15 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1896
Page
1
The Globe Warehouse sets up Kriss Kringle Headquarters on the main floor with a vast spread of Yule Tide treasures. Prices across all departments are advertised as prevailing, offering lower costs than elsewhere for shoppers.
The store showcases an extensive array of toys from dolls and furniture to trains and iron toys plus animal figurines and tool chests. It highlights Venetian glass, cut crystal, bric a brac, china sets, fancy boxes, neckwear and fur boas with a promise of cut prices and high value, urging inspection of its broad, well curated stock.
The beat machine is marketed for under half the usual dealer price. Glove machines are fully guaranteed by Maxera and the seller. A basic model costs $19.50 with attachments, while $22.90 buys extra drawers and finishings.
Reports from New York and elsewhere recount hundreds of Americans eager to enlist for Cuba libre. Many volunteers, including eleven women offering nursing services, are turned away due to U.S. law. Delegates in Havana receive telegrams from Jacksonville, Key West, and other points seeking information on Maceo.
Washington officials fear the assassination of Cuban insurgent General Maceo may trigger reactions in Madrid and elsewhere. The Newark and Raleigh set sail from Key West to intercept the Three Friends believed to be departing Fernandina on a filibustering mission while the United States vows to uphold neutrality.
In South Vineland New Jersey on December 14 Antonio Jorolo aged 65 was killed by his son Tony. The Jo family include old man Ja clo and four sons Antonio Nic Louis and Charles. Three weeks earlier Nicholas died and the family has been behaving oddly. About two weeks ago the two younger sons were arrested and sent to jail for
The Cuban Junta has not received the full names of General Maceos staff killed with him. They lack records of Americans believed to have traveled with the insurgent general. Some fallen likely hailed from California, but this cannot be confirmed. A portion of the sixteen man staff was recruited in New York City.
New York reports the formal organization of the Cuban League of the United States in a Fifth Avenue meeting led by Colonel Ethan Allen. The group, with about 75 signatories, pledges to support Cuban independence through peaceful means and organizer activism, signaling a major historical movement. A larger Cooper Union rally is planned with senators and congressmen invited to speak.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania this evening J Hay Brown city attorney generalship in Preehneser McKinley’s cabinet was denied by Brown who said he had no communication on the matter. He was offered the chief justiceship of the Su vernor court by Governor fastings but declined.
Mr. Treloar of Miercur introduces a joint resolution to amend the constitution. It proposes four year terms for representatives eight year terms for senators and eight year terms for the president with ineligibility for re election.
Arrivals listed include Columbia and Hekki at Gibraltar, Normannia at Gibraltar, and Prussia bound for Hamburg from Glasgow on December 12. Sightings note Stuttgart en route from New ark to Bremen, and Isle of Night passage.
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard United States ambassador and Mrs Bayard will be the guests of Lord Middleton at Hirdell House Yorkshire during the Christmas holidays.
The sixteenth annual American Federation of Labor convention in Cincinnati opens with President Gompers, Mayor Caldwell, and delegates from Europe. The gathering debates leadership, show law amendments, and plans mass wage worker meetings to press for an eight hour day on May 1, 1808.
Canton December headline reports Major McKinley will depart for Chicago on Thursday or Friday to accompany his wife home and seek rest. He intends to stay Monday or Tuesday night, avoiding formal social duties and large political gatherings during the short stay.
Senator Wolcott said the Republican senate caucus committee discussed a fall meeting and the plan to report legislation promoting an international bimetalllic conference. The aim is to give latitude to a commission and enable the incoming president Wherry to act at once after inauguration without extra delays. He noted broad Republican unity and no opposition from Democrats or Populists in backing such legislation.
Bofe Penrose, 35, a state senator from Bieth district and Philadelphia resident, is a Harvard graduate and former representative. He served as president pro tem of the senate in 1891 and introduced a public building commission abolition bill in 1895, later declared unconstitutional. He sought Philadelphia mayoralty but lost his party nomination amid internal disputes.
