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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1884
Page
1
Weekly Nevada State Journal publishes weekly on Saturday mornings. C Powning is publisher and proprietor. Subscription terms list One year by mail and six months. Carrier delivery in Reno costs 66 cents per month. No paper is forwarded by mail unless prepaid.
Citizens in California and Nevada express indignation at the California Legislature. The piece condemns anti monopolists as fanatical and notes concerns over a proposed measure to empower removal of constitutional officers by a majority vote. It argues such moves threaten constitutional checks and invite monarchical governance, labeling dissenters as monopolists.
Seven candidates announce intent to compete for the cadership seat. Fred Gould Reno Bert Exmes Austin Fan Douthett Eureka Andrew Stinson John C Jary Ruby Hill James Doughty Cain George E Stockle Cherry Creek from the Great East face higher travel costs to Winnemucca. West and East editors spar over fairness as claims of bias fly.
The Herald reports a Typographical Union protest at Cooper Union where workers condemned the Tribune for discharging union men from its composing room. Resolutions pledge a boycott against Whitelaw Reid and his backers, deeming boycott the most effective action against unscrupulous employers.
In Greenville New Jersey experiments tested firing dynamite from a twelve pounder cannon so it would not explode before leaving the barrel. The test used a five pound dynamite charge in cylindrical brass-encased projectiles. Prof. F. H. Spyder, inventor, is jubilant over the satisfactory result.
Captain Eads arrived in New York from England stating his visit secured English capitalists for the Tehuantepec Railway. A wealthy syndicate funds preliminary work while a survey is complete and the road bed constructed in Mexico. He predicts operation within five years and relies on English capital to finish.
Ohan Foo was arrested Monday by a Deputy United States officer on a charge of attempting to smuggle eight silk handkerchiefs and twenty silk scarfs from the steamship Arabic. Foo claimed he had permission from the Chinese Government to smuggle as much as he chose. The Chinese government shows little respect for the American government or its laws.
Foreman T. H. Bedell in a Grand Rapids carpet sweeper factory fire was cut off from escape in the building’s fourth story. He fell from the window, bracing against openings as he descended from story to story, finally reaching the ground unharmed to the surprise and relief of hundreds watching.
President Von Gassy of the Effingham Bank has gone to the springs with all books money and securities valued about 40000. The bank closed since Tuesday night and observers speculate he plans a prolonged visit or to reopen elsewhere, since he took the books.
Yesterday the Attorney General asked the Senate to provide by joint resolution immediate funds for jurors and witnesses in United States Courts. He recommends $60,000 as the needed amount citing courts in session nationwide and a lack of money to pay jurors and witnesses.
At a recent association meeting Isaac Abbott was accidentally shot by Amasy Thayer as he drew a pistol at another member. Abbott died Wednesday and Thayer faces a murder charge in connection with the incident.
The petition for a rebearing in his case was denied by the Supreme Court of California. He has reached the end of his rope and is expected to be hanged around May 23, when his reprieve expires.
C. C. Thomas, superintendent of the Satro tunnel and Nevada commissioner to the World Exposition, is taking steps to secure a large collection of ores and minerals for display at the great show in New Orleans.
A Chicago Herald correspondent recalls young eastern women carving homes on southeastern Dakota prairies. They build neat shacks amid wildflowers, farm with rifles and ploughs, and pursue Greek and science studies, keeping health and pride in self-made prairie households.
Miss Emma Nevada, once a Mill’s Seminary pupil in Oakland class of 1876, becomes a celebrated singer with patrons like Mrs. Mackay in Paris. Her former roommate keeps up letters about life in Europe, her wealth, and rising celebrity. She earns $2,000 monthly for two shows weekly and $200 per song at private events.
Congressman Budd of California used an early 11 a.m. House session to secure unanimous consent to consider the Chinese restriction bill on May 34. A late objection did not block the move, signaling Speaker Carlisle’s apparent support and hope for passage, though Senate action remained uncertain.
A reformer launches a Minnesota paper as champion of a reform platform: abolition of poverty ignorance wickedness drunkenness injustice perversion of law oppression and evil. The note compares to a similar undertaking begun about 1,900 years ago, whose work remains unfinished.
Sagamore Mill No 1 at Fall River Mass destroyed by fire Thursday morning with losses of 600000. Cincinnati also reports a 400000 blaze. The American Dunk leather tannery, the largest of its kind, was destroyed.
Astronomers explain light travels 192000 miles per second and that the Sun’s light takes eight minutes to reach Earth. They show distances to stars are vast, from centuries to thousands of years for light to arrive, using the Pleiades and other celestial bodies as examples.
James G Blaine was born in Washington County Pennsylvania on January 3 1830 and was 54 years old last January. The article notes widespread inquiries about his age and nativity as he appears likely to be the next U S president.
A New York World writer recalls a grave digger’s observations on who grieves most after a death. He notes mothers who lose a first child and widows or widowers show deeper sorrow than distant relatives, with examples of gravesites and daily remembrances by survivors.
Miss Emily Faithfull writes home praising California as a land of opportunity for women in industries unknown in England. She notes orange and fruit cultivation near Freano, silk culture, bee-keeping, and multiple bee ranches, with one Pennsylvanian woman operating seven near San Diego. She observes Americans, not English, make up most women there, and suggests climates and conditions favor feminine energy, while noting obstacles from resistant men.
The Figaro's Cairo correspondent reports 300 Egyptian troops and 600 noncombatants marching toward Berber from Shendy on the 15th. Attack by Arabs two hours from Shendy led to a near total massacre, with Shendy captured and about two thousand men women and children slain, many refugees from Khartoum.
The Post Dispatch highlights six House members Morrison Hurd Carlisle Randall McKinley and Kelly as the focal tariff thinkers. It notes Randall's prominence in speech and presence, compares head shapes and facial hair, and contrasts features among the group while signaling public curiosity about who is who in the gallery.
Representative Henley introduces a bill to grant free postage for all newspapers published in any language within the states and territories. The measure, praised by Mr Healey, frames the press as the great educator of the day and urges national educational support through mail delivery.
The Governor's extra session yields Wallace's defense of railroads as public ben fited carriers not private property. Courts support public control yet condemn total seizure. Legislators urged for practical reform without confiscation, while warning against demagogic cries for drastic action. Strong measures are needed to curb abuses and promote public good.
The piece argues Republicans should not block the Democrats on tariff reform writing the Democrats as divided and ready to split further. It casts Randall and Morrison Hard Converse and others as the antagonized faction with the reform movement needing explanation and apology.
Report claims James Stephens, noted as a leader, is moving toward forming a new Lieb party with Irish figures. The group would unite societies that oppose Parnell theories and the use of dynamite, aiming for a united action. A Paris conference is planned to shape platform and future operations.
A young man, soon to be married, quarreled with his intended and killed himself in Melbourne. He placed his partner’s picture before him, set a blood bucket nearby, and slit his throat with a butcher knife. Seven sharpened knives were found in the room, suggesting forethought for alternative methods. The report notes the bucket detail as a cautionary, odd feature.
A Vallejo woman heard a commotion and rushed out to find three roosters frantically freeing a hen whose head was wedged between fence boards. While the scene unfolded, about twenty hens wandered about, seemingly unconcerned, as the gallant roosters worked to release the trapped bird.
Mr. Billy Birch’s benefit in Now City on April 10 raised about $4,000 as bids on stage sketches and paintings climbed. Auctioneer Billy Connor led sales of pieces by Crane, McKay, Thomas, Graham, Sharon, and others, with notable bids from Thatcher Primrose & West and theater patrons in the top gallery.
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