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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
a in Chinatown.

Ling Sin, a Chinese woman. was
seized with hemorrhage of the lungs at
a gambling table in Chinatown about
2 o'clock Sunday morning, and died in
a short time. "Mary" had lived in Eu.
reka for 80 years and had become q pro.
fessional gambler in = the Chinese
quarter. For the past ten years her
health had been failing, and she wa
evidently a victim of consumption.
She was a native of China, and about
So years Of age. Her estate, mostly in
cash. is estimated at $1,000. She has
two sisters living in Eureka. The funeral
took place on Wednesday, and the
usual Chinese customs were observed.
At the grave all her clothes and bedding
were burned, and a bountiful supply OF
chicken, rice. pork, etc., was left at
the rave. A large number of Eureka
people went out to the Chinese ceme-
terry to witness the Oriental funeral rites.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
A Taxpayers n

EDITOR SENTINEL-It is proverbial
that an ordinary wagon has no use for
a fifth wheel, nor can it with reason
be said that a yellow dog is distressed
to death for want of three caudal APP
pendages instead of one and yet as
you are aware a petition is being cir
culated for the past few days in the
town Of Eureka with the object of in.
fluencing the Legislature to allow the
town of Eureka a night Waterman and
Deputy Sheriff at a snug salary.
But if the ''yaller" dog can pick his
bone with reasonable ease without the
third tail, or the proverbial wagon can
get along nicely without the fifth
wheel, what, in the name of all that is
absurd and ridiculous in nature, poll
tics, science and art. does the town of
Eureka under present circumstances
want of a night Waterman for? And,
as for a Deputy Sherif-well. never
mind; we can hardly blame a man for
an extra effort or two to pay, at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers, a prediction
debt. or a prediction political contract
or agreement-if the taxpayers are fools
enough to be hoodwinked.
Kill the bill Kill the bill 1! Kill
the bill .!
TAXPAYER.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
.Ioe Minoletti,s WAGONS Unset.

Joseph Minoletti, Seraphine LAM and
h. j. Reid left Eureka Monday morn
ing with the two back-action wagons
belonging to Mr.. Minoletti's team.
which were loaded with the lumber and
belongings of Mr.. Reid's blacksmith
shop. The load was drawn by IA horses
and bound for Tonopah. All went well
until A or 8 miles northwest of Eureka
where soft roads were encountered,
and just near the mouth of Austin can
yon both wagons upset. Nothing.
fortunately, was broken and sometime
during the afternoon the wagons were
reloaded and the journey resumed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
DEATH OF JOHN B. MCGEE.
He Was the Expert Shelter Who
Made the Richmond Famous.

The news of the death of John B.
MCGEE at Gold Hill, Oregon, on Dec. 81,
1904, has reached Eureka through Good
wins Weekly of Salt Lake.
Mr.. MCGEE was born in Missouri, and
at the age of 80 he was a merchant in
st. Louis. In I849 he went to Califor-
uia and settled in Plumas County.
where he engaged in mining. From
Plumas he served a term or two in the
California Legislature.
He became an expert in the mining
field. but his first very great success was
in reducing the ores of the great Rich
mond mine in Eureka. New. He started
the small furnace on the property then
rs the mine went into a bonanza and
more reduction works were needed. he
insisted that the small furnaces gener-
lily in use were not economical; that
there was a vast waste in labor and heat,
and got permission to erect a great fur
mace. Under him the mine paid 81, 600
900, annually in dividends while he
remained. From Eureka he went to
Typo. opened another great smelling
property and made a fortune. This was
mostly lost in a gold mine in Oregon.
He went to New Mexico and made a
great success of a smelling mine that
all others had failed to work. He drift
ed back to Nevada and thence to Ore.
gon.
For three years past he had been seek
ing a patent for a furnace for ore re-
duction, which he was sure would revo.
l~utionize ore reduction. When seized
by his fatal illness, he besought his ply
stefan to p%rolong his life but another
month that he might complete some
work he had in hand. The patent for
his furnace has been issued since his
death. He had outlived all his relatives
save his wife, who was with him when
he died.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04

