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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1895
Page
1
Lackawanna legislator O'Malley earns two special orders in a single session amid a lively house debate. The session also considers compulsory education and municipal bills affecting Lackawanna County, with discussion on truancy reforms and school authority.
The readable portion notes a Campfire event at Harrisburg Pennsylvania on April 4 with reference to Governor Brown and Major involvement. The text remains incomplete but identifies the location Harrisburg and the figures Governor Brown and Major in the context.
Flooding from the Delaware and Neversink rivers devastates homes and mills in Hastonts and nearby areas. Waters rise to twenty five feet above low water, submerging streets and damaging bridges as residents move to higher ground.
Frank Emil Speyer and August Hoveler, who came under contract to work for the Wilkes-Barre Lake company, are ordered deported to Germany by Commission General Stump. Suit is brought against the lace company for violating the labor contract law. Ammerman to wed in June.
The mine at McDonald resumed yesterday with about five men after a blockade. The workers, led by a local group, succeeded in forcing the men to quit work following the stoppage.
A garbled report notes Lebanon health officer mentioning a green flowy wear and fever alga while indignant voices claim the sons of Erin. It records the annual convention of the state grand lodge Minlehta of Pythiog to meet in Binding starting August 20 and a State Emporial exssocuation meeting in Harrisburg on April 21 seeking to grow Min membership.
Governor McKinley arrived in Hartford and spoke at a banquet in a crowded capitol setting. He argued for financial stability, warned against impoverishing the people, and urged restoration of prosperity, criticizing current deficits and urging cautious policy to sustain government.
An explosion at the Blow Canon coal mine near Vaal New Mexico last night trapped workers. Twenty one men were killed and two escaped uninjured. Recoveries are underway as rescuers search for missing bodies. The mine had been inspected recently and deemed safe.
Grady, former cashier of the First National Bank of Marietta, was re-arrested by U S authorities. He faced charges of obtaining bank funds, making false entries, and misappropriation. Cossier Bowman testified the shortage stood at about $6 000. Grady was held in $15 000 bond and sent to Philadelphia to await trial.
Deputy Marshal John Salmon and a colleague were wounded while pursuing William Fraser, one of Irvin Bell’s murderers, in Sugar Loaf county within the Choctaw Nation. Fraser fled into the mountains and fortified a fort as efforts to apprehend him continued.
Members of the National Medal of Honor Legion gathered in Philadelphia to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Lee surrender at Appomattox with a luncheon in Doonertaheitel and a tribute to distinguished veterans including General Charles H L Collis and Captain John C. Delaney. The convention elected officers in Philadelphia and announced appointments for adjutant general and quartermaster, with a resolution urging war burial honors for fallen service members, and set next year’s meeting for Boston.
A cable dispatch hints Frank Lenz, the bicyclist on a global tour, may be prisoner of local authorities. He left New York June 4 and last appeared between Tabriz and Erzeroum. accounts place him in Chilgani May 9 and later near Keord All in the Armenian mountains, with rumors of his death or capture by Koormla forces awaiting remounting.
In Wilkes-Barre a Colonel from Pinwall vanished after cashing a check for 110 at a local bank and receiving 60 in change. The check later returned as worthless as detectives search for him while a Philadelphia secretary discusses remedy funding in the Senate chamber.
Anivapolle Ma Api John Knowles and a caller who helped spot Admiral Farragut to the Hartford’s rigging during the naval engagement in Majhile boy died today. He served in the navy for forty four years.
A mixed update reports Mrs Lanntey fined for failing to perform at a Denver theater, an American university planning a 320000 Tr bequest, De W Biren estate in Kokomo Indiana, mourners at Afra Piran Steven funeral in New York, an Orchard Street collapse linked to a manslaughter indictment of Building Inspector Cring, and William B Warner of Philadelphia sentenced in New York to eighteen months in prison.
At 8 o'clock this morning two fine structures in Wheeling fell within moments, burying several men. Father Wark, Vicar General, W. S. Prichard, and others are dead or missing. many injured as debris and smoke hinder rescue work. The Chapman and Hutchinson buildings, valued at over 200000, were destroyed along with neighboring shops.
An April explosion at No 2 Slope of the Susquehanna Coal Company in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania injured six miners. Names and ages given include Shimon Merenkevite 25 and others aged 21 to 34. All were burned on hands and faces and transported home for medical care.
Reports say an American swindler named Wing was arrested in Paris for obtaining advances on bogus securities of the Rock Island Peoria and St Louis Railway which authorities say does not exist. Wing once occupied grand apartments in the Hotel Continental but was found with about 40 cents.
Rev. Walter J. Patton of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church and another preacher visited dens to secure evidence to be used in a campaign against the evil. The report notes the locations and purpose but names of the second preacher remain uncertain.
Special to the Boranton Tribune Montrose April 6 Company G Mir tooth regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania will in May be three years old. Whether it will be renewed is being debated among its members. About half the 85 officers and men have terms expiring, and local employers have refused to hire National Guard members, affecting enlistment. First Lieutenant J Janes MacCausland says he has not been asked to take command and will not accept captaincy under current conditions. Lieutenant George S Jesup praises the camaraderie and hopes to see those with May 4 term continue service, while Montrose citizens support preserving Company G as a patriotic unit.
John G. Moore declares a constitutional challenge to the income tax law remains unresolved as the court splits on validity. He plans to seek rehearing, protest payments, or sue to recover money while continuing the fight to the full bench and possibly press a tax return suit.
An engineer and a wireman were killed and a drakeman injured when a wreck after a washout left rails and a locomotive piled in a yard. The incident occurred on the Hochester and Pitcbury railroad between Punxsulawner and Pr Run early today.
The president appointed Joe Morrison as desistant appralver of merohiidice in New York and Ceo Parvinios in Austin as part of a shifting cabinet. A board of marine hospital surgeons was named to study retirement benefits while officials fret over official papers about the ex-United States Consul Wial lor. Reports say he languishes in a French military jail as Deputy Comptroller Mateur remains in critical condition with no immediate prospect of death, despite rumors in a Washington paper. The president denies telegraphic pressure to repeal the income tax law and says no communications have been received on the subject.
The report notes Eneland declines to espouse Hawaii's cause and Italian troops in Africa seize Salama and Ocelot Alma. Sir William Harcourt is reintroduced in the House of Commons amid a local veto dispute. Bombardment of the Hove works near Tamative Mada goconr by French cruisers on April 4 is reported with no reply yet from Britain to Veneaucla over a flag insult.
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