The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-02-22
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 90. 1918


John Walther, Foreman Of the Esmer-
aida County Grand Jury. and District
Attorney Diskin Of the county have gone
to Carson to urge that the salaries OF the
county officials be reduced.
Edward Sweeney. a pioneer. and father
of former Chief Justice James g..
Sweeney of the Nevada Supreme Court,
died at Carson Monday. He had been
in that county since the early fifties and
was 80 years of age
Ill as the result Of old age, Henry Bow
man, miner, aged rs. and a p~rospector in
California and Nevada for the past 90
years, killed himself at the home OF his
son, Henry B. Miner. in Sparks. by
shooting himself through the head. He
was a native Of Hartford. Conn.
George Watt. who for several years
has been general manager for the Lam
der County Live Stock Company, has re-
signed, and this week E. A.. Perez Of
Loyelock, Nevada, arrived at Austin to
take the position. Mr.. Watt will locate
at San Francisco and engage in the stock
business.
Frank Stackpool. the misguided Gold
field boy of 16 years Of age who was cap
tured after weeks OF petty depredations
during which he stole many things from
vacant houses and broke into q ware
house, was sent to California by order of
the Commissioners Wednesday and will
be placed in a reform school.
The health officer of Reno last week
reported that there were IS cases of small
pox there, is Of which were under quaran-
tine. Joe Taylor has been discovered to
have the disease in Elko. Taylor had
beer suffering with the complaint for
two days, circulating around as usual,
before he discovered what was the mat
ter with him.
Painting as he stood on the edge of a
cage bringing ten miners to the surface,
Bodie Steptie, an Austrian employed in
the Mexican mine, On the Comstock,
slipped from the cage and fell $50 feet to
instant death. Steptie, who was coming
off shift, stepped to the cage from the
stope on the $500 level, and is believed
t o have been overcome by gas.
Key Pittman, the newly elected United
States Senator for Nevada, left for Wash
ington, d. O., on Thursday of last week
to take up his official duties. He was
accompanied by P. G. FISHER and Mrs.
FISHER, who will also make their home in
the capital city. Mr.. FISHER continuing as
Senator Pittman's secretary, a position
he has occupied for some years.
The Reno city council decided at its
regular meeting Monday night to pro-
vide for the appointment of a committee
of citizens to investigate possible econ
omy in municipal expenditures. The
decision was reached as the result of the
request Of the State Economy and Taxa
ton Committee that such bodies be APP
pointed in every town and county.
Louis d. Golson, the proprietor of the
Great Northern saloon at Rochester.
died last Friday afternoon from the eff
fects of blood poisoning A few days
before his death Golson scratched his
hand on a nail while breaking up a box
for fire wood. He paid no attention to
the apparently slight injury. The next
day he began to suffer considerable pain
in the left arm ard was finally prevailed
upon to seek medical aid, but died on
Friday afternoon.
With 16 cases of scarle' fever under
observation at Tonopsh. fears OF an cpl
demic are entertained and the school
trustees have ordered the closing of the
schools for an indefinite time. In addi-
ton to this, acting with the County Com
missioners and the health officer. the par
ents of all children have been requested
to keep their children from playing in
the streets or mingling with other
children for at least one week. The
Butler theater was ordered to be closed
at first, but on the consent OF Jules Smith
and Jake Goodfriend to have it fumi-
gated every day and to exclude from it
all persons under p years OF age, this
order was rescinded.
After an all night session the jury in
the case Of Principal Yoder of the Tono-
pah high school. charged with assaulting
Harold Bowler, a student. returned a
verdict Of mot guilty" The jurors said
they were convinced the fracture Of the
arm was due to an accident and was not
intentional Furthermore. it was held
by the jurors that it could be inferred
from the evidence that defendant would
have assaulted the teacher il the latter
had not anticipated him by seizing the
lad by the shoulders. Nevertheless the
chief reason for the verdict" says the