Guiteau Is Sentenced To Hang On June 30 1882
In Washington on February 3 and 4 the court denied Guiteau’s motion for a new trial. Judge Cox announced the death sentence for the Garfield assassin, to be carried out June 30 in the jail chapel. Guiteau raged at Scoville, claimed divine backing, and was restrained as verdict and sentence were read.
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Washington
Guiteau
Scoville
Cox
Davide
Corkhill
George W. Gates
Shen Scoville
Charles J. Guiteau
John Wilson Guiteau
George Scoville
F. H. Snyder
Wilson Guitean
Gurkhill
Corkull
Corkuill
Garfield
Snyder
John B. Hammill
Hragsen
Athdavit
Brayrden
Guitean
Lafayette Park
Davidge
J. W. Guiteau
Serville
Theaper
Banc
Mr. Scoville
Tull
Peopie Wight
Bane
There'll Be No More Marrying There
Rich Mond Va February 6. It was found Tuesday night that the bars of the window in the cell where Thomas A. Marvin, the man who married fifteen or more wives, were sawn in twain. The champion married man is suspected but two other convicts in the cell prevent definite proof. He works in the prison shoe shop under hard, continuous labor, and his appearance shows age beyond his months since conviction.
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Thomas A. Marvin
Marvin
Limerick
Clifford Livy
Clare
Chaterine Street
Shannon
Lloyd
America
Mr. Lloyd
Clifford Lloyd
Captain Moonlight
Sulla
County Clare
Relative of Lincoln criticizes government aid to Mrs. Lincoln
A Lincoln relative, commenting on Congress recent action to grant Mrs Lincoln 15000 dollars and a new pension, says Mrs Lincoln is financially secure with 55000 dollars in 442 percent bonds and an 8000 dollar yearly pension. He asserts her mind is wrecked and she is insane on poverty.
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Washineton
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Freshet Submerges Rail Line Along Tennessee River
About ten miles of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis division are underwater after the Tennessee river flood. The line has been submerged for fifteen days, with Jacksonville reporting a fifty one inch drop last week. The railroad is six feet under water and operations unlikely until week’s end, crippling business by severing western connections.
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Jacksonville, Tenn
Northwestern
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Jacksonville
Ine
Progress of Civilization in Texan
The attorney-general's report for 1881 lists felonies: murder 856 theft 2130 arson 321 poisoning 98 rape 46 robbery 80 forgery 121 burglary 211 embezzlement 42 other felonies 1095 total 4208 with 889 convictions, compared to 355 total felonies in 1880.
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Austin
Tex
Small-Pox Outbreaks Reported Across Regions
Small-pox breaks out in Nottoway county Virginia with a hospital set up. Two cases appear in the county workhouse in Pittsburg Pennsylvania among 300 inmates. New York reports 36 cases last week, down 24 from the prior week.
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Nottoway County
Pittsburg
Penn
New York
Newark Officials Deficit Hits New High in Theft Scandal
Newark New Jersey February 6 reports another deficit of 5000 found against ex Auditor Palmer. The six month total of public official theft in Newarka amounts to 4 000 000.
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Newark
Newaka
N. J
Palmer
Sherman Refunding Bill Passed and Retirements Near
The Sherman refinancing bill cleared the Senate by 38 to 18 after a two week debate. It authorizes 200 million in bonds, with 30 day bank notice for note withdrawals and monthly limits. Retirements in the army are planned, with Meigs and Rucker among the first to go, and Ingalls likely to become quartermaster general.
House considers commission to study alcoholic liquor traffic
Washington reports the House has a select committee on alcoholic liquor traffic and a Senate motion to appoint a committee. The Joyce bill would create a 6 to 9 member commission to investigate liquor in revenue, crime, health, and welfare, including taxation, licensing, and social effects, with broad data on consumption, deaths, crimes, diseases, costs, and public care.
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Washington
House
Senate
Dingley
Joyce
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Postal savings banks linked to Post Office Dept bill
Washington February 6 a favorable report is expected on a bill to establish postal savings banks with the Post Office Department. It fixes small deposits at under $1, offers low interest, and shields funds from state taxation, with investments in U S bonds or local bonds. The plan proposes offices at money order centers with postmasters earning at least $5000 annually.
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West Virginia
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Windom
Mar
United States
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Census Committee
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Rhode Island
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Ohio
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Mouse Committee On
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Post Office Department
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Great Britain
Canada
Maine Tactics in Mexico Dual Governments in Jalisco
A Guadalajara despatch reports the recent Jalisco election produced two governments and dual legislatures after mobs seized ballot boxes and violence erupted. The Independent Legislature denied Senator Riestra’s governorship, claims fraud, and set a provisional governor while federal forces refused to escort Riestra. Both governments stay in force awaiting federal settlement.