Police received a tin type from T Emer son Nutter of Philadelphia showing his brother Edward Nutter, absent two years, amid a poisoning case in Chambersburg area. Eric Nutter, connected to a weighmaster, is linked to a family dispute. new letters from county detective hint at suspected involvement in a wife’s death.
The will of late Thomas Hodgson, longtime sales agent for Penny Von Cog company, was admitted to probate today in Buffalo New York. A yearly legacy of 100 to Mary A How douren of Epokyn is set for a Hodgson sister, while the remainder of an estate valued around 40 000 in personal property goes to his widow Edna Hodgson of Westminster Hotel New York. Executors named are Mrs Edna Hodgson and Clarence D Simpson of Berumton.
In Traverse City on December 14 a water area about 100 feet square between the clubhouse and the Grand Rapids and Indiana depot suddenly rises several feet high. Residents describe a froth like suds while the main body remains about six feet deep. The underground opening theory is dismissed, leaving the phenomenon unexplained.
Fire swept the Williameeart CandS plant owned by Gates & Founder in Williamsport at 2 o clock this morning. Loss estimated at about 5.00 dollars and fully insured. Officials suspect spontaneous combustion as the origin.
A massive blaze tore through Altoona Pennsylvania starting at Frank M Morrow dry goods on Eleventh Avenue and Twelfth Street. The flames spread to Turner Kantner druggists and nearby buildings including Wolf heirs Carpenters tobacco, Odd Fellows post office, Temple Clothing and others. Insurance covers about two thirds of estimated losses totaling several thousand dollars. communication services were briefly disrupted as lines burned.
Idaho's state Supreme Court rules that a constitutional amendment passes if it wins a majority of votes cast on the proposition, not a majority of all ballots. The woman suffrage amendment allegedly gains a substantial margin over opponents though not a majority of all votes. Prominent Boise women laud the ruling and expect legislative sanction in the coming session.
Pottaville officials Kenna Joseph Clemens Michael Conneoy Michael Whaten Michel Brennan and the township school directors were found guilty of defrauding the district. Judge Bechtel sentenced them to one year imprisonment and a fine of 104 with the costs to restore the property.
Fragmentary notes report a gold mine sale in St Louis tied to a New York figure, a U S senate candidacy announcement, a Western Kansas county reorganization plan, a revenue cutter train from Cleveland achieving 17 knots, and a schoolteacher near Rhinebeck wooed by marriage proposals. Also mentioned: a fugitive clerk from Pacific and United States Railway Press charges, and an arrest at a Long Island hotel.
George Erb, the man who confessed to murdering Edward Nutter of Fort Smith Arkansas, told Mayor Patterson in the county jail that he feels relieved now and can sleep at night after confessing. He claimed the burden was lifted from his conscience and spoke freely but gave few new details beyond his prior statements.
Weather indications forecast a fall pattern with showers later in the day. The morning bulletin notes unsettled skies and provides regional forecasts for the day ahead.
Willameport school board votes to remove Isan Sam Bonita Rolling MN Evingenet Jacoby, formerly priest in Doylestown, amid alleged ties to Senator Penrose. He was expelled from St Marve Magiciene Roman Catholic church in Homestead where Andrew Carnegie funded a new organ dedicated yesterday.
Potterville Pa Deco Hota Bilis received a ten year sentence from Judge Pearehing for a criminal assault on an insane female inmate at the county alms house.
Finley offers a curated selection of black and fancy silks and satins including an elegant line of evening shades and moire velours in black and evening shades.
A damaged listing advertises various handkerchiefs from French and Irish embroidered types to plain black and lace, ladies and gentlemen accessories including underwear items, neckwear, collars, cuffs, umbrellas, kid gloves and fresh stock of garments and bath items.
A catalog style list promotes enamel paints carriage paints Reynolds pure colors Reynolds wood finish Crockett preservative ready mixed tinted glass paints strictly pure linseed oil guaranteed products for home use and renovation.
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