Surprising Bar Gambit Sends Prices Up Fast
They faced an unexpected turn as a sudden bar gain price appeared, catching everyone off guard. The change moved quickly, with the shifts arriving as unexpectedly as they began.
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1895
Page
1
Quay Introduces Bills on Scranton Stamps and Court Use
Senator Quay proposes a bill to reimburse Scranton Postmaster Vandling for eight thousand dollars in stolen stamps from the Scranton port office in August 1894. Representative Scranton will handle Vandling's interests in the House. A second bill would grant Lackawanna County courts use of the federal building in Scranton for court purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Quay
Vandling
Scranton
Representative Scranton
House
Wandling
de Armond
Missouri
Lackawanna County
Encouragement for Cuba Dominates Senate Session
The Senate debated recognizing Cuban revolutionists and aiding independence, without action on a resolution. Debates touched Turkey protections for Americans and a disputed Delaware senatorial seat, as Populists signaled unity pending Republican or Democratic moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Call
Democrat
Florida
Cullom
Repubican
Illinois
Cuba
Ohio
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hoar
Republican
Massachusetts
United States
Turkey
State Department
Delaware
Henry A. Dupont
Mitchell
Oregon
Committee On
Mesars
Jones
Nevada
Stewart
Poison in Sausages Triggers Fatal and Mass Illness
In Detroit across the river from Sandwich Ontario eleven children fall ill after eating Bologna sausage at a party hosted by Albert Coubillon. A 13 month old Louise Coubillon dies. others remain in serious condition. Dr Bell of Windsor suspects a deadly poison possibly from a cholera-infected hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Sandwich
Ont
Louise Coubillon
Albert Coubillon
Bell
Windsor
Beardsmore Dies From Injuries in Thanksgiving Football Game
Jamen Beardsmore, a Muncie Union football player, died at his home from injuries suffered in the Thanksgiving day game against the Calderonía eleven of Indianapolis. Beardsmore, six ribs broken and other internal injuries, refused medical aid until yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Jamen Beardsmore
Muncie Union
Caledonia Eleven
Indianapolis
Beardsmore
Train Saved From Wreck by Timely Intervention
A colored farmer acted quickly to spike a loose hall rail in time to prevent a train wreck. The dramatic moment occurred as the engine neared the station, averting disaster and earning local praise for the farmer’s prompt action.
Poor Farmer Saves Train From Collision Near Perry Hill
A tall loose from the railroad ties caused a potential derailment five miles southwest of the city. Perry Hill, a poor colored farmer, spotted the danger shortly before train time and ran three miles for help. Assistants arrived just in time to let the train pass with no passengers aware of the escape. Hill delivered proof of his action to the section boat and then to the railroad superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Hill
Hill
Jealous Wife Leads to Fugitive Embezzler Suicide
In Cincinnati on December 4 Charles Willer, bookkeeper for a Cincinnati Abnat toir company, died by his own hand to avoid arrest for embezzling several thousand dollars. He had absconded with 2000 dollars and fled to Chicago with a woman, leaving wife and five children. Reconciliation prompted his return. the woman betrayed his location to police. Officers cornered him in a Camp Washington house. he escaped to the garret and shot himself in the heart as they closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnatii
Charles Willer
Cincinnati Abnattoir Company
Chicago
Camp Washington
Confession of a Fiend Details a Notorious Crime Spree
John C. Stone alias Vingon confesses to Sheriff Clausmier about a string of murders and robberies tied to the Bill Dalton western gang. He lists killings from Kansas City in 1888 to a Grand Trunk train robbery in Michigan, noting accomplices Duffy and Walrath and a later Chicago restaurant venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
John C. Stone
Vingon
Clausmier
John Duffy
William Walrath
Sherif Harrod
Stone
Duffy
Walrath
Bill Dalton
Kansas City
Henry Donnelly
Stewart
Clarence
Cleveland
Ohio
Linville
Buffalo
Burns
Chicago
Prunty
Joliet
Dunkirk
N.Y
Buff Jack
Union City
Horton
Norton
Youngstown
Ashtabula
Pennsylvania
South Bend
Grand Trunk
Michigan
Wage talks in Pittsburg mining strike set to settle rates
Pittsburg Pennsylvania December 4 The joint committee on price for mining failed to agree and the open convention debated wage rates. Miners seek 74 cents per ton cash from January to April and 79 cents April to December, while operators push 64 cents then 70 cents. Compromise appears possible, with payment by company store not addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Joint Committee
White Caps Terrorize Kansas Tenant in Kingman County
In Kingman County Kansas William Whitmer a tenant on J B Walking Mortgage Co land faced harassment by White Caps after the federal court evicted the former tenant and placed the mortgage company tenant in possession. Masked men abducted his family from their home to a distant deserted shack and destroyed furnishings. His stock was poisoned and incendiary fires destroyed barns and farm machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Kingman County
William Whitmer
J. B. Walking Mortgage Company
Whitmer
