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Newspaper

Cambridge Herald

Location

Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1884

Page

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Congress Debates Rail Grants and Flood Aid

The U S Senate and House panels consider bills on Northern Pacific grant forfeiture and Yellowstone Park rights for the Cinnabar & Clarks ford Railroad. A $100,000 Mississippi flood relief appropriation passes. Contested Wallace McKinley seat resolved with Wallace sworn in. Multiple state and bank matters follow, plus a deadly tunnel cave in and a Decoration Day observance nationwide.

Senate Slater Committee On Public Lands Northern Pacific Railroad Cinnabar & Clarksford Railroad Company Yellowstone Park Utah House Mississippi Messrs Dibrill Williams White Minnesota McKinley Blackburn Dorsheimer Hurd Mills Potter and Robertson Kentucky Wallace Logan Senate Pension Committee United States Beck Louisville District of Columbia Messrsersheimer Tucker Reagan Collins Eldridge Bingham Cannon Laird Washington Monument

Multiple U.S. notes, appointments, and scandals sweep early 1900s headlines

Tom Comptroller of the Currency appoints Walter S. Johnson as receiver of Marine National Bank New York. Johnson previously governed National Bank of the State of Missouri. A raft capsizing at Crogan New York sinks three men, Twitchell Caswell and Caswell. Washington predicts eighty House members will attend the Republican National Convention. The House Military Affairs committee favors retiring General Pleasanton as Colonel. Swiss Minister Colonel Fret resigns over salary. Mrs U S Grant sells her Corcoran Street house to John K McLean for 6500. Rep Belford may propose 500000 for ex Confederate home in Richmond. Internal revenue for ten months totals 19164745, down 319908627 from last year. Tobacco drop, spirits rise 12460564. Coroner Burnsmk of Post Office Dept dismissed and charged with 47000 embezzlement. linked to Levis speculation. Burnside predecessors McCartney and Armstrong noted as defaulters.

Tom Walter S. Johnson Marine National Bank New York Johnson National Bank Fret Washington U.S. Grant Corcoran Street John K. McLean The Cincinnati Enquirer Belford Colorado Richmond J. O. P. Burnsmk Post Office Department Levis Burnside McCartney Armstrong Wood & Thayer Montcalm County Mich Wesley Ammon Augustus Newman M. Mathews Charles Sayers D. W. Middleton & Co Hutchinson Alaska Fur and Seal Company John C. Eno Second National Bank Vancouver Liverpool J. F. Hoyt Butler County Savings Bank Millerstown Hoyt Dennison & Hoyt D. C. O. Howard Monmouth Ill Waukesha Wis Pittsburgh Conference Committee of Manufacturers Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers United States Canada Senate House Committee On Indian Affairs Indian Territory Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe United

Embezzler Henry Farr Arrested in Buffalo Case Files

Henry C. Farr a decade long book-keeper for the Buffalo Courier Company was arrested on the 27th for embezzlement with alleged losses surpassing 45000. The case joins a string of financial failures including Penn Bank shortfall and Grant related liabilities.

Grain supply in Chicago falls as other news dominates

The Chicago grain report shows a near two million bushel drop in wheat week by week with totals for May 24 and May 26 including wheat 19,665,009 corn 7,988,009 oats 2,724,000 rye 1,025,000 barley 492,000. Also covers Prentice Tinker pleading guilty in St. Louis for grand larceny and various national events from Fredericksburg Decoration Day to bank runs in Hot Springs Arkansas and dynamite finds in Xenia.

Chicago Prentice Tinker St. Louis Fredericksburg Grand Army Corps of Washington Charleston D. C Pilot Boy Eagan Goldsmith Hot Springs National Bank Helena Ark Andrew Bruon Arkansas National Bank Hot Springs Xenia (Red.) Journal Cunningham Wabash William F. Vilas James G. Jenkins Bragg J. M. Morrow Tilden Neil McKeague Wilson Winnetka Ill Kansas John T. Burris Tilden and Hendricks G. W. Glick Perry T, P Fenton

Government to cut canal tolls for summer season

The Canadian Government will remit half the current canal toll of five eight hs of a cent per bushel if others reduce charges to reach one cent per bushel. The seasonal rate will be five sixteenths of a cent per bushel. The Limerick corporation refuses to pay a 2000 pound demand for extra police, preferring jail. A Philippine Islands letter reports fanatic acts led by a self styled prophet. troops killed and wounded. Hydes.

