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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1904
Page
2
Nevada Press Comment notes Judge Mack planned a libel case against the Virginia Chronicle after remarks about his ties to the Ramp Convention. The Chronicle replied with a sharp broadside, effectively criticizing the judge. The Appeal suggests a jurist avoid pursuing libel suits against newspapers.
The official canvass lists Lyon County officers elected for two years. State Senator J W Wilson. Assemblymen W Gifford Frank Regan. Sheriff and Assessor D P Randall. Clerk and Treasurer D W Melarkey. Auditor and Recorder J Powers. District Attorney John Lothrop. Long Term Commissioner T J A Flaws. Short Term Commissioner F L Littell. J W Wilson defeats J B Gallagher for Senator by 15 votes. Regan wins Assemblyman seat by 8 votes with recount requested. Kinney’s reelection protest was decided in Kinney’s favor. recount reduced margin from 10 to 8 votes. Four hundred ninety-three Sparks voters did not vote, many railroad workers away.
A Nye County District Court injunction blocked MacNamara Mining Company from entering or prospecting within the Grand Trunk dam area owned by Tonopah Extension Mining. Recent activity saw a cross-cut pushed to the 350 level and breaking into MacNamara workings about 80 feet inside Grand Trunk grounds, suggesting attempts to locate material within the Grand Trunk claim.
The Reno law firm Cheney Massey and Smith dissolves its partnership. A. E. Cheney and W. A. Massey will continue in business together, while Oscar J. Smith retains his offices at the former firm location.
A Reno Gazette report states Stockbridge and Charles Graham were exonerated for the killing of Mahogany Jim McKelvey after a confrontation at Mardis in Elko County. Perkins and Winsloff are jailed in Biko County on charges of wilfully killing a steer, with Perkins providing a detailed statement blaming Winsloff.
Government surveyors measure the Carson River to supply data for the United States Geological Survey for planned irrigation schemes in the state. Sutro Flat land will be reclaimed by damming the Carson River and building canals to the area. After completing the Carson River work, survey parties move to the Truckee Meadows. A proposed railroad branch may grade from Calient North to Wells in Elko County within three months of Clark's Salt Lake to Los Angeles line completion, passing Pannoa Pioche Ely and Cherry Creek to open mineral districts.
The latest metal quotations list silver at New York 58 cents per ounce, lead at New York 1.90, and ore in Salt Lake City at 63.50. Copper in Salt Lake City is 134 ovate.
Dodge of Reno seeks Assembly Speaker seat. Elko lost 85 to 6 at Ogden. Elko death: George Williames on Nov 14. Long and Carrie Carter wed in Reno. Reno merchant Samuel Hackel declared bankrupt with assets 1200 liabilities 61600. Examiner ranks Nevada second strongest Republican state. Reno businessman W C Hilderbrand dies suddenly. Milton Ish wed Evelyn Roach in Goldfield first camp marriage. Reno contractor W H Lyons injured in runaway wagon. Janet Pomin and Robert Watson wed at Tahoe City on Nov 9. Alfred Moore dies after appendicitis operation at 22. Doc Wilson arrives from Death Valley with ore worth 2000. Registration agents and party politics clash in Bird Springs. Miller and Lax options in Magon Valley expire. irrigation talk grows. Unknown man found dead near Tonopah North Star tunnel. suspected prospector. Reno elopement: Harold Londerbeck marries Harriet Coyler in Marysville. Louderback pair: Harcourt Louderback and Harriet Coyler wed in Reno. Reveille notes: 90 men at Southwestern Nevada Mines, ore rich in lead and silver. Tonopah Tonopah miners and ore dumps, Goldfield politics. Weather: East storm did not hit coast. Eurekas storm points fall.
Report from Carson indicates Van Dozer leads by four votes with about 200 Lincoln County ballots outstanding. Nixon Wills governs Lincoln and El Dorado counties. Republican State Central Committee Chairman George T. Mills issued a dispatch from Carson noting Nixon will secure 82 votes on joint ballot, awaiting official tally to decide the congressman.
A powerful Atlantic storm from the Gulf last Saturday grew into a Sunday gale causing a near total telegraph and wire communication tie up the East unseen since the 1892 blizzard. Rain and heavy snow brought widespread damage and several casualties amid perilous conditions. Parker Opens Law Office Judge Alton B Parker opens a New York law office stating he will practice alone. Sickness in New Mining Camps Illness in Goldfield and Tonopah Nevada reflects harsh pioneer conditions with neglect exposure and scarce supplies amplifying sickness in western mining camps.
The Railway Age reports the Nevada Southern Railway Company formed to extend the Tonopah railroad from Tonopah to Goldfield Nevada a distance of 28 miles. JW Brock of Philadelphia serves as president A Holler is secretary and treasurer RK Welsh of Tonopah is named civil engineer.
In Eureka Nevada on November 13 1904 a son was born to the wife of Robert A Laird. In Austin Lander County Nevada on November 11 1904 a son was born to the wife of George Watt. In San Francisco California on October 26 1904 a daughter was born to the wife of Dennis M Duffy formerly Mim Blossom of Battle Mountain Lander County Nevada.
Notices posted at five Telluride district mills announce an eight-hour day for Smuggler Union Liberty Bell Tomboy Nellie and Alta mines. The plan, tied to a statewide strike, sets a $30 daily minimum wage with no discrimination against Union workers, ending fierce labor-owner clashes.
Two ex convicts Mike Roth and Joe Anderson liberated from Carson prison were arrested in Reno Friday of last week on charges of robbing a second hand store. Goods they sold to another dealer were identified and their identities confirmed. Roth had a prior 18 month forgery conviction at Elko and Anderson, linked to multiple offenses, had served time for selling whisky to Indians.
Carson News reports a major horse sickness in Western Nevada with about half the horses in Carson City suffering severe coughs. In Mason Valley Lyon County the disease is more malignant, causing many deaths with horses dropping dead without warning. Stockmen describe it as a mystery in the region.
After two days and 35 Vaqueros attempting to corral about 100 elk at large on the Miller Lex ranch near Ker County California the effort to transport them to the Government reservation was abandoned. Nineteen elk had been shipped, six died from exhaustion, and others were lost in the hills. Experts say a much larger force would be needed to complete the task.
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