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getting away with yard gates, because Sam and Alf took 'em in the house --
Wednesday Nov 2
Same -- AM down town -- Senator Jones arrived from Cal & went on up to Carson on Va with Stewart, Newlands, Wallace et al -- Evening I was at speaking of Hon Tom Wren at Opera House, Populist nominee for Congress -- Dr Hogan, for State Printer also spoke a little -- bonfires and brass band -- Slim house -- Bed 10 -- 49 yrs ago today I left Stockton on foot bound for "wood's diggings," on Woods creek, Tuolumne County, Cal -- 10 of us in the party going to the gold diggin's -- First regular "camping out" night of my life -- 20 yrs old --
Thursday Nov 3
Cloudy -- Was about town -- Much political buzzing -- Jones & Stewart speak at Carson this evening, and Newlands at Dayton
Friday Nov 4
Clear & very pleasant -- "Heart of Chicago" a spectacular play by an eastern dramatic co at theater tonight and big Wheelmen's ball at their hall -- Bed 11
Stewart & Jones Address Reno -- Closing Silver Rally -- 1898 Trains From California Delayed -- Big Snowshed Fire I interview Jones on his departure for Gold Hill State Elections
Saturday Nov 5
Same -- Senator Stewart came down from Carson on the noon local & Jones
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will this evening from Gold Hill, to speak here -- My last letter to Wells Herald returned today, published all right -- 2 cols -- Evening I attended last Silver party rally of the campaign at Opera House -- bonfires & anvils, but no music -- plenty of thin music inside -- crowded house -- Speakers were Genl JC Hagerman, Chas D Lane, the rich owner in Utica mine, Angel's Cal, chairman of the National Silver Party, Mr MF Taylor, a leading [bimetallist?] of Colorado, & fine speaker, Senator Jones, Senator Stewart, Sam Davis and Gov Sadler -- All did well, and meeting closed at 10:30 -- Home & bed at 11 --
Sunday Nov 6
Variable -- blustering -- candidates stirring around lively, Reno seemingly being considered the chief battle-ground of the campaign -- Morning train from Cal very late, so the V & T passenger express did not leave till 11 AM. On it were Stewart and Jones, Gov Sadler and Sam Davis for Carson -- Jones for Gold Hill -- Had brief interview with him in the car. Evening the train for Cal, due at 8, did not come -- big fire at tunnel 13, west of Truckee -- It was cancelled to arrive tomorrow sometime -- Bed 10.
166 -- Judge Rising Dead -- The Big Tunnel Fire Trains all Cut off No Mails -- Railroad Shops Burned Last Grand Republican Rally
Monday Nov 7
Clear & pleasant -- cold -- AM I met DB Lyman down town & he showed me a
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telegram from John W Mackay San Francisco telling that Judge Rising fell dead at 1 oclock today in San F -- PM by request of Nate Roff of the Journal I wrote an obituary editorial on Rising's death and left it at Journal office for morning's paper -- The burning out of tunnel No 13, west of Truckee with adjoining snow sheds has cut off all trains completely -- no mail from Cal today, also & don't know when -- All trains from the East stop at Truckee or here -- accumulating -- Telegraph says the great railroad shops at Sacramento also burned last night -- great calamity for Sacramento, throws hundreds out of work, and shops probably not to be rebuilt there, but at Los Angeles -- This PM I got sample ballots from County clerk for self, and Sam & Alfred -- for election tomorrow -- Evening I attended last grand Republican rally at Opera House -- Bonfires, anvils, & brass band -- Big house -- speeches by State & county candidates Bragg, Turrittin, Ring, O'Brien, Lothrop, Williams, Button, Blakeslee, & Hodgkinson -- also by RL Fulton & Rev F Vernon Jones -- Bed 11 -- cold -- Judge Rising was about 61 yrs of age.
Election Day -- Sam & Alf's First Vote -- 1898 The Blockade -- Herald No 9 -- Mails Arrive Eva Greenwood's Death
Tuesday Nov 8
Same -- General State Election day -- Schools and sloons closed and everybody attending to election -- At 9 AM I cast my first vote in Reno, in the
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5th Ward, in which preside, at the polls held in the old Congregational church, next block above my residence -- Sam and Alf also voted there, casting the first vote of their life -- Mine was Republican as always -- Some passengers, and newspaper & express got around the destroyed tunnel 13, On foot, or otherwise and got cars through to Reno -- this morning and during the day -- PM I wrote No 9 for Wells Herald, 5 pages, and got it off in east bound train at 8:40, the regular time -- Election passed off very quietly -- and when I went home to bed at 11, the vote counting indicated Republican victory --
Wednesday Nov 9
Same -- one train with mails, passengers, etc, from the west arrived about 5 PM & passed east -- only one today -- Everything has to be transferred around the destroyed tunnel & will for the next week or two -- or until it is reconstructed -- badly caved in places -- 900 ft long -- Washoe County returns complete -- Republican principally, & McMillan, governor, but returns from the extreme eastward counties, not so favorable -- Bed 11 -- very cold & freezing -- Eva Greenwood was one of the old time boss demi monde at Virginia City --
168 -- Frank Osbiston -- J P Jones Leaves for Home The Tunnel Blockade -- Election Returns "Under the Dome" -- V & T local taken off
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Thursday Nov 10
Same -- At 8 AM train for Va I met Frank Osbiston, my old Comstock friend -- Haven't seen him for over 20 yrs -- Knew each other at a glance -- He went to Va on business & returned on evening train -- met him there again, & JP Jones with him -- Both left on 10:10 PM train for San Francisco -- Saw them off -- Wrote an item in the Gazette about Frank, & gave him a copy of the paper -- The tunnel blockade still seriously interferes with travel, freight & mails -- will for a week or two longer -- Election returns still coming in indicate Rep Governor & mixed otherwise -- close election -- Will know all probably tomorrow -- Bed 12 --
Friday Nov 11
Same -- Evening at Opera House with Nick Hummel of the Wadsworth Dispatch -- Good house & good play -- "Under the Dome" -- melodrama, founded on the great naval disaster in the harbor of [Apia, Somoa?], a few years ago, when the US war ship Trenton sank with the band playing the "Star Spangled Banner" -- We got away up in the gallery for the 1st time for me -- Very spectacular piece -- good scenic effects, etc -- Bed 11 -- The V & T noon local taken off for the blockade --
Old Jim Townsend -- $6 -- Sam Jones Herald, No 9 -- 1898 Football Game -- Blockade Raised -- Trains & Mails OK
Saturday Nov 12
Same -- Busy about home at odd jobs -- Evening met old Jim Townsend, just
