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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1890
Page
3
Local notes cover baseball tomorrow and church services, with various civic updates. Mentions include J E Durkee trip to California, H G Howe in Tucson, a partial lunar eclipse, Sterling Silver mill runs, tax rate notes, and a proposed Fourth of July ball game with Tucson.
A detachment of 46 soldiers and 10 Apache scouts from Fort Grant arrived in the city under Captain Kennedy. They report to Colonel Grierson and will patrol the front line, then relieve Bisbee garrison if needed, with scouts led by an Apache graduate of Carlisle Indian School who spoke English fluently. Local ladies admired the scouts as they viewed the arrival.
The excerpt attacks General Grierson and General Miles over the Hardie murder, accusing cover‑ups and lies. It mocks Lieut. Dean and Major Wham, notes the Arizona Sentinel’s stance against statehood, and mentions Burke brothers’ gold mines near Yuma, plus a costly water lawsuit likely to reach the Supreme Court.
Cochise County Board of Supervisors meets with Coffman White and Montgomery present. They read the prior minutes, note inquest on Thomas Hannon, grant leave of absence to W F Stilwell, accept J C Easton’s resignation, appoint C G Johnston as justice for precinct 1, and adjourn to June 3. They approve several claims, suspend payment to J H Slaughter until court ruling, rescind a clerk compensation order, and receive a bar association urging higher clerk pay. A formal agreement on juror certificates is entered, with a plan to submit to Judge Sloan for decision.
Minutes show A H Emanuel approved for twenty five dollars per month for April May 1890 for care and preservation of district court records. Board adjourned to June 4 and 5 and authorized warrants for various county obligations including fire protection and indigent relief.
A report adopted by the Pan American Conference urges a universal currency for the Americas. It calls for an international monetary union, a uniform international coin, and a Washington commission to determine currency uses, value, and relation to gold. The President would convene the commission within a year after adjournment.
The synopsis details a bill empowering the Court of Claims to adjudicate U S citizens property destroyed by peaceful Indians and by other tribes, with concurrent federal jurisdiction for larger sums, and strict proof, timing, and procedural rules. It covers penalties, priority of claims, method of payment from tribal funds or the treasury, and potential appeals, with end date for prior investigations.
Scientific American illustrates William S Wilson of Tombstone Arizona patent for a metal wheel with an interior liquid circulation to control tire expansion. Includes a hub box spoke sleeve tubular tie rods oil and water oil replaced by alcohol in winter to distribute heat and prevent brake or grade friction from expanding the tire. J S Marshall & Son Atwood Illinois report strong sales of Chamberlains Cough Remedy sold locally by H J Peto.
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