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Newspaper

Cambridge Herald

Location

Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1886

Page

1

Suicide of Captain Samuel Haverfield in Washington

Captain Samuel P. Haverfield, a Second Auditor clerk and native of Cadiz Ohio, shot himself on the 28th alt. He went to Washington in 1863 with the Lincoln Body Guards and later became a clerk at war’s end. The Rush and Captain Hooper are named for the Amethyst relief effort in Behring Straits with provisions and discretion to proceed north as drift allows. Postmaster General signs a money order exchange convention with the Leeward Islands set for January 1 1886. Resignations and Treasury notes follow including W B Gurley and calls for bond payments under Manning.

Samuel P. Haverfield Auditor’s Cadiz Washington Lincoln Body Guards Ohio White House Rush Hooper San Francisco Manning Amethyst Behring Straits Aleutian Islands United States Leeward Islands Antigua St. Christopher-Nevis Dominica Montserrat Virgin Islands W. B. Gurley Post Office Department Treasury Betwen United States Treasury Pacific Railway Company R. W. Gurley John P. Bates Dubuque

McCall resigns as NY Insurance chief for Equitable Comptroller

Longtime head of New York State Insurance Department John A. McCall Jr. resigns to become Comptroller of the Equitable Life Insurance Society. Governor Hill names Robert A. Maxwell to succeed him. The notice cites a broad range of other late 19th century events across Hartford Pittsburgh Elmira and Albany including a coal strike and a fatal boiler explosion.

John A. McCall, Jr Insurance Department State of New York Equitable Life Insurance Society of United States Governor Hill Robert A. Maxwell McCall Hartford Conn Pittsburgh H.S. A. Stewart Boston Philadelphia Stewart Allequippa Elmira Chemung Canisteo Tioga Washington Congress Christian Hildebrand New Providence Edwin Helm Edwin David Sanborn Dartmouth College Rossmore Hotel Gilmanton N. H Dartmouth Daniel Webster Kate Sanborn Albany N. Y William H. Vanderbilt Beckett Vanderbilt Charles T. Nealer Henry Colwell Kittanning Iron Company Francis Harrison St. Paul Episcopal Church Troy Harrison Indiana Sam Johnson John Sharpless Chester Media Sharpless John Lindsay Morris Lewis Johnson West Shore Railroad Ipswich Mass Mitchell Law Cornell University Rebecca Batteson Little Falls William Hammond Steelton Paul Blakeny Andrew Fichenbrecker Cincinnati Zoological Garden John Jackson D. D London Janes F. Mallory Prince Radzaval France J. M. Bingham Wisconsin Geore M. Wright New Jersey Robert N. Wright Myra Clark-Gaines Enoch W. Eastman Towa Charles W. Folger Secretary Folger E. KE. Rice Japan Schuyler Colfax Earl Aylesford Willian Hill Montana Isaiah Rynders Stillman Yale College Powell Robert G. Brinton Edmond About W—Arthur BE HH. Grey Everton Earl of Wilton England Owney Geoheran Theresa J. G. Blaine Stanley Matthews

Financial and political notes from across the United States

A roundup of 1885 business gains and losses across cities and industries. Items cover bank indictments in New York, Grant monument funding, Grand Island fire losses, New York City fire counts, Pittsburgh coal strikes, Corry mills fire, Emigrant Commissioners cases, Boston trade gains, Vanderbilt estate figures, U.S. hog product exports, Warrensburg fire, Pasteur hydrophobia steps, and smuggling arrests. Also noted are the Golden City express theft, a rail line sale, Kentucky legislature officers, New Orleans sugar firm insolvency, Virginia governor inauguration, and related state events.

Ous William 8. Warner J. Henry Work Marine Bank of New York Grant Monument Fund New York Bedell House Grand Island Niagara River New York City Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Walton Hays Risher Munhall Corry Starbird, Hammond & Allen O'Brien Boston William H. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Lincoln National Bank United States Warrensburg N. Y John Hockaday E.S. Crandall Warren County Louis Pasteur American Institute of Albany J. J. Milloy Montreal United States Treasury Plattsburgh William I. Page Adams Express Golden City St. Louis Page Toledo Cincinnati Kentucky Frankfort Charles Offutt Bourbon County Green Kollar Nicholas County Robert Tyler Gradis Senate Harry Glenn Carlisle Hansell & Webster New Orleans Fitz Hugh Lee Virginia Lewis House of Representatives

Resolutions Oppose Silver Coinage and Heirship Claims Noted

At a Milwaukee Merchants' Association meeting on the 28th alt. resolutions were adopted opposing coinage of silver dollars and urging Congress to repeal or suspend the law. Rev. F. E. Smith of Manchester Indiana is to prove heirship to a New York estate valued in the millions, with P. P. Mast named as another heir. The Black Diamond and Scott coal mines at Palmyra Ohio resume semi monthly pay. mining prices unchanged. James Turner, nephew of Senator Brown, was killed by a freight train in Atlanta. Isaac Folkrod of Quincy Illinois died after tormenting heirs through multiple wills.

