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Newspaper

Cambridge Herald

Location

Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1883

Page

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Senate and House actions and exports data from 1883

Senate debates urge treasury vouchers for attorneys and detectives since 1881 and amended debt-reduction reports. House considers a proclamation for Washington’s surrender centennial and public holiday, plus bills on navigation and test path repeal. Nominations to federal posts listed and multiple 1883 events noted including oil exports, rail land grants, trials, and significant local incidents regionswide.

Senate Secretary of the Treasury Beck Sherman Bayard Wil- 6011 Committee On Judiciary Washington State Washington Territory Idaho Secretary of the Interior Texas Pacific Union Pacific Department of Justice Committee On Rules House Washington Danville Robinson Massachusetts

Mob Hangs Acquitted Man After West Union Murder Trial

A man known as Big Bill Kinney, acquitted of murder at West Union on the 10th, was taken from jail by a mob and hanged that night. Other items report Ferdinand Wortmann dying from a burned sleeping car in Castleton, a Monongahela coal mine shutdown due to weak trade, the schooner Mary Ann sinking near Bodkin Point with nine dead, five bodies found at Kent Island, a suit against the New York Graphic Company to wind up affairs with $779,500 liabilities and $40,000 assets.

Massachusetts Worcester Lynn Newburyport Salem Martin Citizens O’brien Boston John Eckert Braddock New York Locust Gap Spring Mt. Carmel Barrett James Kirby Fall River Mass Michael McCaffrey Rochester N. Y Christianey Brooklyn Joseph Hilton Earl H. Potter Protestor Fannie H. Loring Philadelphia National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Garden City Abbie Bresnan Jersey City N. J Gordon Pennsylvania State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry State College Technical School of Agriculture Salvation Army New Haven Conn Monongahela River United States Canada Blue Mountain Newarg Freeport Harris Lowell Standard Theater Sixth Avenue Thirty-second Street Big Bill Kinney West Union W. Va Ferdinand Wortmann Castleton Pittsburgh Bodkin Point Kent Island New York Graphic Company

Multiple incidents reported from across the United States

The column records a series of incidents and developments including a fatal shaft accident at Woods Starch Factory in Columbus Ohio, livestock disease clearance in Kansas, the death of General Pretory’s widow in North Carolina, a post office robbery in Tabor Iowa, a fatal shooting at Caskie Station Kentucky, Irish organization meetings in Wisconsin, a Detroit schoolgirl killed near Detroit, Pallium ceremony in Cincinnati, a Delaware Governor commuting a murder suspect, arrests in Michigan and Jackson, Missouri bail for Frank James, Kentucky whisky production cuts, a Detroit pension forgery sentence, and embezzlement charges against Percy Jacobs in San Francisco.

Lierre F. Kuhlman Detroit Rome Elder Purcell Cincinnati Jeremiah Harrigan Dennis Shea Delaware Grorce Bouars Julia Reese Jacob Crouch Jackson Mich Crouch Gallatin Frank James Kentucky Lexington R. E. Dovenass Stoney Creek House of Correction Percy Jacobs Eureka Consolidated Mining Company San Francisco

Violent British Storm Claims Many Lives and Property

A brutal storm struck Great Britain on the 12th causing extensive land and sea damage and many fatalities. Widespread disruption followed in Canada with 8,000 railway workers walking out after engineers failed to get wage increases, forcing a shutdown of shops and suspending all trains. In Tonquin, Admiral Courbet reportedly plans to pressure China for renewed negotiations and may seize key ports if talks fail. Ottawa reports a major gold find in the Rocky Mountains near Podmore, copper overlaid by gold. Mexico’s New Laredo mayor faces arrest over a railroad robbery. The Auk wrecks off Britain during a gale with 21 crew lost. Madrid hosts a move to ease U S Spain trade barriers affecting Cuba. The State Department orders fumigation for all shipment tags from Egypt.

Great Britain Canada Pacific Railroad France Courhbet China Tonquin Bacninh Sontay Hung Hoa Shanghai Canton Ottawa Canada Rocky Mountains Podmore New Laredo Mexico Mexican National Railroad Auk Liverpool Rotterdam Mth Madrid Spain Figuerola United States Cuba Tank State Department

Mary Ann Hulbert Founders in Lake Michigan Storm

The Tz schooner Mary Ann Hulbert foundered off St Ignace Island on the 15th while towed by the steamer Kincardine loaded with rail road supplies for Michipicton. All seventeen aboard—five crew and twelve laborers—perished in a sudden lurch amid a terrible storm. Fire also destroyed the American House in DuBois Pennsylvania along with the post office and several other buildings.

