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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1896
Page
2
Senator Cullom argues Cuba must be freed from Spanish rule, calls Spain a robber nation, and urges U S action to end Caribbean tyranny. He backs a resolution foreseeing Cuban independence and proposes purchase if needed, while condemning past savagery and urging quick relief.
The annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform league opens at the Hotel Walton Philadelphia with delegates from across the country in attendance. A public session features papers by Dana Richardson Burt Bowker Dauming and Leupp. Carl Schurz is to deliver the annual address at Musical Fund Hall.
Major L E B Brown of the State Railway Bureau reports that Pennsylvania leads in freight and passenger car availability per 100 miles of road, with 1770 freight cars and 41 locomotives per 100 miles, while U.S. figures are lower. He warns shipper cars create discrimination favoring the few, harming broader access to rail facilities.
A Blantyre dispatch dated Oct 25 reports three British columns pursuing the Angoni Zulu who have invaded Nyassaland southwest, burned a mission station, and killed villagers. As messengers left Blantyre fears grew of a Zulu attack on the town which is outnumbered. Portuguese at Tete seek British cooperation to counter the threat.
The page lists fluctuating prices for flour and wheat futures with terms like ungraded red Sulte No 1 northern and No 2 leverages showing mixed activity. Corn notes dull to easier, December and January contracts with various price marks. Oil, lard, butter and refined products appear calm with minor shifts and unsettled expectations.
Fragmentary OCR notes list creamery names and figures tied to state days. Mentions Western Creamery, imitation creamery, Elgins, Malic, and Cheene firm with unchanging status. References eggs, Pennsylvania, and monetary figures around 1200, with 154 gallons noted in a stray line.
Dec 10 Philadelphia market reports steady demand for provisions with varied prices. Beef hams 18 to 18.50 per unit. pork family cuts 1080 to 1000. smoked and cured hams and shoulders priced with brand variation. sides and bellies quoted by average. bacon and lard values noted. city refined lard in tubs and hogsheads listed.
The Chicago market shows mixed futures with wheat showing various December and May quotes, and lard and pork futures listed. Flour prices are largely unchanged while No 2 grain categories report minor shifts. Prices for whiskey and several cut meats appear alongside standard sugar and grain readings.
In Buffalo Pecos dated February 10 a market note shows cattle slow to fair with cows around 2.60 and veals steady to 6.25. Hogs and sheep markets are steady to firm with prime native lambs around 9.50 to 9.75 and sheep and mixed lots showing slight strength. Prices cover light to common grades and extreme heavies, with ranges for mixed packers and various weight classes.
Chicago Live Stock market notes cattle receipts nine thousand head were steady with prices for common to extra steers and stockers feeders cows and bulls calves Texans and hogs also listed. Hog receipts two hundred head steady with heavy packing and shipping lots at around twenty dollars to forty dollars per hundredweight. Sheep receipts fifteen hundred head steady with prices from inferior to choice.
Oil market in Oi City closed with option prices at around $1.01 and credit balances noted as $1.00. Transactions reflect modest activity with bids near the $1.00 level.
Jules Soule a Mississippi editor and member of the Louisiana Soule family died after being shot by John H Miller editor of the Bilox Herald in Biloxi and taken to Charity hospital New Orleans. The fatal shooting stemmed from a month long newspaper controversy over the municipal election carried out today.
Exiled Hawaiian ruler Liliuokalani arrives from Honolulu on the steamer China, though the arrival was not disclosed until the afternoon. Her current location remains unknown.
A long advertised claim says Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed millions of mothers for over fifty years. It supposedly calms teething pain softens gums relieves wind colic and diarrhoea. Sold worldwide by druggists at twenty five cents a bottle. Call for Mrs Winslow's and none other.
The Tribune will issue on January 1, 1897 the second annual Political Hand-book a handsome volume of over 200 pages. It will contain a comprehensive collection of five local and general statistics and encyclopedic information for Northeastern Pennsylvania. Price five cents, postage extra.
In advance pricing for wants and ads pages, small want ads cost little with a three cent minimum. A patent offer promises wealth for inventors. Positions advertised include canvassing agents earning up to 500 a day with commissions for Staple Goods sales. A well known firm seeks stock subscriptions in every town, offering monopolies for agents with no capital.
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