Explosion at Butler destroys Humes Torpedo magazine
A powerful blast near Butler kills Lowry Black and George Besler and wipes out the Humes Torpedo company magazine. The two men were thawing glycerine to ship overseas when a can reportedly dropped and exploded, releasing about 10,000 pounds stored there. The blast damaged nearby facilities and scattered debris across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Butler
Lowry Black
George Besler
Humes Torpedo Company
Black
Besjer
Gydgvedaia
County Jails Urged to Replace Overcrowded Prisons
Harrisburg reports reveal state board of charities condemns overcrowded prisons. Secretary Biddle urges counties to hold offenders locally, criticizes jail conditions as nurseries of crime, and calls for new peniten tiary and humane hospitals including homeopathic and Western Pennsylvania facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Board of Charities
Supreme Court Room
Biddle
Eastern Penitentary
Western
Huntingdon Reformatory
Itan
Pennsylvania
Society Lady's Flight Ends in Mystery Disappearance
Mrs Francis I Higginson wife of a Boston banker and James Wheatland Smith a 26 year old lawyer vanish from society life after boarding the steamship Columbia to Genoa November 23. The couple, once linked in social circles, leave behind a broken up family and unsure futures as Higginsons urge cautious steps and Genoa agents prepare to meet the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Higginson
James Wheetlend Smith
Boston
Maia
Francis I. Higginson
James Wheatland Smith
Higginson
Smith
Riggingon
Young Smith
Columbia
Genoa
Higginsons
Armed Robbers Fight in Desperate Chase Ends in Arrest
In Hagleton Pennsylvania two highwaymen James Pan sarella and Anthony Marver were captured after a pursuit following a hold up on Lawrence McKelvey yesterday afternoon. Pan sarella carried two revolvers while Marver had a gold plated stiletto. both were subdued after a fierce struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagleton
James Pansarella
Anthony Marver
Lawrence McKelvey
Passarella
Marvel
Bullet in his brain puzzle confounds doctors
John W. Pittenger of Muncie Indiana attempted suicide by firing two bullets into his brain and heart on a Saturday morning. Neither bullet is extractable and doctors remain baffled as Pittenger survives the self infliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
John W. Pittenger
Divine copper rod shown by healer Schlatter
Schlatter, the healer, says a copper divine rod weighing thirty nine pounds was given to him by an angel and must be carried as long as God's will. He traveled through the region stopping at Los Tijeros where host Alex Lay inspected the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlatter
Los Tijeros
Alex Lay
Notable Hollow Rod Mystery Unfolds in Court
Mr Lay's examination revealed a copper rod about three feet long. Schlatter initially refused to answer, then claimed it matched the described tale. He addressed roughly 200 people before continuing toward Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lay
Schlatter
Albuquerque
Born in the Tower Woman Dies in Virginia Illinois
Mary J. Fullerton Heaton a longtime Illinois settler known as the only woman born in the Tower of London passed away in Virginia Illinois at age 76. She was born February 29 1820 in the tower while her father Major James Fullerton commanded there. She leaves her husband Captain John Heaton and nine children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
John Heaton
Illinois
Mary J. Fullerton
Tower of London
England
James Fullerton
Old World
Mary J. Fullerton Jeaton
Tower
Abel Griffith Foils Bunco Thieves in Doylestown Farm Plot
A gang of bunco swindlers tried to rob Abel M. Griffith a New Britain township farmer. They offered to buy his farm, pressed for a Colmar visit, then attempted a money swindle after spreading thousands in his lap. Griffith dismissed them and sent the trio away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doylestown
Bunco
Abel M. Griffith
New Britain
Theodore Cornall
Newton Township
Griffith
Farever
War on Sugar Trust Suit Targets American Sugar Refining
New York December 4 Papers restraining the American Sugar Refining Company from business in the state were served on treasurer John E Bearles. Lawyer Thomas E B Wood of Wood Smith Syracuse said retailers led the action to break the company's grip on the market. Wall Street expects active trading in American Sugar stock tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Refining Company
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
John E. Bearles
Thomas EB. Wood
Wood & Smith
Syracuse
Wood
United Press
American Sugar
Wall Street
Deadly Preservatines Declared Against Boracic Acid
The Department of Agriculture warns against so called Preservatines used to preserve cider milk and other foods. They contain boracic acid and sometimes salicylic acid. Milk mixtures reach nine to ten grains per pint with five to thirty grain medicinal doses. Use or sale may violate the pure food act and incur conviction and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Harriaburg
Edge
Miners Murdered in Cuba Refusing to Join Insurgent Army
From Allanstown Pennsylvania dated December 4 letters reach here with word that manganese mines near Santiago Cuba owned by Lehigh Valley capitalists are threatened by ongoing war. Revolutionaries burned railroad bridges to the mines and conscripted workers. Six refused and were executed at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siz
