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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
RAILROAD EARNINGS
ARE ENORMOUS

The gross earnings of the railroads of
the United States for the year ended
June 80, 1906. amounted to ss.Sl9' 76o.'
o3o. OF this sum. s6iS.555. 1881 repre-
sented passenger earnings. .64O,s42.'
$50 freight and $50. .261 1884 miscellane-
ous earnings. The operating expenses
were 81 ,532, 1853. 1853. Charges for bet
terments. ETC., amounted to s59o,3S6.-
554. while dividends aggregated S2ss.
406 sos The total surplus aggregated
sloO. .42s. .707. The roads paid s6S'9OS'-
ass in taxes, which is equivalent 10
about 1918 per mile OF road operated
The amount invested in the roads is
approximately $4,000 per mile. Dur
ing the year the companies derived sio'-
643 per mile as gross earnings. spent
ssess per mile aud received net IN
come of $3.50 per mile. Other income
brought the total per mile up to s4iS2.
The aggregate Of surplus and dividends
shows q profit of $500 per mile on an
investment OF $4,000.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Nevada State News

A. ]. Newman, who works at the
Capitol in Carson, is i'll with Others in
his family from the effects of ptomaine
poisoning. The physicians say that
canned beef the Newman family ate
was tainted.
Preston and Smith. the l. w. W.
murderers of Goldfield. have been taken
to Carson to begin serving their SEN
tences in the peDitentiaxy. Preston has
25 years OF confinement before him and
Smith has 10. Their terms will be
shortened by the credits earned by good
behavior.
Judge Brissell of Tonopah dismissed
the case Of the State VS.. w. X. Wise.
an assayer, charged with stealing 10
sacks of ore from the Mohawk mine.
He held that not enough evidence had
been produced to prove that the ore was
stolen. The Mohawk Company i'm
mediately began a replevin suit for the
recovery of the ore. The ore was found
in Wise's cellar.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
President Roosevelt's $ Speech

gagged in Interstate Commerce. and.
while doing them justice, exact from
them in return full justice to others.
Ample, safe and rapid transportation
facilities are even more necessary than
cheap transportation.
Ii is plainly inadvisabls for the Gov.
ernment to undertake to direct the
physi, al operation OF the always save
in wholly exceptional cases; and the
supervision and control it exercises
shoull be both entirely adequate to Sc.
cure its ends. and yet no more harassng
than Is necessary to secure these ends.
The most effective way to lessen the
demands for unreasonable legislation is
for the railroads. acting individually
and collectively. to remedy as many
as possible of the abuses and shortcom.
ings for which there really are remedies
and for which remedial laws are de-
manded by the shipping public.
The success of our whole system of
Government depends upon our discrimi-
mating between men, not with reference
to whether they are rich or poor,
whether they follow one occupation or
another, but with reference solely TO
whether they act as honest and upright
citizens should act.
Let the local attorneys Of the big
roads keep out of politics.
Let the railroad man remember that
to purchase immunity in wrong doing
or to defeat b!ackmail by bribery is the
worst and most short-sighted of policies
The man who is on occasion a cor.
ruptionist. is apt. when the gust of
popular feeling blows hard against the
corporations he has corruptedly served,
to be the loudest, most reckless, and
most violent among those who denounce
them. Hunt such man out of publ C
life. Hunt him ont as remorselessly if
he is blackmailer as IL he stands cor.
ruptly for special privilege.
Let the man Of great wealth remem.
Der thot, while using and enjoying it,,
he must nevertheless feel that he is in
senss a trustee, and that consistent
misuse, whether in acquiring or spend
ing his wealth. is ominous of evil to
himself. TO others who have wealth,
and to the Nation as whole,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
NEVADES GOLD PRODUCTION
Director of the Mint George E.
Roberts Issues An Advance
Statement for 1907

Director of the Mint George +.
Roberts, in an interview last week ac-
corded to a representative of the Journal
Of Finance, stated that he considered
Nevada likely to show greater increases
in gold production the next few years
than any other region of the world.
He figures the Nevada production this
year will amount to $i5.000.000 or at
least one-half again more than last year.
sour report on the production of gold
for the United States in 1906. which is
now being compiled. he said. but
will not be out for six months, will
show O production for Nevada of ap-
proximately sl0.000.0O0 as against
$3.50. 100 the previous year.
"But last years figures do not do
justice to present production, which is
at a rate at least one-half greater. feel
confident that Nevada in 1907 will pro-
duce at least $l5. .OOO. 900 gold, and will
rank close to Alaska, Colorado and Cali
fornia in gold output.
1.-The geld mining industry of Me-
vada, as it exists to-day, at places like
Goldfeld. Tonopah and Rbyolite. is
only in its infancy. There is evidently
almost limitless amount Of gold under
the desert floor of this State.
THE gold production Of the United
States in 1906 was about SOC. 200. 900 as
against $SS. 1S0. 700 in 1905. I believe
that in 1907, thanks chiefly to the in
crease in Nevada, the production will
be above $lOO.0OO.0OO Such gains in
gold production are the financial saliva
tion of this country. Had it not been
for the enormous increase in our gold
supply. enabling a large safe expansion
of credits, we would have had serious
business reaction long ago."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
ATTEMPTS MURDER AT RENO
Ely Blacksmith Grows Desperate AZ
ter Making Gambling Loss

