Unrest After Empty Grave D at Colored Cemetery
Reports note Grave D No. 134 empty with sixty bodies, sparking fear of further trouble among colored residents. Across the city, authorities inspect other colored cemeteries while officials seek calm.
14 Dec 1882
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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1882
Page
1
Reports note Grave D No. 134 empty with sixty bodies, sparking fear of further trouble among colored residents. Across the city, authorities inspect other colored cemeteries while officials seek calm.
The Interior Secretary denied Byron, Roberts & Co. request to cancel defendant filings and allow proof and payment for their survey land in Colorado’s Pagosa mineral springs. The court, citing prior settlement of the land’s mineral character, leaves the title unresolved. Additional items note payment reform proposals for witnesses and jurors and transit observations of Venus.
Reports describe violent incidents including stabbings and killings in Oregon and Tennessee, a man named Forest charged with frenzied murder, and a Yemphill Indian John Grandre involved in decapitation. Separate items note a $50,000 donation offer to University of Georgia rejected as unconstitutional and elections results in Ohio and South Carolina.
A theater burned in London on the 6th with no survivors. Apache massacre reports from Chihuahua claim 75 killed and women taken. A wholesale hosiery firm in London suffered a major blaze on the 7th devastating a wholesale district. Irish census shows fewer inhabited houses and high bachelor rates. Hungarian emigration prompts Austrian passport concerns. Pashas sentenced in Cairo, and author Anthony Trollope dies in London. German ports protest American pork bans. Derby and Gladstone Cabinet rumors surface. One London fire totals about 15 million dollars in losses.
The flouring mill of James Hurin in Cincinnati suffered a $20000 fire loss with two thirds insured. Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise arrived in San Francisco with salutes. General Sipney Bereank died in Newport Kentucky. Treasury officials appointed in New Orleans. Mexican Commissioner Romero to join Grant and Trescott in treaty talks. A Pittsburgh prisoner Manktin Sailor died by self-inflicted wound. Archibald Graham, Paterson brewer, died aged 65. Weekly NY bank statement shows loan decline and deposits rise. Potomac River freezes solid. Senate debates telegraph links Europe and America and internal revenue costs. House Commerce panel on River and Harbor funds. Adjournment pending.
The report of Postmaster General Howe for the year ended June 30 shows total postal disbursements at 540,482,021 with ordinary receipts 41,615,642 and money order receipts 360,767, excess of receipts 1,394,384. Expenditures include railway transportation and postmasters pay, while star service coverage and costs are outlined. The document argues for reorganizing the postal and telegraph services under one management and discusses salary adjustments, clerk-hire abuses, and potential deposits for small sums.
The department reports fiscal year 1882 ordinary revenues of 400 525,200.25 and expenditures of 257,9304 54.57, yielding a surplus. Cash balances plus draws totaling 20,757,001.54 funded bond redemptions. Sinking fund needs for the year 44,422,956.25 with 31,? funded already. Expenditures fell from prior year in navy, debt interest, and civil areas, while wartime and Indian pensions rose, net decrease 2.7. Estimated current year revenues 415,000,000 and expenditures 245,000,000, leaving a surplus after Sinking Fund demands. Bond redemptions and exchanges reduce annual interest by 1,401,973.75. Standard silver coinage indicates 128,329,880 coined by Feb 23, 8878 and in Treasury or circulation 55,333,785. November 2, 138, about 34,000,009 in circulation.
A clipped exchange shows Mrs D asking Mr M what he would do if his wife died. The reply mentions burying her and includes garbled OCR text suggesting Philadelphia.
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