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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
2
The Gureka Sentinel notes that The Skerrovet publishes endorsements of candidates at regular advertising rates and with signatures, but in this opening it does not favor or disapprove the commendations expressed.
Carson City readers learn of a widespread defamation campaign aimed at Republican Secretary of State candidate Gib Douglass and State Senator candidate Wile Brougher. Circulating letters and circulating individuals face possible legal action as witnesses and parties in state and federal courts.
The legislature replaces pencil marks with a rubber stamp for voting. Any mark or writing on a ballot invalidates it and it will not be counted. Voters are urged to remember this new method.
Dave Eyen, portrayed as a capable and thrifty treasurer, receives endorsement noting his four year tenure in Nevada with no bills sent to the Legislature, investments in security systems, and personal finances aiding taxpayers. The piece highlights his background in New York, Pacific Coast life, business ventures, and steady, independent stewardship of funds. It also mentions Morton’s death in Reno and Reno Western ore-purchasing sampling works now in operation.
Jemmen Gorman of Gold Hill was arrested on a criminal libel charge after circulating a printed circular accusing W. G. Douglass of palming off $550 for wages from the Justice Mining Co. The case ties to a wage dispute and political campaign tactics. Gorman was released on bond. bound over to the Grand Jury. Voters stand for Hob Mattice for State Senator.
John M. Mullins, agent for Equitable Life, allegedly lured 16 year old Louise Ede from home and attacked her father with an iron sling while he slept. Mrs Ede was beaten as she tried to intervene. the family later learned William Ede died and Mrs Ede was expected to recover. Mullins was arrested after leaving Beckwith.
The Murray Creek waters from Ely are being transferred to the New York and Nevada Mining Company with Judge Thompson and Manager Hook expected to arrive for the initial payment. The purchase requires up to 35000 dollars, and the operation aims to support the Copper Flat group mills and smelters with steady production promised soon.
In San Francisco on October 1 1902 a son was born to the wife of Henry Lorigan of Duckwater Nye county Nevada. At Townll California on October 20 1902 a daughter was born to Ed James.
In a vote in the interest of the laborer the state senator BONERT leads a motion emphasized by RALSTIVL stamping. The brief item notes municipal or legislative action affecting workers without detailing outcomes or dates.
A jury in Anatin returned a not guilty verdict for George Watt sheriff of Lander County, and brothers James Watt and Will Williams were sought on cattle stealing charges. The trial spanned almost a week and stirred local interest before the acquittal.
The Tuscaroras miners union sent 906 to aid strik ing miners in Pennsylvania. The Reno Journal reports the Southern Pacific will base Reno supplies for Nevada eating houses opening along the line with flour bread pastry potatoes and vegetables and laundry by Troy Laundry. Actress Mabel Bouton is dying in New York from consumption worsened by stimulants. she once aided a brother facing a penitentiary term for cattle stealing and helped obtain a pardon.
President Roosevelt received numerous congratulatory messages on his forty fourth birthday. In another decision the University of Chicago Trustees voted fifteen to three to segregate the sexes in the junior college, changing its policy.
The Home Rule Party nominates Haa Neg Mon War for the lower house. Mon War, a Canton native, is a clerk by training and has lived in the area for nineteen years. He is now practicing in the minor courts.
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