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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1882

Page

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Lecture on Garfield assassin and insanity questioned

Dr Richard Gundry former Athens Asylum superintendent delivered the lecture at the College of Physicians and Surgeons on Garfield's assassin and his mental state. The main issue was whether the killer was insane and the evidence cited weighed against lifelong insanity, noting moral weakness and vicious habits rather than hereditary insanity.

Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons Richard Gundry Athens Asylum Garfield Gundry

Washington letters and political notes from February

Washington letters discuss city crime, federal election procedures, and anti-polygamy measures. Mentions a guano island discovery near Port Lobos, the Hayes portrait return from Paris, and Sherman's three percent bond outlook. Blaine criticizes abandoning a congress of American nations and urges reconsideration.

Washington D. C Custeau Congress Senate House United States Supreme Court House Committee On the Judiciary Shellenbargers Sherman House Committee On Military Affairs Alexander H. Stephens National Hotel House of Representatives Georgia Gulf of California Port Lobos R. 8. Hayes Temperance White House Paris Cincinnati School of Designs New York Logan

Nicaragua Canal Favoring U S Control Seen as Nation’s Need

Leading minds in both houses and parties agree on a ship canal across the isthmus, controlled by the United States, to ensure wartime access and secure ownership. They favor a Nicaragua route as most suitable, quicker and cheaper, with current congressional momentum toward immediate construction.

Congress Isthmus United States Nicaragua Nicaragua Canal

Senator Sherman Denies Treasury Labor Allegations

A public statement from Senator Sherman dismisses claims that Treasury workers labored on his Washington residence. He cites a telegram from the Western Associated Press as a lie and asserts no such testimony or letters from Secretary Sherman or Mrs. Sherman were produced. Pitney confirms his support for Sherman’s denial.

Sherman Treasury Washington Associated Press Ohio Pitney Tam Hale Jonn Sherman Senate Committee L. Pitney

Pendleton speech not repeated says Tribune

The New York Tribune notes Pendleton will likely skip a Civil Service reform speech. It compares the speech to a Georgia church sermon about chicken theft, saying the sermon cast gloom as Pendleton’s address did.

Paddy Ryan Cleveland The New York Tribune Pendleton Georgia

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