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Newspaper

Cambridge Herald

Location

Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1885

Page

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Railways policy updates and financial figures in U S news

The report outlines a ban on timber cutting by railroads on public lands, with trees eight inches or more in diameter restricted to five years after location. It notes Union Pacific earnings for year ending June 20 1885 at 17 836 140 dollars and 8 737 817 net, with 1884 figures also shown.

Committee On Railways Union Pacific General Land Sparks Secretary of the Treasury Hungary Treasury United States Colombia SAU Columbia Moses A. Hopkins North Carolina Liberia Irwin Dongan Memphis (Tenn Henry M. Gilbert New York Trieste James M. Rosse Three Rivers Canada Hopkins Montgomery County Drum Wyoming Comptroller Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Railroa

Riel Bench Refusal Sparks French Alarm and Slain Sailors

Winnipeg dispatch reports the fall bench refused a new trial for Riel as French residents grow dangerously agitated. London dispatch notes the Auckland collided with the German gunboat Blitz near Copenhagen. Fifteen drowned. Also: Villa le Malago sinks with sixteen of sixty passengers lost. Cholera and dysentery mortality rise at Royal Peni Queta and Bolan Pass. France loses 15000 in China. Chinese losses reach 100000. Petitions to commute Riel’s sentence flood the Dominion State Department while others urge action by the Privy Council.

Sth Winnipeg Fall Bench Riel Madrid Germany Saragossa Valencia Barcelona Granada London Auckland Copenhagen France Dominion State Department Privy Council

Gas explosion at Alto Colliery claims lives in Pennsylvania

A deadly gas explosion at the Alto Colliery in Branchdale Schuylkill County, Pa., killed a teenaged miner John Lynn and injured several others. The blast occurred when gas met naked lamps.

Philadelphia & Reading Company Alto Branchdale Schuylkill County John Lynn Robert Frew Charles McCauley Sarney Merovern Alexander Frew T. F. Buck Fummer Central Park N. Y New York City Solomon Levine Isaac Rosenstein The Sun Humphreys Castle Garden New York Wisconsin Liverpool J. H. Hart Utah West Otralia Thomas Hamilton Collum Commissioners of Emigration Adams Union Pacific Railroad Boston Christopher Cooper Livingstone William Sitwell Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment Kittanning I.a General Grant Arsenal Pittsburgh Worcester Massachusetts Prohibitionists Thomas J. Lathrop Taunton Charles B. Knight George Kempton Sharon Charles B. Travis Natick Samuel M. Fairfield Malden William Sherman Lowell New York Greenbackers George C. Jones Albany Lyman W. Gage Utica George W. Pinn Orange County Nelson S. Shaler Greene County Allan Wood Steuben County William B. Gurnsey Chenango County Brooklyn Nashville Tenn Lester Bros Woods Phiindols

Varied 1884 News From Across States And Districts

Reports from Kentucky Ohio Indiana Virginia and Illinois note a railroad crossing tragedy near Lexington where Dr J E Roberts and wife died, military trial outcomes at Fort Keogh, a fatal blasting accident in Lancaster Ohio, the death of Claude Graham Debruler in Evansville, a strong Memphis cotton forecast, Chicago Health Inspector actions on cholera pigs, a Wichita attack case, Emporia poisoning case moving to October, Danville leaf tobacco sales surpassing 30 million pounds, and Lynchburg gale figures totaling over 24 million pounds.

Lexington J. E. Roberts Chesapeake & Ohio Melville A. Cochrane Fifth Infantry Fort Keogh J. C. Fremont Lancaster Tommy Clements Claude Graham Debruler Evansville Ind Courier Cincinnati Haute Memphis Hill, Fontaine & Co Lynchburg

Major fires and disasters hit multiple locales

Reports detail a fire destroying Lucar works in Peoria Illinois on the 12th with $125,000 loss, drownings after a boat capsize on Acorn Lake, a broken rail axle accident near Sherman Texas injuring Mrs Wolf and others, and Ottawa Illinois noting the death of Emory A Storrs.

Lucar American Glucose Company Peoria Ill Marups Narrarapsett Park Carlis J. Youn Hingham Arthur Wheeler Edward Curtis Rockland Mass Acorn Lake Jasper Sweet St. Polycarpe Quebec

Three Dry Goods Men Arrested for New York Store Explosion

Detectives arrested David Norton Thomas Fitzpatrick and Peter Daly of the Dry Goods Equality Association in relation to the February 1 explosion at Garry Brothers store Grand and Allen streets New York City. Evidence linked them to placing a package before the blast as crowds fled the shattered corner. All three were committed for trial after Justice O Reiley ordered their detention.

David J. Nontan Thomas Fitzpatrick Peter A. Daly New York Grand and Allen Streets Washington, D. H Ohio Henry Warp Berorer New York Post-Express Dry Goods Quality Association Garry Brothers New York City Grand Garry Bros Alen Riley Prom Dry Goods Equality Association Orchard Hall Equality Association Byrnes Association Gerstein Norton Fitzpatrick Daly Grand Street David J. Norton Justice O' Reiley Jefferson Market U. Kk Broadway Fourteenth Street Kanghran’s Roadway Ninth Street Garry

Desperado Lynched After Rampage In a Gambling House

In Brosper, A.T., a Mexican gunman opened fire in a saloon wounding several before fleeing. He was found later and hanged by citizens in the canyon. The second item reports the Army of the Tennessee reunion in Chicago with General Sherman eulogizing U.S. Grant and noting Grant’s role in the Civil War.

