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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1898
Page
1
Major General Jove Wheeler tells the Associated Press that reports of ill treatment of soldiers are unfounded. He asserts investigations found no basis for the claims and defends army conduct amid mounting inquiries.
The Spanish government seeks release of soldiers held in the United States after Cervera's destruction. Washington promises potential transfer to Spain. In another report, a blast at Fort McPherson killed four workers and injured many during dynamite blasting for a new mine site.
General Lawton reports conditions at Santiago with 220 sick and 140 fever cases, new fever cases on duty. San Francisco notes 57 of 93 mines put in this day have been removed. Dispatch from Chief Surgeon Woodbury says hospital ship Relief will arrive in Philadelphia Tuesday morning with 518 patients from Porto Rico.
War department predicts about one third of the 1 220,000 volunteers will be mustered out. The count mirrors proclamations by the president and Crowe Wixerr at Montauk Point. Also reported today are 17 deaths in the general hospital. An old remedy for wind colic and diarrhoea, Mrs. Winslow's Seething Syrup, continues to be sold widely.
Notice records an upcoming public filing in Apache County Arizona for a tract agreement. It names Alexander Chish of Window Rock Arizona and others as involved parties with a formal claim to land, with a court official Juriaonis Ian Come overseeing proceedings.
The document lists Democratic and Republican conventions with dates in Bisbee Prescott and September 16 20. It also details two roundups Benson and Sulphur Springs Valley with start dates September 21 at Hot Springs and September 20 at Bolen ranch and Fairbank, naming captains and routes across the region.
Notice of private sale of real estate by Ellen C. Dewring administratrix under a Cochise County probate order. Property in Arizona Territory to be sold at private bid until September by the court, with title and interest transferred to the purchaser.
A notice announces a bid opening for fuel supplies for a court or government body. The document lists date and time, bid contents, and terms including right to reject any or all bids. Names of officials are partially legible, including the chairman and a clerk.
A Republican party notice announces a Territorial Convention to nominate a delegate to Congress and select a territorial Republican Central Committee. The call requests full attendance at Library Hall in Robert on Monday September 2 at 4 p m for the convention agenda and related business to be transacted.
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