Washington Appoints New Collectors and Officials
The President appointed Edward Cushing to Belfast Me as collector of customs Joseph E Moore to Waldoborough Me as collector of customs Philip W Downes as general appraiser of merchandise for Baltimore Md and William M Neal as Indian agent at Lemhi Idaho. Presidential appointments also include Charles D Morton as commissioner of navigation John McCafferty as collector of customs for Alaska John Cousins as collector of customs for Kennebunk Me Ernest A Umland receiver of public money Taylor's Falls Minn James McNamara Indian agent at Colorado River Ariz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward Cushing
Belfast
Joseph E. Moore
Waldoborough
Philip W. Downes
Baltimore
William M. Neal
Lemhi
Idaho
Union Pacific Railroad
Treasury
B. F. Butler
Thoebe
Carlisle
Secretary of the Interior
Frank A. Bidwell
Mitchell, D. T
George W. Vennum
Jamestown
D. T
Interior Department
Comptroller of
National Soldiers’ Home
Butler
Supreme Court
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Yards
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
Whitney
Charles D. Morton
Augusta
John McCafferty
District of Alaska
John Cousins
District of
Kennebunk
Ernest A. Umland
Taylor's Falls
Minn
James McNamara
Colorado River
Ariz
Multiple Detainees in 1910s News: Embezzlement and Disasters
Reports from across the nation include Howard Blackstone fleeing Portland after embezzling 25000 dollars at Canal National Bank. Other items note the Delaware Lackawanna & Western policy on under twenty one firemen, a fatal railroad accident near Pittston, and a Brooklyn court's second McQuade trial. Also reported are opium seizures aboard the Rio Janeiro, labor union votes, railroad and fire disasters, a diphtheria outbreak near Pittsburgh, embezzlement charges at York, Vedder law revenue, vast November fire losses, and a Hartford oleomargarine test case. Further items detail a Pennsylvania gas company suit, the Westernland disaster, trunk line legality actions in Philadelphia, a Powely family fire death, a Buffalo grand jury, Vanderbilt burial transfer secrecy, and Colonel Stratton’s suicide amid illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Blackstone
Canal National Bank
Portland
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Pittston
John Cobbolack
John Werner
Andrew Kasko
New York City
Rio Janeiro
New York
China
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Knights of Labor
Workman
Powderly
Thomas Reddy
Hugh McGinness
Ashland
Lehigh Valley
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburgh
Theodore Noedel
South End Building and Loan Association
York
New York State Treasury
United States
William Raeder & Co
Ayer
Mass
Hartford
Conn
Pennsylvania Natural Gas Company
B. F. Rafferty
Washington County
Westernland
Jersey City
N. J
Antwerp
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Furnace
Powely
John Barr
Buffalo
N. Y
R. H. Sliker
William H. Vanderbilt
New Dorp
U. S
Lighthouse Hill
Ocean Terrace
James N. Stratton
National Guard of New Jersey
Mount Holly
Veteran minstrel John FE Green dies in New York
John FE Green a veteran minstrel and one of the early burnt cork performers died in New York City on the 3d at age 52. The Atlantic and Gulf Coast Wrecking Company located an ancient sand buried wreck on Seven Mile Beach above Cape May believed to be the Guatimazin treasure ship wrecked in 1800 with 100000 dollars in gold. The company plans to exhum e the treasure using sand pumps and dynamite. New Jersey Democrats to contest about a dozen seats in the upcoming Legislative elections across Second Mercer Second Essex and Third Burlington districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John FE. Green
New York City
Reynold
Atlantic & Gulf Coast Wrecking Company
Seven Mile Beach
Cape May
N. J
Jersey
Wrecking Company
New Jersey
Mercer
Essex
Burlington
Fires and disasters widen across the nation in late 1886
Across Georgia, Nebraska, Texas, and beyond, multiple fires and incidents claim lives and property. Buildings burn in Aiken and Mason with heavy losses. Mackendhcoff’s store disaster kills several. a powder store explosion in Ohio injures several. lynchings occur in Texas. and rail and river incidents cause further casualties and extensive damage nationwide.
