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Newspaper

Cambridge Herald

Location

Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1882

Page

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Restoration of Fitz-John Porter In Army Sparks Back Pay Debate

Porter's case centers on whether back pay as Major-General should accrue to reinstatement or end in 1866 when other Major-Generals were mustered out. The issue has been referred to the Attorney General for opinion.

Senate Prairies Montana Territory Logan Pond Committee On Public Lands Secretary of the Interior Cental Pacific Kansas Pacific Union Pacific Central Branch Post Office Springer Davis W. Va Committee On Military Affairs Bayard United States Peru Bolivia Chile Committee On Foreign Relations Chili Committee On Foreign Affairs van Wyck House Belmont State Department Secretary of State William P. Cheimbliss Carlisle Boyd Annie A. Hayes Alexander Hayes Fitz-John Porter Porter Washington Rufus Ingalls United States Army Rucker Howe Roscoe Conkling New York Supreme Court of the United States A. A. Sargent California Germany Walter N. Johnson Georgia Hoent Hoffman St. Peersburg Melville Steward Crump Barnes Woodward Garfield House Committee On Elections On the Ath George Q. Cannon Allan G. Campbell Utah Treasury HT. W. NlowGatt Weather Bureau A. C. Sateldo A. M. Sateldo, Jr House Committee On Territories Dakota John C. New the Treasury P. B Pinchback New Orleans Wakefield G. Frye Halifax Andrew McCain Tennessee James H. Swords D. C Cadiz C. ©. Ford Virginia Sagua W. H. Tolleys San Juan de Los Remedios House Committee On War Claims Houck Lee Pennsylvania TUE House On Public Health Wasmigatos Sergean Mason Guiteau Brapiaverm Phe Sundown Guard Scot Guard Minnie Hauk Falmouth Chucbee Bradlaugh House of Commons Denmark Congress On Bank of France France Russia

Explosion toll and regulatory blame flag Chester disaster

Coroners jury finds Porter building explosives exceeded ordinance limits and faults city authorities for permitting the factory. It urges prosecution of Professor Samuel Jackson and Charles Van Horn for endangering the public and misdirecting fire crews.

Chester Samuel Jackson Charles van Horn Svit Standard Oil Company Dauphin County W. P. Block Woodcock Austin Texas A. M. Byers & Company Pittsburgh Frank Myers John Saville Antuer Hunter Dover N. H Winnapiscoza Cole’s Crossing

Taref Tragedy and Oil Strike Reported Near Paducah and Litchfield

TAREF women and three men drowned at Paducah Kentucky when a small flat boat swamped while crossing the Ohio River. They had recently moved to Paducah from Nashville. A large oil strike near Litchfield Tennessee yields high quality crude rated at sixty five.

Taref Paducah Ohio River Nashville Litchfield

Multiple incidents from Beaver to Duluth in late January

Prison escapes from Beaver jail by tunneling. A 12 year old worker Timothy Leet killed at Newark needle works by a wire entanglement. German Georges Wolffr intoxicatedly stabbed William Beecher at Etna, Pa. Prohibitionists split with a Chicago meeting postponed, alliance to convene later in August. Putnam Brooks confectionery in Grand Rapids destroyed by fire. Nathaniel Lewis released after trial in Youngstown over car brakes. Duluth reports no ice on Lake Superior and continued winter supplies to logging camps.

Beaver William Leet Craft & Co Newark N. J George Wolffr William Beecher Etna Allegheny County Prohibitionists McClelland Brown Chicago Gideon T. Stewart Ohio National Prohibition Party Putnam & Brooks Grand Rapids Mich Nathaniel Lewis Youngstown Lewis Alliance Duluth Minn Lake Superior

The Russian Jews Arrive in Philadelphia in Distress

About three hundred Russian Jewish refugees arrive in West Philadelphia and describe brutal persecutions in their homeland. Witness accounts from Abraham Sheerner, Nurtulle Riskoff, and Israel Balagher recount mob violence, torture, arson, and killings, with police inaction noted. Four hundred more expected next week.

Pennsylvania Railroad West Philadelphia Abraham Sheerner Warsaw Sheetner Nurtulle Riskoff Cabassa Israel Balagher Odessa Belaski Isaac Vizier Philadelphia Chicago Tribune

A Practical Joke Drives Youth to Madness in Waters Family

A Waters family tale from two miles out of town ends in tragedy as Henry Waters, aged twenty three, becomes a raving maniac after a midnight ghost prank. The incident began when local youths removed bullets from his Colt revolver, then staged a ghostly intrusion. The bullets were returned harmlessly, but Henry fired multiple times, the bullets appearing to return to the gun. The fright triggered a mental collapse. weeks later he still shrieks at imagined specters, a cautionary note to jokers.

Waters Ilenry Henry Cleveland Garfield Youngstown Cincinnati Enquirer Detroit Free Press Smith John Demijohn Anna Domini Mother Sally Smith Hartford Sunday Journal

Austrian Journalist Threatened to Eat His Own Words

The American Register reports a libelous Austrian journalist was recently compelled to eat his words under pressure, with threats of hanging if he refused to consume his paper.

The American Register

Ohio legislature debates polygamy and budgeting bills

Senate and House actions span February 17 to 23 with bills on polygamy resolution urging Congress to curb Mormon polygamy, clerk and sergeant roles election timing, insurance and safety measures, library privileges for editors, and multiple local bills. Adjournments follow daily business, with financial figures from the 1878 Paris exposition cited as a broader context.

Senate House Russell Committee On Federal Relations Rarey Locke Jones Delaware General Assembly Ohio Congress United States National House of Representatives Pond Chapman Bowersox Probate Court of Common Pleas Carlisle Morgan County Medical Society Firemen’s Insurance Company of Cincinnati Weitzel Walker Scott Conrad Bargar Brigham Railroad

Congress urged to fix mutilated silver coin law

Influential citizens debate the mutilation rule for silver dollars. A small indentation or hole reduces value, harming the poor, as businesses reject damaged coins. Peter Negley of the Baltimore sub Treasury favors reform and Milton G. Urner supports action in Congress to remedy the issue.

Congress Peter Negley Baltimore Sub- Treasury Milton G. Urner Negley

Legacy of 130000 Bequest To Philadelphia Institution of the Blind

Judge Penrose of the Orphans Court awarded a $130,000 bequest from the late Mary Shields to the Pennsylvania Institution of the Blind in Philadelphia. The legacy, left by the wealthy Philadelphia lady, honors her wish to support the blind.

Mary Shields Philadelphia Institution of the Blind Penrose Orphans’ Court Pennsylvania Institution of the Blind

Wit and Wisdom in a Fractured Toast of Marriage Lights

A collage of humorous vignettes from turns of phrase to婚 quotes and family quips. Jests on marriage gray hair and wealth versus happiness, with droll exchanges among judges, reporters, mothers and children. The piece threads witty reflections and comic misfires in lively newspaper style.

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