20 May 1897
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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
1
A fragmented OCR of a late 19th or early 20th century local paper blends world affairs from the Turkish Greek conflict and Greek risks with U S politics on sugar and armor, Arizona mining talks, business forecasts, public notices, court cases, and brief crime updates. It mentions Miller captured near Flagstaff after jail escape, a divorce suit in district court, and various regional industrial and transportation notes.
President may ask Congress to appropriate at least fifty thousand dollars for relief of impoverished U S citizens in Cuba and to fund transport home, with reports from consuls noting six to eight hundred Americans in distress in central and eastern districts. Senate panel backs a 250000 relief bill. House debates a 50000 line item linked to insurgent recognition debate.
Judge Baker decided several cases including Reinman vs Murphy with judgment for the defendant, Wedgworth vs Aztec Canal Co for the defendant, and A Barry vs B Band Frank Kirkland and Geo Loring with judgment for A Barry against EB Kirtland. Indictments: Wilcos Knolles charged with selling Squor to Tudiene, pleas not guilty. J Allen charged with intent to murder, trial set for tomorrow. Also Riggave Molososh ruled for the plaintiff for $59. Farmers and Gardeners item notes seed grants from General A. J. Sampson, Chamber of Commerce president, with 500 vegetable seed packages and 25 Kurli corn packages sent by the Secretary of Agriculture for valley gardeners and farmers. Spingler to distribute, fair tests urged for Keffriction. seed from a dry hot climate potential benefit to Arizona. General Lampoon’s absence noted but Chamber continues to act for Phoenix and valley interests.
May 18 in Wasnixeros Mason of Illinois urged support for the Morgio Cuban resolution citing President McKinley’s war rationale. Wasaineros and Hour of Massachusetts opposed, while reports from St Louis noted Cuban war talk boosted party morale and urged Republican senators to back the declaration.
The Crraighton Brothers run a key bailer operation, aiding clients like Mr. Etter and Pred Tsite with sixteen workers, as a community update records a local dance, a death in the Spalding family, and a close call with a hatchet incident. Salvation Army meetings are noted, poultry and dog shows mentioned, and a conundrum joke included. An important legal note follows about back salaries in Maricopa County. Judge Baker rules in Jerry Millay v. Maricopa County, mandating payment of back salaries per recent legislation, a test case implying broader payouts for county officers.
A long dispatch from May 15 reports strategic Greek gains at Domokos and Arta with heavy Turkish pressure elsewhere. Indemnity talks push sixteen million pounds as the price Turkey may demand from Greece while protests flare in Stamboul. Reports describe sieges, capitulation rumors, and shifting European diplomacy as powers seek an armistice.
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