Reno, Nevada, May SOW. o. Fitch,
a blacksmith Of Ely. last night walked
to the Palace lunch counter. after losing
all of his money over the tables Of the
Palace gambling house, and demanded
that meal be given him. On being re-
fused by Roy Mitchell and George
Sherman. proprietors Of the Palace
lunch counter. he drew q gun and shot
both men. The first bullet struck Sher-
man in the forehead and tore deep
wound across his head just above his
eyes. The second bullet struck Mitchell
in the left cheek and came out under
his right ear. Although both men are
painfully wounded, they are not in q
serious condition.
Fitch was preparing to shoot third
time when he was struck in the fore
head with gun by e. p. Mayhem, a
gambler. He was quickly arrested and
rushed to the city prison. A crowd Of
gamblers followed him to the Jail and
endeavored to lynch him. but without
success. The Palace gambling house
was crowded when the shooting took
place.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Indian Prisoner Released

David Brown, the Walker river reser.
vation Indian about whom there has
been so much talk relative 10 the taking
away Of prison credits without due
course Of law. has been released from
State Prison. IL will be remem bered
that the State Board Cf Prison Com
missioners on Wednesday of last week
passed resolution TO the effect that
Brown was yet entitled to his credits
aud that he had never lost them
further that he should be released at
once. His release then followed that
action OF the board. Brown was con-
victed Of killing his grandfather, ston-
ing him to death at their home near
Schurz. the crime being committed
while the Indian was angry with his
grandfather. He was sentenced to serve
a term Of three years for the crime on
July 6. 1904 Under the Federal statutes
a prisoner serving three years term is
entitled to commutation amounting to
s4 days the year for good behavior. so
that Browns S term would have expired
on October 81 of last year by this law.
Former Warden Considine says that the
then prison board deprived the man OF
his credits. hence his being kept.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
HENNEssY GRANTED NEW TRIAL
Noted Nye County Murder Case Will
Be Tried Again

| The Supreme Court on Wednesday
handed down an opinion reversing the
decision of the District Court and re-
manding the case Of John Hennessy of
Nye County back to the lower court for
a new trial. The case is one of the noted
ones Of the State and has attracted con-
siderable attention.
Hennessy was convicted of man
slaughter for the killing of Frank
Ganahl at Clifford, a small mining camp
near Tonopah, on January 81, 1906 In
the trial he acknowledged the killing.
but pleaded that he committed the deed
in self-defense aud to save the life Of
his companion, Max Eiftman. That
plea and the evidence introduced to
support it no doubt saved him from a
long prison term.
1t appears that the trouble was the
result of organizing Miners Union at
Clifford. An association was formed at
the camp with George Cole as president
and the men demanded and received s.
day for work. On the morning of the
tragedy Cole, who is well known in this
city. and who was chief clerk of the
Assembly at the last session; Ganahl
and a man named Fancher. went to the
Elftman lease to ascertain if an Italian
named Antoine Bosse. employed there,
was receiving the scale. A quarrel en-
sued. which resulted in fight. during
which Hennessy. who was with Eft
man, fatally shot Ganahl and slightly
wounded Cole.
The stories told by the witnesses to
the tragedy varied considerably in the
details. Hennessy was found guilty Of
manslaughter end sentenced to serve a
term of five years and nine months, but
he appealed the case on the grounds
that the Court erred in giving certain
instructions and in refusing to give in
structions, aud the Supreme Court has
now reversed the decision and remanded
the case for new trial granted on that
ground. Justice Norcross wrote the
opinion aud both the other jurists con-
Cured in it.-Oarson News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Plaster Company for Reno

Reno. Nevada, June 1.-The Nevada
Commercial League has presented to
the Marbleite Plaster Company of San
Francisco valuable piece of land in
the manufacturing district Of the city.
The Marbleire Company has, in return
for this piece of land, agreed to erect a
large plaster mill. which will employ
scores of men. The mill will manu-
facture all kinds of plaster and the plant
when completed will cost more than
100000. The material for the manu-.
facture Of the plaster will be mined at
Mound House, Lovelock, aud also at a
point several miles north of Reno
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Hart's Seconds Throw Up Sponge

