22 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1896
Page
1
Brighten your wardrobe with the new large drooping skirts described as superb quality. A highly valued item at 96.00 is offered today at a special price of 4.98.
Canton and New York Headquarters report rising energy around Major McKinley , with letters circulating about Bryans silver policy. Key figures include Hiram Doll, J. Toohi, and Mark Hann as campaign chatter centers on sound money and party strategy for the upcoming elections.
Watertown New York August 21 ex Governor Flower presided over the Sound Money Democratic meeting with over 140 members. He quoted Mr Bryan on bimetallism and warned of immediate legislative action to restore silver dollars and prevent mortgage foreclosures. The address touched on presidential power to convene Congress in an extraordinary session.
Secretary Koil Pang announces the Chinese envoy Hing Chang will arrive aboard the St Louis on Friday. General Thomas Ho Racer will attend US ceremonies in New York with crown officials. The party plans a schedule including Riverside tomb, West Point, Philadelphia entertainment, and Niagara Falls before Vancouver.
The dispatch describes heated assembly scenes as 33 delegates convene to elect state officers and decide on party matters. Vets and alternates present, protests flare, and expected resolutions appear uncertain amid tense exchanges and crowd activity.
A cablegram from Santi Catherine reports the American steamship Wille Rosenfeld, of Sewall’s line, sailing from New York April to Sun Proneiseos, foundered 400 miles east of the coast. Fourteen crewmen are unaccounted for. the vessel, owned by Arthur H. Sewall & Co. of Bath, Maine, was built in 1915 and measured about 427 by 59 by 27 feet.
The list records ships arriving at New York from European ports including Southampton Liverpool Hamburg and Glasgow with ships named Mainz Sweenia Persia and Campania and departures such as City of Home Normanale Aachen Kiel from New York bound for Antwerp and use of the Lizard passage.
Coroner Edward Hervst has returned a verdict two weeks after a Toledo and Ohio Central collision that killed four people. He blames the railway company forSignal signals and orders were deficient, the coroner notes, leaving the wreckage avoidable.
In Waltham Mississippi August 9 the Thy O Hara Walthan Dial company will close its dial works and dismiss all employees until times improve. The closure is expected to be permanent until market conditions recover.
A Cincinnati man, described as a lunatic by the report, shot his wife at Central Avenue before turning the gun on himself. The wife is reported to be in a critical condition.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina addresses about 700 farmers at Mount Gretna Pennsylvania, blasting Wall Street and defending free coinage while pledging to resist English domination. He lauds McKinley yet questions patronage while urging independence and monetary reform. C H Turner of New York follows with a silver speech.
Boston rumor notes the Western Union Telegraph Company allegedly controls American Bell Telephone Company. The claim stems from competition between Western Union and Bell, with Western Union dividends pressured by Bell and Postal Telegraph activities.
The article discusses a probable three way merger among Postal Telegraph, Bel Telephone and Western Union. J Pierpont Morgan has been the largest Bel Telephone buyer at auction, with the amount concealed. Western Union stock shows weakness on the New York exchange, seen as part of the deal strategy.
Engene Burrard, professor of French at Ivirolt, was killed by a Pittsburg train in Willamstown Massachusetts on August 21 while riding a tandem with Joann Archer. The pair were between Heckington and Willamstown when the locomotive struck, Burrard was beheaded and Archer sustained severe injuries.
New York trade weekly notes weekly failures in the United States. exports to Japan rise with a sale of 1,000 tons of steel rails for Japanese railways. Shipments and imports show mixed trends. steel and textile sectors face weak demand and reduced production while currency and banking shifts complicate markets.
Police raided a shoe shop on Neri Muiin avenue in Providence at 2 am and surprised three burglars. One was captured. the other two fled, dropping a lamwe piece of jeanther and a pair of shoes as officers pursued them toward Lincoln Avenue.
Weather indicates light showers with a busy page of political notes and local happenings. Includes Republican and Democratic National tickets, editorials, letters, and columns on finance, religion, society, travel, and amusements.
Indianapolis Aug 2. A national Democratic ticket appears likely as city and state leaders forecast unanimous nomination. Postmaster General Wilton and Cabinet members Morton Bekels and others align with sound money and silver factions. Buckner is favored for vice president with Palmer reconsidering his stance.
The legislature ordered a preliminary examination in common education minds with three exam stations set up in the eastern division at Philadelphia Wil Hamport and Scranton. Superintendent Towell, the district examiner, consulted with applicants on the exam date, leaving the final schedule to his direction for next week. This marks the first examination of its kind in the area.
The Dunimere People’s company Tine opens a new Olyphant extension linking Dunmere cors ners to Olyphant. The line serves east river settlements near the railroad and will run trips every half hour from dawn to dusk with a fare of about £60. The northern end reaches the Duntore street crossing in Olyphant.
Patrick Devine, a section hand for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, was struck by an engine in the company yard yesterday and sustained a broken shoulder. He is hospitalized at Moses Taylor Hospital.
Five persons sue the Columbia and Pennsylvania Railway Company over a recent trolley wreck near Columbus. A nine member jury will be chosen within the next ten days.
New York forecast shows partly cloudy sultry conditions with rain and fresh southerly winds. Temperatures rise briefly then fall, followed by clearing. Sunday remains partly cloudy with gradual cooling and potential squalls along the coast.
Kinley's Muslin offers clearance of remaining stock with lines noted as finest in market. Gowns with tucked yoke cambric ruffle priced 49 cents and 75 cents for cambric gowns. See erect ruffles at 78 cents. Odd lots of lace and embroidery trimmed gowns at about half price plus long and short skirts drawers corset covers and continuing shirt waists sale.
An assortment of products including Atlantic Lead French Zinc Enamel Paints Ready Mixed Tint Glass Paints Strictly Pure linseed oil and related items appears in a running advertisement. The listing emphasizes paint supplies and finishing goods for builders and decorators.
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