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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1875
Page
1
In this page segment local and national brief items recount election outcomes, political commentary, a New Orleans land purchase note, a guilty plea for ex-treasurer Brandt with penalties, a police shooting incident, critique of civic appointments, and a call for harsher sentences for juvenile crime.
The piece questions why the fourth ward cast 100 more tickets than last year amid stable population while the second ward polled 64 more votes for a ticket than Taylor and Tucker. It asks if 64 nonvoting councilmen voters or Marion repeaters influenced results and notes homeopathic versus allopathic schools funding in Michigan. The election outcome surprised, not a clear party victory, with the Democratic ticket cited as the nominal underdog.
The piece questions yesterday’s election results while praising Democratic leadership in Togansport. It notes progress in public improvements and school funding under Democratic control, cites tax concerns, and laments factional disputes that hindered party unity despite candidates’ integrity and capacity.
Former U.S. Senator Zachariah Chandler, now a private citizen, storms a Washington office area with a brass cannon on his cane and a seven shot revolver. He targets Don Piatt amid a tense exchange with Times reporters and warns he will “kill off four or five” journalists.
Chandler faced a menacing confrontation as a man named Maynard from Detroit, posing as his private secretary, attempted to seize Chandler's revolver. After a tense exchange, Maynard reclaimed the weapon and escorted Chandler home. Chandler later was observed visiting the scene again without further incident.
A Chelsea Mass Telegraph piece details Andrew Jackson Wilcox a Navy Department clerk and Jackson descendant presenting a cane once used by General Jackson. The hickory staff from the Hermitage near Nashville features a silver cap engraved with presidents 1776 to 1841 and donor names on each knot, plus a whistle once used to summon hounds.
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