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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1897
Page
4
Weather and train schedules for the Pacific region include Santa Fe lines through Benson Fairbank and Calabasas. Local officials report a county recorder’s wife ill, while election returns show Purdy leading Hale with three precincts outstanding. A wedding near Benson and a Catholic diocese service are noted alongside a Latin poem and church assignments.
District Court decisions include Probate Judge salary audit ruling and county fee classification affecting mileage, with separate judgments for Cadwell v county and Seeddies cases. Legislature briefs cover bills on military laws, roads in Arizona, county supervisors, courts, and penal code amendments, with several measures referred to committees or read first/third time.
The Gazette reports R Alf Penrose, a likely gubernatorial candidate from Pearce district, visiting Phoenix amid political backing from Matthews and Stanley Qaas, described as a jovial 32 year old Arizonan with limited fame but growing support. He will stay in Phoenix several days hosted by political friends before returning to Pearce County. An unrelated ad notes Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year old remedy for teething and colic.
The special committee concludes the Territorial University has a crowded and aging campus with insufficient facilities and a low admission standard. It recommends no funding without first raising the minimum age and completing eight grades of schooling, and notes future legislative review by a three-member commission appointed to revise laws for public welfare. A local drug ad for Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup is included.
W J Bryan spoke at Ware Texas drawing crowds from many areas to hear a silver standard argument amid praise for the coming twentieth century. The piece mocks the gold standard and touts bimetalism as a patriotic road to victory for the people. A patent medicine ad follows promising relief for skin ailments with a money back guarantee.
Inmate Fairchild of an unnamed asylum has filed an appeal seeking another hearing at a private court in Tempe. The filing mentions Hadings and Repbulian figures, with confusion over insanity charges not fully based on medical testimony.
The fragmentary report shows Justice Johnston facing questions of mind weakness and justice errors. The appellant Fairchild asserts personal familiarity, insisting on a trial and claiming impossible conditions in the territory. Witnesses reference a life of crime and a desire to escape, highlighting tension in the legal proceedings.
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