19 Jan 1883
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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1883
Page
1
Subscription rates for the Daily and Weekly Heralds are listed, with per week and longer terms. Advertisers and managers are named, including Mr. Mariers as Eviter and Manager, plus agents in San Francisco and New York handling sales and distribution.
A reader questions whether bonds at 9 percent yield, or at par, can be sold at 7 3-5 percent. The note compares an 8 per cent issue priced at 9 and a 73.5 per cent bond at par, doubting sale at lower yields.
The article outlines a three member commission appointed by the Governor with Council consent to revise and codify the territory statutes. It details duties, meeting location in Tucson, reporting requirements, session rules, printing, funding, lodging, and a four thousand dollar annual pay per commissioner contingent on attendance and participation.
The document outlines compensation for the commission secretary at two hundred dollars monthly while duties are performed, with salaries payable quarterly through master roll. It grants the Governor power to fill vacancies, remove members for neglect, and to deem attendance mandatory during sessions. It repeals conflicting acts and states the act takes effect immediately after passage.
Governor Tritle names E. B. Gage Tucson W. C. Davis Tucson and L. H. Orme Phoenix to the Territory Board of Prison Commissioners. If Gace and Davis prove as reliable as Orme, the Governor made an excellent choice for the commission.
Judge Pinney declares the November 7 election in Yuma County void after finding Izaine Lyons bribed voters with five and ten dollar payments to Bernadino Cortreras and Ingraham. The court orders annulment of the election and awards contestant costs totaling four hundred seventeen dollars and eighty cents.
Telegraphic dispatches detail the January 17 explosion of the steamer Josephine off Port Susan Bay, with full freight and twenty passengers aboard. Several crewmen and passengers were killed, including the captain and purser, as the vessel broke in two. survivors were rescued by nearby loggers and Indians. The incident follows a separate Prescott council session where Hughes and Bolan accused census fraud and printing disputes were settled.
In a large committee, unanimity could not be reached as Free Traders vow to block the bill while Protectionists push for its passage. They contend tariff reductions were crafted to avoid harming domestic industries, with some Republicans preferring the status quo. The piece also notes Republican National Convention logistics and a series of local notices and happenings in Arizona Territory.
In a press call at 206 Front Street, W H McAllister, general agent for Star Tobacco, told a reporter he was tortured by acute rheumatism until two applications of Saint Jacobs Oil cured him, stating he cared not whether he lived or died.
Friday's Locals report varied items from Phenix's business draw and a new frame addition on Montezuma street to contested election cases attracting crowds with witnesses Thos Reilly and Geo Hearst traveling through Prescott and Durango. Church services and a home ad market mingle with livestock, housing requests, and a curious capital pun about securing the capital.
Special session of the district court on January 19 1883 opened at ten o clock with Judge Smith of Tucson added to the contestant s counsel. After a brief statement on procedure the court recessed to 1 30 P M for further action.
Pima County hires a gardener for courthouse grounds as Tucson forms a new water company with capital stock of 500000 dollars. Mr T Polk, Tennessee ex-Treasurer and James K Polk nephew, is described with background notes. The Orion Era starts at St Johns. Lines down stop Prescott telegrams.
Globe Chronicle notes a petition circulating to cut the rate of interest in the Court House Bill now before the Legislature from ten to eight percent, amid discussion of the killing of three men at the Cline’s location, described as minimal in the text.
A committee of Arizona Lodge No 2 F and A M drafts resolutions on the death of Stephen Z Pierce. They recognize him as a zealous member worthy of the rites, express loss and sympathy to his family, and authorize publication of the notice in newspapers. Also includes unrelated local notes about building, water, rail lands, and a Mudd obituary.
Citizens praise a new education bill that separates School Trustee elections from general elections and sets May as the election month. The piece argues public schooling is sacred to Americans and deserves purification free from political, religious, or social bias, earning broad citizen support.
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