the Corn ing Distilling Co warehouse in Peoria destroyed the structure and ignited adjoiners. Ten men buried and killed, six injured as whisky and spirits burned, with losses near 1,000,000 and about 30,000 barrels of whisky involved. Cattle yard blaze followed amid chaotic scene.
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