Cambridge Herald Newspaper Archives, Jul 7, 1887, p. 1

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Secretary tones down Indian land sales act in western states

A long dispatch reports the Interior Secretary denied Kansas a 3790 share from lands reserved for Cherokee, Kansas, Miami and Osage tribes, reversing prior practice and signaling far-reaching effects for other western states. It notes related appointments, pensions, and various federal actions across agencies.

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Washington West Virginia Brown Secretary of the Interior Kansas Lamar Interior Department Board of Pension Appeals George Baker Kentucky John A. Judson New York Patrick d. Rogers Robert D. Graham North Carolina S. W. Rittenhouse District of Columbia Robert F. Hill Michigan Henry I Navy State, War and Navy Department General Land Office Thomas Ballard Ballard Albany N A3 Fairchild Edward Richards Internal Revenue Bureau Wallis Richards Department of Agriculture The Fish Commission Navy Ee Snyder Ands Graz

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Immigrants in New Jersey Mills and Other 19th Century News

Twenty five French immigrants arriving on the La Gascogne at Castle Garden on the 26th are held under the import labor contract law. They allegedly signed contracts in Lyons to work in New Jersey mills. Other items: Captain Andrew Leighton dies at 96 in Gloucester. Writs of ejectment are issued in Natrona, Pa. Harvard-Columbia four mile boat race sees Columbia win. Fairchance furnace votes to resume work. Sharp trial defense motion denied. more testimonies. Auction sells Salmi Morse manuscripts. Passion Play sold for 147 dollars total. Pittsburgh factory fires end summer shutdown. one strike settled by arbitration. Fire at Tobias & Son mill in NYC. no fatalities. Pension fraud arraignments in Binghamton. Knights of Labor assembly changes. Newark fire cracker accident. Large fire in Elizabethtown, Ky. Baltimore & Ohio railroad sale rumor. Jamestown skyrocket incident. Natrona eviction of strikers. England’s oarsman races in Massachusetts. Belgium forgeries suspect arrested in New York. Italia steamship arrives with crew of Window Glass and vicinity.

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Castle Garden la Gascogne Stephenson Lyons New Jersey Andrew Leighton New England Gloucester Mass Maritime Provinces Pennsylvania Salt Company Natrona Thames River New London Conn Columbia Fairchance New York Salmi Morse Barnes Pittsburgh Tobias & Son New York City Binghamton N. Y John Laidlaw Robert N. Mills Elmira State United States Halli Washington C. W. Kohlsaar Knights of Labor National Trade Assembly Johanna Plessinger Newark N. J Elliot Elizabethtown Th Telegraph George Bubear England James A. Ten Eyck Lake Quinsigamond Albion de Schampeleur Belgium John Marteaun Italia Kurdge Window Glass and Portsmouth South Shore Philip Kuble Newport News George Washin Nature Burlington Gton Hurley Wis Longview Tex Laflin & Rand Kil Caves Angus Bery Kilayne King Charles Tier John St Karouse R. I Sthult Ontario Iowa M. W Sackett Pennsylvania J.D. Lenhart J. H. Childs Oregon W. M. Butts Maryland S. B. Berry Kansas B. Loomis U. L. Troy Illinois Louisville Baltimore Duffy Charles Owens Isaiah Waters Lanner Willis John Brandon John Iam J. Byrne Jai Robert E. Lee Mercie Paris Sunman H. Nieman A. A. Talmage Aeral Wabash Peru Ind Bright St. Louis Toledo J. Williams O County D. T William Kellow James Vanderslign Vulcan Talmage William Hengilly Paul Hastings Marquette Mich Knoxville Tenn Hobbs Sneedville Renn Greene Louis Stes Charles Stout Joseph Reed Albert Reeves Cage St. Louis & Pittsbur Company Chigh Key West Fla Jack Hayes Philip Mueller

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Construction collapse near Portsmouth sparks fatal injuries

Report from near Portsmouth Ohio describes a bank caving in during foundation work for a South Shore railroad bridge. Six men were buried, two fatally injured, as rescue efforts followed. one worker named Kingston burned to death. The item references multiple other distant disasters and incidents in a broad, noisy items page.

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Deaths and incidents span empire and world events

Notices record the death of Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron at 65 in Toronto, a Scottish insanity case ending in tragedy, a Russian police report on Nihilist literature, and Indian Viceroy dispatches. Also noted are Canadian locomotive engineers gathering in Ottawa, a deadly earthquake near Guayeng, Cuban coal fire fatalities, a Malay fanatic on trial, and royal audience at Buckingham Palace with the Blaine family as guests.