Mary Ann Hulbert St. Ignace Island Lake Michigan Kincardine Michipicton DuBois Ford & Co Duphrty C. Haskert Congress Second Kansas Washington Lawrence Kan Patrick O'Donnell Carey Newgate Jail London

German Pork Import Ban Sparks U S Protest

The text reports U S Consul Mason in Basle confirms Germany bans importing American hog products and even transit through Germany says the goal is to shield German dealers from American competition. It includes a Townshend joint resolution authorizing his veto on health grounds and a note on Converse's wool tariff bill.

Townshend Congress Converse Washington Frank H. Mason United States Basle Switzerland Germany America Mason German Empire Reichstag Senate House of Representatives Conveser Committee On

State of Pennsylvania debt report shows yearend balances

The Pennsylvania State Treasurer reports total debt at 19,718,783.28 with 9,533,700 bearing interest. Debt reduction for the year totals 506,300. Receipts reach 677,543.19 while disbursements amount to 36,708,690.22. Expenses for the regular legislative session run 293,800.41. extra session costs about 530,000 are not in past year totals. Allocations include 600,773.71 to charities, 351,001.18 to orphans schools, 223,107.25 to penitentiaries, and 215,224.83 to National Guards.

Harrispouren Pennsylvania

Criminal Witchcraft Mob Massacre Report In Yeaiche

The steamer City of Dallas reports a mob in Santa Clara Yeaiche hacked an old Indian woman to pieces with machetes after accusing her of witchcraft. No trial or police intervention occurred and authorities gave no official response.

New Orleans Dallas Baliza Honduras Yeaiche Santa Clara

Reports dismiss Kansas cattle disease as unfounded

Telegraph reports from Kansas say cattle losses in Douglass and Jefferson counties stem from damaged food, not a contagious illness. Live Stock Indicator notes there is no epidemic, with only isolated deaths from poor rations. vets and stockmen see no contagion risk.

Kansas City Douglass Jefferson Kansas

Emperor of China's top spinning pastime

The article notes the favorite amusement of the Chinese emperor as spinning a top and mentions poet Tennyson earning about $20 000 annually.

Emperor of China

Remarkable Career of a Chicago Doctor

A Chicago surgeon recounts the life of Robert Hall Babcock born 1851 in Watertown New York and blinded from childhood. He studied in Michigan Ohio New York and Berlin earning medical honors and becoming a respected physician in Chicago after 1879.

Inner Ocean Chicago Robert Hall Babcock Watertown N. Y Kalamazoo Mich Philadelphia Olivet Frehman Western Reserve College Hudson, O Ann Arbor Michigan University Chicago Medical College College of Physicians and Surgeons New York City Germany University of Berlin Munich von Ziemssen Michigan Avenue Inter Ocean

The Clever Old Slave and the Charge of Theft

A Binghamton gentleman recalls a long conversation with an older enslaved man. When asked if all colored people stole, the reply denies the stereotype and offers a paradoxical defense about property and theft. The dialogue highlights perceptions of race and morality with sharp logic.

Brehange

Notable figures and fortunes across the nation

A survey of wealth and industry notes women outnumbering men in New York retail posts, Dr. David Ward owning 2.2 billion feet of standing pine in Michigan and Wisconsin, and the late Moses Taylor’s estate at 70.9 million with each child and grandchild set to receive 8.5 million. Also cited: London gas firms’ dominance with 65 million capitalization, a poverty ending Philadelphia affair, King County Texas pasture plans, and crop and potato yields projections.

New York N. Y. Herald David Ward Michigan Wisconsin Detroit Post Moses Taylor Great Corporation London William Frey Philadelphia Captain King Coleman County Tex Chicago Herald Philadelphia Inquirer Clement Moore Liverpool Canada M. O. Wilcox Mount Airy Lumkin White Counties Chicago Limes

Wit and Wisdom and Curious Observations

A collection of quips and wisecracks from varied voices including Sir William Temple and the Philadelphia Call. The passage features playful aphorisms on politeness, restraint, and wit, with snippets about manners and humor across different locales and voices.

Doctor's Strangest Practice in Stapleton Coroner Keeps Skeleton

Dr Isaac Lea of Stapleton Staten Island serves as coroner for Middletown and keeps the disassembled remains of Reinhardt the wife killer in his office. The skeleton hangs suspended exactly where the hangman’s rope was and is accessible by a concealed button for unwanted visitors.

Isaac Lea Stapleton, S. L Staten Island Middletown Reinhardt Richmond Stapleton Silver Lake Potter’s Field Dr. Lea Richmond Road Union Place

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