Dave Hickey James Kehoe George Sales Jack Welch Frank Gardiner Pierce Curtin Lincoln Grant Willi Alexander Hannibal Cesar Napoleon Sherman

Debris Chokes Sacramento River for Boats

The Sacramento River is clogged with debris from mines causing boats to be unable to reach Sacramento. Passengers and freight are transferred to light-draught barges below the city, and grain must be lightered if barges draw over three feet. Officials urge prompt federal dredging to restore water communication. The Sacramento Board of Trade invites Senators and Congress members to inspect the river next Wednesday.

San Francisco Sacramento Sacramento City California Sacramento Board of Trade Congress Sacramento River

Embezzler Gunderson Sentenced in Wisconsin

Louis Gunderson, a former Wisconsin State Assembly member and Cumberland postmaster, received two years in state prison and a 5571 fine after pleading guilty to embezzlement. He fled to Norway during probing, returned voluntarily, and cited reasons beyond his moral control for his downfall.

Madison Wis Louis Gunderson Wisconsin Cumberland Gunderson Norway

Temperance Rally Fills Ford’s Opera House for North Point Anniversary

Bethmann September 14 reports 2000 people attend a Cadets of Temperance event at Ford’s Opera House. Baltimore Cadets occupy the lower floor with visitors from New York and Philadelphia. Addresses given by Rev. Dr. I. N. Ellis and others. Exercises concluded with a benediction.

William Bally New York

September Cotton Report Shows Hot Weather and Drought Across Regions

The Department of Agriculture notes August heat and drought, with boll worm and caterpillar damage in the Deep South and Southwest. It reports overall cotton condition down in every state, with states like Georgia and Texas showing declines. spring wheat impaired in the Northwest. minimal winter wheat changes. corn remains high in state averages. overall prospects near average to slightly above.

Missouri William Bokay Ouquet Gilly St. Louis Portland Rock Springs Wyoming Isaiah Whitehouse Linn Creek Camden County Ohio State Board of Agriculture Almy Muncie Ind Colahoosa Neal & Bidwells Westminister Lima Nevro Scales Walton Burlington State Department of Agriculture Washington Louisiana Mississippi Florida Texas Arkansas Tennessee Alabama Georgia Carolinas Black Belt Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Nebraska Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa New England Colorado Territories Michigan Maryland

Trains Collide in Two States with Fatalities and Injuries

In New York a Delaware and Hudson train struck a wrecked weight near Comstocks Whitehall Washington County. Engineer Frank Brown was killed. several crew members were seriously injured. In Pennsylvania a Pittsburgh to New York line collision at Holmesboro Junction left one man seriously hurt as 21 cars derailed due to a broken frog.

Phia Cameron N. Y William Warner Wurtemburg Lawrence County Joseph C. Fisher New Brunswick N. J Stalin’s Island Pierrepont House Brooklyn Rochester M. Duncan Vassar College Martin & Co Buffalo Canton Miss Leon Cockrell Aaron Warz Bellaire United States Catholic University Miss Caldwell Egation Pacific Western States Estey Ithaca Ladies’ Union Benevolent Society Pittsford America Fifth Artillery Grant Sith Livingston County Dan Ville Ing N.C. Rockwell Union Palmer Livingston Huntingdon Memorial Fund New York American Rubber Works Cambridge Mass Danville Clara Barton International Red Cross Society New York City United States Circuit Court National Bank Act Heof Aunand Delaware & Tudson Pennsylvania Central Troy Delaware & Hudson Monrea Comstocks Wiitehall Washington County Frank Brown Winslow Stevens John Burt Thomas Decker Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad Holmesbore Joseph Brown Whitack Sphia

Outlaw Jim Lee and Hank Lee Shot by Fort Worth Detectives

The bodies of Jim Lee and Hank Lee were brought to Gainesville Texas on a farmer’s wagon after a clash in Starris township with Fort Worth detectives Taylor, Thomas and Settles. Forty shots were fired in the gunfight, with the officers prevailing. Rewards exceeding 87,000 dollars await the Lee brothers, dead or alive, and the detectives are expected to collect. The Lees have terrorized Northern Texas with cattle raids and confessed crimes including the Rotf brothers massacre in April and numerous border murders.

Gainesville Tex Jim Lee Hank Lee Starris Township Taylor, Thomas Settles Fort Worth Ulnar Lee Brothers Lees Texas Rotf Indian Territory

Washington Sledge Arrested for Swindling In Texas

Washington Sledge a Robertson County school teacher was arrested for selling forged letters claiming to be from Jesus Christ. He advertised a letter found beneath Calvary claimed to ward off disease pestilence and danger and sold copies to the local Black community.

Wastington Tex Washington Sledge Fides Robertson County Jesus Christ Mt. Calvary

Woman Shot by Son in Garden Accident

In Prrissurnen yesterday Mrs James T McIntosh summoned her son John to shoot a cat in the garden. He fired twice from a revolver as she moved into the grape arbor unseen. A bullet entered the back of her head and exited the forehead through the brain. she survives though doctors fear death for her husband.

Prrissurnen James T. McIntosh John Ife Hub

Army scouts pursue Gerinome band into Mexican border hills

Lieutenant Davis of the U S Army leads a large group of Indian scouts in pursuit of Gerinome and his band. He believes they aim for the Mescaleros reservation in New Mexico and are now in mountains in Northern Chihuahua near the Mexican line. Intercept efforts will face vast terrain as they patrol mountain passes.

el Paso Texas Davis United States Army Gerinome Mescaleros Reservation New Mexico Chihuahua

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