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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1902
Page
3
The item notes Tombstone in Cochise County Arizona and reports political tensions with Republicans seeking a delegate to Congress and Arizona remaining Democratic. It mentions Anizoxa's petrified wood as a St Louis 1904 exposition sight and a Brooklyn burglary story about poetry volumes and silver. The piece also comments on Boston prestige and Cochise County's Democratic stance.
The article notes that Navajo Indians were said to be starving, a claim challenged as unfounded. It mentions British opinion fading in American politics and includes local mentions of E. B. Gage and Col. Clue traveling to Prescott and Los Angeles, with weather updates in Tombstone and remarks on recent heavy rain.
Yesterday H Gerweth trustee of the reform school led the Press editor through the new building nearing completion. Contractors will soon turn the edifice over to the territory. It is a very impressive structure.
In a Tombstone letter to the Wilcox Range News Mr C Gibson outlines county seat removal fears and cost data. He cites a prior deficit of 35,000 dollars, a current deficit of 4,200, and argues high rates burden taxpayers to aid property holders. Republicans meet at Tombstone hall selecting delegates to Bisbee convention. Various local political notes, telegraph rate changes, and court martial outcomes are included.
Former Tombstoner Emil Syton, a once prominent resident and former Tombstone postmaster, died by self harm in Safford after domestic troubles and financial concerns. He had moved from Tombstone to Safford to pursue business, with his divorce and remarriage cited as factors. Community shock followed, and details remain scarce as investigators assess the case.
A party of railroad officials from El Paso arrived in Tombstone for a business inspection of the Fairbank and Tombstone branch. General Superintendent W. G. Choate praised progress, noted the large boulder displaced by a blast, and expected main line connection toward College Peak by December. Mayor Emanuel left for Phoenix to attend the Republican territorial convention. Social events marked Mexican Independence Day.
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