Eureka County Deputy Sheriff Bill.
The SENTINEL received in Fridays
mail a copy of the Eureka County Dep
uty Sheriff bill, introduced in the AS
sembly Thursday forenoon by Mr..
Brossemer. 1t is as follows:
An Act Authorizing the Appointment
of Deputy Sheriffs in Eureka County.
and Fixing Their Compensation.
Section 1. The Sheriff of Eureka
County is hereby authorized to appoint
a Deputy, who shall also act as night
Waterman of the Court House and Jail
of said county. The compensation Of
said Deputy shall be $50 per month,
payable in the same manner and out of
the same fund as the salary Of the
Sheriff of said county is paid.
Sec. 2. The Sheriff of said county is
further authorized to appoint Deputies
when necessary, for special service out
side of the town of Eureka, and such
Deputies shall receive for services actu-
ally rendered, the fees allowed for such
services by the general law Of this
State. All claims of such Deputies for
services rendered in criminal cases shall
be audited and allowed in the same
manner as other claims against the
county.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
new DEPUTY
SHERIFF AGITATION.
Bill Providing for a Another
County Officer.
Taxpayer" Arises to the Question,
What Does Eureka Want
Night Waterman For

A movement is on foot which has for
its object another salaried officer for
Eureka County, and it is probable q
bill has already been introduced in the
Nevada Legislature providing for a
Deputy Sheriff, although no copies of
such a bill have yet been received.
A telegram was sent to Eureka
Wednesday morning from q member Of
the Eureka delegation asking il the
people want a Deputy Sheriff at 800 q
month.
This was the first intimation the pub
lie had Of the proposed measure. and 1t
became the subject of both favorable
and u~nfavorable discussion on the
street. Wednesdays mail carried
letters to Carson, and 1t is understood
they were for and against the passage
of any such bill.
On Thursday a petition was cir
culated in town providing for a night
Waterman and Deputy Sheriff for the
town of Eureka at $50 a month. and
quite q number Of signatures have been
secured. The petition is as follows:
EUREKA, New, March 2, 1905.
To Hon. Robt. Raftice. State Senator from
Eureka County, Nevada.
We. the undersigned citizens Of the
town Of Eureka, Eureka County, Ne
vada. respectfully petition you to use
your influence to ecu by all fair and
lawful means the passage of an Act to
provide for the appointment of a Night
Waterman and Deputy Sheriff for the
above named town. at the salary Of $50
per month, to be appointed by the
Sheriff of the county aforesaid.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
Three Arrests for Selling
Whisky to Indians.
Sheriff Sweeney Swears Out Warrants
at Carson and Deputy Marshal
Comes to Eureka.

The arrival of I. j. Stern, Deputy
United States Marshal, from Carson on
Wednesday gave rise toa rumor that
Sheriff w. II. Sweeney had transacted
a little business with the United States
officers at Carson City since leaving Eu.
reka last week, that would make it very
interesting for the people in Eureka who
sell whisky to the Indians. This proved
to be correct.
Early in the afternoon Marshal Stern
and Deputy Sheriff Lee Tippe took Peter
BETH, a North Main street grocer, into
custody and lodged him in Jail.
A few hours later Sisto Marciochi was
behind the bars, and a third prisoner
was Mrs. George Bennett.
These arrests were made on warrants
sworn out before L. J. Edwards, United
States Court Commissioner. at Carson
by Sheriff Sweeney of Eureka County.
who charged the accused with selling
whisky to Indians. The specific charge
against each one of the prisoners was as
follows:
Peter BETH, for selling whisky to In
dian Joe on Feb. IA.
Sisto Marciochi, for selling whisky to
George Dixon, an Indian, on Feb. II.
Mrs. George Bennett, for selling
whisky to George Dixon, an Indian, Oh
Feb. 81.
Deputy Marshal Stern took his prison.
ers to Elko on Thursday, where they
will appear for examination before Uni.
ted States Court COMMISSIONS w. W.
Booher.
l.. N. Des Marias accompanied Dep
uty Marshal Stern to Elko, where he
will be a witness for the Government.
Indian Joe, George Dixon, an Indian.
and Judy. an Indian squaw, were also
taken to Elko as witnesses against the
prisoners.
Betti, it will be remembered, was
arrested last year for selling whisky to
indians, but was released from custody
on the claim that the United States
officers refused to act.
The general opinion among the people
is one of commentator for Sheriff
Sweeney for the move he has taken to
break up the liquor traffic with the
Indians. There are several other peo.
Pile in Eureka suspicioned of violating
the law in this respect, and it is hoped
the crusade will continue until all the
guilty ones are brought to justice.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
THE LAW OBTAINS DIR. SMITH.
Stopped at Palisade for Purloining
Go0ds-C0mpromise Effected.

