Probing Big Railway Scandal in Southern Pacific Yard Delays
San Francisco Chronicle reports a major investigation into the Southern Pacific transportation department. After the 1906 earthquake freight congestion grew with Sparks Nevada yard delays. Mauvais allegedly extracted payments to move cars and split costs with Sparks and Sacramento, prompting shipper complaints and possible further telegram evidence.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Trasportation Department
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Sparks
Nevada
Manuais
Monrais
Sparks Yard
Mauvais
Becau
G P. Richardson
Sacramento
Nevada State News Highlights Local Deaths and Civic Notices
Mrs. M B Staunton a Winnemucca pioneer is dead. Mise Marcella Bicknell a Austin resident for 40 years is dead. Goldfield to analyze milk and meats for pure food. Reno plumbers seek daily rate rise to $6 effective July 1. Ella J Robison named Diamondfield postmaster. Insurance Press notes 283418 paid to Nevada life policy holders in 1926. Tonopah gas works to provide lighting and cooking. Lumber freight from Los Angeles to Goldfield $700 on a $400 carload. consignee protest. Four capitalists stranded 46 miles desert trek after auto breakdown en route from Goldfield to Greenwater. Reno City Council tiers liquor licenses by business, low at 80 up to 75 per quarter. Circle City thrives near Humboldt’s Western Pacific HQ. J H Hennessy granted new trial and bail after voluntary manslaughter conviction in Nye County. Bodie miners press for eight hour day. strike likely. Gas stove explosion harms Miss Louise de Generes and District Attorney Swallow home. Attempted assassination on W H Still leaves him wounded beside road. Lake Tahoe waters rise to record levels for white settlement era. edge buildings destroyed, losses incurred. W N Parker discharged in fraud case over alleged vaulted mine sale. Nye Grand Jury indicts Frank Hart and Etta Cole for dragging and robbing Mrs Kirk. both admit robbery. Mrs Kirk dies from dope effects. Odd Fellowship in Nevada grows with 106 more members. prosperity seen across all lodges.
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Diamondfield
Eamerada
Nevada
J. H. Hennessy
Nye County
Supreme Court
Langan
Bodie
Louise de Generes
Goldfield
Miss Generes
Eumneraida
Frank Hart
Etta Cole
Kirk
Hart
Cole
Odd Fellowship
Tne
Order
Liquor men fear anti saloon pages to dominate national platforms
Atlantic City June 21 anti saloon sentiment was forecast to enter the platforms of both major parties at the national convention. Liquor interests urged a united campaign to counter prohibition agitation and to push a constructive doctrine before the 1908 election. A new protective bureau urged funds from all liquor groups to finance the drive. Desert Winter Bailey Professor Gordon True from University of Nevada reports winter barley can be planted in fall on Nevada deserts and irrigated valleys yielding over 25 to 40 bushels per acre depending on variety with two successful types. The finding could transform sagebrush lands into productive fields.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Protective Bureau
Newoolation
Desert
Bailey
Gordon True
University of Nevada
Nevada
Tennessee
Winter coal scare and new fuel laws hit Utah
Salt Lake Herald warns of fuel shortages as railroads leave coal business by 1905 under new Interstate Commerce rules. Public urged to stockpile coal this summer, facing high prices and cold floors next winter. Also reports ore shipping to Needles smelter via Colorado river and Western Federation of Miners contract revocation. Hazel McKenzie suicide in Goldfield district noted amid ads for Harper whiskey.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Needles
Searchlight
Lincoln County
Colorado River
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Crescent District
Sheep Commissioners Sued Over Dip Incident Damages
The Lander County Sheep Company sues Olin M Ward Herbert Humphrey and L R Bradley Nevada Sheep Commissioners and deputy George Watt in Lander County court seeking more than 100000 in damages and challenging the legality of the commissions appointments and actions after Watt refused to allow dipping for the company, claiming bias and improper seizures and seeking personal liability for the losses.
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Lander County Sheep Company
Lander County
Olin Mc Ward
Herbert Humphrey
L. R. Bradley
Sheep Commissioners
Nevada
George Watt
Watt
Linder County Sheep Company
Witice
Qin M. Ward
Washoe County
Olin M. Ward
New Explosive Promises Quiet, Safe Mining Tool
A new explosive to replace older charges is reported found, reducing noise and danger in mines. Users praise its results and lower costs, aided by chemicals that mixed with 50 per cent granulated sugar yield strong effects. Manufactured by a St. Louis firm, it will soon reach the market. The charge is fired with a fuse.
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St. Louis
Fim
Tonopah Saloon Murder Ends By Suspected Wife
George Davis known as Devil Davis, a famed Tonopah character, was shot by a woman alleged to be his wife inside the Eureka bar early this morning. He died 15 minutes later after five shots were fired, one hitting a bystander named Kitty Brune in the ankle amid a panicked crowd.
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Tonopah
Nevada
George
Devil) Davis
Davis
Davie
Tonopah Woman Indicted for Murder After Husband Slaying
In Tonopah Nevada on June 25 Mrs. Elsie Cronin was indicted by the Grand Jury for murder in the first degree for shooting and killing her husband on May 4. Judge O'Brien ordered her into custody at the DA's request. Her arrest prompted a hysterical outburst as she struggled with deputies.
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Tonopah
Nevada
Elsie Cronin
Grand
O'Brien
Three Cents for Smelting Copper Ore in Salt Lake
The smelting company at Salt Lake charged the Ely Consolidated Company three cents per ton for smelting copper ore sent there for reduction. The ore yielded $81.09 per ton to the company. The smelter requests the ore for flaxing purposes.
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Salt Lake
Ely Consolidated Company
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William Zadow
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