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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1908
Page
4
A wry Chicago Chronicle style sample links marble cutters con men and social satire. It mocks buyers sellers and gendered quirks with lines about optimism pessimism wives money and pride, hinting at timeless nursery of human foibles.
A terse report notes Mrs Green associated with the long green declines to reveal the type of collateral she ultimately accepted noting a private negotiation outcome.
A German lottery swindler sentenced to 1,461 years could cut the term to about 978 years with good time, prompting thoughts of the changes that will have occurred by his release and the chances to enjoy life again.
A Washington official said two million dollars would have been saved if the last census had used civil service rules. He argued that opportunity was missed and urged applying civil service regulations to federal officials supplying Chicago convention delegates, challenging claims of propriety about the conduct.
Jene B R Grant son of Ulysses S Grant seeks the Democratic nomination for president on the Republican ticket in the territory. He asks Arizona delegates to Denver in July to present his name, and friends discuss him as a possible Democratic nominee. Grant has mining interests in the Southwest and Sonora, was once based in the Southwest, and is known in Tucson and Southern Arizona, though now a New York resident and voter.
A Washington report notes that the Senate contains two members of millionaire class with fortunes totaling about 210,590 dollars and fourteen more in the millions, led by Senator Guggenheim with roughly six million. Senator Isaac Stephens of Wisconsin, Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia, and Representative John E Andrus of New York are also cited among the wealthiest.
Col Epes Randolph states a Pacific port concession will build a customs smelter at Mazatlan. The plant will use cheap fuel and ore from mines tributary to the Southern Pacific extension, with Tex. and nearby districts supplying ore and concentrates for shipment.
A Chihoshos, Mexico dispatch from Guadajara reports Southern Pacific crews advancing toward Calican with 13 000 to 15 000 men on site. Workers push southward from near Guadalajara and store rails and materials for miles of track, aiming to celebrate the Fourth of July in Caliskan.
Mies Huth Averell, cousin to the bride, attended the brilliant society marriage of EB Harriman's developer to Robert Livingston Geery in New York. She spent most of winter in Tucson with her mother and sister as guest of her brother, Superintendent Averell of Southern Pacific, before leaving Tucson for New York about two weeks ago.
P. Dillion chairman of the territorial democratic committee says a meeting of the democratic executive committee is likely for Place Bis on Saturday March 25. He has not issued official notice or revised delegates to the Denver convention but expects action soon. Executive committee members and territorial central committee names from Cochise county are listed.
Prescott city council passes ordinance requiring fumigation of rooms by householders and hotel proprietors and mandates reporting tuberculosis cases to the city health officer. A fast train on the Gila Valley Globe and North Western railroad derailed four miles from Globe. Three cars left the track, the engine overturned. Charlie Patchfeld the engineer and Dick McNelly the fireman sustained slight injuries.
Six young men who took part in the athletic smoker at the old Alexander theatre were bound over to the federal grand jury by U S Commissioner Charles T Martin on a charge tied to the federal ban on prize fighting. Bonds were set at 140 dollars. the hearings were brief. The event involved paid admissions, a factor in the case, though the matches otherwise resembled routine sparring in local gymnasiums. Federal investigator Rep Daniels prompted the arrests after reading of the smoker in newspapers.
Reports describe a rush to Hachita near Douglas and El Paso after placer gold discoveries. Railroad men and prospectors flood the area, with tales of rich finds and locals storing small gold dust vials. Ore values claimed up to 270 dollars per ton and F C Hill of Hachite says he staked ten claims with gold found on each.
A Mexican policeman, intoxicated, shot and killed a fellow officer during an attempt to take him to jail in Nogales Sonora. The 6 pm incident drew a large crowd on the Mexican side of the border line. Also reported are year end figures for United Verde at Jerome: gross earnings 357,918. The copper mine shows 33,012,339 pounds produced, with 15,535 ounces of white silver recovered and 11,730 ounces of gold.
An advertisement claims deafness arises from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local treatments. It promises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a solution, offering one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh that the remedy cannot cure and inviting readers to request free circulars.
The territory's Supreme Court will reconvene Monday the 23d to render opinions on January cases. No decisions will be handed down before the 27th as judges confer on written opinions to announce in court. Cochise county appeals include Martin for two years, Craft for 15, Musso for murder, Soto for crime against nature. civil cases list mandamus on mining taxes, Hargrove vs City of Bistel, various damages and title matters, and several others.
The Arizona public school report ranks Tombstone sixth with Bisbee leading in membership and notes Tombstone has a smaller teacher count than other districts. The table lists pupil numbers and teacher counts for principal territory schools, showing Bisbee and Phoenix near the top, with Tombstone following.
The February 1908 Territorial Treasurer report shows cash in the treasury rising from the prior year and decade across twenty five funds such as prison, asylum, and bond redemption funds. A Monterrey health board move now requires foreign diploma authentication and holder identity proof to curb fraudulent medical credentials.
Frank M Johnson returns from a seven svantha trip across Texas. Mohave county faces a new bond authorizing a court house and jail, with a favorable congressional report. The Tyccon bond issue gains approval and work on a new water system will start soon. A Washington dispatch notes Senate action to add station ground and terminal facilities for the Arizona & California Railroad in the Colorado River Indian Reservation.
Friday's Daily notes Ellinwood the attorney visiting Tombstone on legal business and announcing hospital progress for Ree Carroll at Mexico Cottage Sanitarium in Silver City. Updates cover Circus artists decorating walls, Superintendent Walker and wife from Santa Cruz arrival, and Great American Circus promoter J L Weysar in town for Saturday. Also mentions revival of boating interest, Tombstone baseball prep, an excursion Phoebe to City of Mexico, Republican convention notes, Saddle Mountain Mining resuming work with 200 men and a six mile track to the Winkleman railroad.
J. Backus led a horse toward the Sam Pedro river to make room for his team when the animal bit his left hand, tearing flesh from the bone. He received prompt treatment, and the injury is highly painful and will require time to heal. Local report from Bonaon Press.
A 19 year old named Joe Hinton was killed by his brother in law Virgil Metuen in a corral near a chicken yard. McEuen fired after a crouching figure. Hinton cried that he had killed him. The coroner's jury found the shooting justifiable, labeling it horuicide.
The Cave Creek sheep shearing will finish this week with 70,000 head shorn. About 600,000 pounds of wool will be hauled to Phoenix for shipment, signaling great profits for sheep men despite the vast cares of the business.
The American Circus, a one ring show recalling P T Barnum style, will visit Tombstone next Saturday as the first circus of the year. The lineup promises twenty clowns, a twenty piece band, contortionists, tumblers, trained dogs and ponies, a balloon ascension, and other acts to attract local crowds.
Cochise group of mines leader HT Fisher says a contract for 2 feet of drifting has been let at the Cochise mine and expects important developments soon. The district unit, located along the river, shows strong promise.
A group of K P members plans a two week trip to Phoenix to meet Charles Barnes supreme chancellor of the order. Barnes is brother of the late Judge WH Barnes and is likely to visit other cities in the territory during the stay.
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