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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
The Silver State Windle and Braggkett lessees publish a brief notice about daily publication from Corner Bridge and Fourth Streets Winnemucca. It lists subscription rates by mail and weekly carrier delivery details, with postal address in Winnemucca Nevada for business correspondence.
Weather Bureau report from the Washington station notes the mean barometer, temperatures, and wind. Maximum temperature 97 degrees, minimum 0, mean 21, normal 44, with no precipitation in the 24 hours. Observer J Hayden records the data.
Snow is forecast for tonight and Friday with warmer conditions tonight. December 7, 1899. The piece comments on Speaker Henderson and U.S. influence in European conflicts, noting long-term reliance on American food aid and the benefits of good will.
The speaker accuses Senator Rawlins of Utah of foolishly demanding a federal probe into McKinley appointing polygamists. He asserts Republicans hold no issue with polygamy in office, contrasts with a GOP-led Congress, and likens the matter to McKinley’s Sultan of Sulu pact granting citizenship and multiple wives.
Lander county's Indian felon has been convicted and sentenced to death, with moves for commutation expected under the precedent that an Indian shall not be hanged in Nevada. The author argues for execution and criticizes past prison policy toward Indians in Humboldt and the state system.
George Bruce shows a coal chunk from Joe Lang's mine south of town, about eight inches thick and 9 by 9 inches, weighing forty pounds. The coal burns well and samples suggest potential for a large deposit, per the Elko Independent.
The Huntington Speyer syndicate, after buying Crocker and Stanford holdings, closed another large deal. General Thomas H Hubbard, on behalf of Mark Hopkins interests now Edward Searles, sold 140000 Southern Pacific shares at about 40 dollars a share. Despite denials, rail men suspect Vanderbilt involvement. It is rumored the public may be invited to invest and the stock offered like other railway securities.
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