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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
2
A historic note records a confrontation titled Hatred at the Position at Harsha on Saturday September 14, 1907. The snippet names ForcisWes and AATEREAT ST A. SEKEILIMAN in association with the event.
The Vancouver anti Oriental riots left Japanese officials arming and Chinese workers idle as tensions rise. Canada faces possible indemnity while Washington notes US restraint failures and smiles at British Columbia public reactions. Baron Ishii, visiting BC, narrowly escaped mobbing as Japanese press agendas draw scrutiny.
Boston Sept. 12 The American Smelting Company issued its annual report for the year ending April 30. It shows the best year in the firm's history with net earnings of 13 250 058 up 185.8 percent since 1900. Working capital rose 131.2 percent to 23 197 763 and dividends reached 11 508 670 up 226.5 percent.
The county Board of Commissioners has received a circular from the Secretary of the American Mining Congress announcing a meeting in Joplin Missouri from November 11 to 16 1907. Commissioners may appoint two delegates to represent the county and seek volunteers by contacting the Board for details.
The Great Council of Red Men adopts an amendment preventing saloon keepers and bartenders from joining, with no retroactive effect. Copper company losses due to downturn estimated at 25 million as plants loaded with copper. Chester B. Ruvyan of Windsor Trust sentenced to seven years in Sing Sing for $410,000 theft. More patents filed in 1906 than any year prior, 56,482 applications and 31,065 patents issued. Bryan declines to help daughter’s political work in Denver. suffrage viewed as an experiment. Elihu Root leaves White Plains institution after gaining 12 pounds. Transatlantic rate war heats up with Cunard cutting cabin rates. Campania, Lucania minimum now 77.50 and Eturia, Umbria 60. San Diego quarantine tight as bubonic plague threat wanes. ships fumigated before leaving San Francisco, six-foot distancing at wharf, rat shields on hawsers.
Fragmented poem style text recalling Niagara and Antony and Cleopatra with lines about divine grandeur, sea and war imagery, urging the queen to hear, die, and witness Caesar's fate, ending with Osiris guarding. The dense OCR reads as two ornate monologues interwoven, mentioning Brainerd and Cleopatra era themes with dramatic crescendos.
A long list of location certificates and notices from Eureka and surrounding mining districts records claims on Hoosac Mountain and Maggie Creek. Entries name owners such as T. R. Webb J Beckwith A Homan E Emery G Hard and others, with dates Sept 1-11 1907. Additional items note deeds in Eureka and updates on local officials and infrastructure, including a Reno postmaster appointment and bond authorizations for White Pine County.
Joe Gans defeated Jimmy Britt in the fifth round on Monday afternoon in San Francisco. Britt claimed a broken left hand and quit in the round, with the decision awarded to Gans. The bout was one sided, Gans dominating from the start as about 14,000 spectators looked on.
Edith M. Dunphy sues James Dunphy in San Francisco Superior Court on Sept. 7 for divorce and maintenance claiming cruelty and unfaithfulness. She alleges drunken abuse, threats to blow her head off, razor injuries, and insults at her eyes. The couple, married January 1908, have about 10 community property items and no children. she seeks $1000 counsel fees and $1000 alimony.
In Eureka Nevada on September 9 1907 a daughter was born to the wife of Edward Clifford named Jo. At Prospect Eureka County Nevada on September 4 1907 a child was born to the wife of…
Clark of the Board of County Commissioners Eureka Nevada receives the certified tax list and property maps for 1907. The Board of Equalization will convene at the county clerk’s office in Eureka on September 15 1907 at 9 a.m. and continue as needed until all business is disposed of, not later than October 7 1907, per Nevada statutes. IL McCHARLES chair announces the session details and deadline.
Assessment No 34 of one cent per share was levied at a September 1907 meeting of the Eureka Mining Company Board of Trustees. Delinquent shares per October 12 1907 will be offered at public auction unless paid before November 16 1907. Secretary C H Mill at Hall's Furniture Store Eureka Nevada announces the action.
Notice is given that the regular stockholders meeting of Worth Western Consolidated Mining Company will be held April 28, 1908, at John Pardy's office on Main street Eureka Nevada. Directors urge stock owners to attend in person or via proxy with stock certificates. Signed Eureka Nevada September 4 1907.
Elko Nevada September 9 County Assessor Weathers reports the 1907 county roll shows a valuation of 783719.04 dollars, up 51894 from last year. The county holds over 70000 in treasury, no bonded debt, and a low tax rate of 1.20 per 100 valuation, with 70 cents state tax and 50 cents county tax remaining.
The latest metal quotations show silver at New York 34 cents per ounce. Lead in New York at 5.05 per 100 pounds, casting copper in Salt Lake City at 17 cents per pound.
At Sacramento last Saturday the Fifteenth Irrigation Congress failed to pass Judge Baker's resolution calling for withdrawal of the timber duty. The body also dropped a protest against further Pine sugar legislation, while endorsing Roosevelt administration policies on reclamation water and forest conservation. Albuquerque was chosen as the site for the Sixteenth Irrigation Congress.
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