Cuba
Allanstown
Gantiago
Lehigh Valley
Apot
Aa ‘Eee
Ae, Sane & Large
Americans Are Protected Amid Global Tensions and Armenian Turmoil
Washington reports US minister in Constantinople says American interests and missionaries are safe. Despatches from Constantinople note stalled guardship admissions in the Bosphorus and pressure on the Porte to issue firmans. Zeitun fighting prompts Turkish-Armenian clashes. Armenians fear massacre as Caesarea and Aleppo see panic and barricades amid rumors of attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander W. Terrell
United States
Turkey
State Department
Constantinople
London
Bosphorus
Zeltun
Marash
Zeitun
Caesarea
Caesarean
Aleppo
American Gives 8500 to Alhambra Ballet Dancers
London dispatch reports American William L. Winans, after observing the Alhambra ballet for a week, distributed 8500 dollars among the troupe. Premieres got 200 dollars, adult women 50 dollars, and children 20 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alhambra
London
William L. Winans
New York Horgan Upsets De Ore In Syracuse Pool Clash
In Syracuse for the international pool championship Horgan beat defending champion De Ore 125 to 116 in a dramatic series. The Cuban failed on a tough 12-ball run attempt as Horgan, largely an amateur, claimed a notable victory that may shift the title race toward Clearwater or Eby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Horgan
New York
de Ore
Clearwater
Eby
End of the World Prediction by Local Adventist Preacher
Logansport Indiana December report says Rev. O. B. Hadley of the Seventh Day Adventist Church asserts the world’s end is near. He cites prophecies in Daniel and describes Turkey’s role and Europe’s actions as signs of imminent judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Europe
Land
Palesat
Portents Seen in War News by Reverend Hadley
The Rev Mr Hadley claims to see portentous omens in the threatened war in the east tied to Turkish misrule. He asserts Christians must hold themselves in a waiting humble attitude while the world watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadiey
Magowan’s troubles expose ex mayor’s wish to wed Barnes
New York Dec 4 Ex mayor Frank A Magowan of Trenton admitted plans to marry Mrs Barnes as divorce actions unfold. He went to El Reno Oklahoma to establish residence for a divorce. His former manager J A Barnes accuses him of alienating Mrs Barnes affections and Magowan counters with charges of theft and perjury aimed at Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Too Much Light in Philadelphia Lighting Inquiry
In Philadelphia the State Senate committee investigating municipal affairs heard Pittsburg citizens advocate a visit to Pittsburgh to review its own inquiry. Attorney Fredeley paused highway contracts to study electric lighting, with Arthur H. Lea detailing national city comparisons. He testified Philadelphia uses more arc lights than any three cities combined, shows nine electric light companies forming the Electric Trust, and notes political ties on boards. The city has about 5,300 arc lights, costing 42.5 cents per night this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Clery Hall
State Senatoral Committee
Pittsburg
Fredeley
Arthur H. Lea
Mr. Lea
Electric Trust
Postmaster General Orders Pittsburg Chair Resignation
Pittsburg December 4 The poetmaster John O'Donnell resigned as chairman of the Democratic city committee last night. Today it was learned the postmaster general sent a plain letter demanding his resignation from both posts or lose the postmastership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John O'Donnell
Democratic Clty
W. L. Wilson
Feneral
Democratic City Committee
Nuggets in their craws on a Ohio farm
Intense excitement at Reynoldsburg Ohio after ducks brought to market from a neighboring farm are found with gold nuggets in their craws. It is believed the ducks picked them from a stream bed and locals are attempting placer mining with little success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldaville
Ohio
Columbia
Reynoldaburg
Fifteen Separations End in Shamokin Divorce
Thomas Yonokow holds Shamokin's local record for separations and divorce after fifteen separations in twenty nine years. He was granted a divorce yesterday and his wife receives twenty dollars monthly alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Yonokow
Shamokin
Women Carry Revolvers In Norristown After Dark
Norristown women facing multiple assaults on the streets have begun carrying revolvers for protection. They say they go armed after several attacks occurred in the city yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Dee
Blankets and Comforters In Weeklong Sale Feature Heavy and Fine Weaves
Readable stock list highlights a wide range of blankets, comfortables, and eiderdowns with prices for 10-4 to 12-4 sizes. The catalog emphasizes cotton, all wool, damask, California weaves, and down filled varieties in multiple colors and finishes. Includes imported sateen options and decorative trimmings for dressmaking and children's wear.
Awortoan Citizen Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Havana reports General Sanguilly was sentenced to life in prison for acts against the regime. The case involved citizenship questions and appeals to Spain during the trial, with authorities asserting his guilt in the alleged offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
PB Nat Sanguilly
Spain
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