Forty-Eighth Day of Legislature Reports
The legislature items list Senate and Assembly actions on bills, including state property sales, taxation measures, state offices, capitol repairs, and public works. Notable items cover state land agent payment, hospital building at the state insane asylum, gambling restrictions, labor hours in mining, and corporate formation rules. A court case note follows, detailing Cooper and Captain Seymour dialogue over potential prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
State Board of Examiners
State Agricultural Society
Reno
Flanigan
Washington
State Insane Asylum
Supreme Court
Nevada
Fish and Game Committee
Mines and Mining Committee
Assembly
Lincoln County
Board of Equalization
Boards of Education
Reno Light Company
Committee On
Arms
Nevada valued policy law sparks preemptive insurance pledge
The San Francisco News Letter notes a negotiated agreement among insurers after Nevada enacted a valued policy law. Signers agree not to write or accept any Nevada property insurance after February 10, 1901 until a majority amend the statute. The piece comments Nevada may miss the companies more than the companies miss Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Nevada
Cooper Arraigned in San Francisco Forgery Case
Sir Harry Westwood Cooper alias Ernest Moore Chadwick and others was arraigned in Judge Prita's Police Court on two forgery charges. One stems from a telegram deceiving Norine Schneider and the other from a counterfeit seal of the Court of Chancery of London. Preliminary examination on both charges pending.
Tornado Hits Texas Toll and Nation Seeks Surrender
The Senate adjourned after its extra session as a deadly tornado struck northern and eastern Texas, killing several. Negotiations between Generals Kitchener and Botha for Botha's surrender near, with peace considered near, plus Mrs Nation's Smasher's Mail debut in Topeka jail. Oregon ordered home, Wisconsin to replace it after Asiatic run. Carnegie offers 50000 for San Jose library with 5000 yearly upkeep. British note on Hay-Pauncefote treaty to be delivered in days. Clayton-Bulwer stance unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Texas
Andrew Carnegie
San Jose
United States Senate
Washington
Hay
Geral
Britain
Brakeman Run Over Near Hafed Siding
Trvin Ross, a brakeman between Truckee and Wadsworth, suffered severe injuries after trying to step onto a locomotive pilot and being crushed between the rails as his train entered Hafed siding. He was dragged twenty yards before the train stopped, with life‑altering injuries stated likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Trvin Ross
Truckee
Wadsworth
Mr. Ross
Right of Way Contest in Carson Hearing
O Whittemore of Salt Lake City travels to Carson to appear before the United States Land Office in a right of way contest tied to the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. Several railroad maps claim the same route through Meadow Valley Wash in Lincoln County with hearings referred from Washington. The dispute narrows to the Los Angeles road Union Pacific and Southern Pacific as the contested path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Whittemore
Salt Lake
Carson
United States Land Office
Behal
San Pedro, Los Angeles
Land Office
General Land Office
Washington
Meadow Valley Wash
Lincoln County
Los Angeles
Union
Elkettes Indignant Over Insurance Law Passage
The Independent notes Elkettes express indignation at the new Insurance law. Local business leaders face uninsured risk as policies expire and companies decline to renew in the state. A fire could ruin firms, and claims that insurers are bluffing bear little weight with struggling entrepreneurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elke
Independent
Cough Cure Claims One Day Relief With Price 25 Cents
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinin tablets as curing a cold in one day with no cure no pay. It also promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers for liver and bowel cleansing, claiming they never gripe. Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt's
Brown Bros
Nevada Laws of the Twentieth Session Include Salaries and Reforms
The act list records appropriations for copying the Senate and Assembly journals, sets salaries for county and township officers in Storey County, and funds the Grand Army cemetery care at Carson City. It also prohibits opium or intoxicants to prisoners, defines district judge duties with grand juries, and prescribes timing for payments and warrants, all approved February 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Senate
Assembly
Annie Fay
Journal of the
Eugene Howell
The
Nevada State
Ormsby County
Polson
Storey County
A. D
Notci
oMere
Justice of the Peace of
Township Number One
Hattie Foley
Journal of the Assembly
Grand Army Cemetery
Carson City
State Board of Examiners
Grand Army
Board of Examiners
Late 19th Century San Francisco Purchasing Ad
Experienced buyers fill orders for latest goods at San Francisco prices. Special attention to each commission. Information via Examiner Building. See De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve and DeWitt's Little Early Risers praised for piles sores and bowel troubles. Brown Bros. Telephone Bush 268 Feb 19m1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Examiner
Bush
DeWitt
Brown Bros
Mining Surge At Grand Prize And Commonwealth Mines
Mining circles in Tuscarora react to California capitalists visiting the Grand Prize and Commonwealth mines. Victoria reports a rich Porcupine Creek gold discovery with gravel yielding five dollars per bucket. A New York Mining Journal correspondent notes quartz with feldspar near Bering Straits and pyrite-rich placers at Nome Anvil Creek, reflecting common gold-bearing associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A &Tlr
Tuscarora
California
Commonwealth
Victoria
B. C
Cottage City
Porcupine Creek
McCone & Woodbury
Silver City
Buckeye
Dayton Times
New York Engineering and Mining Journal
Bering Straits
Siberian
Nome
Golch
Anvil Creek
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Ad
An over fifty year old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims relief from teething pain and soothing overall ailments including diarrhoea, stomach issues, wind colic, and gum inflammation with a pleasant taste. It promotes a twenty five cent bottle sold by all druggists worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Winslow
Topsy Turvy Life And Dr Pierce Cure Claims
A fragmented advertisement-like passage discusses the topsy turvy child inverting life, nutritional failure, and the claimed medical benefits of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and related disorders. A customer testimonial claims weight gain and improved health after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Otte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legislature
Captain Seymour
Cooper
Seymour
Kitchener
Botha
Mrs. Nation
Smasher
Topeka
Kas
Oregon
United States
Wisconsin
People's Purchasing Agency and Information
Lateau
Mines and Mining
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