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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1906
Page
4
The New York board of education rejected a motion to adopt a 300 word simplified spelling list by a 32 to 4 vote. The debate stressed the old rule of acting with caution. The piece notes varied opinions on spelling and a quip about taste in spelling. It also references Rockefeller and views on wealth.
A shabby visitor asks if the advocate supports reform spelling and names Sam as a prosperous citizen. The visitor reads a slip marked 10 Ua V and the citizen replies he is not radical, just a follower of Carnegie. He suggests getting endorsement to make it good at the office.
President Roosevelt appears to reconsider the pick for the navy department after sending the controversial "Dear Maria" letter. The letters indicate a shift in stance on a Pacific coast candidate, signaling potential policy change.
The President extols Secretary Root in letters to the Storers, while privately disparaging cabinet associates. The note warns to be cautious in writing, especially to a woman.
A young Hammond Indiana teacher was dismissed for being a pretty woman “everybody falls in love with.” The editor notes such a teacher’s appeal is no lasting career obstacle and predicts she will soon find another teaching post.
An Oklahoma editor published truth as a motto say “We tell the truth.” A large man phoned to object and the motto vanished, replaced by a note claiming the paper would be like others until the editor recovers from recent injuries.
Officials say Globe line trains would probably run by December 16 with a bridge over the Gila possibly repaired earlier to allow passenger and freight traffic to resume.
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Cochise County Board of Supervisors note that certain advertisements were authorized for insertion in the Bisbee Daily Review, the official county paper. The document records actions taken and references the county publication requirement.
A clinic advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy proving effective against fever malaria biliousness dyspepsia and liver and kidney troubles. It cites A Brows of Bennettaville D C claiming his wife recovered from years of dyspepsia and torpid liver after using the medicine.
Candidates across offices filed campaign statements as required. Democratic and Republican totals show varied expenditures from about 2,225 to 2,766 dollars. Sheriff and treasurer contenders spent within narrow margins, with minor differences among others. Socialist candidates spent from zero to twenty dollars, while precinct officers ranged from nothing to twenty dollars.
The 1905 Cochise County budget report by Clerk C R Howe notes county school expenses reached 80 850.82, up from 60 521.54 the prior year, with superintendent Rockfellow predicting near 100 000 next year. Justice courts total 37 255.17, likely rise to 50 000 with pending court decisions. Sheriff costs fell to 21 775 from 26 878, total expenses 27 821.85, and total bonded debt stands at 70 000 paid off at 10 000 annually.
The annual Hanukah feast began yesterday with lights kindled in synagogues and homes. The eight night festival ends with every house lit, and no manual work is permitted. Meanwhile county mining claims undergo assessment as improved prospects may keep many from lapsing.
The Government will not abandon Fort Huachuca but enlarge the post on the military reservation. The Douglas claim of a better site is refuted by altitude timber proximity parade grounds and the moving water. Gravity pumping at Douglas would be needed, while the current location serves 25 000 people.
The Congregational church hosts 8 J Entriken for a December 1 lecture titled With Peary in The Arctic Regions. Entriken, popular in Philadelphia and Arizona mining circles, will present beautiful color illustrations. The Cochise Glee Club will also perform.
The American consul at Vera Cruz reports Mexico is not a paradise for unskilled or poor travelers. He notes many Americans enter with little money, lack language and customs knowledge, grow disheartened, and often have to tramp back to the United States.
Imperial dispatch reports preliminary work began to close the break in the Colorado River. Ten pile drivers were ordered and piles rushed to the scene as SP seeks a valley meeting with Superintendent Ingram and reps to guarantee the company and Mexico against damage claims in exchange for larger river control efforts. A satisfactory agreement is expected.
The first diamond mining plant in America is being installed in Elliott County Kentucky. In a few weeks an immense diamond washing pan and tin accessory machinery, built from African methods, will begin exhaustive tests of the Kentucky kimberlite deposits. Geologists say the deposits are practically identical to the olivine pyroxene rock in the Kimberley Fields in South Africa.
