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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1895
Page
1
New York reports three more bodies found at the West Broadway and West Third Street site raising the death toll to six with many still believed buried. Coroner's inquest slated for August 16 to determine fault as rescuers work in shifts amid heavy debris.
Two Philadelphia men Frank Chamberlain and Benjamin Wagner drowned when a boat capsized opposite Spruce street wharf after midnight. William Fisher and Charles H. Stewart, also of Philadelphia, were arrested on drunkenness and held by Camden authorities pending investigation. The survivors claimed efforts to aid their companions. a schooner crew offered help but arrived too late. Mayor Westcott ordered continued detention for further inquiry.
Philadelphia August 9 A Pennsylvania train crashed into a wagon in Martin's Village killing William Hasson who drove the wagon and injuring his brother Jerry and Edward Miskill. The men were en route to work when the wagon driver allegedly tried to cross the tracks as a fast freight passed 100 feet away. Hasson worked at the Philadelphia custom house.
Pittsburg real estate broker Thomas McCaffrey sues State Senator John Upperman for twenty five thousand dollars in damages claiming defamation of character. The suit was filed late in the afternoon and stems from the defeat of Mrs McCaffrey’s nomination in the Forty third senatorial district. McCaffrey is a longtime Democrat and former notary public on Butler Street.
Dun and Co reports active midsummer trade with no sign of reaction. A major development is the coal miners and employers settlement in western Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana raising wages for about 100000 workers after October 1. Crop prospects improve with year-end outlook strong. wheat prices drop on limited western receipts and small exports. Iron and steel prices rise while anthracite coal markets stay weak. July business failures total 11.79 million with 225 U.S. and 43 Canadian cases versus last year.
Reports from Logan, Thomas, Trego and other four counties in northwest Kansas describe black rust devastating hundreds of spring wheat fields. Drought persists in north central Kansas and south central Nebraska with little rainfall since May 30. The burned district spans 10,000 square miles across Kansas and Nebraska, with no meaningful yields expected for corn or other crops.
In Manchester township, Paterson, authorities plan to investigate faith healer Mrs. Caroline Ahmet accused of treating two smallpox cases with cold water. Peter Abell reports Ahmet’s method sparked indignant calls to end her practices after she allegedly took two infected children to her home from Riverside.
Aug 9 Reading Pennsylvania police announce warrants issued for several youths after a mob dragged Lisele Wilson, 8, from the outskirts and criminally assaulted her. Witnesses heard cries as she was beaten until insensible. Authorities know suspects, warrants issued this afternoon.
Advices from Tarsus report mob violence at St Pauls American Institute with Armenian students maltreated and threats to missionaries. Rev James I Barton notes the district as a hotbed of discontent and recalls incidents of arrests during last winter amid Turkish-Armenian tensions.
Senator elect Marshall Kille R T Dinkins of Jackson and R T Dinkins of Jackson were shot fifteen times by Marshall and three companions in Brandon. Dinkins, unarmed, wrestled Marshall’s pistol after a sensational report alleged an Infamous crime. Both men from prominent families, Marshall and Dinkins are detained. the incident shocks Mississippi.
Washington reports a Virginia incident where Frank Tilford, a lumber dealer from Berryville Clark County, was attacked at a station by a band of Black assailants demanding his watch. Tilford fired, the attackers scattered, and one was wounded. A message urged Tilford to identify the wounded man so lynching could occur before he dies.
A complaint by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union challenges the Benedictine monks at Beatty, Westmoreland County, Pa., over their brewery plant. The case has been before Mgr. Gatelli, the papal delegate, for action.
The third day of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union convention in New York adopted the majority report condemning liquor sales and favored a strict Sunday excise law. St Louis won the bid for the next meeting place, to be held August 1896. Restor James Cleary was named president and J Washington Logue vice president. Brennan won second vice president, Doyle re elected secretary, and McMahon treasurer. Delegates closed with prayer and renewed pledges before a Hudson River trip.
From Guayaquil Ecuador news arrives that General Alfaro has gained 16000 Caicique warriors of the Chimborazo province. The Indians offer to fight and to transport baggage and munitions over the Cordilleras, aiding the provisional government.
In room No 12 at the Eastern Kentucky Limatic asylum two inmates W N Hurst of Clay county and Stephen DeLong of Lincoln county died in a midnight attack. DeLong lay dead with head beaten. Hurst, swinging a brick in a pillow case, sang I killed the devil with a gold brick and offered no other explanation. A second incident reports John Utt of Johnsonville PA killed on a railroad track after lying on the tracks at Seguines Mills. his arm and head injuries caused instant death.
George Windish, alleged husband of Pittston native, appeared before an alderman in Wilkes-Barre for a final hearing. He pleaded not guilty, but strong evidence led to his being held without bail and remanded to county jail.
Miss Lavenia Tucker, a Hurawood School teacher in Burnwood Susquehanna County, was beaten by Mrs. Carpenter and an accomplice after a classroom incident. Tucker lies in a precarious state with possible internal injuries as Mrs. Carpenter faces prosecution and the school board considers action.
Fish Warden Small drives enforcement as arrests rise for illegal fishing near Chambersburg. The State Association of Street Railway Companies to meet in Wilkes Barre on September 4 and 6. Pittsburg miners protest recent settlement terms and state council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics to meet in McKeesport on September 17. Grob worms damage corn statewide, likely yielding a poor crop. Lancaster councils adopt provisions of the 1874 city govern ment act for third class cities. Lebanon County has an 8 year old man J. D. Fehring who walks forty miles daily. New Bethlehem Electric Company Noblestown Manufacturing and Chambersburg Building and Loan Co operatives were chartered yesterday.
A fragment lists a two million dollar estimate to complete the capitol in Albany New York. It mentions unrelated items including local incidents and events such as a boycott lift in Brooklyn and a assault near Grand Central Depot in New York City. The garbled text also references fur trade forecasts and various figures in politics and technology.
Frank M. Wallace of Pittsburg is appointed to succeed A F Henlein as national bank examiner after Henlein's resignation. The report notes other public notices including Bancroft’s Norfolk trip with naval cadets and changes in postmaster appointments. Bureau statistics show Indiana farmers and harvesters among 27000 workers nationwide. Philadelphia post office receipts rise in the second quarter of 1896 by about 4.8 percent. Navy to place order for 100 rifles built on an improved Krag Jorgensen model.
A weather bulletin for eastern Pennsylvania shows fair start followed by showers in the afternoon. Daytime temperatures reach high levels then cool down later, bringing a cooler afternoon.
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