Tombstone Epitaph Sees Taft Power Split Over Arizona Appointments
The Bisbee Miner notes Taft’s appointment of a Democrat to a judgeship deepening the Solid South split while the Phoenix Democrat says Republicans may lose favors if Taft replaces them with Democrats. Mark Smith reports Senate opposition to Arizona statehood but hopes for December. A Yuma nugget story praises local settlement and describes penitentiary debates as gold paved—while Attorney General Wright endures odd inquiries and petty letters as a rash of communications tests his patience.
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Taft
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Phoenix Democrat
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Mark Smith
Washington
Senate
Arizona
Mr. Smith
John B. Wright
General Information Bureau
Superior
Azona
Wright
Seaburgiac
Tucton Star
Fragmented Chronicle of Reform and Oddities
A garbled, fragmentary item list quotes Dr. Robert J. Irvine on criminal reform, student explorer Max Uhie on ancient ruins, and notes the cremation of Dr. Robert Grimes. It blends biographical snippets, aphorisms, and sensational bets ending with two tragic challenges.
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Alan
Reno
Doane
Albany
Ander
Iie
Max Uhie
University of Thin
Robert Grimes
Cheyenne
Tulle
Meeker
Doings in Cochise County Courts Courting Probate and Divorces
In Cochise County Arizona courts notices of probate and estate matters include suits for debt and injunctions, orders appointing administrators, hearings for residue distributions, appraisers, and notices to creditors. Divorces recorded for Hert Coleman and Bedie W Coleman highlight dissolution actions.
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Eatate
NC Barcom
Frank Lane
W G Pool
Would-be Assassin Now in the Toils
An arrest by Matechal C. E. King brought Lopes, a Mexican, into custody on charges of throwing the bomb that nearly killed President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners. Moyer visited the Bartlett hotel when the explosion wrecked Charlie Hong’s restaurant next to the Bartlett. The motive remains unclear as authorities pursue the case.
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Matechal C. E. King
Lopes
President Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Bartlett
Charlie Hong
ofSear King
Progress in famous Arizona fraud case involving Two Queens mine
After three weeks in Kansas City the prosecution in the Frank J. Horn et al fraud case returned to Phoenix. Gardom reports Judge Philips denied a new trial motion after exhaustive arguments. Sentencing was postponed due to Horn’s fainting fit, and appeal bonds were set at 5,000 for each defendant as lawyers prepared notices of appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
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Kanes City
Frank J. Horn
Bentence
Philips
Ra City
Gardom
Hor
Horn
Dectore
Gurdom
Circuit Court of Appeale of
Missouri
Territorial and National Banks in Arizona Report
The report from territorial bank comptroller W C Foster notes 3 Territorial and 13 National banks in Arizona as of April 28. Territorial resources total 11,972,755 while National resources total 9,046,134. Also mentions sandhills in the Imperial valley drifting west and dredging plant machinery arriving for Speck Mining at Lynx creek Yavapai county.
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W. C. Foster
Territorial Bank Comptroller
Territorial
National Banks of
Arizona
Ariz
Speck Mining Company
Om Lynx Creek
Yavapsi County
Large crowd enjoys film series despite power outage
A crowded theater crowd faced disruption as electricity failed during the film sequence, forcing an adjournment. Officials announced no show tonight due to missing chemicals, with plans to resume next Monday when admission will be available again.
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Chen
Honest John Mant dies in Tombstone era notes
A respected Cochise County figure known as Honest John Mant, a longtime Tombstone resident and public servant born July 15, 1831 in Ohio, dies after a life in mining, livery, and county government. He served fourteen years on the board of supervisors and helped reduce indebtedness, earning enduring esteem among Southwest pioneers. Funeral services are set at the Catholic church tomorrow morning.
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Southwest
Arizona
Cochise County
Ohio
Doris Oecuurring
California
Northwest
New Mexico
Tombstone
Board of Supervisors
Mc Montgomery
Mout
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Testimonial Claims
A historical advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back guarantee. It asserts a cure for catarrh and cites endorsements from F J Cursry & Co and others. The misspelled text references Toledo vendors, testimonials, and a price of ten cents per bottle.
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Hall
F J. Cursry & Co
Toledo
F.J. Cheney
Watpixo
Kinxax & Manvix
Wholesale Druggiste
Prine
Duggiste
Black Hand Threats Target Tombstone Juror
Tombstone shoo maker and juror J K Lapeley received a handwritten Black Hand warning that his shop would be blown up at 3 o clock tonight. Authorities investigate after a note was slipped under his door following threats aimed at jurors in a sensational revolutionist case. Lapeley, a veteran marksman, is not alarmed but vigilant as investigators seek the origin of the intimidation.
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Magan
Villareal
Rivera
United States
Territesrial
Lapeley
Lapsley
Asfa
Fisiue Re Huing
Apportionment for the Arizona Militia
The Federal Government has provided $80,000 to equip the Arizona militia and the territory $10 per month to be applied to rentals of meeting rooms for companies and troops, the latter not being mounted.
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Arizona
Territory
Bisbee Burned Woman and Fire at Eldeman Residence
In Bisbee on May 24 Mrs. Duffy was seriously burned by a gasoline explosion while trying to shield her husband. She is not expected to live. The blaze began as she and her husband handled a lit candle near a can of gasoline in the cellar. The other item notes a fire that nearly destroyed the Eldeman residence, rented to a club of young men, with banker W. J. Eddleman elsewhere. An education funding measure in Douglas for new school buildings is likely to pass by a wide margin.
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Douglas
Huachuca News Items Include Rail Work And Odd Tales
Local notes describe railroad improvements on the Benson to Nogales line with heavier engines and a rebuilt depot at Huachuca as well as shipments of government property to New York. The report mentions a mysterious water trough on the Sonoita Burro road and a curious tale about Cal Morgan and fish in a drying pond investigated by Walter Dow.
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Huachues
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Gall
John Hoils
Montana
Majin Allen
New York
Che
Benson
Nogales
Pew
Husctica
Bahseormari Egvek
Cal
Morgan
Walter Dow
Fugitive Case Sparks Narrow Train Escape Tale
Sheriff Jack White spots a stranger on a Beosom to Benson bound tram and suspects a jail escapee. At Phoenix he sees an ad for Clyde Taylor, captured after escaping Santa Ana jail. Interstate Commerce Commission decisions on Wells Fargo and interstate rate cuts after July raise express costs and service implications across Maricopa County regions.
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Preenie
Fairbank
Mac
Che Enet
Beosm
Phoenix
Short
Clyde Taylor
Santa Ana
Cal
Benson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arizona
Wells Fargos Co
Jones
Maricopa
Tombetone
Ise
Ise County
Meaney Eviey Phi
Maricopa County Assessed Value Grows by 1 Million
Abdul Hamid faces admission to county affairs as Maricopa County plans an assessment increase of about one million dollars. The total estimated property valuation tops twelve thousand, with last year’s figure at around 1,010,109. Officials note the day’s entry fee and local details remain unsettled amid unclear records.
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Anternateas
Maricopa County
Abdul Hamid
Naco Athona
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