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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1902
Page
5
The town log notes afternoon trains ran on time and a flurry of local cases and appointments. Assorted residents face court actions, land disputes, and vagrancy sentences as probate court names guardians and estates move forward. Emma Nevada company arrives, with large seat sales and expectations for a crowded show tonight.
Foreman of the Bay san Pedro and others from Impsen and Buenos Ayres are mentioned with various travel notes. Several local officials and visitors including Trainmaster J G Lindsay, Walter H Graves, J M Barnes, H G Benarden, F R Mussett, H McKelvin, Emory Rodgers, and J A Rodgers are listed with movements between Benson, Mammoth, and the city. Ages noted include sixty six and sixteen. one entry mentions a Mexican girl named Orie.
Grossetta hints the pet at the Opera House will showcase Richard Golden's beauty OM Jed Prouty. Press praise promises a good house and a strong crowd. The Doctors told me my cough was incurable One Minute Cough Cure made me well. Norris Silver of North Stratford NH endorses it. Not Like Other Men.
The Deming and El Paso Consolidated Oil Co reports the Deming area well down about 400 feet with strong indications of oil after penetrating rock and reaching sand. A separate note from Las Vegas Optic criticizes fake news in Arizona and defends Naco as orderly and progressive amid sensational reports.
A traveller recounts a sealed Mexican assassination plot against President Diaz. He ties a failed event to a murdered would be assassin and a suicide of the detectives chief, claiming Diaz never learned who commanded the plot.
Washington reports that Miss Roosevelt may attend King Edward VII’s coronation but no White House confirmation exists. The President’s advisers warn consent would be a political blunder while Miss Roosevelt presses her request as she nears her eighteenth birthday.
Gus Hobbs rode to Clifton then Newton on Monday evening to check business. He found his horse missing and saw a young man named Price ride away. After a pursuit by Gus and John, bullets were fired but Price escaped. The horse returned to the stable next morning bearing evidence, leading to Price being captured at Buttner's ranch. The youth had gambled away money entrusted to him and likely took the horse to flee consequences.
In Kelvin a mining boom surrounds the Troy and Stanhaton companies with new ore bodies and payrolls. Mrs. Drais runs a large hotel while Dr Woodruff reports no smallpox in the area though a noncontagious illness near Dudleyville briefly appears. The Bobtail Mining Company advances with a 10 ton daily stamp mill and high grade ore valued at about 65 dollars per ton. Local incidents include a Florence bank safe robbery investigation and a culture of entertainment with Jed Prouty at the Opera House.
Dick O Gould assistant cashier of Platte Valley State Bank was arrested and taken to David City. A large crowd of depositors followed to the depot as he boarded a freight train amid threats. Police expect further arrests as Bellwood streets remain crowded with heated language against the Gould brothers.
The text notes Chera Punji on the Bay of Bengal as recording the largest rainfall and cites violent storms in French Guiana. It describes a Cape Orangé incident near Cayenne where a cloudburst caused waterfalls, deafening thunder, and sailors praying. A Welsh editor’s misspelling of Liwyarch Hen’s name is also mentioned.
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