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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1896
Page
1
We thought weeks ago we were finished buying Fur Capes for this season yet demand persisted and grew. Sizes sold out again at heavy inroads daily, and this week we bought fifty more of the handsomest Fur Capes, trimmed and untrimmed, all in fashion's latest mould, save one garment not strictly high class.
Senate to take up appropriation bills with Hansbrough resolution stalled for now while Quay seeks passage on a tariff measure. Populists vow to oppose reconmitment. Monroe resolutions spark debate as Smith and Blackhard speak. House delays free coinage vote amid bond silver issue and pending calendar items. A mysterious prisoner in Redlands prompts security scrutiny.
A cottage fire on Fort Hamilton Avenue near Eighty fourth Street killed Minnie Specht age nine and Harry Motzen age seven while injuring Edward Hill age eighteen. The chimney collapsed during play near the fireplace, burying the youths and leaving the building a total loss. Police recovered the bodies after extensive debris work.
Emily Hayes a Saratoga, Nebraska activist for women’s rights is alleged to have proposed to Frank Wallets a local farmer as a leap year stunt. Wallets seeks legal advice with a breach of promise suit possible.
Washington February 9 General M A Dillon founder of the Union Veterans Union and Medal of Honor Legion has started a new patriotic semi military group named the Oriental Order of Zouaves Its aims include fostering Americanism enforcing the Monroe doctrine and aiding distressed members and their widows and orphans The organization is national in scope and open to citizens of all ages and good character with a showy uniform in national colors
San Bernardino jail officials claim the eccentric healer Schlatter is a member of the Chats gang. The report notes his arrest and ties to organized crime in California.
El Paso reports heavy visitations for the fifth carnival as Texas New Mexico and Old Mexico band together to bar the Maher Fitzsimmons fight. Governors Thornton Mabey and Amundsen coordinate border patrols and troop deployments to keep any boxing bouts off U S soil.
A daring bank heist in Savannah Missouri nets $25 000 in trolley government bonds and stamps. Watchman Jake Garting is knocked down and bound as three robbers drill the safe and escape unseen. Losses include $14 000 in bonds held by Mrs Mary Breckenridge and smaller sums from the postmaster and other depositors.
Stroudsburg Pa February 29 Jesse B Palmer sixty four died when a chimney fell on him during a house fire at Hollinshead residence. Palmer had climbed a ladder to aid a couple believed trapped Hotopp was later found safe. Fireman Nevil fell from a horse while seeking a doctor and is thought fatally hurt. The house and contents burned with little insurance. Palmer recently married and neighbors fear grief may drive him to insanity.
Jamestown, Indiana erupts after robbers seize Robbie Miles as he walked home from school. The 8-year-old son of merchant W S Miles was abducted by two tramps who forced him away and boarded a westbound Big Four freight. Friends heard him cry but fled in fear. Local search underway.
Tollet reports Illinoia Steel mills will restart Monday after a two month shutdown. Wage negotiations are tied to the restart and about 2,400 workers will be rehired.
Dispatch from Havana reports General Cannella’s column lured into a trap near Artemisia by Gomez and Serna led rebels. Casualties unknown. Cannella wounded possibly. Fighting described as one of the war’s bloodiest with heavy losses on both sides and a Spanish retreat toward Cuatanijay.
The government has mounted over 2,000 infantrymen and is recruiting additional volunteers here to replace troops sent to the field. J. Frank Clark signs the notice.
Acting Captain General Marin told a Havana correspondent that his campaign diverges from prior plans and that insurgent organization lacks discipline. He disputed claims of infantry to cavalry conversion, warned insurgents use stealth and ambush, and predicted the revolution would wane as a strong military policy is adopted.
Berlin reports aim to ease frictions with Great Britain as naval plans gain cautious support. The Reichstag debate on Friday backed the government line for a moderate cruiser buildup to defend trade, while Stern’s bid to reclaim forfeited bail fails. The Florad Rusayer body moves toward New York aboard the Havel.
A United Press dispatch from Constantinople reports heavy Turkish losses at Zeitoun, with Zeimcouk defenses lasting into March. It describes mass killings, enslavement, village depopulation, and the forced march of Christians from Furnuz toward Marash, with women and children among the casualties.
Detectives receive a cryptic tip from a Boston drummer about Lulu May Hollingsworth in Indianapolis. A letter signed Mal F Rateliffe claims Pearl Bryan’s murder links to a heroines chain, with details emerging from the Union Station meeting and ensuing drugstore purchases before a fatal poisoning and decapitation.
A fire broke out yesterday in Judge James Gillispie’s courtroom in Ramuel Gordon’s arson trial. A pile of rag and paper soaked in oil was used as evidence and, after defense claims the materials contained wool, a lighted match was used to test combustibles. The blaze caused a stampede but was extinguished quickly by the fire alarm with no serious damage.
An immense ice gorge in the Platte River at Clarks Nebraska has flooded miles of riverbank. Farmers along the river risk losing livestock and homes as the current runs higher than ever, with boats unable to navigate the ice. Several farms are submerged and stock has perished.
In Hartford two men missing since Thursday night were recovered this afternoon. They were among three people connected to James Mack of New Britain and an Italian believed to be Charles Costello of Hartford.
A local listing offers a stock of textiles including French Organdies French and American Piques French Galateas Linen Batiste with trimmings, Persian Lawns and Dotted Swisses. The shop operates at 510 and 512 Lackawanna Avenue.
Herald weather notes a clear colder start with brisk northwesterly and westerly winds across the Middle States and interior, followed by a slight temperature rise. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies with warmer southwesterly winds and some snow possible in the interior regions.
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