Tonopah, Nevada, May 3l.-Atter
hard fight, the ST conds Of Marvin Hart
threw up the sponge in the twenty-firs'
round and Mike Schreck was declared
the winner. Hart broke his right wrisl
in his fight with Gardner. and three
days ago, it is claimed. he broke Il
again while training. The member
went back on him after the sixth round
Yesterday, bot he fought like demon
until in sheer mercy his seconds threw
up the sponge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Finds Defaulter at Goldfield

Goldfield, Nevada. May 30.-Deputy
United States Marshal Stern has arrived
here from Hot Springs, Arkansas, and
identified j. d. Ball, who has been un.
der arrest for several weeks, as Wesley
Parker, q defaulting cashier wanted In
Hot Springs for the embezzlement OF
5000 from the First National Bank.
Parker will be taken to Hot Springs
Immediately to stand trial.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08

One OF the most important, IL not the
most important address made in the
.,;,a career of Theodore Roosevelt,
as that delivered at indianapolis on
u,v 30 as his contribution to Memorial
Day literature.
Things that have been vaguely hinted
AZ as the Government policy towards
r.ilraads in general. the President has
hoalv declared, and from beginning to
and he leaves no possible loop hole for
ouess work as to the relative positions
~ Washington authority and the great
traffic corporations of the country.
The President in the beginning Of his
address, referred eloquently to the
antagonists of the Civil War. and Of
Iiueoln,s magnanimity. courage,
s,ronoth and devotion to his country s
cause, thus providing for himself an
onaoing for the almost sensational
statements which were to follow.
He compared the fight of to-day to
ba between great corporate interests
and the common people. and inferred
that he would be the Abraham Lincoln
Of the struggle.
.,Tbere can be no halt" said he. lin
the course we have deliberately elected
10 pursue, the policy Of asserting the
right Of the Nation, so far as it has
mower. to supervise and control the
business use of wealth. especially IN
corporate form. To-day l wish to say
n word TO you about the first and most
important feature Of this task, the con.
troll of the common carriers doing an
Interstate business, a control absolute
" vested in the Nation. which in so far
as the common carriers also transport
the mails it is in my opinion probable
that whether their business is or is not
Interstate it is to the same extent sub
iect to Federal control. under that
clause of the Constitution granting to
the National Government power to
establish post roads and therefore by
necessary implication power to take all
action necessary in order to keep them
at the highest point Of efficiency"
In the latter portion of the last para
graph is the dominant note Of his entire
speech-Absolnte Federal control OF
railroads whether they be State or Ia.
terstate. Ia this he is but following
out the policy advocated by William
Jennings Bryan several years ago. who
foresaw that the only remedy for resist
ing the encroachment Of the predatory
rich was by practically taking from
their control the vast systems that they
bad gained control of by stock manipu-
laiion or otherwise.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08

Our great problem is 10 preserve the
rights of property; and these can only
be preserved If we remember that they
are in less jeopardy from the Socialist
and the Anarchist than from the peda'
tory man OF wealth.
There can be no swerving from the
policy have suggested In messages for
future legis alton. We best serve the
interests OF the honest railway men
when we announce that we will follow
out this course.
There must be vested in the Federal
Government full power Of supervision
and control over the railways doing
Interstate business; power in many
respects analogous to and as complete
as that the Government exercises over
National Banks.
1t must possess the power to exercise
supervision over the future issuance OF
stocks and bonds. either through a
national Incorporation (which | would
rrefer). or in some similar fashion,
such supervision to include the frank
publicity of everything which would-be
investors aud the public at large have a
right to know.
1t SHOULD be declared contrary to public
policy henceforth to allow railroads 10
devote their capital to anything but the
I.,. oarf.if1u MT
the hazards of speculation.
The law should be so amended that
railroads may be permitted and en-
couraged to make traffic agre ements
when these are in the interest Of the
general public as well as the railroads
making them.
Wherever evil doers can be found.
they shall be brought to justice; and no
criminal. high or low, whom We can
reach will receive immunity.
We favor the railway manager who
keeps In close touch with the people
along his line rather than in close touch
with the speculative market.
Census reports tend to show that as
whole the railroad property OF the
country Is worth as much as the secu-
rifles representing il aud that. in the
consensus Of opinion of investors. the
total value Of stock and bonds is great
or than their total face value, notwith-
standing the ''water" that has been in
]ected in particular places.
Our commendation is due those own
ers and managers-representi be-
heve, the large majori,y-who have
year after year worked faithfully.
patiently and honestly in building up
our great system Of railways.
overcapitalization often means an
innation that invites business panic.
IL damages the small investor. discour-
ages thrift and puts a premium on
gambling and business trickery.
Most certainly there will be no re-
taxation by the Government authorities
in the effort to get at any great railroad
"recker-any man who by clever
s~indhng devices robs investors. op-
presses wage earners. and does injustice
70 the general public.
ask for full power to be given to the
Federal Government because no single
e'a'e can by legislation effectually cope
win these powerful corporations en-
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Memorial Day in Kansas