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Matthew Crooks Cameron Canada Toronto Ont Leckie Airth Scotland Queen Victoria M. Pasreport Viceroy of India Indian Department Ameer Division of Locomotive Ottawa Guayeng Ecuador Holguin Cuba Ato Ainst London England Lady Douglas Blaine Buckingham Palace Japan Ion Kensing

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New York Death Toll and City Scandal Prompt Outcry

Mortality in New York City on July 1 reached a yearly high with 170 deaths, chiefly from infant cholera. Ward's Island Insane Asylum is exposed for brutal mistreatment. Measles epidemic reported at Point St. Charles Canada with 500 cases. Public debt reduction tallies and a run of business failures round out the period news.

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New York City James A. Storren African Methodist Episcopal Church South Carolina Georgia Wilberforce United States Canada 2. I S Treasury Department Champaign County Ill Dick, Mippieton & Co Giant Tobacco Company Works Louisville Ist New York Tur Edward Brownson Deposit Negas Penfield Brownson Edward Allen Palmer Fred Fricker J. T. Francis Pittsburgh Denver Col Point St. Charles Can Malta Plymouth Mifflin Cynthiana Dayton Milford Zanesville Marion

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The Celebrated Bribery Case Ends in Conviction

Jake Sharp was found guilty of bribery in a long trial before Judge Barrett. The jury recommended mercy, and sentencing was deferred as Sharp, in poor health, faces a likely death within days to weeks. His finances will be settled in the interim.

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New York Jake Sharp Court of Oyer and Terminer Barrett Stickney Sharp Pullgraff Board of Aldermen Broadway Seventh Avenue Road Railroad Committee Mr. Stickney Colonel Fellows Surrett

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Ohio county fairs fall 1887 schedule by county and city

A full list of Ohio county fairs for fall 1887 with dates and venues. Includes Lima Ashland Athens Cincinnati dates across September to October for numerous counties such as Allen Ashland Ashtabula Belmont Clinton Columbiana Cuyahoga Defiance Erie Franklin Gallia Geauga Greene Guernsey Huron Jefferson Lawrence Licking Lucas Mahoning Marion Medina Monroe Ottawa Portage Port Clinton Preble Renown towns like Newark Elyria and Zanesville appear, outlining each fair’s day and place for the season.

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Ohio Allen Lima Ashland Land Ashtabula Jeffer Athens Auglaize Wapako- Belmont St. Clairsville Igrown Georgetown Sutler Hamilton Carroll Carrollton Champaign Band Urbana Clarke Springfield Clermont Owensville Clinton Wilmington Columbiana New Lisbon Coshocton Cuyahoga Chagrin Falls Darke Greenville Defiance Delaware Derare Erie Sandusky Franklin Fulton Gallia Geauga Burton Greene Xenia Guernsey Washington Millersburg Huron Norwalk Jefferson Smithfield Lake Painesville Lawrence Trenton Licking Newark Logan Bellefontaine Lorain Elyria Mahoning Canfield Marion Medina Ipids Hillsboro Miami Troy Monroe Woodsfield Morgan McConnellsville Morrow Mt. Gilead Muskingum Zanesville Noble Sarahsville Ottawa Port Clinton Paulding Perry New Lexington Pickaway Circleville Portage Ravenna Preble Eaton Putnam Ross Chillicothe Fremont Seneca Tiftin Shelby Sidney Stark Canton Summit Akron Trumbull Warren Tuscarawas Canal Over Union Marysville van Wert Lebanon Marietta Wayne Wooster Wood Tontogany Wyandot Upper Sandusky

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Rapid Industrial Growth in the South Reported

The Manufacturers Record's semi annual review shows new manufacturing and mining firms formed in the fourteen Southern states through mid 1887, with capital totals and counts compared to 1886. Notable gains include cotton mills rising in South Carolina and Texas, more brick yards, and expanding oil mills, with total capital up from 63.6 million to 161.2 million across the states.

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Baltimone South Tron South Carolina Greenville Texas

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Indignation Over Governor Hill Gas Bond Bill In Jamestown

Jamestown residents condemn Governor Hill for withholding signature on a bill to bond the city for a gas plant. The move is tied to a free gas bill seen as freeing Jamestown from the Pennsylvania Gas Company and accusations surface that Standard Oil influences Hill. A large indignation meeting urged resolutions denouncing Hill and the Standard Company.

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Burrato Jamestown N. Y Governor Hill Pennsylvania Gas Company Standard Oil Company Standard Company

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Mrs Mabel Bayard Kane weds Levi C Bird in New York

New York June 30 Mrs Mabel Bayard Kane widow of John J Kane a brother of the Arctic explorer married Levi C Bird a leading Delaware bar member at St George church Stuyvesant Square The bride counts Secretary Bayard Governor Biggs Senator Gray and others among her relatives and friends Secretary Bayard gave away the bride.

