Local News Briefs From Tucson City Health and Police Actions
Trains for 10 were on time at 3 o clock. Juan Mendoza aged fifty eight died yesterday near Hoyle s twenty one miles west of town from apoplexy and was buried in the Catholic cemetery. City Recorder Hawke takes a leave of absence to visit his ranch. Several arrests and court actions are noted including Hesler drunk and disorderly and charged with resisting an officer. Orozco held on grand larceny charges after a residence burglary. A cavalry lieutenant from the third regiment is in Tucson visiting the United States army. Memorial services for Peter Case are held at the Congregational church with remarks by Professor Mann. Big game hunter Cana brings in a mountain lion and a mammoth in Congress Hall exhibits. Various arrests including Jovita Garcia overheard with a 15 year old girl and Charles McCormick arrested on embezzlement telegrams. A son is born to Mr and Mrs Frank H Hereford. Sheriff Munds escorts Wesley wanted for highway robbery from Cananea to Prescott. Tombstone Sheriff Del Lewis moves a crazed man to Phoenix. Francesca Zepeda dies of pneumonia. Van E Murphy dies in hospital from prior pneumonia suffered before arrival.
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Congregational H
Peter Case
Mama
Professor Mann
Stan Endeavor Society
Case
Hall Neet
Evening Star
Church
Christian Ave. Society
Mas Garcia
Isopard
Rincon
Congress Hall
Cana
Mornor
J. Jovita Garcia
Sheriff Munds
Yavapai County
Prescott
Curtis
Wesley
Munds
Cananea
Personal Mention items list several regional visitors
Davis and BE Sanduskey from St. Louis arrived to buy horses for a firm with a contract to supply horses to the British in South Africa. Dr. J. C. Norton passed through en route from Phoenix to Cochise. B. J. Alwinkle from California rode to Oracle by stage. Dr. O. W. Brandon came from Naco to attend the Huey trial as a defendant witness. Robert Hannah, Nogales customs inspector, arrived for the Huey trial. Y. C. Fuentes came from Cananea to meet his wife returning from the Coast. W. O. Owen, government survey inspector, arrived from Nogales. W. E. Fryer, mining expert from Cerro, CO, spent Sunday in town. R. R. Richardson arrived from Silver Bell mining property. W. S. Cudaback of Nogales customs here for the Hoey trial. Deputy Sheriff Tom Turner of Nogales arrived by burro yesterday.
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O. W. Brandon
Nogales
Naco
Robert Hannah
Huey
Y. C. Fuentes
Cananea
W. O. Owen
W. E. Fryer
Cerro
Colorado
R. R. Richardson
Silver Bell District
W. S Cudaback
Hoey
Tom Turner
Noted arrivals accompany Hoey trial in Nogales city
P B Soto a Wilcox merchant arrived on No 9 and registered at the San Augustine. F Neilsen and wife stopped in the city returning from a coast wedding trip. R K Freeman of Nogales here for the Hoey trial as a witness. Charles R Wores Harold R Bacon from the Oceanic mine. George B Ellison of Bisbee spent Sunday in town. L T Britsol arrived from Nogales for the Hoey trial. Indian scout Hualapai Clarke who killed Apache Kid is in the city. Li A Packard from Bisbee came on the Nogales train. Mr and Mrs J H Hardy arrived from Minas Prietas and registered at the San Augustine.
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P. B. Soto
San Augustine
F. Neilsen
Nogales
R. K. Freeman
Hoey
Charles R. Wores
Harold R. Bacon
Oceanic
George B. Ellison
Bisbee
L. T. Britsol
Hualapai Clarke
Li. A. Packard
J. H. Hardy
Minas Prietas
Street Gar Line Change Better Service Promised
The Tucson Street Railway appoints Mose Drachman as manager and outlines plans to extend lines to Stone avenue Seventeenth street and Union Park, add new open horse cars, hire fresh harness, and move toward an electric system after improving rails and service. An onlooked runaway horse car incident near Stone avenue is noted, with passengers and a driver displaced.
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Tucson Street Railway
Mose Drachman
R. B. Zeigler
Stone Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Union Park
University
Drachman
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Verdict of Indian jury on evidence fabrication claim
An Bombay Gazette account recalls a colonial Indian court scene where the jury refuses to convict non confessor prisoners. Asked to weigh evidence they respond that verdicts can be based on fabricated proof and confessing individuals alone reveal guilt.
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Bombay Gazette
Farmer and Se w ing Machine Man Joke Roundup
A farmer cites yellow corn and a fence between halves in a humorous exchange with a sewing machine man. The tale notes the man needed two doctors to recover. A separate gag asks how many live swallows make a pound, citing a weigh-in of ten grams per swallow and fifty needed per pound.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Baden
Earliest Suspension Bridges Mentioned Across Rivers
The article notes that primitive concepts of suspension bridges came from interlacing branches and plants across rivers. It suggests monkeys may have used them before humans and mentions mountainous regions like Tibet and Peru where such bridges have been used since ancient times.