Canadian relocation of cattle and European politics
Ottawa cattle owner Morton Frewer proposes moving 40 000 head of cattle to Canada next spring if grazing rights are arranged with the Canadian Government. The London Standard notes a Bulgarian throne candidate may be American. Montreal keeps St Lawrence open with tugs. Russian agents seek a 75 000 rouble loan in Paris. Dublin reelects Timothy Sullivan as Lord Mayor and Lim erick elects Mr O Keefe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Frewer
Ottawa
Ont
United States
Canada
London Standard
Sofia
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Paris
Timothy Sullivan
Dublin
O'Keefe
Limerick
Lemore
Durham
England
St. Mary Magdalen
Knightrider Street
London
Drownings, Congress Shifts, and Fire Across States
The notice itemizes a drowning of Olliver Allen and two children near Dresden Lake Champlain after a skating accident. It lists a House membership estimate for the Fiftieth Congress with 168 Democrats and 152 Republicans and a Rhode Island vacancy. Also reported are Michigan governor race totals, a Hickory Pa natural gas tank blast killing Albert Crocker, Boston firm A. P. Martin & Co. failure with $100000 liabilities, a Washington Opera House fire, and Jersey City gas suffocation of Thomas H. Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olliver Allen
Dresden
Lake Champlain
House of the Fiftieth Congress
John B. Clarke
Rhode Island
Michigan
Juce
Yaple
Dickie
Scattering
Luce
Hickory
Albert Crocker
A. P. Martin & Co
Boston
Mass
New England
Henton
Washington, D. C
Thomas H. Barry
Taylor's
Jersey City
N. J
Joan R. HarrMax
Blackford County
Ind
Minneapolis
Minn
Standard Oil Company
Arthur
Chester A
Nellie H
E. M. Hulce
Neenah
Wis
Hulce
Louisville
William Dunn
Minnie Howard
Off the Track How to Return to Virtue and God
Rev Dr Talmage urges those returning from sin to seek strength in God. He outlines obstacles including moral gravitation and entrenched habits, warns against church membership quarrels blocking reform, and urges direct prayer and forsaking bad associations to regain virtue. He recalls war hospitals and the universal reach of mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Talmage Reece
Solomon
Heaven
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Paris
Bacchus
Princeton
House of God
Christ
Hannibal
Alps
God
Antietam
Dieth
Master Street
Philadelphia
Oregon
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New York
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The
Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Ohio
Mahaffey & Ogier
B. W. Mathews
Ww.s. Heads
Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
C. Steele
Meyls
Fred, L. Rosemons
Steele & Rosenmond
Old National Bank
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
Orto
W. A. Carpenter
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Rebitt
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Dr. K. Kyle
Mark Ts
Cumbertand Tannery
Gro
E. McEndrer
Cumberland
Es. McPpphee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Aple
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Rosital
Ational Medical Dispensary
Washington, D.ne
Hutchinson Block
J.M. McGill
City Drug Store
Adams Building
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Eagle Hotel
Herring
Brown House
Cambridge, Ohio
C. Kyle
Central Hotel
L. J. Cutter
Main St., Cumberland, O
Arcade Hotel
W. A. Gill
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Ire Elouussih
Garner Market and
Fourth Streets
VM. Kirk
Zanesville
Obie
Thompson
Crow
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Gov. Broadway
South Streezes
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith, Prop
Csohn Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Davis
Blu Y
Genuinne Singer Machine
Ogier
Crug
Febisti
H. H. Veitch
E. McColldm
South End Mill Street
T. C. Stanley
Ovier's
Ry. Co
Mm. A.m
Blue Belt
Point Pleasant
Cleveland & Marietta Railroad
Toledo
E.C. Winstanley
Wheeling
Lake Erie
R. R
Oak Harbor
Fremont Clyde
Bellevue
Monroeville
Norwalk
Wellington Creston
Orrville
A.m
Massilon
Massillon
Navarre
Valley Junction
New Cumberland
Sherrodsville
Leesville
Bowerston
Canal
Dover
New Comnerstown
Cambridge, Macksburg
Marietta
Westwald
Macksburg
New Cumberland Valley
Preston
Wellington
Clyde
Fremont
Huron
Fries
Milan
P.m
Pennsylvania
Akron
Youngstown
Chicago
M.D. Woodford
James M. Haly
Gen
Aiken
Mason, Neb
Mackendhcoff
J. J. Hoagland
Malcolm Miller
F. L. Carter-Cotton
North Poudre Land Aid Canal Company
Fort Collins
Col
International Range (Cattle) Association
Cleveland
Richmond
Cocodric
Red River
Cew
Peter Hitchcock
Burton
Geauga County
Geauga Leader
Stephen Pierce
Huntsville
Ark
Julius H. Coleman
Evansville
Gray
Bank of
W. J. Fulton
Parkville
Cleveland & Pittsburgh
Summitville
Cincinnati
Ware Vinegar Company
John Lamphier
Washington Territory
Charles S. Voorhees
Central Town Railroad Company
Ist
Central Trust Company of
James 8. Perkins
Milwaukee
Illinois Supreme Court
David Blackwood
Charles Gust
Parker
DeKalb County
Tex
George Taafe
Daniel Flech
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
West Middlesex
William Fitsimmons
William Hernstein & David Price
St. Louis
Charleston
S. C
McEnery
Louisiana
John McKee
West Carroll Parish
Bellaire
Robert Hall
Jacob Weiss
George Williams
Howard County Court House
Fayette
Mexico
L. B. Frankel & Co
Nevada
Comstock
Frankel
Kentucky Union Railroad
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky
Worthington
Illinois
General Post
Summerville
U S. C
Columbia
Charles Carter
Birmingham
Ala
Chattanooga
Petrinella Johnson
Salvation Army
Detroit
Mich
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Jim Cummings
Adams Express
Brenham
Shea Pelder
Alfred Jones
Ephraim Jones
Fotheringham
Robert Spencer
G. W. Gleck
Kansas City
Chicago Turners
Bear Mountain
Hot Springs
Executive Council
Grand Army of the Republic
Arnold
St. Cloud
Gus Krause
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Jefferson Palm
Palm
Warren
B. F. Perry
Greenville
D. C
Union Party
South Carolina
Andrew Johnson
W. T. Price
Wisconsin
Indianapolis
Woods
Sumter
Foreign Intelligence
T. de Witt Talmage
Trey
Sparta
Lord Jesus Christ
Father
Mother
Smallfaith
Weakback
Christ Jesus
Brother Smallfaith
T. L. Cuyler
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