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New York Mabel Bayard Kane John J. Kane St. George Church Stuyvesant Square Levi C. Bird Bar of Delaware Bayard Biggs Gray Wales United States District Court Grubb Wilson Zinn Misses Bayard Booles

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Health Board observers report weekly disease trends across Ohio counties

The Ohio State Board of Health releases weekly disease tallies from 41 observers covering 33 counties. For the week ending Friday noon, June 24, the report notes prevailing illnesses, with last week’s figures shown in the final two columns, based on 38 observers.

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Ohio State Board of Health

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How the Legislative Machine was Oiled

Omata Nebr June witness Crawford a lobbyist for Union Pacific testified he was paid 400 to defeat railway legislation and aid in defeating Van Wyck. Editor Rosewater said Kimball and others used UP employees in elections and identified the Capitol Hotel oil room where the machine was lubricated. Commission then went to Sioux City to probe the Sioux City & Pacific railroad.

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Omata Neb George N. Crawford Union Pacific John M. Thurston Lincoln van Wyck Crawford Frank Hanlon Judge Thurston Minnesota Rosewater The Bee Kimball Capitol Hotel Sioux City Sioux City & Pacific Railroad

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Fatal Accident Near Portsmouth Amid Rail Pier Work

A collapse at a pit three miles north of Portsmouth during foundation work for a South Shore railroad bridge buried six workers. Twelve men were in the pit. six were buried, eight rescued, with Samuel Stapleton and Henry Regrisk fatally injured. The scene and response are described in the burt Burdette vignette that follows.

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Portsmouth Here Samuel Stapleton Henry Regrisk

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Vassar Girl Defines Kiss in School Lesson

In a humorous quip a Vassar girl says a kiss is both common and proper to the teacher. A proverb about sovereign visits signaling misfortune is included, alongside a quip about a young man stammering when declaring love and a girl aided by her ill father.

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Vassar Texas Journal of Education

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Sixty Skeletons Found on Kentucky Stock Road Cave

A Nash ville dispatch reports that near Cookville in Putnam County Tennessee a cave along the Kentucky Stock road yields about sixty skeletal remains. Skeletons show bullet holes and blunt-force wounds. The road was a through line for traders and slave traffic, with many disappearances recorded over seventy five years.

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Kentucky Stock Road Thoss Curiaco Nashville Tenn Cookville Louisville Georgia South Carolina Putnam County

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Shipping League Urges Merchant Marine Revival and Harbor Improvements

At the American Shipping and Industrial League closing session in Chicago on July 1 resolutions urged Congress to revive and extend the merchant marine and to fund immediate harbor and river improvements in the lakes and Mississippi valley. Speeches supported the resolutions by Senator Sabin of Minnesota Congressman Dunham and Adams among others. Other shipping matters were discussed.

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The American Shipping and Industrial League Congress Lakes Mississippi Valley Mississippi River Sabin Minnesota Dunham Adams

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Baltimore Police Sanitary Probe Sparks Union Action

Three weeks earlier detectives and a sergeant searched Ernest Bauer’s home claiming a sanitary inspection. Bauer alleges a full house search. The German Central Labor Union took up the case. The police board upheld the officers. The Federation of Labor now plans to pursue the matter, engaging top legal talent to test constitutional legality of Marshal Frey and the police action.

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Baltimorre Ernest Bauer Bauer German Central Labor Union Board of Police Commissioners Federation of Labor Frey

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Fragmentary OCR of timetable snippet with scattered numbers

Secretary tones down Indian land sales act in western states

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Immigrants in New Jersey Mills and Other 19th Century News

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Construction collapse near Portsmouth sparks fatal injuries

Deaths and incidents span empire and world events

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New York Death Toll and City Scandal Prompt Outcry

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The Celebrated Bribery Case Ends in Conviction

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Ohio county fairs fall 1887 schedule by county and city

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Rapid Industrial Growth in the South Reported

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Indignation Over Governor Hill Gas Bond Bill In Jamestown

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Mrs Mabel Bayard Kane weds Levi C Bird in New York

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Health Board observers report weekly disease trends across Ohio counties

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How the Legislative Machine was Oiled

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Fatal Accident Near Portsmouth Amid Rail Pier Work

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Vassar Girl Defines Kiss in School Lesson

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Sixty Skeletons Found on Kentucky Stock Road Cave

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Shipping League Urges Merchant Marine Revival and Harbor Improvements

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Baltimore Police Sanitary Probe Sparks Union Action

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