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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1896
Page
1
The item suggests tiny lots to be disposed of and warns that if purchasers delay until Monday they may be surprised by the outcome. It notes the risk of holding out and implies a final day of sale or vale event.
Stylish garments made from durable materials with lace and trim details on sale. About six dozen assorted patterns priced from 1.75 to 2.00 with choice three day offers at 1.49. Also fine wrapover pieces discounted from 2.50 to 2.75 to 1.98 for three days.
Today's fashions present four bargain waists showing solid colors prints and silks at deep discounts. Doyen fancy flannel waists in all sizes priced 49 cents for three days. silk and wool plaid waists once 4.75 and 40 now 3.00. Fifteen silk waist stripes offered at 3.98, and a select lot of stylish silk waists valued 4.00 to 10.00 now 5.00.
Summary of coming week's focus in the U S Senate with discussions on appropriation bills and foreign relations. Davis to address on Monroe doctrine. Davis expected to push neutral stance and Cuban issue. Mitchell to present Dupont Delaware seating, House to debate agricultural and Indian appropriations, early adjournment eyed.
Riverhead officials report fraud in the bounty program for possums woodchucks and other animals. Northville club members say illegal possum ranching has increased since a 25 cent bounty was offered. A Patchogue man Rice was convicted of counterfeiting possums to claim bounties. Last year about 2500 dollars in bounties were paid plus supervisor fees.
Wilkes-Barre report by Mine Inspector G. M. Williams details 1815 coal production by rail at 7 194 855 tons, local breakers 228 644 tons, mined fuel consumed 642 872 tons, total 7 667 etc. Fatal and non fatal accidents totaled 74 across gas explosions roof falls shaft accidents powder blasts and other causes both underground and on surface.
Philadelphia reports Chairman Frank Willing Leach of the Republican state committee returning from Washington with details on Senator Quay seeking the presidency. Leach says a broad bloc supports Quay, McKinley is a strong first-ballot contender, and Pennsylvania could supply the eventual Republican nominee.
Berlin February 16 Professor Bergmann a leading German surgeon performed the first surgical operation in hospitals here with the aid of the X ray device. He extracted pellets embedded in a young man's hand after they had resisted probing. He told students the ray discovery aids diagnosis but cannot replace the value of past antivenereal advances.
In Boston on February 16 the skeleton of the famed American portrait painter Gil bert Stuart, who died 68 years ago, was exhumed from tomb No 61 in Boston Common. The brick arched tomb, used since 1802, held six prior bodies. the skull was identified by its size teeth condition aquareset and distinctive hair features including side locks and whiskers.
Charles McDarby aged 40 awaiting trial for the murder of Caroline Prover in Hudson is moved to solitary confinement after exhibiting signs of insanity. Officials note fear of the electric chair and claim isolation may restore his reason after taunts from fellow inmates following the Clinton prison killing.
London report confirms the Southern railway scandal crisis in Paris. The Paris correspondent says the affair could trigger a revolution or a great upheaval, with the chamber of deputies facing a vote that could destabilize the country.
British dispatches report a Korean revolution with the assassination of premier officials. Japan fears loss of influence as the king seeks refuge at the Russian legation. Marines are sent to Seoul to safeguard nationals while a new Korean cabinet orders executions of foreign ministers. Washington notes envoy Fom Kwang Boh's arrival amid upheaval and shifting loyalties.
Berlin reports Herr Von Kardoff asks President Cleveland to confirm Theodore Barth’s claim that Cleveland pledged to veto any silver bills. The question follows Kardoff’s letter via the U.S. embassy. In Rome the Duke of Aosta asks to command his regiment in the Abyssinian campaign.
Mel W. Garner foreman at W. B. Buford printing shop was robbed of 400 dollars yesterday afternoon. A stranger struck him, drew a revolver, and escaped with the cash before employees pursued. Garner was treated later, and the suspect, said to be from Cincinnati, was overpowered and bound.
In Constantinople on Feb 16 a U P report states Russia alone objects to a United States despatch boat at the port. Miss Clara Barton and the Red Cross delegation arrived, and American minister A W Terrell sent the issue to Washington for settlement with St. Petersburg. A missionary’s relative, Mise White, died of smallpox in Marsovin.
Rev William Bailey, an alleged imitator of Schlatter, was tarred and feathered and banished from town by a 150 member vigilance committee last night. The incident occurred in North Platte Nebraska as Bailey promoted supposed miracles during the winter.
Seniors and juniors help the boys at Wesleyan College Delaware Ohio during chapel night. Juniors wore straw hats in class colors replacing mortar boards, creating a playful tribute to the senior class.
El Paso reports tension over a boxing match dispute as managers refuse talks. Forfeits of 100 dollars each are planned for Everhart Leeds and other bouts. Weigh in issues and possible replacements loom as officials seek to settle the program.
Sia correspondent reports 34 Cuban political prisoners shot Wednesday night. Gomez warns Weyler of retaliation against Spaniards if Cubans in cities are killed. Gomez and Maceo near Havana with skirmishes at outposts. volunteers being sent from Havana. press restrictions hinder news. Mannix leaves for the United States after filing a protest with Consul Williams.
Robert Williams, a Black man who killed Hodman Joan F Sages Friday night, was seized near Montgomery at Cowles station and brought to the city. Deputies and local prisoners captured him on the train as a mob quickly overpowered officers and hanged him from a tree, his body riddled with bullets.
George Jackson, colored, confessed to driving Bret Jackson Alonzo Walling and Pearl Bryan across the river to Fort Thomas on the night of the murder. He says the girl cried and he fled after reaching the river. The confession completes key evidence in the Kentucky murder case. Frankfort Ky Feb. 6. Some reports say union forces limp onward. Ex Chief Justice Halt may face election prospects. Shaw Parsitt fined in Myopia cult case.
British dispatch confirms Dr. Nansen's voyage and return claim. In Washington Groely and Scheutze dispute the Archangel report, arguing it would require improbable routes from Irkutsk to Archangel. They discuss currents, river Lena, Yakutsk to Ust Yana, and the difficulty of transmitting Arctic news through native networks.
Joseph Donoghue, the champion skater of Washington D C, broke the five mile skating record at the ice rink with a time of 14 47 on a mile track misprint notes. Earlier he broke the two mile record of 4 42 on a three quarter mile track, beating Olaf Rudd’s prior marks from last winter.
A blaze at Brie yoetoniay gutted the publicbing company's building and factory stock valued around 1000 dollars. The newspaper department escaped harm and no injuries were reported. In Philadelphia, Robert W. Myers of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals died suddenly at his home.
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