Milwaukee Merchants’ Association Congress F. E. Smith Manchester Ind New York City Mercer Smith P. P. Mast Springfield Black Diamond Scott Palmyra James Turner United States Brown Western & Atlantic Railroad Atlanta Isaac Folkrod Quincy Hocking Valley Ohio Allen G. Thurman Hoadly Louis Webster Perry Harrington Geneva Beacon Islands Gulf City Co” Works Mobile Ala James Wells Wellsville Washington County Mobile & Ohio Artesia Miss

Gladstone Celebrates Seventy-Sixth Birthday at Hawarden

The Right Honorable William E. Gladstone marked his 76th birthday at Hawarden Wales rising before dawn to attend church despite a sleet storm. Autographs from across the United Kingdom poured in while news notes report global events from a whaling tragedy near the Cape Verd Islands to Irish crop value gains and Cork Ireland’s cottage loan project.

William E. Gladstone Hawarden Wales United Kingdom Mr. Gladstone Mary E. Simmons John P. Pereira Cape Verd Islands Arthur Ward New Haven Cape Verd Western Islands Ireland Montreal Cork Stephenson Egypt Giniss Nile Kosheh el Mahdi Colima Mexico Kerr Krupp Deutsche Bank Discount Bank London China Melbourne Australia George Augustus Sala Cork Packet Company Packet Company Mary Gladstone Harry Drew Church of England

Drownings, fires, and legal notices streak 19th century news

A list of incidents includes Erwanp Scorr and Thomas Lynch drowning on the Shawshee River near Ballardville Massachusetts while others were rescued from ice. A Salem pastor is pressed to resign after a sermon misattribution. A Opelika cotton warehouse fire damages 2500 bales. Maryland party leader Price admitted to practice, New Year’s calls at Mrs Polk’s Nashville home, smallpox imports, Newark asylum fire, wreckage of Orphan Boy found near Au Sable, Chile sailboat tragedy, elopement shooting near Houma, and Plymouth Water Works facing damages suits over a fever epidemic. Several items involve notable individuals and local institutions.

Erwanp Scorr Thomas Lynch Tventeen Shawshee Ballardville Mass W. H. H. Sevorr Salem Reformed Church Harrisburg Talmage Cole & Co Opelika Ala William M. Price Maryland Democratic State Committee Isso Allegheny County Price Morey Ewing Po_K James K. Polk Nashville Tenn Pall Rhein New York Newark N. J Au Sable Mich St. Ignace Andalien Chili Houma H.C. Leverett Hammond Leverett Plymouth, Pa

The Dead Year Recaps Notable Deaths Worldwide

The list chronicles prominent figures lost in politics art science and literature from January to December. It highlights leaders scholars artists and public servants such as Grant Blakeny Pierrepont Gwin and Vanderbilt among others, marking a year of wide loss across nations.

Yearly toll from wars and disasters worldwide and in New World

The record lists cholera outbreaks from Valencia to Venice and Asia with about 101000 deaths, plus 244000 battle casualties globally. It then tallies New World disasters by cause: tornadoes, fires, boiler explosions, falling buildings, floods, mining disasters, and rail accidents totaling 2294 incidents and 387463 deaths overall. Murders in the United States total 1805 with causes including quarrels, liquor, duels, and insanity.

Valencia Spain Portugal Pyrenees France Italy Sicily Venice Gibraltar Algiers Odessa Trieste Haiphong Nagasaki Japan Cochin China Tonquin China Khartoum Turkey Northwest Central New World Telegraph Old World United States

England annexes Burmah in new year proclamation

Rancoon January 2. The proclamation announcing Burmah’s annexation to the British Empire was received yesterday. A grand parade occurred as the reading drew a large crowd. The text states Burmah will be governed by officers under the Indian Viceroy, with no protectorate implied.

Rancoon Burmah England China India Great Britain Theeban New England New York Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia Lord Randolph Churchill General Prendergast Rangoon France Russia

Bank of Montgomery Pays $6000 on Forged Draft Scam

The Stock Growers National Bank learned from a Montgomery Alabama bank that a forged draft for 6000 drawn on the Fourth National Bank New York was sent with Sanders signature. The Montgomery bank was warned and all correspondents alerted not to negotiate the forged document.

Cheyenne Wy. T National Bank Montgomery Ala George L. Sanders Fourth National Bank of New York Sanders Montgomery Bank

Inman Line Suit Aims to Recover 11 Million

Louis Sanders, counsel for the Commissioners of Emigration, outlined the case in the suit to recover nearly 11 million dollars paid under federal law. A committee of Commissioners Tainter and Ulrich will seek aid from Attorney General O'Brien in Albany, while Ulrich Star and Stephenson prepare to press the board’s interests during the Legislature session.

New York Louis Sanders Inman Line Act of Congress Tainter Ulrich O’brien Albany Star Stephenson

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