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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1903
Page
2
The State faces a severe economic crisis as 12 000 workers lose jobs due to Heinze v Amalgamated Copper. Salt Lake Herald warns of looming hardship with reduced credits and a potential food shortage, signaling widespread impact on merchants and families across Montana.
A New York firm publishes The Financial Red Book of America listing about 15,000 names of individuals believed to be worth $300,000 or more. The work notes it is not complete, citing Salt Lake City omissions of several wealthier residents, yet it highlights the small group controlling U.S. finances.
The Advance in Silver notes silver prices above 60 cents per ounce amid steady gains. London shipments to India China and the Straits Settlements totaled £5,438,040, a year over year rise, while US September 1908 coinage reached 1,507,468 dollars and Philippines coinage 2,004,566 pesos. Exports from US ports totaled 22,540,420 and imports 14,864,587. Analysts expect prices to stay above 60 cents with potential rise to about 75 cents later.
Virginia Report notes relatives of Grandpa Stewart disapprove of his marriage to a young widow reputedly in robust health. The piece suggests she may outlive him by a generation barring accidents and comments on the press dispatches' tone.
Reno residents debate an electric streetcar link to Harriman with city council granting a franchise only if the vote favors the project. A heated campaign raises fears the line could be delayed for family life amid upcoming elections. California mining camps You Bet and Rough and Ready in Nevada County once thrived with thousands. now post offices closed. Judges Field Hawley Searls McFarland and Senators Hearst Baker Stewart rose to prominence there.
J M Douglaas of Virginia City will sue Carson Valley ranchers to stop further Carson river water diversion. The action on behalf of the Doug ase mill at Dayton seeks to recover motive power and end idle operations.
Senator W. M. Stewart of Nevada wed Mrs. Mary A. Cone in Atlanta in a private ceremony. The bride, twenty years younger, has lived in Washington for years. Stewart, 76, previously married in 1855 to the late daughter of Governor Foote. his former wife died after a 1902 Alameda automobile crash that killed three, including two nephews.
Roosevelt marks his 45th birthday on October 27 as reports note cultural events and upcoming Patti concert chair prices in New York. Atmospheric Sun observations predict decade-long severe weather with spots visible through field glasses.
Mrs Henry Berning died Sunday night in Gardnerville Douglas County after the birth of three daughters with one infant dying shortly after birth. The young widow, formerly Viola Bigelow of Carson, was about 20 and had been married to Henry Berning about a year. She had been improving until the loss of an infant, then gradually declined.
Mrs Emma Booth-Tucker wife of Commander Booth of the Salvation Army died after the eastbound California train No 2 wrecked sixty five miles east of Kansas City. Twenty others were injured as the train ran into a switch outside Dean Lake.
Word spread around Virginia City that the Comstock is booming and men are in demand. The Chronicle notes that idle men are reading this and asking about work, but stresses that a boom is not among the current orders of things here.
Cleveland oct 26 the Standard Oil Company advanced the wholesale price on all grades of refined oil by one cent per gallon marking a total rise of one and a half cents in a week after a half cent increase announced last Saturday the move affects all refined oil grades.
Congressman Van Duzer in To Popah remarks that Stewart’s bid for re election hinges on Norcross becoming Reno Gazette manager and editor. The Miner interview frames this as the first step in Stewart’s next year Senate campaign.
Dix W. Smith of Elmira sues Sunert Mining Company alleging conspiracy and fraud. G W Bumble, secretary, and Tra A Pease, president, are named defendants with two directors. Judge orders a receiver and restrains defendants from using funds pending the accounting and fraud dispute. Smith, owner of 4000 Sunert shares, alleges dividends were paid from a 200 000 portion and the rest diverted for personal use.
A Chicago company contracted for five carloads of Nevada honey. Dr. Stubbs initiates a Reno crusade against saloon keepers serving State University students. Judge Hawley to preside over a U S Circuit Court term in Oars starting November 2. Truckee Lumber Company sawmill and yard destroyed by fire with 50000 dollars loss, partly insured. Reno bull fight deemed harmless with Senor Robles defeating three bulls. Tonopah reports typhoid fever plus a sanitation committee formed. Truckee mill owners oppose unions over wages and hours. Harry Egbert captured in American Falls Idaho. rewards exceed 1000 dollars.
The Calaveras County dispute over a tract at Poverty Flat ends with a ruling for homesteaders. The Land Office requires direct evidence that land is more valuable for mining than agriculture to invalidate titles, and proof must show pay ore. past mining value or abandonment does not suffice.
F H Prentiss formerly manager at Butters plant in Six mile Canyon now acts as agent for a London company in the United States and Mexico to introduce a patented oil concentration process for ore pulp. The oil method succeeded where water failed in Colorado and other mining regions. Headquarters are in San Francisco. The oil is specially prepared for the purpose.
Attorney General reports to the Secretary of the Treasury on title deeds for government property to be acquired at Reno for a new post office building. The site at Front and Virginia streets, southeast corner, cost $9000 to the government.
Chief Holmes of Mines and Metallurgy urges Nevada to present comprehensive ore exhibits showing not only rich ores but also the country rock. He argues engineers and investors want context, comparing famous mines across states to assess deposits and rock surrounding them.
A Nevada senator, who wed Mrs May Agnes Cone in Atlanta, arrived to his wedding after a heated quarrel with an elevator boy over a delay. The minister failed to arrive on time and no carriage was sent. The wedding supper featured fried bacon as the centerpiece.
In a hearing before Justice Lind, Edward Schillinberger was dismissed on a charge of complicity in the murder of Chong Bing Lung. The court ruled the evidence was insufficient despite his confession, while noting he was a key figure in the riot that led to the Chinaman's death.
The Nevada Placer Gold Mining Company works on the North Fork of the Carson river near Gardnerville. It concentrates gravel into black sand with assays from 75 to 900 per ton as reported by the Courier. The concentrators haul about 20 tons of gravel daily. Subscribe for the Suntixxx.
The report outlines municipal contests in New York San Francisco and Salt Lake with statewide voting in Massachusetts Rhode Island Maryland Ohio Kentucky Iowa and Mississippi for state tickets. It notes court and university posts and local official races in Greater New York San Francisco and Salt Lake. Prohibitionist Socialist and Populist tickets appear with fusion in Nebraska and cross endorsements by New York Republicans.
Tonopah health officers warn there is no current epidemic but urge residents to curb typhoid spread through improved sanitation. The document lists enforceable orders with prosecutions for noncompliance and distributes 10 pounds of chloride of lime for disinfection to aid rapid townwide relief.
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