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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
2
The Silver State newspaper offers daily issues except Sundays with office at Corner Bridge and Fourth streets. Subscription rates include one year and six months, three months by mail, and weekly street sales via agents across the state, including Winnemucca and surrounding towns.
A weather bulletin lists 24 hour conditions with mean barometer 90.2, max 0, min 29, and NW winds, alongside a long miscellany of society notes. Reports include possible reinstitution of General Egan, debates on canonizing figures, San Francisco sea lion culling, a colossal California cherry tree yielding 8,000 pounds yearly, and a Santa Barbara millionaire marrying his cook who seeks damages through a suit for 20,000.
A California exchange labels opponents of policy as copperheads in a stalled editorial attack. It urges voters to judge platforms by content, not names, condemns the copperhead name as propaganda, and notes a Brooklyn Navy Yard incident where a painted inscription omits the word rebel, declaring there are no rebels or copperheads now.
A Pomona California community condemns Rev E A Miller describing him as a wolf in sheep's clothing skinned by locals. They liken his morals to eggs and demand a harsher punishment, suggesting tar and feathers after stripping him of his sheepskin.
The text claims General Miles will face punishment for exposing the ta y beef contractors and suggests the administration will add to his punishment by forcing him to eat army canned beef. It also references Alger and his supporters awaiting November 1900 crow, and notes Miles as a thorn in their side who has been vindicated by events.
French press touts a bold invasion plan with three divisions of 14 500 soldiers each and 1500 armed pinnaces for landings on Ireland coast. Le Petit Journal and Le Revue des Deux Mondes hype the scheme as harmless bravado while predicting drastic English defeat and Irish complicity despite widespread skepticism.
Nevada miners push back against Southern Pacific tolls, threatening to build their own railroad to tidewater after demanding a 40 percent cut. Mountain Copper Company and English capital back an assertive move to curb high ore freight charges. The dispute signals possible escalation and broader questions of state power versus railroad monopolies.
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