The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-12-04

Ike Ostreicher, a former well known
hotel man at EIko, is reported to have
died at Yerington last Sunday.
III. A. Scarf, q car repairer at Sparks,
had his legs badly crushed when q yard
crew backed down and bumped a car
under which be was working.
Beri Kingsberry, a Reno gambler, is
in a hospital in critical condition as tue
result of q bullet fred by holdups. K j.
Franklin and Thomas Hayes are held as
suspects.
According to q telegram from Denver,
the Western Pacific railroad will not
operate dining cars during the first year
of its passenger service, but will operate
eating houses instead.
The mines Of Esmeralda County pro-
duced 81, PAL ,019.54 in gold and silver
bullion for the third quarter OF this year.
The county tax collected on the net pro-
ceeds amounted to $2s, 1871. SO.
s. F. Hunt, w. s. Larsh snd Ed OPP
dyke have purchased the interest OF their
partner, Walter A. Perkins in several
groups Of mining claims at Hamilton
which they have been developing for the
past year.
The big Huntington mill at Rawhide
owned by the National Ore Purchasing
Company, which cost $3.50. 600 and proved
a failure for some unaccountable reason,
was attached Wednesday by the many
creditors OF the company.
District Attorney-Elec Charles M.
Fickert Of San Francisco has announced
the appointment Of Fred l.. Berry oil
Tonopah as his chief deputy. 1t has
been known for some time that the APP
pointment would be made.
Secretary Ballinger Of the Interior De-
partment has deferred the payment for
water in the reclamation districts in Ne
vada from December ! to April 1. This
ruling applies direct to the forthcoming
irrigation season only, and does not COM
NIT the department to any permanent
policy in that direction.
According to a recent issue OF the Ely
News, Stout and Miller Of Reno have
taken over the Ely Expositor, owned By
Governor Dickerson, and will in the
future control the paper. Fred Somers
former manager Of the Arlington Hote
at Carson during the lease Of Stout and
| McMillen, is now heralded as the mana
ger Of the Expositor.
DIR. George B. Simpson was fount
guilty last Thursday night at Ely b,
Police Magistrate Allen @. Bragg and wa
fined $50, with the alternative of serving
a Jail sentence OF 80 days. DIR. Simpson
was alleged to haye assaulted Mrs. j. J
Lund of East Ely, who had gone to hi
store to make a purchase, and who wa
ordered from the store by the proprietor
Walter Grant, the Goldfeld counter
feiter who escaped from the Reno jai
and was later captured at Grass Valley
California, and Peter White. his com
panion in crime. Saturday afternoon ap
peared before Judge Harrington. in tn
Federal Court at Carson, and pleadet
guilty to the crime OF counterfeitine
They were to be sentenced Thursda
morning.
Mrs. w. w. Wheeler, a clsirvoyani
who was convicted recently at Denver
Colorado. of obtaining money unde
false pretenses by telling patrons the
would make a fortune by investing i
South Dakota and Nevada gold mines, hs
been sentenced to six years in the peni
Tertiary. Mrs. Wheeler's husband is
business man OF Denver and a brother
in-law OF a former State Senator.
The Veteran boarding house, a hug
frame structure built for the accommoda
tion OF the men at the Veteran min
near Ely, was completely destroyed b
FIRE Saturday night. The fire was dis
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great rapidity, the entire building bein
reduced to ashes. The origin Of the fir
is a mystery as the building was boarde
up and abandoned shortly after the strik
at the Veteran last Summer. 1t wal tn
property of the Cumberland Ely Cope
Company.
Mrs. Ruth Cudahy, wife Of Thoms
Cudahy. who 10 q son Of one of tn
wealthy Kansas City packers. has al
rived in Reno and registered at til
Riverside hotel. She has retained
local attorney and stated that she ha
come there for the purpose Of securing
divorce. She refused to state the ground
OF her action. Mrs. Cudahy will begi
her legal residence there within the mex
few days preparatory to the fling of he
complaint against the millionaire packer
Louie Sing, a number OF other China
J men and some Italians have been al
rested in Yerington OF late on a charge {
smuggling opium into Nevada aud dis
posing of it to Piute Indians. and as a re
suit several of them are now facing term
in the Federal prison. The United State
deputy Marshal who led this raid OIL
opium vendors states that he now be
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