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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1895
Page
1
Twenty five Philadelphia societies dedicated to poor and neglected children petition Governor Hastings and the senate to pass the Parr compulsory educational bill. They endorse the measure as vital for child welfare and believe early training will reduce reformatories and penal institutions.
In Harrisburg on April 2 the House met at 10 AM and read a bill by Mr. Moore to appropriate 190 for the last illness of Joseph Neighly a private in Battery C Third Brigade National Guards Pa. Debate over the Fecht bridge bill continued and the deer killing ban bill passed. The Kunkel bill on game commissioners sparked sharp exchanges about retrenchment and reforms. The session also approved a list of final measures including annuity to Lille Raabe and regulations on food adulteration, taxes, and public employment rules.
A proposal to repeal section 1 of the 1864 Allegheny county act and to roll back salaries or fees for the county controller and solicitor was advanced but the measure failed. The same session defeated the bill to regulate the in corporation of mutual fire insurance companies.
The riot occurred in St Louis Missouri on April 2 with Frank Thorn a watcher at the polls fatally shot twice by Frank Day who was arrested. Thorn served as a guard against illegal voting when he was shot in the line of duty as law enforcement pursued Day and more than twenty shots were exchanged.
Police fail to clear up the murder of Mamie Needale a black woman in New York City. Robert Dedmon Identified the body claiming Mamie Needale aged 28 from Virginia who lived with Mrs. Foster at 899 Sixth Avenue. Investigators doubt the confession by Dedmon and Dennis Spruilli.
In Pittsburg on April 2 Judge White in common pleas court denied a mandamus and struck an appeal in oleomargarine cases. The ruling involved J. F. Gibson and others fined $100 plus costs for selling oleomargarine and stated the act is general law, not specifying the proper court. He criticized the 1885 act as unjust and noted oleomargarine can be pure and wholesome, but warned the system can be used for mercenary purposes.
A committee appointed by presidents of the anthracite coal roads met in New York today to allot percentages but failed to reach an agreement. A hitch was reported with prospects for settlement not promising, with the Lehigh Valley dispute cited as the main obstacle.
Police report says 18 year old Alice Keener, who vanished from East Berlin weeks ago, drowned herself in Conewago Creek near York. John Smith recovered the body today, according to local authorities.
Prince Bismarck slept well and rose early in Friederichsruhe. He is somewhat fatigued from yesterday's efforts but otherwise in excellent health this morning.
In a Pottsville coal mine John Walgo fell ten feet to his death. Governor Hastings will deliver the memorial address at Allegheny City. Robbers stole clothing valued at 00 from J. M. Gidding's Bloomsburg store. The Ross Club in Williamsport will entertain Governor and Mrs. Hastings on Friday. Henry Kilmore of Lewisburg, York County, hanged himself due to financial troubles. Shenandoah merchants formed an anti peddler league and drove itinerants from town yesterday. Wanted for burglary in Clearfield County three years ago, William Shults was arrested near Jersey Shore. Edward Kelly, Chester hotel man, convicted of forgery, sent to prison for nine months. Altoona negroes held a meeting to honor Frederick Douglass, and Congressman Hicks spoke. While cleaning a revolver at Delta, York County, John Pearthree accidentally shot his sister, inflicting a dangerous wound. Officers John Hess W C Keyn and Michael Kimmell of the Altoona Turner Singing Society were held for trial for selling liquor without a license. C A M Oswald, son of Rev Oswald of York, hanged himself in his Lancaster residence garret at noon, suffering from melancholia for some time. His age was not stated.
Four Saxon lace weavers arrived in Wilkes-Barre last December and faced union opposition before being driven from the city and state. They landed in New York on the Hamburg America liner Normania and were later returned after federal scrutiny into alleged contract labor law violations. The case, led by Dr. Senner and William H. Cochran, seeks damages of 1000 per worker. testimony begins Friday with Wilkes-Barre Lace Manufacturing Company represented by Oliver Benedict.
Mrs Eliz Beth Williams killed her two children at the Park hotel and, in an inquest, described domestic troubles and her plan to end all lives by murder and suicide. She broke down when shown the razor used to cut Harry's throat and acknowledged a letter accusing her husband of cruelty.
Ex-Speaker of the Pennsylvania Legislature John Faunce was wounded in the neck by a rifle bullet fired from a roadway by a 14 year old boy as a train passed through Camden toward Atlantic City. Three youths, John Richardson Gilbert Hubert and Robert Swain, were arrested. Richardson said the aim was at the wheels and his foot slipped.
Mrs. Renneville Roth aged 60 hanged herself at her home near Rockdale in Allentown on April 2 4. She had been melancholy for some time and leaves six children among them two sons who are clergymen Revs M F Roth of Summit Hill and Benjamin H Roth of Milleraville.
Governor Mitchell submits message calling out prize fights as disgraceful and brutal after a recent fight in Jacksonville. Legislature convenes in Tallahassee for sixty days to consider reforms and measures related to the issue.
Jeffersonville Ind April 2 Daniel Baugh aged 106 will celebrate his birthday tomorrow born April 1 1789 in Wyeth county West Virginia. He moved with family to Kentucky and Indiana and has four children Thomas Baugh Alice White Kate Payne and Daniel Baugh Jr. He is recovering from grip and remains mentally sharp and sprightly. family members will attend the anniversary event with elaborate preparations.
New York April 2 Catholics prepare for the visit of Rev. Mathias Raus superior general and rector major of the Redemptorist order. The American branch started in 1832 but this will be his first tour of inspection across the country. Raus is reputedly a powerful figure in the church and close to the pope.
