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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1882
Page
2
The trial of Guiteau ends with a guilty verdict after Judge Porter’s erudite argument and Judge Cox’s impartial charge. The jury returns in about thirty minutes, the crowd erupts in applause, and Scoville seeks a proper form of the verdict amid calls for order.
In a courtroom scene Guiteau pleads for time to file exceptions and moves for arrest of judgment while Judge Cox commends the jurors for their duties and dismisses the panel with assurances of the public’s approval. Guiteau declares God will avenge the outrage.
Washington dispatch reports broad relief at Guiteau's conviction and death sentence. Analysts say appeals are unlikely, with authorities foreseeing execution by July to September. The piece predicts Guiteau’s fate and the nation’s sense of closed justice.
In Congress a pension bill for widows and a Supreme Court retirement bill pass while Rep Smith of Pekin Illinois pushes a silver certificate reform. The House committee cites Chinese immigration limits, noting Pacific coast unity and California votes. Navy spending shifts and social spectacle in Washington reflect era. A new Smithsonian Museum building opens. Corporal Moore receives a Medal of Honor. Governor Hoyt oversees murder case deadlines and hangings, urging temperance prevention at home.
The new county board approves rules including meeting times on the first and third Tuesdays each month in Belleville Court House and a ban on furnishing goods or materials by any commissioner. The resolutions are to be published weekly for four weeks in all county newspapers.
Fragmentary rail notice shows trains arriving and departing at Erie and routes between Philadelphia Harrisburg Sunbury Williamsport Lock Haven Renovo with express service. Details are unreadable but indicate movement along Pennsylvania corridors.
A fragment shows a transit schedule with times for Montandon Lewisburg Vicksburg Millmont Laurelton Coburn Cherry Run Fowler and Wicker Run. The lines list A.M. and P.M. departures and arrivals across several stops with multiple daily entries.
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