The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-01-12
News Summary


CAL, miners struck last week for an
eight hour day.
Secretary Wilson says the Pure Food
laws will be strictly enforced and that
violators need expect no favors.
The report OF the Board Of Army En-
zineers on the l4-foot water way plan
between Chicago and st. Louis is de.
clared to be unfavorable to the project.
William Harvey. a negro. was hang
ed at Mayersville. Miss. last week be-
cause poor telephone service delayed
the Communication OF his sentence until
three minutes after the sheriff had
hung him.
A report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission holds the railroads re-
sponsible for the recent car shortage
and coal famine iu the Northwest. de-
claring that the coal traffic was neg.
lected for better paying freight.
A resolution has been adopted in the
Nebraska Legislature by a vote Of SO to
2s which provides that "if any lobbyist
shows on the floor Of the House while
this body is in session, the sergeant-at-
arms is instructed to ejact him, for
chilly il necessary.
Three persons are dead as the result
of ptomaine poisoning from eating
canned beans on camping trip. They
are X. Henry Carter. a resident OF On
tario. Cal, his daughter, Mabel Garter,
and Charles Abbott. They ate the
beans at luncheon, soon became sick,
but were able to return home.
''Of late / never start on a railroad
journey without wondering how it will
end-whether it will not be my last.
The enormous increase in the volume
Of trnfic has caused it to become COM
mon practice on many roads to allow
three trains on block at the same time.
Practically they run on sight" This
startling statement was made by Presi-
dent James ]. Hill of the Great North
ern Railroad to a high official Of the
Government. who talked with him last
week in New York ON the present
aspects Of the transportation problem.
Declaring that he had heard that i'm.
proper methods were used to obtain the
selection of Arthur Hill. Saginaw
millionaire as United States Senator,
Governor Warner of Michigan asked
that an investigation Of the rumors be
made before Mr.. Hill was given the
caucus nomination. The Republican
Senatorial caucus has been postponed
for one week to investigate the matter.
much to the discontinue of T. w. At
wood, State Railroad Commissioner and
heretofore invincible political boss of
the Republican party in Michigan. who
wss about to place the Senatorial toga
on the shoulders of Arthur Hill. No
more sensational political incident has
occurred in Michigan in many years.
A great battle for reform has been
opened ia the West. four Governors in
messages to the Legislatures urging the
enactment of radical laws to crush
trusts, graft and abuses of power and
to make the people at the polls supreme.
Governor Folk of Missouri advocates
legislation almost revolutionary in
character and demands reforms which
il adopted would overturn the Missour
code Governor Warner of Michigan
demands regulation of lobbyists.
measures to end stock jobbing, and
railway control. The people of Ne
braska have awakened and are deter
mined to govern themselves, says
Governor Sheldon in his message. in
which he urges many reforms. Anti
trust legislation and control OF banks
and insurance companies are urged by
Governor Mcdonald of Colorado in his
message to the Legislature.