In Millville New Jersey area riots erupt as 500 men at Port Norris vow not to work for less than 35 dollars monthly. Hiram Wagner was assaulted by a crowd while others from Baltimore fled by boat fearing violence. Boats called to the cove to keep crews from leaving and a boycott of captains was threatened.
In Washington on April 2 Mgr Satolli the papal legate hosted a dinner for royal clergy including Father Andrew Joseph Stephan who oversees Catholic Indian schools. Satolli announced the pope has appointed Stephan as private chamberlain to the Holy Father with the title of Monsignor.
Misses Anna K Wells Eugenie Armstrong and Maggie Farrelly four Ellensburg teachers leave Tacoma to chase gold in Alaska. They travel by small boat up the Yukon to Forty Mile Creek over 1200 miles, inspired by Maggie Farrelly’s father who has worked the field for a year.
Widespread prairie fires devastate ranches around Bingham Nebraska while other distant dispatches report a derailed Florida Central train near Gainesville with no loot found.
From Havana on March 30 reports say 8 000 troops arrived from Spain and 10 000 more are expected. Citizens welcome General Campos as governor general and support his reform agenda. The rebellion appears confined to the Santiago de Cuba area with other districts quiet.
Charles W. Sherwood, auditor for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western, enraged by his wife’s dance with John J. Laass, drew a revolver in Columbia hall saloon and later struck Laass with an umbrella at the Clarendon hotel. Laass and Mrs. Sherwood escaped. no arrests were made.
Reports from multiple cities detail broad Republican gains in municipal elections. In St Louis Chicago and Denver results show Republican leads and majorities, with mayoral and council victories noted. Sedalia Schenectady and other towns report Republican or mixed outcomes with strong party performance statewide.
Mrs Mary McHugh of Pittsburg received 6000 damages from Hotel Schlosser proprietors for the death of her husband A B McHugh. He was ejected in December 1801 after alleged drunkenness and later died after lying in water and snow near the hotel. The suit for 10000 damages began in 1892 and has now settled.
Pennsylvania railroad detective captures August Worth, a freight house employee in Logansport Indiana, after a year long search. Nearly $1000 worth of merchandise including dry goods shoes and groceries found at Worth's home. Chief Detective Bradley suspects more robberies can be linked to Worth. The thefts spanned a year and the company reimbursed owners as losses in transit.
A log and iron coupling pieces were found on the Stony Creek Railroad line near Belfry and Acorn stations as two sabotage attempts aimed at wrecking the 2:25 p m train yesterday. Engineer Edward Charles and Fireman Baxter dodged the obstruction when the locomotive struck the log and pushed it aside. Authorities investigate the disgruntled former trackmen suspected in the incident.
The fragment suggests a log placed near a train to wreck the returning journey, implying deliberate interference rather than accidental failure. No further details on location, time, or responsible parties are provided in the readable text.
A Newmansville merchant B H Kane was murdered and robbed March 27. A coroner's inquest found a Black man, William Raws, guilty. While guarded by three officers at the depot, masked assailants overpowered them, seized the prisoner and fled, with the victim presumed dead.
A hearing before Judge Edwards considered Percy Courtright a 13 year old from Carbondale for confinement in the House of Refuge. His mother Mrs Courtright, testified with her daughter and another son about his refusal to attend school work or heed guidance. The court will review the testimony as two judges must agree to confinement feasibility.
Los Angeles judge overrules demurrer in Miss Tesea L Kelso slander case. Rev J C Campbell claimed prayer to God in First Methodist Episcopal church was privileged, but court rules such prayer can be a slanderous statement. No privilege for clerical remarks to congregation unless in pastoral duty and without malice.
Dunkirk New York April 2 Officer Waltera comes to arrest Joseph Schmude on murderous assault charge by Mrs Schmude. Schmude throws dynamite into stove causing explosion that wrecks the house and throws the officer twenty feet. Schmude buried in debris with leg mutilation but not fatally hurt.
In Altoona Pennsylvania on April 2, several thousand miners from Altoona and west to Johnston are said to be organizing for a strike planned for the last day of the month. They say all Pennsylvania miners will join for higher wages.
Chicago April 2 A special from Loran Ohio says Tom L Johnsons steel plant began operations yesterday and made one charge of Bessemer steel The plant cost 3 000 000 and Johnson touched the match to the fuel converting pig iron to steel
Bowman William Penn Bowman, the boy murderer who killed the Arabian peddler months ago, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. He proclaimed innocence before the sentence. In Winona Minnesota the Republican ticket won the mayoral race for the first time in thirty years with Addison B. Youmans elected mayor.
At a polling place in New Castle Colorado on April 2 Mrs. Thomas Jones fainted while preparing her ballot and fell striking her head. She died shortly after from a ruptured blood vessel.
It is reported from Manzanillo that several rebel leaders intend to surrender in Havana despite uncertainties.
The writer tmile Zola has been elected president of the Societe dea Gens de Lettres. In Charleroi Belgium about 400 glassworkers went on strike yesterday. England and Russia signed an agreement concerning the Pamirs. The Anglo American expedited Atlantic mail service starts next Saturday. Venezuela extended a warm reception to Admiral Meade and his officers at Caracas. President Crespo announced a new cabinet headed by Dr Lucio Pulido as foreign minister to harmonise factions.
A wide assortment of Mull and Lawn Caps is advertised as fully stocked, emphasizing breadth and variety. The listing highlights sizes colors and styles to suit different needs and outdoor settings.
A local retailer promotes a new line of caps for misses highlighting a complete selection and popular prices. The ad stresses a wide range and confident guarantees on affordability.
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