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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
1
Christmas Day Session Bill To Relieve Treasury
Democratic protests over tariff and treasury bills fail as Ways and Means plans advance. Dingley argues the measures protect credit and fund government, with tax schedules based on McKinley rates and a temporary revenue bill to back deficits. Tarsney votes with Republicans on one bond section. Democrats push for taxation on certificates, but motion fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Grovevenor
Ohio
McLauin
South Carolina
Turner
Georgia
McMiin
Tennessee
Billy
Treasury Department
Treasury
Dingley
Congress
Carlisle
Dem
Tarsney
Dem. Mo
McMillan
Tenn
House
Band Leader Arrested For Abduction in Creston
Prof Harold Land director of the Ladies Military band was arrested after presenting two young women as his sisters. A letter from Mrs Gilmore Smith of Wingham Ont claims the girls are her daughters missing for over a year. The girls admitted they were not Land’s sisters and he may be using an assumed name Huncan Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Towa
Harold Land
Ladies’ Military Band
Land
Helen
Mabel
Scarr
Gilmore Smith
Wingham
Ont
Army Officers Censured Over War Talk
Secretary Lamont sends letters to army officers who gave interviews on war possibilities and policy. He deprecates such talk as unduly significant and harmful to army discipline and national harmony, warning it fuels unwarranted public fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamont
Washington
Commutation Petition Delays James Fitzgerald Executio n
The governor received an application for a commutation of James Fitzgerald’s death sentence for the murder of Annie Naessens in St. Louis Missouri. The execution is postponed to January to allow review of the case by the governor and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotoa Leanne
St. Louis
James Fitzgerald
Annie Naessens
Vernor
Valuable Cattle Slain in Susquehanna Tuberculosis Roundup
Forty nine Jersey cows on Alvin Deckerock’s Susquehanna stock farm were killed after testing positive for tuberculosis at a New York state board of health screening. The decision followed yesterday’s deposit of the herd for inspection and culling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Deposit
Jersey
Alvin Dedérock
Tees
New York State Board
Striking Traction Workers Clash as Sup Distrusts Union
Philadelphia dispatch reports the Girard avenue division of Union Traction again encounters trouble as non union crews work early trains then are driven off by ex strikers. Police restore order and later union men resume regular runs amid ongoing dispute and arbitration. Also fires destroy J Lowther Welsh barn at Thorpe Lane Chestnut Hill incurring $20000 loss with animals killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard Avenue
Welsh
Philadelphia
Union Traction Company
Unis di Vision
Union Traction
J. Lowther Welsh
Thorpe Lane
Chestnut HI
Girard Avenue Division
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Secretary Carlisle Declines Comment On Russian Loan Story
Washington officials deny a front page story claiming Russia offered to lend the United States 400 million dollars and that acceptance was under consideration. Treasury officials call the report absurd, noting prior bond sales, the Monroe Doctrine, and Russia's gold reserves. The secretary did not respond for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Carlisle
Russia
United States
Treasury
London
Paris
Berlin
Peck-Kizer Wedding Unites Young Couple in Marriage
Miss Sylvania EF. Kiger daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Kizer of Kizers wed Frank A. Peck of Peckville at noon in a ceremony under a Moral bell. Rev C Simpkins officiated with Mendelasohn's march by Ernest Kiser. Attendants included Bertha Kiger of Kingston. Guests included Hiram Peck and the Kisers. presents included a check for one thread and dollars from the bride's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beranton Tribune
Peckville
Sylvania EF. Kiger
J. D. Kizer
Kizers
Frank A. Peck
Rey, & C. Simpkins
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mendelasohn
Ernest Kiser
Misa Bertha Kiger
Kingston
A. F. Kiser
Hiram Peck
R. F. Kiser
Maud
Monroeton
W. W. Kiser
Ernest
Va Mn. M
Bouthi Canaan
Mount
Vanderbilt Opens Biltmore Estate Near Asheville
Theo. Vanderbilt youngest of the New York family opens his country home near Asheville. The Biltmore estate spans 8000 acres with 750 miles of drives and 87,000 acres of hunting preserves including Mount Mitchell. Family guests, servants, and a Christmas tree feast mark the start of two weeks of lavish entertaining and upcoming hunts and fishing parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Ceorge W. Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilt
Biltmore House
William H. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Bromley
Kissam
Kissaim
F. W. Vanderbilt
W. Seward Webb
Corneliua Vanderbilt
W. KK. Vanderbilt
W. DD. Sloane
G. W. Vanderbilt
Corrie
America
Mount Migah
Patenu
Rocky Mountains
French Broad
Swanannoa
Tobacco Market Shaky in Henderson Kentucky
Excitement ran high in Henderson as tobacco buyers received cablegrams from partners advising a pause in purchases. Henderson ships about 20 million pounds annually to England, and low prices plus Venezuelan tensions raise fears of English war impacts. Traders at the tobacco exchange faced near panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Wer
Henderson
England
Veeterdal
Calleerams
United States
Tobacco Exchange
