The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-02-11
State News From Exchanges

News was received in Reno Tuesday of the death of the father
Of Senator George S. Nixon of Nevada at his home at LOOMS,
California, at the age of 80 years
The fine new hotel of the Mason Mines Company at Wabuska
va opened for business last Sunday. The structure is modern
and has accommodations for 175 in the dining room.
White Pine News: AS required by law Governor Oddie will
call an election to be held in this county to elect a Senator to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Senator A. c. House. Owing
to the expense involved in holding a special election and the fact
that the newly elected official would hardly reach Carson City In
time to be present at the adjournment of the Legislature, it ii the
concensus of opinion that no election will be held.
William Thompson, a negro porter on the Las Vegas d Tono-
pab. jumped from his train between Armargosa and Charleston, Nye
County, the other day, and after wandering for hours on the desert
shot himself through the heart The body of the negro was found
by Indian trailers, working under the direction of the sheriff 10
miles from Armargosa. By his side lay a revolver, with two cham
bers empty. He had been dead for several hours when discovered.
It is believed the negro was demented. He was addicted to the use
of cocaine.
A peculiar and unusual condition has arisen in the local school
situation at Virginia City, in that Principal James Comerford, who
was dismissed at Mondays meeting of the Trustees, refuses to take
the action of the Board seriously and is still on the job as usual at
the Fourth Ward School, teaching the young idea how to shoot
Chairman Noel of the Board stated that he was cognlzant OF the
fact that Mr.. Comerford declined to be discharged, but added that
the latter was acting without consent of the Board, and that no
warrant would be drawn at the end of the month for the principals
salary.-Virginia Chronicle.
A decrease in wages and a material reduction in working hours
submitted by the Nevada Consolidated Company at Ely in an ultl-
matum to the churn drill operators and their helpers failed to ap-
peal to the men who have been working in the vicinity of Copper
Flat and they have gone on a strike. The dissatisfied drill men
are not asking for an increase In wage scale, but do rot fancy the
reduction and less hours. The operators have been receiving 50
and their helpers one dollar less for a twelve-hour shift, but, ac-
cording to the new scale operators would get 81 and helpers So for
a ninehour shift Drilling operations have been temporarily
suspended.
Thomas Cook, who is an accomplce of Joe Savoy, arrested In
Tonopah on a charge of planning a wholesale forgery of checks of
the Belmont Mining Company, has been arrested in Elko. He is
being held there for the Sheriff of Nye County, and will be taken
back to Tonopah for a hearing. He had a genuine Belmont check
in his pocket, and also had a paper instructing him to draw out ten
Re1mOnt checks for $3.50 each, ten for not more than SlOO each and
five for not more than $50 each. He was also instructed to put odd
cents on each check. He was then to mail the checks to Savoy in
Goldfeld, who was to pass them on the pay day of the Belmont
Company. The wholesale forgery scheme had been carefully
planned and had it not been discovered many Tonopah business
men would have been buncoed. 1t is thought the Federal authori-
ties will take charge of this case.