23 Jan 1892
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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1892
Page
1
Publication notice from Kelley and Stoddard. The Daily issues telegraphic news daily except Mondays and runs for one year. weekly issue appears on Saturday. Formatting errors obscure exact prices and terms, but the overall banner advertises daily and weekly editions with stated frequencies.
Washington debates popular election of United States Senators with Democrats and Republicans supporting various joint resolutions. The discussion cites cases like North Dakota where a voter’s choice was blocked by legislative bargains. Proposals vary from direct statewide elections to constitutional amendments distributing one senator per state plus an extra for each million inhabitants.
Washington reporters say DC man David B. Hill has drawn unprecedented Senate deference. His Elmira silver speech boosts his presidential prospects, with bi metals favored by Hill, who could win New York and sway gold men if he argues for the silver bill before the Finance Committee.
The drive to amend the Constitution to elect U S Senators by direct popular vote gains momentum in Congress. Senator Mitchell of Oregon champions the change to curb legislative bribery and deadlocks while giving individuals a direct say. Proposals also seek to shift the presidency and vice presidency from the electoral system to direct vote, broadening citizen influence.
Governor McKinley told the Agricultural Convention in Columbus that wool could not be free in ships and taxed on wearer and urged consistency with the tariff on hides and sugar. He argued party politics clouds principle and warned that free private lands would let syndicates control public lands under a boss legislature.
A House resolution proposes a seven member committee to probe the Census Office amid alleged discrepancies in returns. Claims cite inflated rival city populations and undercounting in Democratic cities like New York. Reno is omitted from the state bulletin, and critics urge focus on public lands and proper land policy rather than personalities.
Messie, Linder and Borders claim to supply artificial rain for California valleys from Pixtey in Kern Valley. They use secret chemical processes to seed clouds and direct storms, with barometric tests by General Manager Towne showing fluctuating readings. They say warm weather will prove rainfall potential, lifting dry farms and mortgage pressures.
The JovanaL editor argues against ceding public lands to Nevada noting the state cannot fund water storage improvements. He accuses a contemporary editor of seeking office, offers to sign a petition if the proposal benefits the state, and contends keeping lands with the government is better than private syndication. He suggests selling or bonding lands only to recover costs.
Wasmbroton January 16 A popular movement for electing United States Senators by popular vote is likely to be a major Congress topic. Senator Palmer of Illinois and Representative Johnson of North Dakota lead the reform push. House committees focus on proposals, including a constitutional amendment for direct statewide senatorial elections and varying compulsory schemes.
January 16 dispatches report Congress members await Chilean correspondence with belief a peaceful notation may avert war. US insists Chile apologize and indemnity follow. War plans at War Department show no preparations. San Francisco fortifications underway since last spring. Fifteen inch guns defend the Golden Gate with demonstrated range and armor-piercing capability.
Det Monte reports a San Francisco Press Club gathering for International League delegates. A Southern Pacific special train carried nearly 200 to Monterey, with stops at Palo Alto and Stanford University, a visit to Stanford’s facilities, then hotel Del Monte and a seaside drive. Evening entertainment followed by plans to visit Santa Cruz, Big Tree, and San Jose. In Puasix a clash between sheepmen and cowboys in Apache county left three sheepmen dead and fears of further violence as reinforcements arrive.
Florense Hedspeth, wife of Glendale and alleged partner in crime, reached St Louis from San Francisco in custody of a detective. She declines interviews and authorities withhold details as Hedspeth's co-conspirators remain unfetched. A Mammoth telegram reports a fatal shooting in Mammoth with two Mexicans Bartolo Garcia and Gondopo Parcia wounded. Parcia critically. both expected to die.
United States Senator Power of Montana criticizes Justice Field over alleged railway influence in arid land policy. He cites Salt Lake City remarks supporting segregation of arid lands and warns against land grant interests shaping court decisions. This follows testimony on a Baltimore sailor riot in Valparaiso, with Captain Jenkins recounting mob assault details.
Baxensfield Cal January 18 The annual trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trial Club opened with record sportsmen turnout and fine weather. Prominent figures include M G Eshman W J Goldher Wu G Kerckhoff C W Kyle A H Kerckhoff P D Linville O N Post H T Payne Dr Phillipa E B Tafts R T Vandervort D M Pyle W H Wallace and N E White. Judges Vandervort Pyle Payne. Opening trials delayed by late officers. first brace were Sam K Gladstone and Dottie Day. Gladstone wins after one hour ten minutes.
A January landslide at Eagle Gorge sixty miles east of Tacoma buries a large steam shovel and 300 feet of track. It will take five days for a large force to dig out the shovel and assess the damage as work trains move earth away and a side track remains in use. Two dozen men quit work an hour before the slide.
The Navy Department accelerates plans to dispatch the Monitor or other ships if needed while repairs proceed on the Baltimore Comanche Mohican and other vessels. Yorktown Balmaceda refugees situation at Valparaiso and Callao judged likely to require action within a week. Washington notes on World's Fair funds and a Chinese exclusion bill proposal. A Lick Observatory visit by press club delegates and a church-state policy petition in the Senate are reported. Mexican Apache scouts recruited in Provers for Garza conflict.
The Journal reports Senator Power of Montana exposing a scheme by railroad interests at Salt Lake irrigation talks. He says advocates of arid land segregation aim to parcel lands to states, crafting a large political machine around the irrigation plan, drawing Nevada citizens’ attention to the tactic.
The report notes Santa Paula plans a $3000 Baptist church facility soon. Other items mention Guernsey reporting 5000 grip cases, Tulsa to spend advertising funds, and various scattered notes on events from London arrests to St Petersburg fish and Marysville grip.
An old advertisement extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a harmless, simple remedy for indigestion, headaches, and low spirits. It claims the liver is key to health, touts no constipation, and praises relief after many prior failures, citing a Macon Georgia user. It also notes a separate pessimistic report about the Torre Nueva clock tower in Zaragoza, Spain, fearing collapse due to subsidence after heavy rains.
Two young men near Los Angeles quickly amassed a fortune by hunting coyotes. From nearly nothing last April they now have about 3700 in bank and accumulate roughly 150 weekly. With fifty traps and rifles they thin coyotes in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The venture challenges grain or fruit profits, but may end when the next legislature convenes as a joke law proves costly.
A Russian physician treats hunger caused illnesses by prescribing six pounds of rye flour daily to the needy, arranging free daily distribution at a village drugstore, and funding the supply to keep patients from starving through the winter. The article also notes other items: a change in electric warning beams, parliamentary duties of a Queen’s reporter, and miscellaneous anecdotes.
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