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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1910
Page
2
A series of brief musings notes Pinchot Ballinger and Taft, March weather and fashion hints. Reports from Nicaragua suggest revolution near end. Knox and Washington movements linger. California and Arizona boast sunshine counts and mining congress interest. President denounces Wall Street gambling, urging enforceable law and public trust.
A. H. Gardner today assumed the district court clerkship, succeeding G. B. Wilcox. The Republican party leader took the oath in the Probate Court and received a hearty, if humorous, reception from officials and colleagues, with Williams delivering a light hearted welcome. Gardner pledged to follow official rules and fulfill duties while receiving congratulations from many present.
The Civic committee of the Woman's Club of Taser appeals to Mayor and City Council with a draft ordinance by John T. Wright to enforce cleaner handling of groceries butchers and fruit stores. They cite open displays and sidewalk exposure causing dust and disease laden vermin to contact merchandise.
A Nogales dispatch reports William Randolph Hearst and companions traveling by private car Atlanta through Nogales enroute to Gusymas Meratlan Gusdalajara and Mexico City. Circulating rumors speak of a new Nogales Sonora bank with a $1,000,000 capital to fund Sonora livestock. Twin Buttes railroad work nears Nogales aided by Tucson or Pima County subsidy, shortening distance to Phoenix and suggesting Gulf Coast final target.
The article indicates a change in election scheduling for Tombstone as statehood bill actions influence municipal elections previously aligned with county and delegation contests. It notes Tombstone may conduct its election separately amid congressional decisions.
A long, fragmented profile describes John McLuckie once mayor of Homestead Pennsylvania. It recounts his alleged involvement in the 1892 Carnegie Steel strike, a fatal shooting, later armor-plate exposure work, mining ventures in Sonora, Mexico, robberies, beatings, and eventual confinement in a hospital. The piece notes he cannot recall full events and has relatives in Homestead.
City labor groups unite to combat high living costs with resolutions condemning the current salaries. Forty five members from fifteen teaching organizations met to discuss grievances and seek remedies to ease cost of living for workers and families in Tucson.
A library of over 4000 titles on Arizona history and geography was presented to the South Sweet Museum by Dr J A Munk of Los Angeles. The collection includes maps sketches photographs and hundreds of books, described as the greatest of its kind. The article notes the donor’s quarter century effort to educate Americans about the Southwest.
Mrs Pauline Hettenstein of Bisbee is placed in the insane asylum at Phoenix after a struggle to take her three month old infant. Deputy Sheriff Allie Howe and nurse Norton brought her to the facility as she cried for permission to keep her baby. The child was removed at the door and returned to Bisbee. The case, noted as pitiable, cites heredity as a likely cause after years of illness.
A train engine crossing the border was halted by Mexican customs inspectors after exceeding a daily crossing limit. The engine had already crossed three times, delaying the Nogales to northbound Pullman by about three quarters of an hour before finally being allowed to cross.
Prospecton reprints a Phoenix Republican item about George Edwards who survived a tarantula bite after a makeshift turpentine poultice and cooled bottle approach. Dr. Crane notes recovery underway though weakness persisted. Also notes water shortages on Cochise County ranges as rainfall remains minimal.
A Phoenix dispatch says Governor Sloanie faced delegations for and against the Owen or McGuire bill in Congress. If passed, it would make all territory within twenty five miles of an Indian reservation dry. Delegations representing liquor interests oppose the bill while prohibitionists urge support.
Washington dispatch reports no passage today for the statehood bill as a long senate debate is likely after its introduction. Beveridge’s bill diverges from Hamilton’s house version, with leaders hoping a statehood law may come before adjournment but risking a house senate deadlock. Beveridge plans to report the measure this afternoon or tomorrow. The senate may delay until Taft’s railroad bill is settled, with other bills taking precedence.
The March 8 teachers' certificate examination across territory counties yielded 40 papers reviewed by the territorial board of examiners in Phoenix. Certificates totaling fifteen were issued to applicants: Evelyn Rains second grade, Caroline Fullerton second grade, W.C. Myers, Nellie Nash second grade, Lola LeBaron, Esther Hess, Beryl Taylor, J. L. Matthews second grade, Maricopa county. Laura M Lawrence second grade, Santa Cruz. and Mrs J.G. Wieberwelt, first grade, Yams county.
A Los Angeles dispatch reports passengers arriving from Yuma on a Southern Pacific train lost watches and valuables believed to be at Salton Sea bottom. A robber drowned himself during arrest, after being subdued by William Derrickson a mining man from Arizona. The train reversed to the spot but no body or loot was found.
Last Friday morning the post office in Humboldt was blown open and about 400 dollars in money and checks were stolen. Some money had been placed in the saleroom by a smelter employee due to the absence of a Humboldt bank.
The United States government appropriated fifty thousand dollars for a pumping plant at Parker to irrigate the fertile land surrounding the town, part of the reservation.
The Douglas Dispatch notes P. B. Warnekros departing for Los Angeles for several weeks and trying a hot springs rheumatic treatment. Reverend E W Simonson visits Tombstone while conducting nightly mission services at the Episcopal church. Mrs Boggs is hospitalized in Bisbee for an operation. Ed Nevie and James Hagan depart for Globe to embark in business. A new healthy baby arrives for Ole Walker family. Juana Apordero of Douglas is committed to the asylum after reporting visions and ghosts to authorities.
Fragmented OCR lists various court suits with debts and foreclosure actions including Jeremiah Lucy v Ranch and others, divorce action Lucy Hoover v David Hoover, appeals from justice court El Paso & Southwestern Railroad, wafts of guardianship and probate orders, adoptions and estate administration for A H Grisham.
Last night Benson saloon was entered and liquor bottles stolen. This morning a visibly inebriated man matching a picnicgoer was arrested at Fairbank by Deputy Sheriff Howe. Authorities pursue a possible link between the Benson robbery and the Fairbank arrest as part of the investigation.
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