Limerick Corporation Philippine Islands Carthagena Spain Orihuela Molins Lorca Burgos Erlane Austria London Phuanpenh Cambodia Timothy Harrington Daniel T. Sullivan County Westmeath Canada Scotland Yard Carlton Club Pall Mall St. James Square Swan Electric Light Company Lillie Department du Nord France Earl of Aylesford

Widespread Bank Turmoil and Greenback Convention Highlights

Montcalm County saw a deadly boiler explosion at Wood & Thayer mill killing three men and injuring others, amid wide bank failures and a major Washington firm suspension. The Greenback National Convention in Indianapolis nominated Butler for president and West for vice president while detailing a broad reform platform and party organization.

National Greenback Convention Adopts Temperance and Currency Platform

The National Greenback Convention in Indianapolis reassembled under General Weaver with three reports on the platform. The minority, Blanchard, voiced support for temperance and woman suffrage, while Jones urged legal tender notes for public works funding. The platform backs greenbacks over national bank notes, calls for debt payment and restoration of small denominations, denounces monopolies, and condemns land grants to corporations.

Congress United States Benjamin F. Butler A. W. West Mississippi E. A. Gilletts Iowa Indianapolis Weaver Committee On Platform Committee Jones New York Blanchard Michigan Supreme Court

Frost Wreaks Damage Across Midwest Crops

A broad frost struck Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana on May 29 damaging tobacco in Rock County and many crops. Reports cite ruined small fruits vegetables corn in multiple counties including Dane Greene Milwaukee and Rockford areas. Severe frost also harmed grapes beans potatoes and cucumbers across Saginaw Lancaster and nearby locales.

Milwaukee Wisconsin Rock County Greene Dane Milwaukee County CiicaGo Journal Janesville Beloit Oak Creek Fon du Lac Racine Freeport St. Paul la Crosse Minnesota Dakota Montana Northwest East Saginaw Mich Salem Agawam Lady Delaware and Concord Lancaster Reading

Court of Inquiry Finds Fourth Regiment Officers Guilty in Cincinnati Case

The Court of Inquiry report lists Colonel F B Mott charge of incompetency and disobedience of orders and other officers named for leaving command, absences, disobedience, desertion and intoxication. It recommends disbanding the Fourth Regiment and using uncharged officers to form a new unit.

Columbus Ohio F. B. Mott George H. Phillips W. B. Anderson W. H. Wooster W. H. Buckles Charles W. Gunkle John Walters

Catholic Bishops Denounce Round-Dancing and Divorce Rules

Baltimore May 30 Catholic bishops from the Archdiocese of Baltimore met at the archbishop's residence. They discussed the Plenary Council, priest education, divorce laws, church fairs, and the enforcement of stricter round dancing prohibitions in the future.

Catholic Bishops In Council Baltimore Archdiocese of Gibbons O’hara Scranton Gross Savannah Northrop Charleston S. C North Carolina Moore St. Augustine Fla Keane Richmond Kaine Wheeling Becker Wilmington Del

Four Killed in Warehouse Collapse at South Day Street

A warehouse at 37 South Day Street owned by William E. Hooper & Sons collapsed burying Mortimer Linthicum James Kelley Edward Bowen and several others. Rescue efforts freed Walter Cochran and Daniel Greenwood who survived though seriously hurt. the fate of several workers remains uncertain. Authorities estimate total loss around 50000 dollars with most damage falling on the Deford estate.

Baltimore South Day Street William E. Hooper & Sons Woodberry Mortimer Linthicum James Kelley Edward Bowen Kenneth McLea Gilden Hook Benjamin Greenwood Cochran Martin Long & Dugdale Greenwood Walter Cochran Hooper Harvey Seving Hooper & Sons Seving Kelly Lintcicum Leving Linthicum James Brown Young Greenwood Samuel Johnson Moulton Theodore Hooper Deford Estate Hooper & Son

Wesley Johnson Hanged for Ohio Farmhouse Slayings

Wesley Johnson, twenty four, was hanged in Napolean Ohio for the October 23 murders of George W Williams and his wife on a farm seven miles north. He confessed to chopping Williams’s head with an axe and striking Mrs Williams after she was down. A babe was left in the bed for two days before discovery.

Napooleon Wesley Johnson George W. Williams Ohio Johnson John Williams

Tunnel Collapse Kills Nine in Liconter Pa

Nine men died and eleven were seriously injured when scaffolding failed in Knupp's tunnel on the South Pennsylvania Railroad near Liconter Pennsylvania. Workers, mostly Italians, were excavating about one hundred feet from the main entrance when the disaster occurred. Bodies recovered and a coroner's inquest is planned amid widespread excitement at the site.

Massachusetts Senate Whittier Knupp’s South Pennsylvania Westmoreland County Liconter Knupp

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