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Silver Central committee met this evening together with various candidates & selected delegates to the County convention -- Comstock payroll for August $67,183.66 -- nearly $5,000 more than July.
90 -- Lily Schneider -- Comstock Earthquake Harry Maynard
Friday Sept 4
Same -- Miss Lily Schneider is with her sister Elva in Salt Lake, and is soon to give a grand musicale -- Schneider says she has about $1,700 of her own money, already, and is going on to New York and Paris shortly -- Evening at Opera House -- Prof Harry Maynard & wife & 2 other men in variety performance -- Pretty fair show -- slim audience -- 50 cts admission --
1896 -- "Capitol Notes" -- Reno School Teachers -- 91 Republican Speaking by Hon C W Kyle -Hank Smith Still on Deck
Saturday Sept 5
Same -- cloudy -- "Capitol Notes" to Journal -- Maynard again tonight, but I didn't go -- Attended Republican meeting at the court house -- Hon C W Kyle -- stumping California for the Rep party and slipped over here from Truckee -- Short notice, so only got about half of the audience he should have had -- Very good address -- finance, tariff etc --
92 -- Populist State Convention at Reno The Result -- Wife -- Woodliff's Father and Sister Visit Him -- Silver Partisans Rush for Elko
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Sunday Sept 6
Same -- PM cloudy -- Heavy thunder clouds from SW with but a few drops of rain -- The Populist State Convention at Reno yesterday, 26 delegates according to this morning's Journal resulted: [clipping] Sent letter to wife -- Thos Woodliff Sr and his daughter Clara visited young Woodliff in the State Prison today -- I met them at depot -- They returned home to Va by evening train --
Monday Sept 7
Clear & warm -- 80° -- The Silver party State Convention tomorrow at Elko -- Many delegates et al, went on the evening train from the Comstock section and here, for Elko --
1896 -- Wife & Bessie -- Blasdell and Fish Pass Up 93 -- Great Overland Bicycle Relay -- Time made, 13 days & 30 min -- Silver State Convention at Elko Nominate Bryan and Newlands
Tuesday Sept 8
Same -- cooler -- 76° -- Letter from Wife and Bessie -- The great bicycle overland relay arrived at the Examiner-Journal office, New York City yesterday, the 7th, at 3:30 PM -- Time 13 days & 30 minutes from San Francisco --
Wednesday Sept 9
Clear & colder -- 6 AM, 40° -- Ex Gov Blasdel and Charley Fish passed up on morning train to Va, from San F -- The Elko convention completed its
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labors last evening at 11:30 & adjourned sine die -- Bryan for Pres't, Newlands for Congress, etc -- Bed at 12 -- nearly freezing --
Thursday Sept 10
Same -- A little above freezing this morning -- Republican State Convention at the Opera House -- I reported it & sent to Journal -- Adjourned at 6 PM sine die -- Had to have fire in the Opera House stoves today to keep warm -- Cold, raw evening -- Bed 12 (see report of Republican State Convention, Carson, on next page.)
The Escaped Convict -- 95 -- J P Jones Captured and Taken Back to State Prison
Friday Sept 11
Fair and warmer -- Evening sent letter to Senator Jones, Washington D.C. -- Bert Gafford, the escaped convict, was discovered and captured about 11 last evening at the house at Cradlebaugh's bridge on Carson river a few miles up the valley from Carson and only 8 miles from the prison. Had got lost in the Pine-Nut section finally wandering to where he was found -- Reward of $200 offered for him -- He was recognized by a woman of the house from decription and finally taken back to prison -- She gets the reward -- He was in for seven years but now will have to stay much longer --
Mrs Volney Spalding Dead -- Harry Brown Indicted Wife & Tom Zeimetz
Saturday Sept 12
Same -- 76 -- Met Tom Zeimetz this PM, direct from the GAR Encampment
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in the East -- Evening sent letter to wife -- Bed 12 --
1896 -- Elleford's Dramatic & Variety Company -- 97 "Love and Money" -- Silver King -- "Pawn Ticket 210" Silver Party Primaries -- Mrs Jamison Dead -- Nevada Nine Developers --
Sunday Sept 13
Fair, warm & pleasant --
Monday Sept 14
Clear & breezy -- 73° -- Primaries held for delegates to the Silver party County Convention -- No excitement -- Evening at the Opera House -- Elleford's big dramatic & variety co -- weeks engagement -- 10, 20 & 30 cts admission -- Change each evening -- Miss Jessie Norton singing soubrette and Little Pearl Landers, song and dance specialities, also Frank Cooley, son of Alice Kingsbury, are part of this company -- Played "Love and Money" this evening -- Good entertainment, good company and good house -- Just completed successful week at Virginia --
Tuesday Sept 15
Same -- Letter to wife -- Mrs Jamison, our next door neighbor in Reno died yesterday -- Play at theater tonight was "The Silver King" -- I wasn't there --
Wednesday Sept 16
Same -- PM & evening wrote and copied a 3 page article, "Nevada Mine Developers" for Carson News tomorrow -- Bed 12 -- cold -- Play at theater,
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"Pawn Ticket 210" --
98 -- "Nevada Mine Developers" -- Rain & Snow A Noble Bit of Venison -- Nicholls -- Kinzle Lily Scheider's Salt Lake Musical Recital "The Volunteer" -- The Dangers of a Big City
Thursday Sept 17
Clear -- 70° -- "Yom Kippur" day -- The News published my article, "Nevada Mine Developers" this PM -- Wrote & sent 2 page letter to Nicholls, Los Angeles -- Evening I was at the Opera House -- Play was "The Volunteer" -- good entertainment and good house -- Bed at 12 -- Cold -- Fire in office stove at Arlington first of season [clipping]
Friday Sept 18
Rained lightly all day -- both here & at Va -- Hills west of Carson white with snow -- Evening sent 4 page letter to Kinzle, Nevada City -- Evening at Opera House -- Play: "The Dangers of a Big City" -- Pretty good -- full house -- Bed 12:30 -- raining -- In the subjoined clip the News spells Schneider wrong every time --
1896 -- Rain and Snow -- 99 Ormsby Silver Nominations Journal "New York Day by Day"
Saturday Sept 19
Cloudy, with a few light rains -- The Como, Pinenut, and main Sierra
