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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1905
Page
2
Carrie reports subscription details for one, three months, and per month rates. Post Office notice marks Barnka as Second Class Matter. Saturday issue dated September 23, 1 05.
The Postoffice Department plans to stop delivering at newspaper rates calendars patterns and other items and will charge regular merchandise rates instead. The Sacramento Bee criticizes government railroading proteges and argues that ending the exploitative mail tariffs could make the department self supporting.
Freight to Bullfrog now about 0 pe from Goldfield and 60 dollars per ton Las Vegas. More men employed in the mines at Bonn than in ten years. Seattle dispatches report a disastrous fire in Newne Alaska Sept 1. Josa estimated at 500000. Revo Journal to show progress and Neeity. Its owns a new flat-bed perfecting press, third of its kind on the Pacific Coast. William M. Stewart denies seeking Senate return. retirement is final. Last ten days four Southern Pacific conductors between Oakland and have lost positions. May Curnow and Mrs Cora Hall of Kellog to study in Milan, Italy. Bertha Kain, Nevada university incident, chosen queen of the trek. County Superintendent Oto Williams seeks teachers for Elko schools. seven vacancies. Maury, wife of Captain Dave, dies in Sacramento and is interred back in Nevada. Mrs George W. Masten’s Reno divorce suit reveals husband was an evangelist turned damper. Henry Warr testifies Floriston Paper uses secret pipes to discharge refuse into Trackee river. Leonard Wines, Nevada pioneer and Overland St Co figure, dies in San Francisco Aug 1. Saloon men barred from Odd Fellows: liquor trade bars membership. discussion on Manchester Unity affiliation. opposition due to potential Negro membership.
At the Portland fair Captain Baldwin’s airship the City of Portland makes repeat voyages with Beachey at the controls. Indian girls from the Shaw school in Montana toured the grounds, performing basketball, a pantomime, and other acts. A massive meteorite nugget, weighed 182 ounces and worth 2270 dollars, draws visitors alongside a Mars rumor.
Inter state Commerce Commission and Secret Service agents have investigated rebates tied to Chicago Great Western and St Joseph Grand Island lines in San Francisco. West Coast agents call the pirates line, known as the Pirate Line abroad, and claim illicit fare arrangements violate the Elkins law. The report also covers a double wedding at Ely Nevada with Whiteley Bassett wedding and Lewis Fornia, plus a San Francisco divorce ruling in Danphy Dunphy case.
Judge Alton B. Parker, the former Democratic candidate, said on Saturday that the New York Life Insurance Company case proves a broader pattern of corporate influence in national politics. He warned that investigations would likely reveal similar corruption across other insurers and large firms, and he argued the Democratic Party would not be an exception.
Dr Washington Gladden urged a resolution protesting the solicitation of tainted money by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions meeting in Sadle Washington. The measure was tabled 45 to 10 after Gladden spoke, asking whether ill gotten gains should be used for Christian ends. He received warm congratulations despite the delay.
The column lists metal prices in New York and Salt Lake City with silver at 613 cents per ounce, copper 154 cents, zinc and spelt er prices, and notes a Nevada Northern Railway grading begun September 11 at Owar in Nye/Eureka region. It reports plans to lay rails into Ely White Pine County by early next year and records cattle stockmen rodeoing in Pine Valley and Garden Valley Eureka County with activity at Damele and Barr.
A Boom Dance will be held at Ruby Hill by local youth on Friday evening, Sept. 29 in Miners Union Hall. Supper will be served in the ballroom. Fite Mac writes on Nevada camp life for the Chieftain, with a feature on Oling House district in Washoe County in the Sunday issue. Miping location blanks offered at the office.
On August 25 President Roosevelt rode the submarine Plunger for a 4 1/2 hour dive, remaining submerged for fifty minutes. Guided by Lt. Charles P. Nelson, the craft reached depths and speeds noted in early U S submarine history as a demonstration of peaceful exploration amid world affairs and domestic interest in sea power and technology. A second item reports a Virginia City infant injured by a monkey escape, with Medicaid aid sought for survival.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Western Pacific route from Salt Lake is now public via contractor plats. The line runs west near Garfield then northwest toward Hogback, then to Low Pass and the Toano range. It continues through Steptoe Valley, Flower Lake pass, Clover Valley to Wella in Elko County near the Southern Pacific. A Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star was formed in Reno with Madeline Conkling of Oklahoma presiding, and officers elected include Anna Warren G M Nevada Chapter and Nancy Pion secretary Argenta Chapter.
Miss Burtha Kain a Nevada University freshman from Arizona was subjected to hazing by sorority members, being forced to sing and repeatedly dunked in a lake. She armed herself with a revolver after escaping, scattering the crowd. A fraternity attempt opposed by another student also occurred, causing property damage. authorities investigate.
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