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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1889
Page
1
A fragmented column covers law firm hires in New York City, railway and ballot reforms, distant expeditions, royal politics, weather extremes in California, a Rochester pioneer death, international diplomacy, naval retirements, and public notices. Names include Tracy, Kant, Breisigul Tok, Milan, Mihiokorio, and Eads. Events span politics, crime, disasters, and shipping news from 19th century sources.
Report of a body found near Fall Tank raises mob rumors in Texanga Arkansas. Officials investigate but withhold details to avoid influencing public action. A separate March 4 arrest for criminal assault on an eight year old girl worsens tensions and prompts fears of vigilante retaliation amid Arkansas and Texanga animosities.
Mrs Hamilton, traveling from New Orleans, was followed to her sixth floor room by a man identified as Hamilton. A razor attack severed the windpipe and a portion of the tongue, as the husband allegedly intervened and fled. the victim remains alive, with hotel staff denying any other visitor presence.
A Washington report in the Mail and Express outlines potential posts for President’s choices including Warner Miller of New York for the Katich mission, with Whitelaw Reid, Murat Halstead, and John C. New slated for Austria Germany France and Austria as the Senate adjourns until Monday disrupts earlier expectations.
A man identified as Charles Palmer was arrested at Nanimo British Columbia on suspicion of being Willie Tascott the Chicago millionaire Snell’s murderer. He arrived on the noon train and attempted escape by boat then by carriage offering twenty dollars to flee. He showed signs of insanity and was detained as officers investigated the case. In Whiteeviva West Virginia a theater lamp exploded during Uncle Tom's Cabin at Lafayette Hall causing a stampede. one woman Mrs. Clark Moore was injured and the exits were briefly blocked before patrons fled safely as flames were contained.
The article outlines Articles of War and the power of courts martial, detailing judge advocates, general courts martial, garrison and regimental tribunals, and penalties for minor offenses. It cites Colonel Lieber’s report of 10,447 garrison trials and discusses the push for a simpler system to punish petty violations. It then shifts to a claim about Warner’s Safe Remedies with a professor’s report verifying absence of mercury and toxins, and ends with a discussion of wealth in the Senate, noting fourteen years ago there were nine millionaires and today about nineteen.
The sermon denounces bribery in politics and finance, arguing wealth can corrupt judgments and public trust. It cites biblical figures, historic examples, and calls for personal virtue, careful handling of trust funds, and avoidance of temptations. The talk urges revivalist morals in Congress and among parents and youth.
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