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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1900
Page
3
Local and personal notes list arrivals from Elko Paradise Golconda Cosgrave and Carson. Mentions of stockman Garat and teachers Rutherford Stevens and Darrah updates. New Salt Lake division time card shifts arrivals and departures for No 1 No 4 and No 6.
Lovelock rancher W C Pitt announces as Democratic candidate for State Senator from Humboldt county. Pitt, long prominent resident of Big Meadows, has twice served in the assembly, with a strong legislative record and public influence. Also Democratic candidate G B Ackerman seeks Assemblyman seat, notable for education and work with Weather Bureau, Silver State, and Southern Pacific. Trib liniment remark ends.
A Chinatown fire last night destroyed three rookeries on the edge of Chinatown, with Dip Lees store spared. Flames sparked from an overturned lamp in an opium joint, and despite swift hose lines, water delays hampered fighting. Officials urge removal of Chinese residents from the site amid calls to condemn remaining dens and prevent rebuilds, noting landowner H Busch may block tenancy if removal proceeds.
The Silver State thanks for a complimentary season ticket to the Ormsby county fair at Carson from September 24 to 25 inclusive. The event aims to surpass prior years with wide state attendance. A premier speed program features $3,000 in purses and square racing under fair rules, with any race halted if robbery suspicions arise.
Death visited a Winnemucca home this morning claiming Charles infant son of Mrs H Fellows. A severe cold developed rapidly into a fatal condition with no hope of recovery. The mother receives the communitys deepest sympathy. The funeral from the family residence at 4 oclock tomorrow afternoon.
Prof Montague's bird circus will perform at Armory hall Thursday evening September 13. He recently played the Chutes and Orpheum in San Francisco where his trained birds drew big crowds. The tricks are wondrous and well worth seeing. Admission 25 cents to most parts of the house.
Cattle suffer for water on Eureka county ranges while Elko high school opens with thirty four pupils. Reno figures report deaths, injuries, and a marriage as well as a Keller case. Water, sheep, and railroad activity fill the week with racing and Chinese gambling raids in Reno. New engagements and philanthropy funded for a Reno kindergarten are noted.
Jacobs returned from his official visit to the I O O F lodges across the eastern part of the state. He reports the lodges thriving and says eastern Nevada is abreast of the times with businessmen thriving, all well entertained in a royal reception celebrated in Reno Gazette.
Rev Geo C King pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church, after a year, is transferred to Winne mucca by the recent conference. He travels by wagon with his wife and daughter taking the train.
A session of District Court held this morning by Judge Bonnifield allowed the final account of administrator J A Cochran in the estate of Jose Ram entiera and discharged him. The petition for a decree of distribution was granted.
Two trains carried Eighth Infantry soldiers through last night bound for San Francisco. They will sail to Manila on the next transport. The unit recently served in Cuba before their current deployment. Also note: Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is widely used. Brown Bros. Druggists sell it.
In Winnemucca Nevada on September 11 1900 Charles infant son of Mr and Mrs Fellows died at age one year eleven months The brief notice records the family and date without further details.
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