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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1884
Page
1
Senate and House actions summarize December votes on pay issues for Civil War soldiers, Inter-State Commerce debates, and territorial questions. Adjournments and amendments mark party splits as lawmakers address naval budgets, railroad rules, and civil rights language amid a broad docket.
Governor J S Kinkhead reports to the President that Alaskan towns welcomed a civil government and that mining could boost federal finances within a decade. Knox notes Freedmen Savings payments total 1 715 444 dollars, urging remaining 950 000 to depositors. Treasury plans block on a pardoned Swiss convict’s U S landing. House Military Affairs sub committee awaits report after tours. Senate confirms Hugh McCulloch as Treasury Secretary.
A 64 mph gale battered Buffalo on the 15th flooding basements and streets while Lake Erie storm waves toppled part of a sea wall and destroyed 15 houses. Pugilist James Mitchell was arrested in Philadelphia on murder charges related to a Bucks County duel. A Rockville Centre burglary ended with the burglar shot dead by Mrs. Seatey Sprague. Welsh Mountains meetings aim to convert the Buzzard outlaws, Abe Buzzard among attendees. Laconia felt an early morning earthquake on the 17th. Thirteen youths aged eight to ten robbed stores, factories, and homes in Reading, Pennsylvania. Bishop William Taylor leads a new Africa missionary company at Lyon, Massachusetts.
Inventory shows J I Case assets $440000 liabilities $740000. Luther Stewart resurfaces after five years. Fire destroys Newport block. deaths in Arkansas and Ohio. Coast Survey man Harry Wayne Blair dies en route to New Orleans. Remark on an aged Nash County claim to England estate. Exposition crowds at New Orleans. Orphan Home sickness from head cheese. Starvation cases in Vincennes. Coal mine strike threat after wage cut. Notable deaths: Howells, Ewing, Swan, Chalmondley. Brownsville murder follows assault in Georgia. bold robbery in Ashland County, Ohio flaring into a deadly exchange.
A massive blaze at the Catholic Male Orphan Asylum in Brooklyn destroys the main building after a fire starts in the drying room. Sister Josephine dies, several children are injured, and hundreds seek refuge in nearby homes and stables. The loss is estimated at 500000 with 200000 insured.
Explosions at Plummer's planing mill in Jackson Michigan killed two men Albert Keyport and Fred Miller with four others injured. A Rev W Dory of Marshall County Virginia received 2500 dollars in accrued pension payments. A house was burned while the family attended a revival with theft suspected. Pinkerton captured George A Proctor tied to a 1880 United States Express vault robbery. Rev Jornam Sewall a Chicago Congregational preacher died aged ninety three. Ten fire victims found in Brooklyn Catholic Orphan Asylum ruins with 780 boys total. 122 missing. Business failures listed for week with Western and Pacific states leading. A bill made Inauguration Day a DC legal holiday. Naval appropriations talks stalled between Senate and House conferees. House passed itemized appropriation demand. Senate executive session confirmed nominees. John G Thompson seeks funds for a Supreme Court judgment. Inter State Commerce bill debated before adjournment.
The plan envisions a line within Port Arthur and Needing municipalities near crown lands, linking the Whitefish River valley to the U S border near Arrow Lake. It would intersect the Duluth and Iron Range road, cost about 1 296 000 dollars, and connect with American railways at the Pigeon River. Nearby cattlemen hail this season as ideal for livestock, unmatched in years. A jailed young woman from Long Island claims discharge revealed dementia and she attempted suicide after release in a New York cemetery.
The Atlantic express on the West Shore Road crashed into a rock slide a half mile north of Kingston opposite the highlands. The engine and several cars derailed and caught fire. Fireman James Gorman suffered a broken leg, a United States deserter on board was injured, and many passengers were hurt or burned. Estimated loss to the company is $50,000. Some passengers were evacuated by fellow travelers.
In Washington on December 10 1834 James G Blaine instructs lawyers to drop the libel action against the Indianapolis Sentinel. He cites political bias and an unfair trial environment amid Indiana Democratic campaigning and laments defeating conditions for a fair verdict. He offers his written statements and answers for public judgment. Opening day coverage notes President Arthur’s congratulations, city decorations, and full opening proceedings.
Commissioner Esterbrook has been taking testimony in the McGraw-Fisk will case testing a Cornell University legacy of about 1 to 2 million dollars. Jennie McGraw left most of her estate to Cornell after marrying Professor Willard Fisk in 1880 and dying in 1881. Heirs challenge the bequest under the charter and later statutes restricting university holdings as they seek to block the transfer. Evidence includes the value of Mrs Fisk’s half interest in the W. J. Young & Co. lumber firm at 1.75 million. Testimony will shift to Eau Claire Wisconsin for further proceedings.
In Scripa New York on December 17 George Jones, a youth living off his mother, rigged a shotgun above the clothes wringer. A neighbor’s child spotted the rope and saved the mother when she looked up. The youth was arrested on charges of attempting to kill his mother.
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