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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
2
The Cleveland Cabinet harmony, Harmon’s role, and the West’s praise for McKinley hint at a strong path to the presidency. Evans of Tennessee emerges as a possible vice presidential candidate, with calls for breaking Southern sectionalism to unite the Republican ticket.
John D. Carroll opened Kentucky Democratic state convention amid fierce factional splits led by gold and silver coinage factions. Debates over resolutions and the control of nominations produced disorder as legislators debated temporary leadership and policy planks with no final decisions by adjournment.
Two armed masked robbers entered the Bank of Kainy Lake City on the Canadian border just before closing. They bound the cashier and teller, blew open the vault with powder, and escaped with about 80,000 in bills and silver as a large crowd pursued, while a posse combs the area. Descriptions of the suspects have been circulated.
Red Lodge, a Cheyenne accused of assaulting an elderly white woman named Hayes, was arrested and taken to Arapahoe by deputy sheriff Burch. The crowd frightened him near the ball ground and the sheriff fired several shots, wounding him. Troop A, Third Cavalry, and Indian agent Capt Woodson moved to quell tensions as the Cheyennes retreated toward Washita.
A man killed his son-in-law and then took his own life aboard a train at Millwest. Harry Kroose, longtime agent of the Tarlem road, and his father-in-law Cearge Bloobs were slain when Kroose was shot in the back and then killed himself. The motive remains unclear as authorities note a strained personal situation.
In a Patric tale a crafty beggar wears a neck sign claiming blindness. A passerby challenges him noting the ruse, while the former owner confesses his own daily earnings and the exchange that left the beggar in control. The story centers on wit and irony in street alms.
Special dispatches report Hawaiian exile extremists organizing a filibuster to land 100 armed men with supplies at a Hawaiian port, funded by expatriates. Capt. Lent declined a charter over cost, while Dan Sweeney and the yacht Aggie allegedly support the scheme. Authorities warn customs of possible shipments.
The Specker Brothers & Co. wholesale dry goods firm at 163 to 166 Elm street, Cincinnati, assigned to Ada A. Kramer amid assets of 750000 and liabilities under that amount. The company is said to be solvent but temporarily embarrassed due to Mr Specker’s link to the Commercial Bank failure, with about 100000 in preferences. The business last year neared 2000000 in sales and 250 employees, and Specker was regarded as a rising millionaire.
A faded emotional note from Marion Ohio reveals a love triangle with Judy recounting Fred promising abstinence if married, and Charlie threatening to drink if not wed. An accompanying ad promotes Leniency Arnica Salve claiming universal healing with a money back guarantee and price of 25 cents per box.
Ad claims Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder won a World’s Fair top prize. It promises pile cure of a chronic condition with immediate relief from itching and swelling. Sold by druggists or mail order, price $1 per bottle, Williams Mfg Co Cleveland Ohio.
One of the city’s major court cases opens in the U S court with defendants Charles Reynolds and Thomas Wilit, alleged leaders of a large river pirate gang on the Ohio from Wheeling to Portsmouth. Secret service agents tracked Frank Haily who sold a stolen gun to a ferryman. over 100 indictments are said to remain. Other items report wage disputes in Belmont county miners, accidents, ex-prisoners of war reunion news, a Toledo mill fire, and regional mining and oil news.
Two hundred Italian laborers on the Chicago Indianapolis Rockport railroad project go unpaid for months. They riot after a deserted contractor office, law officers are powerless, stores are looted, and citizens guard homes all night. A citizen committee offers to pay wages for travel, but workers refuse to leave until paid. The sheriff has five hundred citizens to assist. A Mercury schedule note announces a Pullman Sleeping Car on Pan Handle route between Coshocton, Chicago, and Rockport with daily service times.
Reduced excursion fares apply across the Pennsylvania Lines for events in 1895. Tickets available at Pennsylvania system offices and via connecting railways. Destinations include Denver for National Educational Association meetings, Baltimore for Baptist Young People's Union, Beaton for National Christian Endeavor, Boston for Knights Templar, Louisville for G A R encampment, with specific sale dates and extended return options. Information from W. H. Kipp Coshocton Ohio or F. Van Duser Pittsburgh.
The Fountain promotes a season of summer dress goods with deep discounts on toiletries towels silk ribbons and wool challies. Special prices include 50c shirts 10c towels 10c ribbons and 35c challies. Store hours shift to Monday and Saturday evenings beginning July 1st with rest days noted.
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