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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1907
Page
2
Eureka Sentinel reports a Geopod class matter led to a poste restante action at the Eureka post office. The item details are limited but indicate official handling within postal security or classification protocols. No further parties or dates are provided in the readable text.
The Carson Appeal notes the Clemens sisters married men from diverse stations, one to Howant Gould and the other to a San Francisco Chinaman named Wong Sun Yue. The Sacramento Union argues moral breakdown starts at the top, railroads abuse the public, financiers blame Roosevelt, and public confidence declines as rate fears rise. revenue and control issues dominate while officials seek scapegoats.
In United States District Court at Carson City Samuel Frank and Steve Williams of Rue were discharged from their debts under the Bankrupt Act. Bale, city editor of the Goldfield Chronicle, left Goldfield for Oakland Sunday with $225 in his pockets and woke in Reno Monday to find $100 missing after someone rifled his pockets in the Pullman.
Three scarlet fever cases in Elko prompt closing of the public school for the term and quarantine enforcement by the County Commissioners. Several rural high school students return home while the high school remains open with limited risk. Doctors find cases mild and weather favorable, while German measles cases are reported among other children.
A Nevada miner visiting New York and Washington meets President Roosevelt and a local reporter. They drink and chat, then wager a dinner and nickel that the reporter cannot rhyme with Roosevelt. The next morning the reporter describes the visit with humorous verse.
A compilation of deeds certificates and location notices in Eureka and nearby mining districts. Entries include Ann Sweeney and Alfonso Affranchino Deed, B S Henderson to W B Elliott compromises, and numerous mine locations such as Mountain View Silver Star Gold Quartzite and Debs Forest Queen. Recorded June 6 to June 12 1907, with various parties including Thompson Holloway Lindsay Toyn Burney and Goodhue.
Testimony in the Haywood murder case recounts Orchard’s claim that Haywood plotted to assassinate A J Mayberry, superintendent of the Richmond Eureka Mining Co at Raby Hill, after meeting in Denver. Orchard swore Haywood and Mayberry were longtime friends and that a plot discussed in Utah and California was abandoned.
General Baron Kuroki, returning aboard the Kaga Maru, declared no war threat exists between America and Japan. He said friendship spanning 20 years would not be broken by San Francisco incidents, and there would be no war in his or any American's lifetime. A day later he telegraphed gratitude to the Navy Department for courtesies in Seattle.
Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson sign for a 20 round bout on a July night in San Francisco with a 133 pound catch weight and a purse split of 60 40. Government agents burn Honduras Lottery plates and paper in Wilmington Delaware. Miners in Black Hills reach a three month wage cut of 2 cents per day, totaling 325 for miners and 3.75 for shovelers and helpers.
The Elko Independent argues removal of red light houses within the 40 yard limit of churches stirs townwide debate. Helen Brown, a woman of the underworld, moves near a family home after purchasing property and planning a 14 room house. The piece notes commissioners can regulate and suppress houses of ill fame in residence districts, but Brown’s current rights prevent action unless she opens such a house. Community sentiment favors decency, likely limiting her venture.
An Idaho editorial in Wood River News Miner reports a mathematician’s view that a widow in a solo card game should average exactly ten points. The calculation notes a 120 point deck total, 36 cards, and an 81 point average per card, concluding the widow cannot exceed 82 points and often contains far fewer.
A cave-in at the Annie Laurie mine near Kimberly Golf Mountain Richfield Arizona entombed nine miners for about sixteen hours. Rescue teams worked in shifts to free the men who survived the collapse though several were badly injured from fallen rock and dirt. The accident occurred just after a car entrance to the tunnel, delaying news of the incident until alarms were raised and rescuers mobilized.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met in St. Johns Oregon last week and approved sweeping measures policing female attire. Posters will be examined for modest dress and schools may require long garments. seaside bathers would wear kimovas. low necklines and provocative stockings face scrutiny. exposed lumber also falls under review.
Miss Beasie Beatty a prominent Southern California newspaper woman travels to Goldfield as representative of the Los Angeles Herald. She will cover the state during her Nevada visit and is preparing a book titled Who's Who in Nevada.
In Eureka County Nevada the administrator A Jackson for the estate of Robert Beatty deceased has filed a final account and petition for distribution. The hearing to settle the account and decide distribution is set for ten o'clock in the court room in Eureka City. Anyone with an interest may appear to contest or accept the account. Dated June 10 1907. K McCawmes Clerk.
The Calumet and Hecla Copper Company operates the deepest shafts in Michigan with Calumet No 4 reaching 168100 feet from collar to lowest level. A drive at that level extends a further 190 feet via a winze, totaling 8290 feet.
The County Board of Examination will conduct its second semiannual exam for teachers certificates at the school house in Eureka Nevada. It starts Monday July 8 1907 at 9 o'clock a.m. and continues through Thursday July 11 1907. A S Hexpenses, County Superintendent of Public Schools.
Classified advertisement seeks a school teacher for Tybo Nevada at 65 per month with Indy preference and first month free board and room. After that board and room at reasonable rates. Apply to James Kava Tybo Nevada. Also a house and lot on Spring Street for sale four rooms half newly papered and painted. Apply to W H Russet Eureka Nevada.
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