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G0ods-Compromise Effected.
DR.. d. W. Smith, who with his wife
and child departed for Kansas last
Saturday, was arrested on his arrival at
Palisade upon a warrant sworn out by
Phil Paroni for purloining household
goods.
When DIR. Smith came to Eureka a
short time ago he rented q furnished
house On Spring street from Mr.. Paroni.
and he was 80 in arrears for rem when
be went away. After his departure
Mr.. Paroni took an invoice Of his fur
nishings and discovered a number of
articles were missing. He swore out o
search warrant, and Deputy Sheriff
Hawkins was notified By telegraph to
detain DIR. Smith upon the arrival of
the Eureka train and search for the
missing articles.
A telegram from Palisade informed
Mr.. Paroni that his goods had been
found and that DR.. Smith was under
arrest.
The information was also sent that
Mrs. Smith acknowledged taking the
goods, and that her husband was inno-
cent of the charge against him. DIR.
Smith was willing to return the goods
and pay all costs, as well as his back
rent. if Mr.. Paroni would settle.
Mr.. Paroni agreed to this, and upon
DIR. Smith paying Deputy Sheriff Haw-
kins the sum of s75 and delivering up
the goods, he was released from Gus
tody and allowed to depart.
The trunk and missing articles were
returned to Mr.. Paroni the first Of the
week.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Re-Bonds Cortez Property.

H. H. Hunter, a mining promoter rep.
resenting Eastern capitalists, spent
several days in Eureka this week at.
tending to a mining transaction which
involves the Irwin group of mines near
Cortez. Eureka County. Charles Allen
recently leased and bonded this group
from the owners. Duncan Falconer and
Frank Quinn, and he has now re-
bonded the property at an advanced
figure to Mr.. Hunter. The latter de-
parted for the East Thursday to con.
suit with his associates.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Having a Hard Trip.

Word was received in Eureka Thurs
day that E. w. fremont and Ed
Looney, who left Eureka for Kawich
on Feb. 90, were having a bad time on
their trip on account of sickness and
having too much of a load for their
two horses. Both of them have been
sick. They were still at Willow Creek.
3S miles from Eureka Wednesday night
but expected to resume their journey
Thursday.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Mines Near Austin Sold.

w. II. Edwards has made the pay
ment on the Toiyabe group of mines.
which were bonded several months ago
to Mr.. Edwards and other Salt Lake
capitalists. The property is situated
near Austin, Lander County. and has
given good returns in gold and silver.
A recent assay gave 1880 ounces in sill
yer and ga in gold. The new owners
will soon begin work. and there are
several indications Of renewed activity
in and around Austin.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Ed Green Injured,

Ed Green met with an accident at
his home on Ruby Hill Tuesday night.
About IL o'clock he went into the yard
to get some wood and in some manner
fell into his cellar. q distance of about
four feet. He was painfully bruised.
but was not seriously injured.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Death of James Jenkins.

James Jenkins. who was Familiarity
known to old timers as SCORPION"
died of dropsy on Feb. 10, 1905. at
Robinson, Utah. For many years he
lived on Ruby Hill. but left here about
20 years ago. He went to England for
awhile and upon his return located at
Robinson.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Fine Lots for Sale.

Any one wishing to buy property in
the new town of Sparks EAST Reno). or
in old Reno, can get some first-class
bargains by applying Immediately to
Mr.. G. w. Waits, Principal Of Eureka
School. fllml
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
A Self Explanatory Letter.
SENATE CHAMP

SENATE CHAMBER,
CARSON CITY, New, March 2, 1905.
Mr.. w. E. Griffin, Eureka, Nevada.
MY DEAR SIR-Your kind favor OF
the LIST inst. received, and in reply will
say that I am opposed to adding any
additional burden or expense to the
people of Eureka County without the
consent of the taxpayers. You car sc
state to the people. or publish this in
the SENTINEL if you wish.
Very respectfully,
RoBT. RAFTICE.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Illness of Mrs. j. BERGMAN.

Mrs. John Bergman, sister of Mrs.
A. Hawkins of Ruby Hill, is reported
very i'll in the hospital at Salt Lake.
She was for many years a resident of
Ruby Hill. but about 10 years ago went
to Eureka, Utah, where she has since
resided,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
METAL MARKET.

