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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1907
Page
2
Postal notice from Eareka indicating second class matter status for a Saturday issue dated November Mb 1907. Contains vintage filing language and postal designation. No additional event details or local notices are present.
A California legislature joint resolution introduced by Senator Sanford advocates higher currency elasticity under government control. It calls Congress to support feasible measures granting elasticity to the currency while opposing issuance or control by the National Bank or private banking systems.
Governor Sparks issued a proclamation stating Nevada will not hold a special legislative session to address delinquent taxes and financial issues. He cited public sentiment largely against calling a special session and said the initial move was too late for relief. He added legislators will only be convened if conditions later require it.
Saturday action in the California Assembly endorses Roosevelt for a new term despite being declared out of order. Other items note the Denver mint to resume full operation December 1 producing $50,000 daily in silver coins, and the pending resignation of Surveyor General Eagleston of Idaho amid criticism of his management. Legal disputes include Bade & Company vs the O Neill brothers over $5.25, with $1,000 spent on surveying to claim land rights. A Idaho murder case jury failed to reach a verdict in Steve Adams case, eight to acquittal and four for conviction. Well known priest Rev Father John Reynolds dies in Virginia City after a long illness. estate valued around $30,000.
The Salt Lake Herald reports November 27 that American Smelting and Refining Co cut lead settling from 4.75 to 4.35 per 100 pounds, with the year’s declines totaling about 1.65. Silver and copper also slide from early-year peaks, while producers face new contract terms and longer commitments for future ore shipments, signaling tougher conditions into 1908.
The Carson News reports a Reno plan to place state and county funds in banks as call deposits to earn returns. It argues the safest path is to keep money in the State Treasury, noting panic conditions would have tied funds anyway. the Reno scheme should die.
Judge A E Talbot files suit in Reno District Court against Al North of the Golden Hotel to recover 5467.35 on a 1906 note for 121,000 secured by a hotel mortgage on furniture fixtures bed linen dining room fixtures and stacks of wines cigars. Virginia City Western Union Telegraph office to reopen soon after strike closing.
The Vanderbilts plan December wedding at Newport’s Broakers villa as Mrs Gladys Vanderbilt, youngest daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, becomes Countess Szecheny. The engagement followed a European trip and a discreet courtship with the Hungarian count, with Newport gossip already abuzz.
The affair nears notable conclusions before the public eye as a Hungarian count Lasale Szechensi von Sarvar and Melso-Videk is linked to Miss Vanderbilt's engagement. The count, educated and tall, sits in Hungary's upper house. his family is ancient and wealthy with estates. Miss Vanderbilt's fiancé is said to own about 5 million dollars, while she inherits around 12 million. The count's father, the late Emerich Sze chenyi, was influential at Emperor Francis Joseph's court and once Berlin ambassador. Rawhide broker Belle Dormer opens the first brokerage office in Rawhide, a dynamic Nevada entrepreneur known as the Tonopah booster.
A crumbling report discusses stock from a Nevada company linked to Tonopah, with shares trading under ten cents as the firm exhausts resources. It notes legal questions from Arizona and California regimes, referencing Meadow Valley Mining Company in California and Nevada property at Pioche, as authorities debate nonassessable stock when funds are depleted.
Jonn D. Rocke feller, in discussing the financial situation in New York on November 15, said the worst is over though effects of the money scare will linger. He offered no criticism of President Roosevelt, affirming he acted with the best motives.
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Adams Hill Mining Company will be held at the company office in Eureka Nevada on Wednesday December 4 1907 at 2 oclock pm C S Six President Eureka Nevada October 14 1907
Miss Virginia Lee daughter of the late General Fitz Hugh Lee married Lieutenant John Carter Montgomery of the Seventh Cavalry in Alexandria Virginia. Many F F Ws attended and the wedding linked Montgomery with the Lee family military network including other Lees and officers at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley. Humboldt County records show fourteen thousand filings this year.
A bundle of soiled laundry disappeared Saturday night September 21 between Eureka and Raby Hill. A liberal reward will be paid for its return to the SEntrxe office.
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