Burglar Foiled In Lawrenceburg Church Safe Raid
In Lawrenceburg Indiana sisters at a Catholic church found a burglar inside the church safe area where over 1 000 dollars and sacred vessels were stored. Patrolman Bief pursued the intruder but the thief escaped leaving cap and hat behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Sisters of Charity
Bief
Teola
Tramps Force Train Carriage at Depot Standstill
A mixed freight and passenger train on the St. Louis and Paducah railway was halted at the city depot by six tramps who forced the conductor to carry them. The marshal and a posse arrived by engine after a hand to hand clash. six suspects were arrested after being subdued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
St. Louis and Paducah
Italian Reinforcements Arrive for Abyssinian War
Rome dispatch reports two Italian battalions arrived, with reinforcements to be in the field by January 4. An expedition of 10,000 men will be ready to start, as Abyssinian forces advance slowly near Adua and Adigrat under General Baradelri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kas Mangoxscian
Rome
Mosoway
Maskalle
Ras Mangascias
Adua
Baraderi
Till
Adigrat
Record of Unclear Weather Losses in Central Southwest States
A fragment notes unprecedented heavy rains in the central and southwest states causing property damage and losses. Mentions J Louis and December context but details are fragmentary and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Louis
Dec
Central and
Southwest States
Dunraven Arrives Aiming to Prove Defender Fraud
Windham OQuinn Earl of Dunraven arrives in New York aboard the Teutonic with lawyer George Asquith and Arthur Glennie to substantiate charges of fraud against the Defender. He seeks depositions from crew members and plans to testify. a New York club committee led by J Pierpont Morgan, William Whitney, and George Rives will hold a private hearing Friday with witnesses from the Defender and related vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lingland
Cleve Janis
Valkyrie
Arthur Glennie
Land Diumrayen
Asquith
Society of Gentlemen
London
C. Oliver Tyelin
The
Defender
Lord Donraven
Lord Dunraven
Mr. Teelin
Indignation Flows From Park Place Baptist Rift
In Aurora on December 24, Rev. F O Cunningham from Park Place Baptist accuses members of lacking harmony and Christian love while charging others with immoral conduct. He says no conversion since his two-year pastorate and stands by his moral standard, denying dual morality. Critics blame the pastor for spiritual weakness and cite his Sunday bicycle riding and fast driving as unseemly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FO Cunningham
Aurora
F. O. Cunningham
Park Place Baptist Church
Cunningham
Counterfeits In Change In Evansville Fruit Peddlers
Italian fruit peddlers suspected of circulating counterfeit money in change. Detective Hutchine arrested Eugene Florentine who passed counterfeit notes Saturday night. He and others are turned over to U S authorities. In Wisconsin a saloonkeeper and family are held awaiting a change in John Dahleen’s condition after a disorderly conduct arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Hutchine
Eugene Florentine
United States
Medfcnl
Wis
John Deuta
George Wallher
John Dahleen
Dahleen
Fitashumonns Marty Arrives in El Paso for Sparring
The Fitashumonns marty arrived in El Paso from Ban An Tonle this morning. A parade escorted them from the Southern Pacific depot through the city to Idarai where Fits will train. A sparring exhibition is planned at the El Paso Opera hour tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrass
el Paso
Tex
Pope to Issue Encyclical on Armenia Situation
Rome reports the pope plans an encyclical addressing Armenia. Vatican Austria relations have been harmonized and the pope will recall Nuncio Patru from the ACB. The statement reflects ongoing church diplomacy amid Eastern affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
Rome
Vatican
Austria
Patartu Sas
Finley's Holiday Goods Brightens Season Allure
A bookstore style ad lists Silk Dress and accessories. It highlights black and colored silks and satins, Persian silks for waists, velvets, laces, handkerchiefs, gloves, hosiery, underwear, tableware, napkins towels, shams, centres, down comfortables, silk pillows, cushions, and umbrellas in latest designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delft
Kalamazoo Society Sues Over Church Square Deed
Five heirs of Johnson Patrick sue the Young Men’s Christian Association in Kalamazoo Michigan for 20000 claiming they did not sign the deed to Senator Stockbridge. The case centers on a land parcel deeded to endow a church square now hosting a $65000 building and four churches. The dispute notes a legacy from a late Francis B Stocks bridge era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
M. C
Francis B. Stocks Bridge
Young Men's Christian Association
Church Square
Johnson Patrick
Association
Senator Stockbridge
Eastern Pennsylvania Weather Note Mentions Rain and Winds
A fragmented report from Eastern Pennsylvania refers to possible rain and easterly winds. The text suggests unsettled conditions with likely wet weather and northeast flow impacting the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Clauderea
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GLOBE
Financial Hill
Secretary of the Treasury
Acain
Philadelphia Traction
Mum
Vanderbilts
North Carolina
Sisters of Mercy
He Horghar
Earl OF Dunraven
Dunraven
Vurther
Finley’s Holiday Goods
Our
Lackawanna Avenue
W. J. Weichel, Jeweler
Bpruce
Dime Bane
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