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Tibet
Peru
Earier
Tragic double shooting ends in suicide in Tucson
In a late night quarrel between Horace B. Allen and Mollie Conard, Allen shot Conard through the heart and then killed himself with a bullet to the head. The couple lived at 128 McCormick Street near The Totem saloon. An inquest found the deaths resulted from a gunshot to Conard and a self-inflicted wound by Allen. Funeral details announced for both at Parker's undertaking parlors.
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Horace B. Allen
Mollie Conrad
Allen
Tecson
Bakersfield
Celtoria
Tucson
McCormick Street
Pedro Pellon
Mollie
Effie
Flannagan
Katenstein
Wilson
J. H. Wilson
J. L. Wiley
C. F. Fink
A. H. Zeigler
R. Moreno
BE. M. Hutton
Ben
O. C. Peker
Colorado
Ben Daniels
Daniels
Mollie Conard
el Paso
Nogales
Efie
Parker
Moon Gravity and Jumping a Wall
A discussion notes that a 12 stone man on Earth would weigh about 2 stone on the Moon. With unchanged muscles and frame, it would seem he could vault over a twelve foot wall on the Moon with the same effort as clearing a two foot wall on Earth.
Autobiography of a Noted Pitcher Reconstructed
Manning recalls advising a pitcher to write about famous men he met. The pitcher produced an autobiography, as noted by the Boston Transcript.
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Manning
Pitcher
Boyd
Manning—Ie
Boston Transcript
White as color or light in science and slang
The passage contrasts white as the sum of all colors in light with white as a paint color in popular usage. It notes that scientifically white contains all spectrum colors, while colloquially saying someone is perfectly colorless implies the absence of color.
Zeckendorf Store Special Sale Draws Large Tucson Crowd
A Tucson store reports a citywide sale at Zeckendorf with crowds overwhelming staff as multiple departments feature seasonal goods. The clothing sale runs all week with new items highlighted daily, reflecting strong local demand and store initiative.
Open session invited for Degree of Honor Lodge in Arizona
The Arizona Lodge No. 1 AOUW invites members and female relatives to an open meeting at 8 p m on a Wednesday in April 1902 to discuss instituting a Degree of Honor Lodge. Mary B Alden and Carrie Reyman will present and collect signatures for prospective members. Refreshments will follow.
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Arizona Lodge
U. W
Mary
Alden
Carrie Reyman
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
H. W. Altman
Fuel Supply Proposals Open for Western Forts 1902
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received in Denver and at post quartermasters for furnishing fuel to Forts Apache Grant Huachuca Board Wingate Douglas DuChesne D.A. Russell Mackenzie Washakie Logan and Denver during fiscal year ending June 30, 1903. Proposals for partial quantities or alternate delivery points may be considered. Envelopes marked Proposals for Fuel J W Pope Chief Q M. 4 12 14 15 16 5 9 18
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Denver
Colo
Forts Apache
Grant
Huachuca
A. T
Forts Board and Wingate
N. M
Douglas and DuChesne
Utah
D. A. Russell
Mackenzie and Washakie
Wyo
Fort Logan
J. W. Pope
Q. M
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Peerless Flour
Eagle Milling CO
Tucson, Ariz
Juan Mendoza
Hoyle’s Sh
City Recorder
Hawke
Oox
Western Union Telegraph
McLean
D. M. Ferry
Asater
E. E. Downer
Sra Cristina de
Hesler
Wilson Court
Bave
Flanjudge Wilson
Orozco
Cochran
Ige Wilson
Cotenant
George M. Russel
Theerth Calvary
United States Army
Orndorf
Charles McCormick
Mandet
McCormick
Frank H. Hereford
del Lewis
Tombstone
Phoenix
Francisca Zepeda
Kennedy Street
van E. Murphy
Caropea
St. Mary's Hospital
Wale
Cherryvale
Kans
Davis
BE. Sanduskey
South Africa
J. C. Norton
Cochise
B. J. Alwinkle
California
Oracle
E.G
CAPO
Gorham Mig. Co
Rogers Os
W. C. Bennett
Dr. Thomas
Administration of Justice
Yaas
Waal
Yeas
Tress
Himself
Loin
He Was
One
Jack
Philadelphia Press
Zeckendorf
C. F. Cornwell
Valley Street
Saugerties
N. Y
United cMderns
Fifth Ave
Baldwin
P.O
Absolute Safety Pioneer Transfer Co
Stone Ave
A. T. Morris
Cincinnati
Ohio
DS Minney
Pioneer Transfer Co
Cennry
Brady-Schneider Commission Company
South Stone Avenue
Madam Lamos
West Broadway
Recorder
Cafe Goldtree
Bell’s Pharmacy
Cali
Willis P. Haynes
Col
Broadway
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