Whitaker on the bench amid New Orleans politics
The Wilmington Post criticizes the New Orleans White League pick for a bench seat as a public thief tied to mob fraud and violence. The paper notes Presidential concern over the Louisiana returning board case and hints at possible government intervention if needed. A. H. Stevens praises Lincoln's Declaration painting while warning against sectional strife and racial tensions in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rascal Whitaker
New Orleans
A. H. Stevens
Carpenter
Lincoln
Stevens
Anderson
South
Judicia
Waddell
Marshal Douglas
West
Commonwealth
Raleigh
Greensboro
Statesville
Asheville
Congress
Gen. Vance
Gen. Scales
Steele
Robbins
Southern Republicans face mob pressure over Anderson trial
The document describes mob intimidation during Anderson's trial and condemns judicial actions in the South. It criticizes Northern officials and the Louisiana proceeding, arguing a pattern of corrupt courts and biased juries from Tennessee to the Carolinas.
Metropolis wreck deemed unseaworthy and planks recovered
Treasury investigation finds the Metropolis unseaworthy with rotten forward and aft sections broken apart while the middle section and cargo timber wash ashore in good condition. Captain Merriman reports extensive looting of bodies and praises local residents who aided survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Metropolis
Merriman
William Harrison
Gen. Myers
Signal Service
Thomas J. Poyner
Joseph Baum
N. E. K. Jones
John Dunton
Capt. Brock
War's Moral Reversal Cited As Crisis Rule Change
Robert Hail comments that war corrupts morality, replacing peaceful rules with a harsh code. He argues wartime ethics permit broad vices while restricting virtue, a temporary repeal of virtue guiding conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hail
Political row over Georgia Marshal Fitzsimmons appointment
Senator Edmunds hears Marshal Fitzsimmons, a Democrat, defended as able to enforce the law. The Atlanta Republican notes ongoing trouble for the new marshal, saying a Democrat or Republican won’t ease moonshine crime. It argues the GOP is weakened, the Democrats strengthened, and no real service gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzsimmons
Hayes
Edmunds
Georgia
Atlanta
Maj
Smythe
Sherman asserts dispatchs to Anderson in Louisiana case
The report records Mr. Sherman and others confirming a dispatch to Anderson. He denounces Anderson’s arrest and trial as a legal outrage, notes the grand jury refused to indict, and accuses the information filing officer of white league ties. He argues the jury and proceedings were biased and racially dominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
John Sherman
Louisiana Returning Board
Sherman
Gen. Anderson
Anderson
Gen
Stanley Matthews
Garfield
Eugene Hale
Maine
Harry White
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
United States
Whitaker
U.S
Woods
Wasumetoy
Matthews
Sale
White
Andersson
White League
New Orleans
Custom House
Tho
Iuin
Andreon
Noted Politicians Denounce Vernon Parish Forgeries
In a strong defense of Anderson, leading figures argue no evidence ties him to the Vernon Parish returns alteration. They warn convicting him would inflame sectional passions and mock public justice, urging restraint and judicial process. The Washington dispatch quotes Sherman, Matthews, Garfield, Hale and White pledging support and belief in Anderson’s innocence.
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Anderson
Vernon Parish
Committees of Congress
Littlefield
Vernon
Congress
Louisiana
Washington
Feb
Thomas C. Anderson
New Oleans
John Sherman
Stanley Matthews
J. A. Garfield
Eugene Hale
Harry White
Daughters urged to seek useful tasks not idle fashion
The Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby urges mothers to train daughters with daily tasks in home or charity, arguing that regular work improves character and future marriages. He warns against treating life as a Sahara of society and claims true refinement comes from sensible, less artificial living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Crosby
Fatal Dental Operation Inquest Overdose Tragedy
Coroner James Dempsey held an inquest at Annandale Staten Island into the death of Sara Wilson twenty one domestic in the family of Thomas Sequine from an overdose of chloroform after six teeth extraction. Dr Harvey administered two doses as the procedure progressed four minutes after the last extraction she died. Jury returned verdict death by overdose of chloroform.
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James Dempsey
New Brighton
Staten Island
Sara Wilson
Thomas Sequine
Annandale
Harvey
WN. Y. Herald
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Devens
Returning Board
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Mississippi
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Glasgow
Prince Wales
Duke of Hamilton
Prince of Wales
Hamilton
Adrian & Volders
Irtan & Vollees
UST
LADIE
FOX and
Moroucu Shoes
Thomas H. Howey
Market Street
Dawson Bank
SW. M. Collins
D. A. Smith & CO
North Front Street
F. A. Schutte
South Front
Furniture Store
N. Greenwald
Virginia
N.C
John F. Greaves
N. R. Greaves
A. F. Greaves
Virginia B
Greaves
Lucy Apes Greaves
Rcherd Cheshire
Lydia
Samuel J. Rowan
Mary Ann
B. Greaves
A. F. Teaves
Wilmington ‘T
Evander Singletary
Said
Elizabethtown
Vander Singletary
Knox Fruit Farm and Nurseries
Grimhs & Carrow
Box
Vitwsburg
Wilson
United State
Wameo
Wilson Sewing Machine CO
Broadway
New York
Cor. State
Madison Sts
Chicago
San Francisco
Calnes
Wharton & Wharton
Grensvara
Joannaceite Dal Ciena
Mustang
Liniment
Man
Tie City
Canaday
New England
Burdety Organs
Jubilee Organs
Heinsberger
Purcell
Cobb Bros
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