Heney May Fight Raft in New York
Francis J. Heney, famed graft prosecutor, arrives in New York City amid rumor he will practice law there. He denies plans to serve as special investigator of legislative corruption and says he will live in the city. Speculation links him to Governor Hughes and the corruption inquiries surrounding the Allds-Conger case.
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Francis J. Heney
Pacific Coast
New York City
Mr. Heney
Pacific Slope
Hughes
Empire State
Honey
Heney
New York State
Supreme Court
Elko Constable Must Pay $500 Damages
Charles Doherty sued Constable Ouderkirk for false imprisonment after a July 23, 1908 arrest at Holland's Livery. The Elko District Court jury awarded $500 plus costs, finding Doherty was unlawfully jailed overnight in a filthy cell after Deputy Cotant and Clinton arrested him.
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District Court
Charles Doherty
Ouderkirk
Elko Independent
Doherty
Holland's
Cotant
Clinton
Mr. Doherty
Costa
Land Crevasses At Illi pa Bull Causing Trouble
Sixteen dead horses were taken from willed crevasses in Jake's Valley. Four coyotes were found dead on the banks of the widest bole. Cattle are returning to Tinpab area. ranchers take precautions to save herds. Deputy U S forest supervisor O F Patterson says crevasses widen and water remains high. cause unknown.
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Bly
Jake's Valley
Tinpab
Ely
O. F. Patterson
United States Forest
Royal Muthina
Sre
Patterson
Nevada cattle ranches sold to investors plan vast irrigation scheme
The Ogden Standard reports Utah and Nevada buyers acquire 27,000 acres along the Quinn River to reclaim 60,000 acres of sagebrush land near Winnemucca. They plan 5,000 to 10,000 cattle and 20,000 to 25,000 sheep, with a sugar factory and railroads to transform Humboldt County Nevada. The piece notes the buyers aim to invite homesteaders and redeem desert lands while promoting irrigation and farming. It also references a separate note on public speaker Duchess of Marlborough, known as a famed philanthropist and suffragist after speaking in London.
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Ogden Standard
Humboldt County
Great Quinn River Valley
Ogden Capital
Nevada
Poantr
Winnemaces
Utah
Amanl
Deus Knight
Hugh Dyor
Knight
Alberts
Canada
Dyer
Dyer Brothers
Ogden Sugar Factory
Quilon River
Winnemucca
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Important Decision On Mining Stocks In State
Judge M R Averill of the fifth judicial court issued a ruling in the cases of R B Govan and G W Jammerfeld Malataath. The court held the mining company not responsible for shares, though the stock had exited the defendant’s control but remained in his name on the books. This marked the first time the issue was settled in the state without a Supreme Court precedent.
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Gedstone
M. R. Avorill
Fifth Judicial Court
R. B. Govan
G. W. Jammerfeld
Waregg
Olei Malataath
Averill
Supreme Court
Twain Cabin Myth Debunked by Bodie Miner
Bodie Miner debunks rumors about the Twain Cabin at Avrora noting Merk Twain’s death sparked stories that mix fact with fiction. He recalls Mark Twain once lived nearby but insists the cabin and its legacy have been overstated for years, with material evidence limited to a fence piece from Sunshine road.
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Twain
Merk Twain
Avrora
Mark
Hank Blanchard
Sunshine
Ireland population and emigration debated in Travel Magazine
Seamus Mac argues Ireland’s 1847 population of about nine million has fallen to roughly 4.25 million. He contends emigration drives most losses to the United States, while noting vast resources and potential to support 20 million. American money funds home construction in poorer counties.
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Ireland
Seamus Mac. Manus
Travel Magazine
United States
America
Nevada Land Probe in Virginia City Targets Southern Pacific
E B Lacey and Edward Doyle of the U S Land Department probe complaints that Southern Pacific seeks to hold mineral land on the Comstock under patents for non mineral land. The railroad secured patents in Storey County and elsewhere, now claimed defective as non mineral and allegedly misrepresented at patent issuance.
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Nevada
E. B. Lacey
Edward Doyle
United Sates Land Department
Virginia City
Southern Pacific Company
Comstock
Storey County
Western Pacific cuts Nevada rates boosting Sacramento trade
W P lowers freight charges to Nevada via the N O W and N O N routes, reducing Sacramento to Alturas rates by up to 60 percent. Affects first to fourth class freight, interchanges with Reno and Doyle, and expands access to Surprise Valley. Nevada’s mineral output and irrigation projects draw optimism from traffic gains and industrial activity.
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Western Pacific Company
California
Nevada Territory
Nevada, California and Oregon
Reno
Nevada
Alturas
Cal
Rie Burprive
Lakeview Territory
Oregon
Altoras
Pacific
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
Doyle
Surprise Valley
Maps of Eureta Mining District Print Sale Notice
The Sextivet offers new black and white prints of Eureka mining district including the Pardy map plus the Windfall and other mines in the Secret Osayoo district. Price per map one dollar with 5 cents extra by mail. Location notices and legal blanks available at the SENTINEL office.
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Eureta
Eureka
Osayoo
Nevada's treasure houses yield mineral irrigated ranches
Jigging in Nevada's treasure houses and producing ita minerala. They are not watering stocks, but irrigating their agricultural sandy and making rich ranches where unattractive deserts formerly were.
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Nevada
Eastern Nevada Livestock Association Organized at Ely
The WEW Livestock Association reports White Pine and Nye County stockmen will form the Eastern Nevada Livestock Association in Ely on June 10 for mutual protection and benefit. An officers’ slate will chair the forest supervisor and assistants, with an advisory board to work with forest men on predatory animal control and enforcement of rules. About 100 livestock men are expected, including 50 Nye cattlemen, with 2000 head to be brought from Currant Creek for shipment to outside points. delegates will stay several days for the convention.
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White Pine
Nye County
Ely
Eastern Nevada Livestock Association
Nye
Currant Creek
Greeks Strike Near Ely Over Wages at Copper Flat Dump
About 40 Greek workers protest near Ely at Copper Flat where Austrians unloading the waste care have earned 2.26 dollars per day since last winter. They demand a raise of 75 cents a day.
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Copper Flat
Ely
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