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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1899
Page
2
A columnist cites William Waldorf Astor's defiance of American papers while noting how sensational headlines about gold and copter finds flood Arizona reporting. The item also mentions a church burglary in New York where a pulpit Bible was stolen and a French scientist proposing artificial clouds for Paris exposition.
Reports from Milligan valley describe a pack of timber wolves killing cattle a few miles southeast of Eager in Apache county. Wolf hunters are urged to visit the area for bounty as rumors of mining deals and newspaper publicity swirl in Tombstone and other towns.
The weather has cleared and moderates warm days with cool nights. Surveying for a branch road has begun at Naco as the area gains recognition as a distributing point for nearby mines. Various locals pass through Bisbee including M. Leonard from Chicago and S. Leavenworth with wife from Sonora.
August 6 1899 Bisbee notes submit plans for major Bessemer Hotel additions. Local activity quiet. T J Maloney rode in through a thunderstorm to town. Yaqui uprising and border tensions raise concern. Miller, a photographer, was killed by red devils. Naco shipping grows. about a million pounds shipped to Gubre Grande mines. Town reports fewer fevers due to rain and sulfur smoke. A kissing bug specimen prompts a note. A Missouri quip follows a bystander exchange. August 7 1899 Cortexines: Wood and G Viets stay at the Bessemer. Luke Church and Jerry Vico registered at Norton House. A water vendor scuffle occurs in Brewery Gulch over right of way.
Ignacio Valencia received 0 days for saddle selling. Felix Carvajal fined 25 for selling a burro. A Mexican man Gervaia Villa was shot at Packard station. Francisco Degada hunted as shooter. Floods, weather, railroad plans, and Independence Day prep dominate local notes with multiple arrests and local arrivals.
A 43 year old surveyor and former territorial architect named AL McGinnis died yesterday in the territorial asylum. His death follows a June 22 commitment under Governor Franklin, amid criticism of political maneuvering in Phoenix. Nearby reports mention mining news and a proposed Globe to Continental mines railroad of about eighteen miles.
El Paso officers link Teresa Santa Teresita to Yaqui insurgency as a healing figure feared to incite natives. Officer George Harold recalls past Palomas raid involvement and notes rebels carried her image. Copper supply noted with Calumet & Hecla selling 5,000,000 pounds at 18.4 cents.
A prominent Arizonan criticizes the Vines stance on arid lands and warns of a planned land grab via state cession. The letter argues only a few papers back the scheme, while sufficent money and public good concerns loom. In Globe, an Apache man stabbed his sister amid a drunken melee. twenty four Indians were rounded up and jailed.
A birth notice from Tombstone reports the baby born to the wife of Harry Harrison's son on August 6. The event names the Harrisons family and notes the new arrival in the local community record.
Victor C. Heike travels to Tucson as special government appointee to gather U S mineral samples for the Paris exposition in 1900. He seeks stones, fuels, clays and salts for the national contribution, while Prescott Electric and Jerome Telephone merge lines for regional communications.
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