Topeka, Kansas. May 3o.-All out
door sports, held either in connection
with Decoration Day celebrations. OF
otherwise. were ordered prohibited IL
Kansas to-day as the result of the new
State law passed by the last Legislature,
which places ban on all games upon
this particular day.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Mine superintendent Electrocuted

Salt Lake City, May 3l.-A telephone
message from Mammoth. Tintic County.
says that VIM. Ball. superintendent of
the Lower Mammoth mine was instantly
killed by Placing his hand on an exposed
electric wire carrying a powerful cur
rent, while showing some visitors
through the mine. Ball. who is very
corpulent. was taken on top at once and
a physician summoned. but life was ex-
tinct. He leaves wife and two children
and was about 40 years OF age.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08

Always keep bottle Of l. w. HAIR
PER whiskey in sight. Good to look
at and good to taste; and what's more 2
benefit to your health. Sold by The
Eureka Cash Store and the Ruby Hill
Mercantile Company.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08

About so men are at work on the
Western Pacific tunnels at Tonka. near
Elko. Two tunnels will lie constructed.
each about 1900 feet in length.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08

st. Louis. June 1.--Consumers are re-
quired to pay advances to-day ranging 9
from 2 to G cents pound for beef as a
result of the contest between the pack
ers and the livestock dealers, on ac-
count Of the refusal of the packers to
pay for cows and heifers until the
Government inspection that follows
killing. The advance to the consumer
to-day followed the raise Of cent a
pound! on beef carcasses by the packers
yesterday.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Hartman Keeps Mum

New York. May 81 Hartman says
mot now," in reply to the question.
"Auything to say in answer to the
Presidents Memorial Day speech p
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
Diamond RHbekah Lodge No. 8, I0.0.P.

Meets the Second and Fourth Monday OF
each month at the F. & A. Nj. and l. o. o. F,
Hall at 7:3O o'clock from April to September
80, 1906. All sojourning Sisters and Brothers
are cordially invited to visit.
OLIvErrE GREEN, N. G.
KATE SwIcK, Secretary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08
PACKERS TO PURCHASE DIRECT
New Turn In Struggle With Com
mission Dealers

Omaha. Neb., June 1.-The fight be-
tween the packers and the stock COM
mission men over the purchase of "beef
stuff" subject to post-mortem examina-
ton, took a new turn to-day when
Armour & Company purchased 800 cows
direct from the cattle raisers, subject to
the new rule Of the packers governing
this class Of livestock Commission men
at all stock yards are advising shippers
to refrain from shipping their stock un-
til the new order is rescinded. This is
the break in the cattle.growers' line
that the packing houses have been
waiting for. Armour representatives
said "beef stuff" was purchased at
normal figures" but refused to state
the actual price.
Commission dealers upon the Live
stock Exchange were wrought up over
the direct purchase by the packers from
the shippers instead of having the sale
pass through their hands.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-06-08

Mining location blanks for sale at the
SENTINEL Office.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-22
WOULD SUPPRESS
SCHOOL CAROLS
SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK ARE
PROHIBITED FROM ANY MEN
TON OF CHRISTMAS BECAUSE
OF SECTARIANISM.

NEW YORK, Nov. ga pub
lished account has it that the board
of education has ordered that no
hymn book or carol in any way men
tioning Christ or Christmas shall be
sung henCeforth in the public schools
of New York. The order is contain
ed in instructions given by Frank R.
Rix, general musical director, to all
the teachers under him, that pupils
must not be permitted to sing songs
containing any words or phrases &C
religious significance. Not
only this, but it is learned that the
song books in use in the schools are
now in the hands of printers for re-
vision, so that they may be free
from all sectarian reference, even
the words Christ" and christmas. "
The boards action is the result of
agitation year ago by Jews, depu-
tations of whom appeared before the
board and complained that the Chris
mas festival, as celebrated in the
schools, was essentially sectarian.
No action was taken at the time, but
the matter was referred to the COM
mittee on elementary schools, the
chairman of which is Abraham Stern.
That committee reported favorably
in favor of eliminating all. sectarian
reference from the song books and
the board of superintendent adopted
the report
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-22
Why So Weak?
Kidney Troubles May Be Sapping
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