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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1891
Page
1
Fragmented newspaper column discusses local politics and national issues. References to Miles, Cochise, county divisions, free coinage, and school funding. criticizes a House bill and fiscal plans while noting Indian governance and a world tour by Syke and McLean.
The article reports Louis Holsey of Arizona killed his wife Ameli Holsey in the Empire House parlor at Columbus Bas and shot himself. The couple, married eight years, had been separated for four. divorce proceedings were in progress and she had served notice before the tragedy. Holsey, a miner known in Bisbee, had recently moved from Tombstone and faced instability and alleged infidelity accusations.
Dos Cabez as dated February 10 recounts a winter described as mild at high altitude with slight snow, notes on mining activity at the Quartz Mill including Ewell Springs ore yielding about 15 or 16 dollars per ton, and mentions Fowler McGregor leaving camp. It also covers local business, a New York trip for gravel treatment, bean crops, potential new county talks, and along with light social commentary on officials and law enforcement.
Two sailors reach Yuma after twenty five days trekking across a rough country. They were near San Filipe on the lower California coast when a storm forced them to shelter in a bay. Oil on their boat ignited and destroyed the outfit. The men, nearly starving, abandoned the trip and are safely back in Yuma.
The recorder lists numerous instrument entries including deeds power of attorney and relocations touching locations such as Monitor Tombstone and Electra plus names like Warren district Jae Brewer and Henry Ets. It notes forty nine corporations on Cometack with total levies of 77 920 385 and dividends of 20 556 780 leaving a net mine balance of 42 638 395 after assessments.
News by Wire lists Colorado Grand Lodge 4, O U W, with L H Spilker of Leadville presiding. Delegates from nearly every lodge attend while F W Smith of Denver, linked to national Gan Wab medical concerns, surrenders in U S court bound over to appear next week. Indirect mentions of NY Senate action on silver coinage and various regional legal actions follow.
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