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Mexico
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Senor Rkiestra
Senor Riestra
Sener Riestra
National Failures Report Show Fraudulent Bankrupt Acts
New York dated February 6 R G Dun reports seven day failures across the country with 146 cases. Eastern 14 Western 36 Southern 4 Middle 30 Pacific coast and Territories 11 New York City 7. Several failures show deliberate fraud by preferring friends. A Lassalle trader issues a circular favoring his sister in law for 842 000 to satisfy conscience leaving others in Chicago and New York unpaid on debts around 50 000 to 60 000.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Pacific Coast and Territories
New York City
Lassalle
Inl
Coally
Chicago
General Abe Buford Converts at Kentucky Revival
General Abe Buford a famed Kentucky horseman and brother of Colonel Tom Buford who killed Judge Elliott attended a revival at Campbell Street Christian Church. He publicly announced his conversion and intent to renounce horse racing, asking for baptism and signaling a complete life change, a moment that stirred the city.
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Abe Buford
Lovinsville
Kentucky
Tom Buford
Judge Elliott
Campbell Street Christian Church
Monument Plan for Morgan Abduction Memorial Unveiled
J J Stoddard of Chicago secretary of the National Christian Association reports plans to erect a monument to William Moran, the exposer of Masonry, abducted from Batavia. Over $2000 has been raised nationwide, the monument to be placed this summer and unveiled in September with Thurlow Weed invited to speak.
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Masonry
Batavia
J.J. Stoddard
Chicago
National Christian Association
Stoddard
Morgan
Thurlow Weed
Miners Trapped by Gas Explosion at Midlothian Shaft
Report from Rich Mono Virginia states thirty two Grove shaft miners at the Midlothian coal property were entombed Friday after a gas blast. Deep 600 foot vertical shaft and blocked passages prevented rescue attempts as deadly fumes filled the mine. Twelve white and twenty colored workers, with twenty six having families, are feared dead.
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Chesterfield County
Grove Shaft
Midlothian
Richmond
W. J. Burrows
Groveshaft
Burrows
New York
Rich Mono
Grove
Dawes Bill on Competitive Civil Service Examinations
Senator Dawes introduces a Senate bill establishing competitive examinations for civil service appointments. It covers lower clerkships open to all citizens, with higher grades filled by in-service or outside candidates via exams. Women may be opened to vacancies above a certain salary, and departments designate boards of examiners. Examiners assess character and aptitude, but not politics, with six month probation and penalties for exam obstruction or corruption.
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Senate
House
New England
Massachusetts
Dawes
Secret Service
Berlin Inventor Patents Sponge Based Cloth
A Berlin inventor patents a new cloth made mainly from sponge. Sponges are beaten to remove impurities, dried and pare stitched into fabric. The material resists poisonous dyes, breathes with perspiration, remains cool, cleanses easily, and may be useful in shoes stockings underwear hats and as protection against rheumatic and pulmonary ailments.
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Berlin
Hungarian Sleeper No. 36 Finds Work at Allentown Mill
John Gyumber, a celebrated Hungarian known for sleeping nearly seven months at the Lehigh almshouse, now works steadily in Allentown’s rolling mill. He is a capable worker earning fair wages, regaining his health and memory, and is popular among colleagues. Hungarians in the mill are identified by numbers, with Gyumber labeled No. 36.
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John Gyumber
Almshouse
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Plague of Bees Strikes West Fairview Village
Bees invade homes and stores in West Fairview Peon affecting 130 hives kept by residents. Bad weather and scarce food drove insects to food sources, swarming kitchens and fruit orchards, causing injuries and forcing nocturnal canning. Residents seek court relief to prevent future invasions.
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West Fairview
Peon
Robbery at 75 Chester Square Ends with Accidental Wound
Mrs. Lillian E Lane and family were suppering at home when a noise upstairs led servant George Bradley to search the house. He found a dressing-case broken into, was armed, and accidentally shot himself in the left hand while pursuing thieves. About $178 and minor items were taken.
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Lillian E. Lane
Chester Square
George Bradley
City Hospital
Lane
Foreign Flashes From Limerick Egypt and London News
Limerick reports at Clifford Livy denied a vast Fenian conspiracy while vowing to enforce law in Clare and Mulltown. February updates cover Limerick tensions, Egyptian ministerial programs, and a Manchester protest over Russian Jewish oppression. Reports also note six hundred Egyptian officers pledging loyalty to the Khedive, and London awaiting Parnell privilege debate.
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St. Perensavra
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Pranem
Cano
Puares
Mahmoud Barend
Council
Mild Dakota season and a dangerous candy warning
BisMaRCK Dok February 6 reports a January like heat with 71 above, little snow, weak Missouri River ice and early plowing joy among farmers. In New York Bessie Thayer 11 died after copper boiler molasses candy, another classmate narrowly escaped poisoning.
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Dok
Missouri Valley
Missouri River
New York
Bessie Thayer
Brooklyn
Baby's Warning and Cure by Night and Day
A cautionary verse urging mothers to seek Casteria for a crying infant with fever and pains. It warns that without remedies the child may die and claims Casteria cures by night and day within the household.
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Leonora
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