Outrages in Mississippi As Senate Review Reveals Mob Terror
A New Orleans correspondent summarizes six days of hearings by the Senate Investigating Committee on alleged Mississippi election outrages. Independent voters were coerced, meetings broken up, and polling places patrolled by armed mobs tied to Democratic officials. The murder of Matthews, a leading Independent, is described as a deliberate act used to intimidate voters. Witnesses name Democratic leaders, sheriffs, mayors, and party officials implicated in planning and shielding the crime.
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Noah Bowser
Wood
Henry Hodges
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Yargraves
J.T. Cameron
Hoar
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A. P. Pitts
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Copiah County
Ansnel
Aged Woman to Be Hanged for Murder in Utica
Mrs A B E Haight was found guilty of murdering her aged husband on February 27 1883 to obtain life insurance. Judge Murray sentenced her to be hanged at Morrisonville Jail or yard on Friday April 18 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. She asked for a governor’s clemency and voiced no remorse.
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Russia Invites Britain to Build Aral Sea Canal Project
The report states the Russian Government invited England to participate in constructing a canal from the Sea of Aral to the Indian frontier, signaling a potential joint engineering venture.
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England
Sea of Aral
Foundation stone laid for Produs Exchange in New York Regent
The foundation stone of the new Produs Exchange was laid in New York Regent, marking a milestone for the ambitious project. Officials hailed the event as a step toward modernizing the financial district and boosting regional commerce.
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New Produs Exchange
New York
Ohio Republicans Choose Cleveland For State Convention
The Ohio Republican State Central Committee met in February and decided to hold the state convention in Cleveland April 23 and 24 to nominate state officers and delegates. The panel favored Cleveland despite Columbus interests, with delegates elected by old and new districts and representation based on 500 votes per Foraker. General Grosvenor was named temporary chairman.
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Young Men’s Republican League
Western Union Sets Uniform Ten Word Rate for Ohio
Cleveland dispatch reports a March 1 tariff shift by the Western Union Telegraph Company introducing a uniform twenty five cent rate for ten word messages within Ohio and for state to state hops. Additional regional cuts include Alabama Georgia Mississippi Texas and others with Pacific coast messages priced at one dollar the highest rate in the nation.
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District Attorney Probes School Land Fraud in Texas
Austin Feb 20 District Attorney Cocke of San Antonio consults with the State Attorney General on filing many suits to recover school land bought under fictitious names and county surveyor collusion. About 1.4 million acres are under cloud with half a million acres in Cocke’s district already acquired and more likely recoverable. Many certificates sold to innocent buyers in Western states while cases proceed.
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Kentucky's Defective Tax Law Sparks Tax Strike
Louisville Ky Feb 27 Hundreds of large property owners have not paid taxes for years due to defective laws. Regular payers join a movement to refuse taxes until reforms pass. Heaviest taxpayers back the effort and warn the city could run dry without updated statutes.
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Louisville
Indian Child Students Arrive For Quaker SchoolCare
Forty Indian children from the Black Hills area arrive in Wasasa Ind under a Trustee of White's Institute. They join thirty seven brought last year for education funded by the United States transportation and institute tuition. The institution now houses thirty five boys and forty two girls representing major Northwest tribes.
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White’s Institute
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Northwest
Ohio Legislature Debates Budget and Reforms in February Sessions
Ohio lawmakers advance bills on public health, road improvements, and education. Concurrent actions include proposals to curb convict labor, regulate railways with safety measures, and extend ditch contracts while adjournments set for March 5.
Supreme Court upholds verdict in whisky wager death
In San Antonio Texas Klein induced McCue to drink three pints of whisky on a wager. The intoxicated man could not consent and was killed. McCue’s widow sued Klein for damages and won $3,000. The Supreme Court affirms the jury, holding the instigator liable for the fatal act.
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Chicago Times
Wreck game sparks grim warning from Worcester Spy
In Worcester Massachusetts a curious juvenile play scene on a box titled wreck leads to a grim retort as a child declares no woman or child was saved. The tale references the City of Columbus disaster and echoes wartime fear with dark irony.
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City of Columbus
New Bedford
Worcester
Mass
Burial of Sir John Moore Says Clergy Man Clarifies
The New York Independent notes that contrary to Wolfe's dramatic image in the poem, Rev. Mr. Seymour the officiating clergyman states Sir John Moore was buried in broad daylight with notable ceremony.
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Sir John
The South and Nation in Deadlock Over Reconstruction
The piece argues the Democratic South suppresses Black suffrage and Reconstruction gains, citing Byron-like attacks on the 15th Amendment and calls for Republican unity. It notes Southern leaders’ alleged use of violence to retain power, while warning that Republican resolve is essential to uphold equal rights and national supremacy.
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