The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-08
News Summary

Negro leaders in New York City have
q project for q large department store
to provide employment for their race.
General John Carroll of Maryland,
with q great family tree but no money.
has forced his proud relatives to come
to his aid by applying for a job as
bailiff.
Postmaster General Cortelyou favors
increased pay for clerks and carriers,
and will make a strong effort before the
the next Congress to get more liberal
appropriations.
Figures ON the operation of the
Union Pacific Railway in the fiscal
year ended June 30 are issued and
show earnings of 14.2 per cent on the
common stock.
The value of farm products for 1906
is estimated by Secretary Wilson in his
annual report at sc, 794. O00. 600. an in
crease over 1905, the previous banner
year, Of $4S5, 900 900.
The New York Board of Education,
by an almost unanimous vote. has re-
jected the recommendation of the State
Superintendent to introduce simplifed
spelling in the schools.
The Federal Grand Jury at st. Louis
returned two indictments, with 70
counts. charging the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company with accepting rebates and
illegal rates on shipments.
The official canvass of Iowa State Of
fees shows that thousands of Republi-
cant cut Governor Cummins and voted
for the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor, leaving the remainder of the ticket
blank, and he runs 20, votes behind
the highest man on his party ticket.
st. Louis business men last week
made a strong appeal before the River
aud Harbor Engineers for a 14-foot
deep water way to connect Chicago and
st. Louis aud open up a channel from
the gulf to the lakes. which they claim
will pay for itself many times over in a
saving Of freight rates.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has recommended to President Roose-
welt that the public coal lands be with
drawn permanently from entry and
developed under Government control.
thereby breaking up the coal monopoly
and producing q revenue which. it is
estimated, would pay the expenses Of
the Government.
A movement to break up mammoth
private fortunes by lean of Federal
Inheritance and income taxes it is
stated will become a vital issue during
the approaching session Of Congress,
and is expected to provoke a bitter
struggle. Several members of Congress
will introduce bills ON the subject al
the coming session.
An announcement was made las
week that the operations of Is mines In
| the Bingham district, Utah, who em
| ployed 1000 men. would advance wage
in December. the amoun of the in
crease to be determined by a COMMITTEES
Of operators. The Newhouse Nine
and Smelter Company have alread,
granted their $50 employees an increas'
of 25 cents a day, to remain effective
while copper sells at IS cents or more.
Rev. DIR. Algernon s. Crapsey o.
Rochester, N. Y, who was convicted o
heresy, has renowned the ministry Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church ant
will dedicate the remainder Of his life
to a struggle to further the acceptance
Of his views. In his letter Of renuncia'
ton DR.. Crapsey reafirms his belief
that the "notion in regard to the origin
Of Jesus, that a son of man was borI
without q human father, is without
foundation in history" He also as
serted that "when I say Of Jesus tina
He assembled into heaven l do not NEAR
and cannot mean that, with His physi
cal body of flesh. blood and bones. HI
foated into space and has for 1000 year
been existing somewhere in the sky, il
that very physical body of flesh. blood
and bones. Such an existence woult
seem to me not glorious, but horrible.