A fragment notes a death linked to lockjaw and mentions a patent cure for cuts wounds burns and sores sold at a stall drug store for 25 cents. The readable text presents a sensational medical claim typical of old advertise-ment copy.
Walter Bennett of Phoenix reports a New York dispatch noting Arizona oranges set a world price record. A car of about 400 crates sold for 840 dollars per box, totaling around 3500 dollars, with premiums rising as Arizona fruit gains reputation.
One hundred sacks of Mexican silver coins totaling $50,000 passed the Southern Pacific in transit to Mexico City. The coins were coined in San Francisco due to Mexican mint overwork. The El Paso Herald notes this is the third recent shipment of silver via the South, following earlier consignments of $150,000 and $50,000 handled by Wells Fargo Express.
E 8 Newberry manager of Cananea Mercantile and E Robles book keeper were bound over to the U S grand jury on a smuggling charge. Newberry posted 500 bail Robles 200. Alleged acts involve a diamond valued at 320 and a diamond and pearl gold pendant appraised at 600.
Tombstone readers await a repeat occasion when Mr. Entriken will present the Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary’s lecture next Wednesday at the Congregational church. The Museum talk drew a large crowd and a whirlwind scene described by the New York Tribune as a riotous maelstrom around the famed diplomat and explorer.
Our Mineral Wealth reports the execution of C C Leigh near Kingman will be private per the condemned man's request to Sheriff Brown. No invitations will be issued for the hanging and Leigh has been an exemplary prisoner during confinement.
The Board of Supervisors received a consignment of garden seeds from Washington via Delegate Smith, available through Clerk Howe. Probate court issued several marriage licenses including Frank Fisher and Roxey Lewis of Douglas, Robert Sundwall and Ida Seeley, W. J. Baker and Maude Barker, and Alfred Carlen and Bertha Skonz. Also reports Anniversary of Benson-El Paso passenger train, a push for a juvenile court in Arizona, citizenship filing by Krol B Kozowski, sale of condemned cavalry horses at Fort Huachuca, and various local notices including court activity, a deputy sheriff’s Phoenix-bound trip, and two insane patients from Douglas and Prescott.
In Yuma Arizona Rosa Silvas a Mexican resident aged 110 summers shows remarkable health and independence. She works, sees well without glasses, threads fine needles unaided, and lives alone with only deafness as a minor issue. Her husband died in Yuma at 105 years old.
Deputy United States Marshal J. W. Clark of Tucson rounds up citizens for service on the United States grand and trial juries that convene next week. The grand jury meets Monday and the trial jury Wednesday with many panels from Santa Cruz county.
Friday’s Daily reports Campbell Hardy of the El Paso Herald visiting Tombstone to cover the Southwest. Thos Negri, a former resident, tours the town. Mrs. M. D. Scribner plans Tombstone as a future home. Walter Kibbey returns from Bisbee and will handle Williams perjury cases. The Methodist church offers a 5 reward for the lamp vandalism. A baby boy arrives at Superintendent John Williams’ home. J A Rockfellow ill with lagrippe. Seven of ten Tucson prisoners convicted of whiskey selling. Justice McParland sees a hung jury on the Seventh Street homes case. retrial planned. No Sunday play at Schieffelin Hall. My Wife’s Family to perform next Wednesday. Senta at Beach Sisters 9 a m Monday. Judge H I Davies of Yuma dies aged 69.
Captain Lane 86, early California Arizona pioneer, visited Tombstone this week en route to San Francisco. Nearly blind yet sharp minded, he recalls coastal sailing fortunes, swept away in the San Francisco disaster last April, and pauses to see friends Mrs. Hazeelgreen and son Harry Hasselgreen of Lewis Springs.
The Customs District of Arizona posted a banner month with exports of merchandise totaling 494,407 and foreign gold coin 250,000. Imports reached 885,940 with gold and silver bullion 452,141, totaling exports 744,407 and imports 1,339,081, for a grand total of 2,082,485.
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