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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1900
Page
1
Bisbee and nearby towns report weather warmth and active mining interests. Sheriff White visits, Nacois Bierie warms for summer, and several travelers and traders arrive or depart. Copper Queen notices include court activity, patent disputes, and shipping of goods. health reports mention Miss Lon Howe’s condition.
Attorney Frenk Hereford of Hereford and Hezzard of Tucos left this morning for Biehee on professional business. He will return during the comintermo court term to attend to clients with cases on the district calendar.
A Marl county official orders an immediate tax on improvements and stock tied to personal property tax, claiming no leniency for non real estate items. The piece also notes a Rich Man’s plan to donate fortune to charity, prompting discussion about other agencies. A patent reference to a revenue stamp and a local home neck cover appears in the closing lines.
A report from Thyreton's revue notes plans to open a university year with a modern building housing a printer shop machine shop drafting room and engine room. Officials discuss possible appropriations from 15000 to 25000 annually to expand mining agriculture and medical arts programs as enrollment grows and engineering courses rise in priority.
Warren of Athua records letters from Manila about fever and garrison duty. Reports rumblings of a general muster-out of volunteers, officers resigning, and comparisons to 1885 Moatauk Point. In Washington Camp Constable Moore faces grand jury action over the Kal Harry Harrison shooting. Harrison dies after Moore fires. Tucohee reports $700,000 rise in taxable wealth over two years.
The Phoenix Enterprise notes rapid progress of a canaicre thcme enterprise in Salt River Valley, projecting a potential output of about thirty crates monthly once fully underway. Initial shipments reach New York Boston Philadelphia and European ports, attracting investment rivaling the region’s orange industry.
RS Hatch and Superintendent Spear of the Fort Yome Indian school laws were appointed coarse courterstors for the Lodian reservation at Yuma. Hatch, a former sheriff of Cochise County, will command Jos Me Cormick in charge of the new station being built for the S. M. and AR R at Patagonia. The building will be the most substantial station house on the NM&A line in a Patagonia town facing a building boom and future growth.
Frank J. Chesney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheyney & Co. of Toledo Ohio declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn before a public official on December 6. Testimonials urged for internal use.
HJ Brittain of Sorora describes MACOSARS operations near the Na cond district 109 miles south of Bisbee. A 400 ton concentrator will be installed in thirty days and a 2100 ton emilier is under construction. The yard employs about 100 workers under DLD Ricketts with power from eight 125 hp boilers. A rail line is planned from the border to Naco into Nacosari with Nogales and Bisbee figures noted.
Arizona delegate Joan F Wilson secured a 50040 appropriation in the army bill to repair Fort Whipple near Prescott. The vote margin was tight and critics attempted to block the funding, but Wilson prevailed amid praise from Arizona observers. In a separate item, J. H. Lee of Prescott lost his hotel to a fire of incendiary origin, as Justice Schuster and Deputy Sheriff Bravia investigated an ambush on the same trip.
A body was found about two miles from the oil Bronco mines. Justice Shorter ordered a coroner’s inquest and investigators were sent to the scene. The jury's finding noted bones of a huberg and a possible match with a Benson citizen who had contact with the body. No identity or cause of death established, while some local Mexican residents suggested a missing man from Charleston as a possible match.
The Star reports Belgian hare production expanding with markets rising in Tucson and nearby areas. In a few months markets will be flush with Belgian hare meat, touted as a premier delicacy in the realm.
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Cochise county notes discuss expansion of the U S Navy with sixty vessels under construction costing over 25 million dollars and forecast longer service life. Pension increases proposed by Grand Army leaders could raise annual payments from about 15 million to nearly 292 million, with an estimated 4 million rise from reforms.
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