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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1897
Page
3
The issue reports subscription rates, warnings, and a fire memory at Phoenix with details on the North Fire street office. It discusses finances, theater plans, rising building booms, and political commentary including California pardon petitions and critiques of government. It contrasts press opinions with the Union Pacific loss and other contemporary topics.
Governor McGord presents territory pros perous conditions with debt down and land value up. Taxable property rose to 28 913 702 95 and imports paid duties totaling 1 297 973 07 amid 1 009 entries of lands. Agriculture and irrigation expand, population grows in Sal Basin and Gila valleys, livestock thriving, and key needs for a statehood push and a centralized government building noted.
Mrs. A. Guson of Hartland Vermont describes years of leg swelling and painful sores. After using Hood's Sarsaparilla she reports complete healing and relief from pain, crediting the remedy for the improvement.
The text cites budget requests for General Government funding, Indian territory populations at 37.72 percent, and reservations needs. It defends the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners against attacks, praising its rigorous exam content and urging public protection through competent physicians. It discusses federal legislation prospects and comments from Doliver near the welfare of the Union Pacific debt and national policy.
Mixed signals from regional markets show moderate price improvements in staple goods and woolen distribution while cotton sellers in Texas and Louisiana face pressure from earlier advances. With colder weather aiding some trade flows, rail and industrial outputs edge up. but wheat and pork prices soften as broader demand shifts unfold.
Rumors from Lagos Pinteri report clashes between French and British forces, with disputed frontier talks dating to 1870 and renewed friction in West Africa. Separately, churches nationwide mark the 50th anniversary of the Whitman massacre with memorial services and plans for Worcester and Walla Walla monuments.
Nov. 27 in New York marks the annual Temperance Day observed by the Women’s Baptist Temperance Union and the White Ribboners. Programs include street and streetcar temperance work, youth society prayer meetings, and civic and citizenship services at local churches and meeting places.
A brief item notes new mining laws and naval duty emphasis. Officials outline changes affecting resources and service obligations, with phrases stressing national security and workforce alignment.
Denver analysts unveil provisional mining law revisions aimed at standardizing location rights and curbing miners from following vein dips beyond property lines. The report credits Charles J. Grove of Cripple Creek and reflects committee guidance, balancing new provisions with existing mining practices.
A fog bound collision at Tourney Station destroys several cars of both a test and passenger train. Ten people are reported killed and many injured. The incident occurs as details come from Tarbes and Tarbes hospital.
New York November society crowds gather for Mildred Phelps Stokes debut daughter of Assor and Tessa M Phelps Stokes fortune valued at around 1.6 million. Expected marriages include Josephine Drexel next month as the era’s grandes dames marry into Four Hundred power.
In St Louis on November 26 a presidential proclamation with George Gould overseeing restoration of wages to their former level for fifteen thousand employees across the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Railroad system. Affected workers had seen cuts from five to twenty percent during hard times.
Unclaimed letters listed for Phoenix Arizona November 23 1897 include numerous names such as Armstrong Mrs J Armstrong Mrs W Asher Mr Qin Ashly and many others with scattered entries across Canton Havana las Mara Aguilar and other foreign names. The notice lists recipients from Armtrong to Wm Thesop and notes call for advertisements by W. EB stern.
In district court Judge Street granted divorces to Raby Amiaraintv s L A Ami rani and Ursula J Long and H Long. Demurrers and motions to quash injunctions were ruled in Daggs v O me. Simon Jose Mecdosa faced forgery charges. Milligan and Al Kei pled not guilty awaiting hearing next Wednesday. J A Phillips pleads not guilty to arson. sentence not yet set. Jobo Doe pleads guilty to assault with intent to kill. sentence timing not advised. Riggs and Daly indicted for murder. demurrer to complaint sustained and case referred to grand jury. Judge Street adjourned early, discussing appointment of a receiver for Arizona Improvement Company, likely Monday. Yavapai county board injunction decision delayed to allow papers. A decision has been set for the 18th of next month.
Hawaii emission matters show Japan delaying emigrant negotiations as Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota and ex-Senator Dabsis of Idaho head to San Francisco. Front-page Dubois report notes procrastination to shift compensation costs to the United States if annexation proceeds. Also recounts a railway history feature tracing 72 years since the Stockton and Darlington line opened in 1825 and the vast growth of world rail networks.
A steam heater exploded aboard a crowded passenger car near De Koven Kentucky as a Illinois Central train on the Evensville division was leaving. The blast sprayed shrapnel and scalding vapor, injuring nearly every passenger, with several cases serious. In Chicago the will of John B Ketcham was filed disposing of 265000 to Minnie Walleos Walkup Ketcham, who married him after his Toledo divorce. The Milwaukee ceremony followed prior acquittal in a sensational poisoning case.
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