The latest metal quotations are as
follows:
Silver at New York 60 cents per ounce.
Lead at New York, s4.45; at Salt Lake
City, In ore, $3.50.
Casting Copper at Salt Lake City, 14a cents
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04

O. L. Garfield. who years ago was .
local editor on the SENTINEL, and after
wards n of the proprietors Of the Eu-
reka Leader. has resigned his position
of general agent at San Francisco Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad. 1t is said that Mr.. Garfield
has Nevada mining properties which
demand his attention. and that he will
in the future devote his time to his
mining interests.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Mineral Hill Mine Bonded.

Joseph Flynn has recently bonded to
California capitalists a silver mine
located at Mineral Hill in Eureka
County. The mine is looking very
favorable.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
File Your Bills.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners will be
held on Monday, All bills against the
county should be filed with the Coun ty
Clerk not later than Saturday. March 4.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04

The Southern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany this week laid off 1000 men in the
different shops on its system. The
reason given is that work in the shops
has slaekened.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
Our Foreign Money Order System Is Unsr


Deposits will be received in sui from ONE DOLLAR up and put at interest
on the first day of the following month. The rate of interest will be fixed by the
after this year, but for rH yea ~ per cent per annum interest is
guaranteed. A Bank Book is given EACH depostor.
Those desiring to have a HOME SAVINGS BANK in which to place their small
coins. and to which the Bank holds the key can obtain the same by application to
the Bank. When the contents of the little bank exceed 81, it can be brought to
the Bank. opened. deposit made and the san will bear interest according to the
rules and agreements.
Deposits sent us by NAH will receive PROMPT ATTENTION.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04
ORE SHIPMENTS OVER THE Z. & P.

The following Gre shipments have
been made over the Eureka g. Palisade
Railway for the week ending March 8,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04

A little friendliness is worth a whole
lot of financial assistance.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-03-04

THE EUREKA COUNTY BANK.
MAIN STREET, EUREKA, NEVADA
Paid up Capital $1OO,OOO.OO
Surplus S 5O,OOO.OO
OFFICERS
10 j. SMITH. 1890. 1900" HnnH"
J. H and BxRT L. NIT. VnB SIDE
v. T. GRIFFIN" OAsHHA
h r. snrAH Csm1
DIRECTORS
JH HoKaH JOB SPARK We GRIFFIN OSCAR I. SIXTH ERr L SMITH
|Transacts q general banking business. Mining ant other stocks bought o con
mission. Wnlbuy and sell exchange on every country int the world.
Our Foreign Money Order System Is Unsurpassed.
The funds being paid lin the money of the country where sent, and direct to the
recipient, who i saved the trouble and expense of collecting . draft,
and snders are protected against loss.
We also Issue Domestic Money Orders payable anywhere
at less than Money Orders by Mali or Express.
G~wxsa~- n-n~~4~4-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-31
Another. Cloudburst at Rhea Greek
South Of Heppner.
HEPPNER ESCAPES INJURY
Sheriff Started for the Scene as Soon
as News Was Resolved to Render
Assistsnee-ersat Damage Done to
Farms and Buildings in District.

Heppner. May 30.--Four lives were
lost in a cloudburst at Rhea Greek, IL
miles from here at o'clock this aftr-
noon. Mrs. J. R. Nunemaker. her
youngest child and two small children
OF A. r. Cox were the unfortunate ones
drowned by the torrent and several
other residents of 8 portion Of the
country also struck. also severely in
jured, although they escaped with their
lives.
Rhea Greek. which runs through the
heart Of the valley, over which the
torrent burst, does not run through
Heppner. but nearly parallels Willow
creek. the stream that was flooded -
the Heppner cloudburst two years ago,
but the town Of Heppner was left un-
touched by the cloudburst Of today.
Sheriff Stutt. as soon as the news Of
the disaster reached him. formed a
rescue party and started for the scene
of the disaster. The storm and cloud
burst is said to have done great dam.
age TO farms and farm buildings in
the valley
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-31
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.
New York Ministers Preparing for q
Gseat Revival.

