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Newspaper
Florence Tribune
Location
Florence, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1899
Page
2
Florence editorials note spring building improvements and canal needs while criticizing tax and political figures. They reference Judge Davis delaying canal certificates, Corren shares in mining, red metal markets, Arizona’s rising production, and Phoenix papers over funeral coverage. The piece laments press bias and local respect for the dead.
General Lawton, optimistic in outlook, says a standing army of 100000 men will be required to pacify the Philippines. The bad news is the McNanna reign is nearing its end, with change seen as imminent.
General J F Wilson, Florence delegate to Congress, will visit the Buttes site next Tuesday and stay several days to inspect government work progress for possible further appropriations. A P Davis, in charge of the project, joined irrigation experts James D Schuyler and J B Lippincott in assessing the dam plans and site. The experts express strong confidence in Davis plans, noting a rock-filled dam rather than solid masonry.
Lieut J C di wone with fourteen men from the Yorktown landed at Balem on Luzon east coast on April 12 to remove eighty Spanish soldiers three officers and two priests surrounded by 400 natives. They were ambushed fired upon and captured. Admiral Dewey reports fate unknown as Filipinos refuse to communicate. Gilmore, born in 1871 in Arizona, became lieutenant in 1891 and served on the Monongahela Marion Bancroft Vespuvius Machias and on various boards. A year ago he reported to St Peel and later commanded an auxiliary cruiser serving under Capt Sigsbee in the war. On January 14 he was ordered to the hospital ship Solace which sailed for Manila and upon arrival joined the Yorktown.
The New York Engineering and Mining Journal reports Spontemuma Gold Mining Company in Grahum county selling stock overseas and making extravagant claims about the richness of its property. The notice highlights concerns over the credibility of the statements and the sale.
Report from the Los Angeles Times details the arrest of the Halderman brothers by Deputy Sheriffs J. O. Phillips Mullen and John B. Pley near Hills’ race, on the Gila river. They admit killing Constable Ainsworth and Young Moore near Pearce Arizona last week and await extradition while facing mob risk.
A Kesxa resident recalls a severe rheumatic attack that left his wife bedridden and unable to walk without help for over a month. After using Chamberlain's Pain Balm as directed, she walked to breakfast the next morning without aid and has not suffered a similar attack since. For sale by Brockway's Pharmacy.
The board adjourned sessions from Orrice Boan and Fronence, Ariz. review minutes, settle claims, remit penalties on Nelile Campbell taxes, admit Antonia Bravo to hospital, fix school district 6 boundaries, grant monthly indigent allowances, and declare a public road from Wotoum canyon to Tucson. Also notes road repairs, bonds for prisoners care, and a possible large copper smelting plant near Tucson.
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