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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1897
Page
4
Fragmented notes show a long list of stations and times from West Gagnaress to Maricopa with scattered times like 10 20 am and 6 45 am. Mentions of Los Angeles, Fairbank, Huachuca and daily Pacific time hint at a multi city rail timetable. Also includes local notes on bids and a pardon, plus small ads.
A Washington dispatch reports the January 31 public debt at 1,007,008,317 dollars, up about 14 million from December. Cash on hand decreased nearly 13 million to 420 million, with gold 158 million, silver 513 million, paper 141 million, and bonds and other items 17.9 million. Demand liabilities total 643.2 million, leaving a net cash balance of 420 million.
A new bill in Washington aims to create a mining bureau or department. It would appoint a commission to study mining facts nationwide and report to the secretary of the interior. The measure seeks to gather essential information on mining operations and related matters.
A legislative committee found a sturdy reform school building with $35 274.50 spent yet questioned the need for the institution. They proposed converting the property to a more useful purpose as total costs reach $63 194.63 and warned of broader political battles over railroad tax exemptions in Arizona. The Prescott Courier noted the clash between reform and tax policy amid local rhetoric.
Sunday School starts at 10 o'clock a.m. Junior Epworth League meets at 3 50 p.m. Preaching in morning and evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all. D Ruperts, Pastor.
Court Commission John non yesterday discharged both accused after Justice Burnett’s sentence was questioned and a subsequent rehearing was ordered. The commissioner found the sentence lacked qualification and released Nelson and Owen. Two lives saved are credited to Dr King’s New Discovery with local free trials offered in Tombstone and Bisbee.
Sessions of the Ways and Means Committee in Washington set the tariff measure for the next Congress. The agricultural section reenacts McKinley era rates with changes on cattle over one year old and those valued above twenty dollars. Also promotes Dr King s New Life Pills with free sample offer through H E Bucklen Co. of Chicago.
A fragmentary report notes that House Bill 61, described as the longest ever introduced, passed through the house in one day and was sent to the council for third reading. It mentions youth William Speed of Cochise and references local business and county governance notes from Tombstone Drug Store to Marico pa county supervisors.
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