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Newspaper
The Pioche Weekly Record
Location
Pioche, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
2
Pioche Nevada newspaper note records weekly publication by Record Publishing Company. Includes names Fate Weekly Record Published Every Saturday and subscriptions. Entries mention Win Wer Engis Getrich Larsen and Mei ws in a damaged OCR line.
Reports from the mining world show Arizona copper work resuming after a two month shutdown, with Combina tion at Old Town expanding to 450 men. Biscuit Mining wins favorable terms with American Smelting for ore shipments as Shamokin miners near full rescue. Utah La Sal mountains eyed for gold silver and copper prospects, while Utah reform school land clearances advance. Mohawk Jumbo near Goldfield protects workings, Zenoll Mining stock listed in San Francisco and Salt Lake markets. Copper, lead and silver prices rise since 1890s lows, Daly West reports strong ore yields, Salt Lake mining growth near Palisade, and Montana Mining Association closes with calls for independence against consolidation.
The L. E. Shelton Company announces that its lumber yard will be closed to business on Sundays. Leunder and Kindred.
A priest, Father Leo Heinrichs, was shot and killed during Mass at St Elizabeth’s Hotel Church in Denver. The killer, Italian immigrant Tuli Seppe Guarnaccio, confessed amid a manhunt, saying he blamed priests generally and sought a better shot at the communion rail. Father Heinrichs was beloved by his parishioners.
Fragmented notes mix on watch repairs in Salt Lake City, anecdotal Egypt mummies and Pierre Loti, plus reflections on athletics and moral effects, early rising benefits, coke preservation science, and a moral exhortation about faith and virtue.
In a Brooklyn case a bomb targeted Lovato and his family at their Morress Avenue store. Letters demanding immunity payments followed prior attacks, including a December blast that damaged windows and killed no one. A dead Italian found later on Lacatore Street triggered suspicion of mob discipline after a failed outrage.
Brussels reports King Leopold demands control of the Congo Free State with a special fund worth 50 million and seeks crown domain transfer power away from parliament. Government resists, threatens resignation to prevent a new ministry and a potential hostile election majority. In separate items, Fayetteville police chief shot, a Denver triple homicide, and a Cambridge interurban crash injures several with one death.
Washington reports hearings on various interstate commerce bills to curb shipments to dry counties will be closed by the senate judiciary committee on Saturday. The sub committee includes Knox as chairman, with Nelson Mutton Bacon and Rayner addressing the arguments. The issue has drawn limited attention in this session.
A French paper claims American girls bought titles for 900 million dollars in a wide ranging thought piece. The essay fears dangerous secrets and bonds that could explode and cause damage or ruin.
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