The Long Trial Continues as Guiteau Faces Court
The judge orders Guiteau placed in the dock amid denouncements of the assassin’s conduct. Trial observers note expert witnesses gained insight from his in-court interruptions. Prosecutors predict closing arguments by week’s end. defense and crowd reactions mix tension with rhetoric.
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Gotrean
Porter
Guiteau
Cox
Dock Hoa
Washington
Scoville
Reed
Corkhill
Boston
Corkhil
D. Dempster
Guiteau Trial Dramatics Continue With Insanity Debate
Rainy day crowds fill the court as Charles Guiteau demands guards and defends his sanity. Experts clash over moral insanity, inspiration, and the defendant's stated divine pressure while witness testimony outlines his past and the political motives behind Garfield's assassination. The cost of the trial and schedule remain unsettled as proceedings resume.
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Iris
Guitean
Garfield
Mitter
Paris
Guiteau
Talice
State Street December 1 1881 Money Market Summary
Steady money market with active accommodation demand and acceptable rates. Mercantile paper 5 to 6 percent, call loans on good collateral 6 percent, bank loans 4 to 5 percent, New York funds at a premium. Clearing-house totals 12,528,031 today, week 60,702,759, month 84,753,018. Foreign exchange weaker but firming. sight to sixty-day bills, commercial and francs quoted. New York money strong but tightening. market expected easier next month amid large government disbursements and tax effects. Stock market mixed. bear and bull arguments out with late weakness yet some gains in certain issues. Boston market strong on New York cues. State Street notes local tendency to follow.
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State Street
New York
Eicsust
Wabash
St. Jo
Lake Shore
Denver & Rio Grande
Ally
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Boston
Boston Markets Report December Market Conditions
The Boston market note reports small overall trade with cautious buyers and sellers as the season closes. Wool strong while cotton slackens. hides and leather steady. metals and iron prices steady or up slightly. dairy butter and cheese firm. eggs potatoes easing. apples beans and many staples show varied prices with dull poultry as demand softens.
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Boston
Maine Central
Shemal
Duckaona
Ieee
Laise
Oselles
Baleloa
Anc
Lov'aimia
Tao
Carolina
Rangoon
el Ph Bush
Cadiz
Bend
Liverpool
Bond
Turks Island
Calcutta
Sicily
New York Markets Close Amid Wheat Decline and Steady Grains
December 31 market report shows mixed results with flour and meal trading limited but steady, wheat futures easing as Jubilee influences tone, corn and oats firmer on spot demand, pork and lard prices propped by cautious trades, and soy and sugar markets holding firm amid dull exchange activity. Notable names include Western flour brands, No. 2 red and white wheat, Jersey and Ohio dairy items, and Maracaibo cargoes shaping receipts.
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Canada
Aroostook
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Ide
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Ohio
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State
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Seth Loea
Sic
Maracaibo
New Orleans
Aslee
Boaee
OcDeam
London
Dantzbakts
Guiteau Criticizes Court In Dramatic Friday Proceedings
The trial of Charles Guiteau opens with a packed courtroom as he compares himself to a savior and entertains jurors with a ribald address. Prosecution and defense discuss additional witnesses, potential delays, and whether to reopen testimony as experts weigh insanity near the shooting.
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Gaiteau
Ribala
Guiteau Court Hearing Notes New Year Jest and Insanity Debate
In Washington Guiteau attends court in a new overcoat as guards discuss health issues and a New Year joke about an eleven pound baby. Dr Gray testifies on Guiteau’s sanity, noting preserved self control, while questions arise over inspiration versus delusion and biblical cases of divine command.
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Gray
Guitean
Witness
Guiteau
Corkhill
Secoylle
Scoville
Washington
Cox
Dr. Gray
Gaiteau
Abraham
Coufne
Porter
Cangliver
Buppose
Attesmey
Guiteau Put On Ordinary Prison Fare
Washington reports Guiteau is on ordinary prison fare and newspapers are barred from his cell. He vows to appeal to the people over the new rule and clashes with guards. John W. Guiteau predicts his brother will be convicted as jurists and witnesses prepare new points for the trial.
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Scoville
Moody
Sankey
Pentacost
Grant
Conkling
Sntire
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Tama
Arthur
Byrdajias
Charles Guiteau
Washington
J. Waitresu
Boston
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Sam
Porter
Corkhill
Secoville
Spitzky
Kierran
Loeugheer
New York State Lunatic Asylum
New York
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Jall
la Petite Brunette
Banda
Reagan denies Davis carried Confederate gold on flight
Judge Reagan of Texas and former Confederate treasurer refutes claims that Jefferson Davis fled Richmond with Confederate treasure. He details the funds as 600000 dollars in new notes 86000 in gold 385000 in silver coin and 36000 in silver bullion totaling 157000 exclusive of worthless paper. He says the coin was shared with Charlotte soldiers and the notes burned. Davis allegedly took none of the money.
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Judge Reagan
Congress
Texas
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Confederacy
Reagan
Charlotte
N. C
Davis
Convict Angelo Corretto Kills Fellow Inmate in Prison
In Sive Sine New York on December 31 Angelo Corretto a convicted murderer stabbed and killed Daniel Cash another convict serving time for burglary in the prison kitchen. Both men were witnesses in the trial of Manger who killed Charles Williams on December 9. Motive appears linked to Cash contradicting Cornetto's testimony.
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N. Y
Angelo Cornetto
Daniel Cash
Manger
Charles Williams
Cash
Cornetto
Dr Pierce’s Treatise on Lung Ailments Offered
For readers with weak lungs or throat and lung troubles the ad urges sending two stamps for Dr. R V Pierce’s treatise. It directs correspondence to the doctor in Buffalo New York.
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Buffalo
Rolled Gold Jewelry Advertisement Claim
A terse advert promises rolled gold solid 18 karat jewelry and proclaims the goods as the most beautiful offered by a reliable firm. The text mentions Pottibone and associates in a fragmentary sales pitch with promotional language.
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Gloucester fish market report from December week
Special correspondence notes arrivals and total receipts of codfish halibut and frozen herring from La Have Hawks and Grand Menon. It lists prices for various cod fish grades and other species, with market terms for halibut, cusk hake pollock haddock and related products, plus fish oils and liver products.
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Sunday Globe
Gloucester
la Have Hawk
Hawks
Grand Menon
Pollock
Haddock
Hake
Live Stock Markets at Brighton and Watertown Week Ending December 1 1881
Arrivals of livestock at Brighton and Watertown report Western cattle 1120 Eastern cattle 184 Northern cattle 470 Total 177¢ Western sheep and lambs 000 Northern sheep and lambs 1420 Eastern sheep and lambs 8720 Swine 16050 Veals 162 Horses 128 Prices of beef cattle per 100 lbs live weight listed with poorest grade oxen at 3.25 and other listed figures. Hides and tallow prices for Brighton and country cattle and hides and tallow values included.
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