The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-05-14
Nevada State News

Governor Dickerson has appointed
Charles Humphrey County Commits
sioner Of Nye County to ill the vacancy
caused by the the death Of his father. w.
@. Humphrey.
The County Commissioners of Hum
boldt County have appointed Bert L..
Hood Justice Of the Peace Of Lovelock.
to succeed W. X. Fits. the man who
committed suicide in Reno q short time
z q. He is a lawyer, and has been
practicing in winnemucca for a number
OF years.
Sam p. Davis, State Publicity Com
missioner. was quite badly bruised and
| injured at his home ranch near Carson
| the other day by falling from the tower
| Of a windmill, on which he was working.
A physician was summoned, and after
an examination Of the injured mar
| stated that be had fractured a rib.
Az the result OF complaints from GER
tain parties in Goldfeld and Tonopah,
Railroad Commissioner ]. F. Shaugh-
messy ma gone to Tonopah to make an
investigation Of Tonopsh and Goldfeld
Railroad affairs since the strike on that
road. The officials Of the road declare
that there is no strike. The men who
declared it state hat it is still in effect
and have requested that certain things
be investigated.
There rest in the vaults OF the
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
at Reno four bars Of bullion valued at
$40, 900, which bullion was hammered
from less than 1000 pounds of ore taken
from the mines Of the National Company
at National, Humboldt County. This is
the first shipment Of bullion from these
mines since the new mill started, and
shows the great richness OF the property.
Long litigation over these properties has
Just been settled.
Ben Kirby, a colored man. who is out
on parole from the Nevada Penitentiary
after serving about a year Of a four. year
sentence, will have to go back to the
prison and serve out the remainder OF his
term. Recently he entered Shemanski'f
jewelry store in Goldfeld and was ar
rested after buralarizIng it. He pleaded
guilty to the crime and will be taken to
the prison Immediately. He was sent
to the prison in the first place from
Goldfeld.
After voting for ten years at Ely and
holding a Government position for more
than a year, John Mcguire had his name
stricken from the register Of voters and
has lost his position as Forest Ranger. as
he is not a citizen. 1t was in handling
some Civil Service papers in Washington
that the authorities discovered that Ma.
guire is not a citizen. He will not be
prosecuted for voting, as the investigation
shows that he always believed himself
to be a bona fde citizen. He will have
to take out his first naturalization papers.
A deal which means the reopening Of
the old mining camp OF Kennedy, 60
miles south Of W~innemucca, was con-
animated a few days & according to o
eport which is believed to be authentic,
avs the Star. It IL the consolidation Of
he principal properties in Kennedy. in.
luding those owned by g. E. Kennedy,
iscoverer OF the camp, and R. @. Bios.
s1m Of Battle Mountain, 20 claims in all
hlving been taken over by Paul Klop-
lock, an engineer representing Eastern
psople.
Attorney W. Fl. schnitzer. who is fac.
ig disbaInent proceedings in this State
y advertising for divorces, has notified
attorney Robert Schoular, another at.
torney Of Reno. that he will appear
against him when he attempts to secure
a divorce for Marie L. A. Fax from Eu-
gene H. Fax, and that he will show tba'
Mrs. Marie Fax had not been in Rene
the required six months when she filed
her suit for divorce Q short time ago
The matter promises to be the cause o
considerable trouble between attorneys
engaged In divorce cases In Reno.
John Lee. an Austrian rancher livins
near Gardnerville, aged about 10 year.
and father Of ten children, is Q prisoner
in the county jail at Genoa. charged with
having criminally attacked his own
daughter. Nora. aged IA years. the elder
of the children, Sunday afternoon, dur
ing the absence from home of the othe,
members Of the family. When arrested
Lee attempted suicide with a shotgun,
but was stopped by the sheriff. There il
intense feeling in Gardnerville against
Lee. This lie the second attempt on his
daughter. He is also accused of beating
q son insensible Q short time Ago..
Senator Olark's recent meeting In San
Francisco with officials of q Nevada rail-
road has caused a great deal of INTEREST," in
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