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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1892
Page
3
Florence hosts a Wednesday talk by Mark Smith with a slate of topics from typhoid fever to statehood, races and local incidents. The column bundles weathered notes on elections, accidents, marriages, rail shops, and a debate wrap, all in period newspaper voice.
R R Richardson shipped two trains of cattle from Huachuca to Humboldt Nevada on Monday Inst Dr Thornton sent two trains from Huachuca to Mills City Nevada yesterday Colt Cameron moved 1000 head from Calabasas to Pam Spas Texas partly bought from neighbors G W Lang holds a train load near Tombstone awaiting cars for shipment to California
The Florence Tribune notes Mickey Stewart opposes the statehood constitution and urges voters to back him for delegate to Congress and in seeking an enabling act. It predicts a delay in Arizona admission, while Bisbee’s large smelter resumes work amid stack overhauls and dust chamber upgrades. Governor Murphy is in Phoenix after a return from Chicago.
A wide mix of brief items from Phenix Tombstone Bisbee and the White Hills. Mentions A J Godfrey Jima Kirk Sonu D K Wardwell reported sick rain indications E B Gage returning east Scotty Stewart Cochise County politics bonds reprint and re signings A P Stone back from Massachusetts rail life insurance convention in San Antonio mining activity at White Hills Mohave Miner notes population growth and upcoming ratification meeting in Bisbee.
The piece questions whether Arizona should gain statehood or remain under territorial rule under Stewart and Smith. It accuses the federal apparatus of blocking progress, ties opposition to party power, and urges unity among Arizona pioneers against perceived federal meddling. It condemns Mickey Stewart and criticizes Delegate Smith’s debates while praising the territorial committee for limiting debates.
A dispatch to the El Paso Times reports Santa Fe officials are finishing preliminary plans for a Deming to Benson Arizona branch about 130 miles long. The route would connect with the Guaymas road to Mexico, opening an agricultural region and coast access, with possible Santa Fe shops move from San Marcial to Deming boosting its status as a central maintenance hub.
M. Bruce travels to Nevada to secure pasture for his cattle. He has chipped out 200 cars and will move 4000 head for Richardson and 1000 for Dick Clark once pasture is secured. Cattle unloaded at Mills City Humboldt Colton and Sacramento. No losses reported. climate likens Cochise. Bruce cannot meet voters before election day but hopes to return to canvas the county.
W H Llewellyn Santa Fe livestock agent quotes cattle car rates from Fairbank to Thacher 75 dollars La Junta 78.50 Las Avimas 50 Pueblo 83. He notes two to three trains daily and will publicize to aid cattlemen. Also reports Dos Cabezas mining paper Newton and a Papago cowboys clash near Ferdo with two Papago deaths and expected trouble. White House death of Mrs Harrison. district attorney tied to four Frank Hare horses. local officials travel county.
John Gray and G W Cheyney arrived today while Arizona Enterprise faces libel indictment. Republican candidates travel to Bisbee for ratificationores, wild storm rains, rumors of killings near Silver Creek and local officials discuss textbooks in Tucson. Cavalry moves, Bisbee murder, miner’s ore routes, and a hand injury at McPherson’s corrals conclude the report.
G W McLane, visiting from the Huachuca mountains, describes Guatemala’s capital, rail links, and a coffee-driven economy. He notes government rates, export duties, labor practices, currency, and strong US ties, plus fruit markets and travel fares to San Francisco.
A Globe Globe morning wire reports Kid and band raiding near Globe. James Hall was fired on near Canyon Creek but escaped unharmed. The band killed an Indian and captured a squaw at Black Bear spring. John Keyser and a cowboy were chased by Indians seven miles south of Globe. Keyser escaped. Sheriff Thompson led a posse and troops to follow toward San Pedro with detachments in the area. Strong hopes for capture.
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