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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1898
Page
2
Washington reports the president urged patience as the peace talks with Madrid hinge on cable dispatches. Congress may defer action until next week while diplomats work toward a settled arrangement.
Hartisburg March 4 Fifty five prominent dairymen meet at the trade home and form a state dairymen association to back dairy interests through law. Officers elected include President T. W. Comfort and Secretary Marty Hayward with a new constitution and by laws.
Tommy White of Chicago battled George Dixon in a scientific twenty round draw at Empire Athletic Club in Syracuse before 2000 fans. White used reach and a steady left jab while Dixon’s blows carried more force but landed less often. crowd favored White but accepted the draw with the referee’s ruling.
At the Athens trial Karditz and Giorgi were condemned to death for an attempted attack on King George in February as he traveled with Princess Maria from Phalerum to Athens. Karditz claimed temptation by hostile newspaper articles. Giorgi said he fired into the air.
Navy officials report Mare Island yard in San Francisco suspended operations after last night’s quake. About 1700 workers are idle with only two buildings unscathed. Estimated damage nears one half million dollars as equipment and docks departments halt activity. The cruiser Charleston remains in dry dock with no serious damage noted.
Commodore Frank W. Hinman says fortifications at Gull Island are not sufficient to deter the foe. The report from New Haven notes concerns about eastern inland positions and the need for stronger defenses as of March 21.
Mr Hinman told a Sound pilot that blocking foreign warships entering Long Island Sound from the east seems unlikely. He argues a battleship could slip through a race and, even with coastal guns on Fisher's Island and Gull Island's ordnance, would remain undetected until near New Haven due to foul weather and the ship's noise.
William Steele former cashier of the collapsed Cheetnut Street National Bank is heard by U S Commissioner Edmunds on charges of falsifying bank condition reports to the comptroller. Testimony from George M Coffin and Bank Examiner Hardt details large loans and concealed overdrafts linked to president Singerly. The hearing continues next Wednesday with bail set at 10 000.
Charles Hanley of Duttons Mills was arrested in connection with the murder of Isabel Ridgway and her five year old son Charles whose throats were cut. He was taken before Magistrate Rupert and committed for further hearing. District Attorney Macelvey, who swore out the warrant, linked Harley to the crime. Ridgway was Morley’s house keeper and was to become a widow. Harley is a married man living apart from his wife.
Reading Pa March 91 The State Sportsmen association shoot at Reading Driving Park reports the five men team match for a £24 silver trophy won by the Independent team from Philadelphia over Florist Phil. score 11 to 9. Seven regular state events and eight open events were shot with solid scores despite strong wind.
Representative Wheeler of Alabama introduced a bill to appropriate $500,000 to buy provisions for Cuban non combatants. It directs the president to convey aid immediately to the starving people and to deploy military and naval forces as needed. The president should inform Spain that the action is humanitarian and not a war move.
Society figure Maltle Eive Lyn Fhaw of East Cambridge seeks annulment of her marriage to Frank Fiske Page well of Providence Rhode Island claiming the wedding was a mock ceremony tied to a wager over chocolates. She was legally married two months ago to L Mix a Harvard student.
Steve Brodie famed for the Brooklyn Bridge jump and longtime touring actor died on a train at Adrian Michigan. He had appeared on the Chicago stage the previous night but was ill and had left in the morning for New York City. He suffered from congestion of the lungs.
Reports from New York on April 10 express uncertainty about Steve Brodie's death. Early notices claimed he died, but no telegrams to friends confirm the event, and one message suggested he would arrive in New York by 7 o'clock that morning.
Wesley Webb of Dover, secretary, stated reports from the view presidente across the Peninsula indicate a uniform prospect of full crops of fruit and vegetables, with fruit buds two weeks ahead and vulnerable to frost exposure.
Special Commissioner Louis Klopsch arrives by steamship Havana bound for Tampa and plans to return to Cuba within ten days after visiting New York and Washington. He reports supplies sent to 402 Cuban towns aiding 205000 reconcentrados and praises Spanish cooperation while rebuking rumors of a Havana riot.
The new wire and rod trust will take over the H P Nail, American Wire, and Consolidated Steel and Wires plants in Cleveland. The H P Nail works will cease April 1 and all employees discharged by end of March. new applicants must apply by April 1. About 1,000 workers at H P Nail, 1,200 at American Wire, and 500 at Consolidated mills. The trust will hold roughly 75 percent of the national output of rods wires and wire products.
Sulzberger compiles estimates on American Jewish population from early counts. The article traces early New York and Pennsylvania figures, 18 756 in 1877 and 40 257 in 1880, and notes immigration totals since 1885 around 411 073 plus 74 910 from a later source, with a conservative US settlement total near 37 800. It lists regional rankings and synagogue capacity and mentions 180 496 communicants across 598 congregations.
The report lists state by state figures: Ohio 85,000, California and Maryland 25,000 each, Missouri and New Jersey 4,000 each, Massachusetts and Louisiana 29,000 each, Virginia 18,000, with Southern states overall large and growing while Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Wyoming remain under 1,000.
From the Sioux City Journal an anecdotal piece recalls hearty men startled by rats in public. A big man on Fourth Street hops and shrieks when a rat crawls up his pant leg, then the crowd shares tales of similar frights and concedes fear crosses gender lines.
The article describes methods to measure ocean width and continental breadth using Greenwich and Washington observations of star risings. It notes a US across continent distance of 2425.9 geographical miles from New Jersey to Punta Arenas, via triangulation and astronomical tests, and cites instrument improvements and adjustments to prior figures.
A Detroit Journal line notes a speaker saying his hopes are ashes as a great wall of doubt appears, prompting a sharp exclamation that it will sift them. The fragment reflects a mood of despair and sudden intrusion.
The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons recommended clemency for Thomas Campbell, who has served over twenty years for murder. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reporter John R. Wilson spent months researching Campbell’s case, uncovering new testimony and arguing on Campbell’s behalf to the board.
About a thousand students and citizens from Northern Indiana Normal School led by the city band paraded through main streets of Sagasta hanged in effigy at the courthouse yard. They bore banners reading Long Live Cuba and Down with Spain and condemned Spain during speeches before burning the effigy.
In Pittabure on March 21 a farmer William Hillman killed Dertia Splegie, a fifteen year old who refused him marriage, then cut his own throat. Hillman injuries are life threatening.
Herbert H. Dicker man, age 1, shot and killed his wife Marvin, 27, at their Brookline home and then fatally shot himself with the same weapon. Police reported no other injuries. The incident occurred today and investigators pursue a fuller ruling.
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