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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1899
Page
7
The Molineux trial opens with proceedings resembling a county election atmosphere in Lackawanna. The day’s motions and arguments hint at political overtones influencing the judicial process in Scranton.
A Lehigh court ruling questions whether stocked streams remain public property and discusses landowner rights versus state fisheries. It notes concerns about poaching, fairness to farmers and residents, and calls for broader protection while critiquing a congressman’s motives.
President of the New York association Chariton T. Lewis reports Cuba prisons hold overcrowded, under clothing, beds, and sanitation lax. Prisoners include brigands and those accused of minor offenses, with reports of tuberculosis and vermin. many are held without trial or funds for dismissal, prompting warnings of reform. General Wood plans weekly inspections and interim measures to improve sleeping arrangements and expedite trials. broader calls urge judicial and military action to ease prisoner congestion amid Panama Canal discussions in New Jersey.
Mrs Myler the matron at the Trenton Industrial School for Girls narrowly escaped a fatal knife attack by a white inmate. The assailant, moved by anger, was confined to bread and water in the institution’s dungeon as authorities ponder release.
Operators in the anthracite region push a new Erie Wyoming and Delaware Valley Kingston route to cut transportation costs and combat the shift to bituminous coal and coke. A Pennsylvania Railroad report shows anthracite shipments down and bituminous up, arguing a 80 cent per ton potential saving with lower rates and expanded outlets.
The article recalls Mrs Eyler facing prior cruelty allegations and now faces renewed scrutiny over abuse claims involving a colored girl. It notes public interest in how champions defend her and references ex-Commissioner Finnehan acknowledging the peril of thankless tasks in the Katie Barlow affair.
The young Indiana senator William Henry Beveridge earned praise for prudence and self restraint. He traveled the Philippines to study conditions firsthand and avoided self promotion in elections and in his congressional directory biography. He deflected talk on Quay by stressing constitutional issues and stating he would vote as his view dictates.
The passage discusses constitutional rights of appointment, evaluation of senatorial voting, and praise for the Spanish American War pension system. It notes distrust of trusts, mentions a Chicago swindle via a matrimonial agency, and reports on figures like Elliot Danforth and a corkscrew boat inventor from Brooklyn Kentucky. A Paris clairvoyant foresees Queen Victoria’s death in 1900.
Paul Kruger, once stricken by ague, regains resolve and grows confident as he speaks of town lots for sale. A shift in outlook follows illness and hardship, signaling renewed leadership vigor amid ongoing conflict.
A collection of humorous and aphoristic maxims attributed to Josh Billings. The quips cover wit, wisdom, and social observations with playful misspellings and social critique. Subjects include virtue, adversity, time, humor, and human folly expressed in compact, quotable lines.
Citizens joke about autos harming trade as a liveryman claims his horses are busier than ever pulling broken down automobiles back to town in a humorous Ohio State Journal exchange.
A New Year greeting lists multiple towns and places including Wilkes-Barre Kingston Hennett Forty For Wyoming Parsons Miners M Mil Creek Laflin Yatesville Dituaion Thursea Lackiwin Taylor Arora Mooele Minooka Tinncork Starhehet Conklin Crowe The New Mill Alford Georgetov Itaarey Hollerdale Waymart Kimburet Moscow Gouldabora Tobyhanna Mount Pooc Pocono Bun Cresco Tlenrsville Sprognevil Portland Delaware Water Gap Mauch Chunk Preston Park lake Como Poyntolle Belmont Pleasant Tinhondale Porcet City Curbondale White Hiridge Kingaley's Poster Vactoryville Nicholson la Plome Prabtan
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