Passenger Train Accident Report Confirms Round Trip
A fragmented report notes a train incident affecting passengers and a round trip. Details remain unclear but indicate disruption and inquiries into cause and response.
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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1893
Page
4
A fragmented report notes a train incident affecting passengers and a round trip. Details remain unclear but indicate disruption and inquiries into cause and response.
Rain spurs activity as cattle men attend court. reform school site eyed for Flag staff. Haler case dismissed. Arizona Commercial Co. supplies labor at daily rate. Nobile visits Bisbee and Fairbank. bonds agent in New York views an easy placement. Mohave County’s Antelope dies. insomnia rising. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla touted. Grand jury costs and a faulty constitionality review loom. several local names and travels mentioned.
L Ephraim, once a leading Nogales merchant, spent a week in El Paso with about SO tons of ore treated at the El Paso smelter. He is principal stockholder and manager of Promontorio Mining Co owning four claims in the Tumacacori group 25 miles southwest of Nogales and eight miles west of the Arizona border. Government assays show an average return of 326 ounces of silver per ton and 49 percent lead in sight ore. Dr. Warnekos visits Bishte with H Schmieding. Etz reports slaughter of 50 cattle in Q1 '93. Warnckro sends grain to Rucker Canyon for troops. Arena Charley’s Will West with a Concord coach once ran Bisbee to Tombstone, held up 104 times.
Court sessions focus on whether mandamus is proper to restore McAllister to the supervisor post after a prior ouster. Defense challenges include lack of jurisdiction and eligibility due to holding treasurer office. A separate criminal case involving a Mexican national, Laguna, is discussed with plea changes and expected testimony costs.
Promotional notice touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system without weakening the bowels. It claims quick relief from lung colds headaches fevers and constipation with a pleasant taste, endorsed by medical professionals and sold by druggists in 80 cent and 1.00 dollar bottles from the California Fig Syrup Co.
A proposed Mammoth Dam in Arizona would create a 200 foot high, 360 foot top wide, 150 foot thick reservoir 20 miles long and hold back water to irrigate 300000 to 500000 acres. The plan, backed by Detroit capital including D M Ferry, aims to divert water to Mesa and the Southern Pacific line, with vast underground water savings and a major potential for regional development.
Pima in the county of Ima is in bad financial condition with $4 009 behind running expenses and a like amount due on warrants. The shortfall stems from last year's board actions and a funding pact that failed to finance general fund warrants. District Attorney Hereford and Clerk Hughes headed to Phoenix to explore funding options as the asylum faced strain and funds were diverted from needed county expenses.
A summons issues from the Tuttie’s Court of Precinct Xa Ten in Cochise Territory to Am Craig defendant, ordering appearance to answer a claim for $25 for physician services. The notice sets appearance deadlines by location and outlines default judgment terms. The Tombstone mayoral board of equalization schedules May 15.
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