New York Ministers Preparing for q
Gaeat Revival.
New York. May 3O.-The first Of the
great mass meetings planned by min
listers now working to inaugurate a
religious revival in this city has been
held in the Academy of Music.
The big theater was about two
thirds filled. Unique methods were
used to gather a crowd. A dozen au-
tomobiles, ten Of them furnished by
a woman deeply interested in the re-
vival movement. invaded the main
thoroughfares and streets in the vicin-
i,y Reinforced by music. speakers in
the audltoriums told of the meetings
and besought all to attend.
One group of three autmoblles car
ried brass band. The single cars
carried chauffeur, a speaker and a
musician, who played on a small or
gan fitted between the seats Meet
ings of similar character will con-
tinue through the summer.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-31
DIGGING suswAY.
Difficult Work ccmS!sssd for inter.
borough Railway.

~" ~eFH Gc"vssssd for inter
borough Railway.
New York, May 3O.--what was re-
sarded as one of the most difficult
tasks In the digging OF the subway has
been completed by the finishing Of
the loop at the Battery. with the
work Of excavation over and the walls
built. there remains only the laying
OF the tracks, when the interborougf,
company will be able to run its trains
to the southern end Of the line on
Manhattan island. Most Of the trains
now stop at Fulton street, where they
are switched back to the north tracks.
Construction OF the loop from which
an extension Of the system win pass
under the river to Brooklyn, was fire.
quently interrupted since 1t began in
1903 because of the flow Of sea water
into the excavations.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-31
Deposited Money in San Francisco
Bank and Went insane and
Forgot II.
VERY WlERD TALE REVEALED
Survivor Of Wreck of the Golden Gate
in the Early SOS Restored to Reason
Brings Suit TO Recover Money ps.
posted in San Francisco Bank.

Los Angeles. May 30.-rn suit filed
in the superior court today. is told a
weird story Of the scramble for for
tune In the early days Of California,
of the wreck of the ill-fated steamship
Golden Gate with her load OF treas
ure and human freight, OF an insane
mans wandertngs for almost half g
century and Of his final discovery that
a deposit which he made in San Fran
cisco before the civil war has now
growr from $500 to $4,000. 1t Is to
recover this money that the legal ac-
tion is begun and the case promises TO
be most interesting one. Aiexandes
Smith, aged IS, is the plalntiff and
the Savings and Loan Society Of San
Francisco is the defendant. 1t is prob
able that the case will be transferred
to the San Francisco courts.
Smith came to California in 1850 anu
Iamassed fortune Of $4,000 in the
mines near Nevada City. During a
visit to San Francisco he deposited
s25OO with the savings society and left
1t there. Three friends accompanied
him there. When he decided to return
to New York for year he took pas
sage on the steamship Golden Gale for
Panama, taking some $4,000 In gold
with him.
The Golden Gate started from San
Francisco loaded down with the wealth
of miners returning to their former
homes. 1t is supposed that she had
between 900 and 700 passengers and
she carried wealth to the amount Of |
ss,oOo,oOo. on the coast of Nicaragua |
the steamship caught fire. All the
gold went to the bottom OF the ocean
and only 40 Of the passengers were
saved.
Smith was among them. but when he
land he was insane. He final-
y reached New York and recovered
lis reason. but he had forgotten the
deposit in San Francisco. Some time
'go he met one Of the men who had
been with him when he made the de-
'osit and was reminded of it. Then
he memory Of it came back TO him.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-31
TUNNEL CAVES IN.
Twenty Eve Men Entoombsd, But u ts
Thought They Are ssiIi Alive.

twenty-five Men Enteombsd, But Il is
Thought They Ara ssiII Alive.
Mofitrose. Col. May so.--A caye-in
occurred today in the Gunison tunnel,
one Of the large irrigation projects OF
the United States government, en-
tombing about 25 men. II 10 not like
ly that any OF them are dead. unless
|caugh. and crushed by falling earth,
for air pipes are running into the tun-
mel and have been working almost
without interruption since the acct
dent happened. BY order OF the resi-
dent engineer Mr.. Mcconnell. all work
On the tunnel was suspended and the
entire force OF men and machinery has
been brought to the scene Of the cave
In 70 aid in rescuIng the entombed
men.
A shaft Is being sunk directly over
the spot where the men are buried
and the machinery Is in place to re-
move dirt and rock al fast as It can
be dug or blown out. The shaft must
penetrate Sc feet before the tunnel In
reached. and It Is not thought that
this distance can be covered short or
tomorrow morning. The cave-in oc-
Cured beneath the bed OF cedar creek
and was primarily due to the soften
ed earth caused by seepage from the
creek.