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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1900
Page
2
A garbled 1899 era column cites the British exchequer estimating the beer war cost England $760 per minute and US navy spending at $161,109,122 over 17 years. It mentions Dewey, Bryan, Queen Liliuokalani, copper mines Rio Pinto, and plans for a railway from Seligman to the mines. The piece weaves political and economic snippets with editorials and local railway project notes.
Bisbee jottings from April 23 1900 record light rail travel and new lodgings in demand at Norton house. Local rehearsals for May Minstrels with Ex Justice of the Peace William Sebrimater back from the Canenen country. A baby girl born to Jack Wickstroms wife Mere Wickstrom formerly Miss Garrett. Geo Tales severely injured and ill after a hand injury. A posse led by Cate Graham searched for Alvord gang but found nothing. May 12th Red Men anniversary to feature a ball banquet and joint Pocahantas participation. Rev Father McNally visiting Prescott for health. Hydrophobia skunks feared by cowboys and mountaineers. Vaquero Meannames Raged bitten by a female while sleeping. treated locally. Mexican vaqueros from Sherman arrived, paid at the bank, busy in town. Cattle moved from Benson. Sid Mullen from Tombstone Overton Ayling trip. DJ Murphy liquor drummer in town. F B Robertson from the Swishelms. May Day dance by Queen band. M J Brows to return to county seat. Mrs Hert visiting from Tucson. Bisbee planning Fourth of July. public meeting called. Nacosari stage to run free during fitness week. Traders and travelers from Hartman Tucson, McClure Neco, W H Harvey El Paso, All Hoagland Minneapolis. Soldiers of the 8th Cavalry encamped below slag dump, witnesses in murder case preliminary hearing before Court Commissioner Williams. Cochise county weather bulletin notes fair conditions and fruit damage. Bisbee weather poor for crops.
A report says Tombstone escapes Alvord Stiles and Brave Joho, pursued by a posse, may be planning a jail raid or train robbery. A Mexican messenger brought jail keys to Sheriff White near Benson, suggesting the trio moved toward the Dragoons after sightings near Pearce.
Governor Murphy details Arizona Territory stock raising as a major sector with a 5 066 837 38 annual aggregate and 369 576 cattle 45 074 sheep 41 546 horses 1 241 mules 1 639 asses 19 620 goats and 7 882 swine. Open ranges offer year round grazing, breeding aims improve livestock grades, and shipments for fattening remain key to the industry.
Board adjourned from April 6 meeting with M C Benton chairman Supervisor Montgomery and Thomas Allaire present Minutes approved Treasurer Wentworth granted extended leave 15 days with 10 day extension approved Deed ordered for P B McCabe property and equipment Assessed and sold to the Territory property of T D Phillips for 1897 1893 totaling 127 00 Formation of Naco Precinct No 10 with all members voting aye Claims allowed and disallowed for constable fees and other services Listed are names including Lewis Graham Bauman Merrill Grindeil and others with various fee amounts Adjourned to April 4 Supervisors note State of copper mines near Loudon Gallen razed and property transferred to Benton for development and opening of ore bodies.
The Tucson Citizen reports JD Mit, recently renured to San Francisco for medical care, shows little improvement after an operation. Doctors say bone decay worsened during treatment and, even if the final procedure succeeds, full use of the arm seems unlikely. Posing remedies may be applied by the company effort to save the limb.
A jumble of reports mentions a supervisor traveling from Wilcox to attend a major event, disputes over oil forecasts, and a mayoral or council concern about tree planting funding. Other items note rain, arid conditions, a murder investigation with a sheriff offering a reward, copper production gains in Mexico, and a smelter resuming work. The text references multiple regions including Los Angeles, Phoenix, Florence, and Prescott with varied local issues and public notices.
Reports from the region describe Gusymas and Apulia island plans for a new war ut with a structure of Ss150 feet. The Darang water plant project is noted along with fiscal figures from the past year, including a $17H.05 gain. Besbee’s famed butcher is linked to copper-town signals, while Clifton’s output reaches 825 tons of copper in February. Bundled notes show Tombstone ore strikes, development drives at the Copper Camp, and political shifts within the Republican Party as delegates are named for a territorial convention.
A fragmentary report describes a vast deposit of silicified tree stems in Apache County near Ward 109. The text suggests ancient logging by swift water action in a former era and likens the fossil patterns to known Arweariac ora in the Biahorn Hemisphere.
All workers and suppliers on the Holmes group mines in the Tarqunis mining district Cowie county Ark are notified that the owners hold title and property free of debts contracted on the property. The mines named Headlight Leadville Copper Bug West Side Western Belle Northern Light Grey Mule Tarqunis King lie under bond to C M Roberts. April 14 1900.
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