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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1894
Page
1
The Tribune reports on William McKinley era debates as Chairman Cannon releases a detailed comparison of appropriations for the Fifty-Third Congress. It notes higher overall spending excluding pensions, with pensions showing a decline, and highlights increased salaries for Democratic officials in diplomacy and the civil service.
Chicago August 19. American Railway Union directors James Hogan W E Burns R M Goodman J F Meclean and Martin J Eliott filed an answer in the U S circuit court to the information charging contempt of court. They submitted a general answer and responses to interrogatories.
Shanghai dispatches report a looming Japanese assault on Wei-Hai-Wei with fortifications strengthened and torpedo mines laid. Three recent Japanese torpedo boat sorties have shaken Chinese confidence as foreigners depart amid rising local hostility. The main Japanese squadron remains in the Gulf of Pe Chi Li.
Charles Wilford Mowbray the English angrobist has decided to go home. His mission to destroy American social and political institutions failed, and he now focuses on raising funds for passage back to England.
Across Pennsylvania and nearby states many mills plan reopenings and new construction as tariffs influence employment. Ashland and Lancaster factories will hire thousands, Carlisle and Pottsville expand, the Wellman plant may reopen with about 1200 workers, while wool dealers store over a million pounds awaiting tariff law. Connecticut and Delaware firms announce major equipment orders and wage cuts follow tariff changes.
Slav named William Mosh, in White Row Port Griffith, entered an abandoned mine chamber with a naked lamp to hide pay from boarders. Gas ignited, blasting him through the entrance. he died soon after at the hospital. Treasure seekers searched the site but found no money.
Philadelphia August 10 John R Peck foreman of engine company No 39 died by turning on gas in his room at the engine house to avoid censure for reckless driving He told his wife he would rather die than be dismissed A six year old boy visited the engine house and slept beside his father after the gas odor was detected with no harm to the child
In Laurelville Pennsylvania on Thursday night George W. Kelly and Adelbert Hartford returning from a bee argued over an old board bill. Hartford grabbed Kelly by the neck and struck him in the head with an ax, killing him. Hartford fled the scene.
Speciale the Scranton Tribuna reports diver Walter of Philadelphia found Edward Townsend of Philadelphia and John Webb of Jamaica drowned in Like Popo noning after a ten minute search on Thursday. The victims are the first drownings recorded at the lake.
William Stanley a prosperous farmer in this county and formerly a Democrat joined the Populists and now sues Bynum for his alleged loves on wheat. The case centers on a dispute over crop dealings and personal conflicts in Indiana.
Stanley alleges that candidate Bynum pledged $1.25 per bushel for wheat if Cleveland was elected and that he planted 2,800 bushels based on that promise. He claims actual prices were 6 cents last year and 45 cents this year and plans to sue for the difference.
In Kearney New Jersey at 2 AM Thomas Hewitt attacked his wife Adele and her brother Fred Purenll with a carving knife, wounding Adele and Purenll and fatally injuring himself. He then turned on his children, mortally injuring Adele before jumping from a window. Mrs Hewitt and her brother survived initial wounds. Adele’s condition was dire.
Lonnon August 17 many tin plate plants in South Wales long shut begin preparations to restart operations as anticipation grows over the tariff bill passage in Washington.
George and William Cody face execution after conviction for burglary in Madison County North Carolina. J M Logan was caught in Kansas City as he attempted arson at a lumber yard. Colonel C L Winston from Pasadena found dead after a Christmas snowstorm. David Hall of Jonesville Virginia involved in a road threat. Tim Denny, 18, shot and killed him. Flora McCrassin Cedarville arrested for horse theft and housebreaking. Edward Lemantor Clarksville shot by his son during a family quarrel.
A home camp meeting at Nichol's Grove conducted by Evangelist G. D. Moore and wife reports strong attendance and much good. Services were held all day yesterday and today with sessions in the morning and afternoon. The program included earnest exhortations and a baptismal service.
Children joined a children meeting led by Mrs Moore and an at O at the Bowworth league under Mrs Coon. A 7200 sermon on Hell by Rev G D Moore drew large attendance and formed part of the instructive ex cur s es.
Two men met fatal or severe injuries on regional rail lines. James Gibbons a Wyoming coal miner died when intoxicated he sat on a station platform edge and a locomotive struck him. Ulmer Welsh of Halythy aged 50 was hit by a freight train on the Bloomsburg line and died later at Pittston hospital.
An unidentified man about 55 lies near death at the hospital after a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western train struck him at Wyoming station yesterday afternoon. It is unclear if the man heard signals or could move. A report claims another fatality occurred at Lugrtie Borough, but this cannot be verified.
Washington August 19 There is strong belief the second session of the Fifty third Congress will close with the tariff bill becoming law once treasury officials are ready. The Senate finished its work and adopted the conference report leaving little for action except possible adjournment after the bill is printed.
Sanadera Ark hunter Mevrouwis of Indian Bay returns with a sack of gold and silver coins worth a little over $10,000. The coins, mostly early American mints with no postwar dates, were found under a uprooted oak on land owned by M G Cartwright in Ripley Mississippi. Authorities believe outlaw John A Morrell buried it.
An investigation of the Childs-Drexel Union Printers' Home in Coronado Spainas Colorado is conducted by a visiting committee including A. L. Runyon Pueblo W. A. Whitemier James J. Burne Denver and Joseph Conway Kansas City. An inmate charged conspiracy with threats of ill treatment, and it is believed the management will be vindicated.
Aug 19 reports say in Tuormox Indiana during a fight over two dissolute women Charles Sutton crushed Hiram McDonald’s skull with a rock and John Sexton shot Charles Patterson. McDonald died within an hour and Patterson is dying. All the participants were involved.
The house judiciary committee is likely to favorably report the anarchist till. The treasury department invites proposals to strike 4 757 medals of award for exhibits at the World’s Fair. Potatoes suffer heavy decline in July with an 18 percent drop, the largest single month decrease on record. prices may rise afterward.
Wasixotoy august nineteenth forecast predicts showers in the early morning for eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, followed by fair skies and southerly winds. Western Pennsylvania may see errant showers near the lakes with warmer, variable winds.
To buyers list of crib blankets and borders with varied color schemes. Includes items from Webster Scar let and Blue Borders 59 cents per case, Kenwood 11-4 white Grey Blue Orange borders, Reliance 11-4 white Grey Pink Blue Crab borders, Hampden 11-4 wool shrunk Pink Blue Lemon borders, Rio Vista and Sacramento California 12-4 Pink Blue Lemon Drab borders, plus crib blankets in all sizes with latest patterns.
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