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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1894
Page
1
Review of the year 1893 shows massive depreciation in securities with the market value of twenty five representative railroad and industrial stocks falling by more than 245 million dollars. The report notes sharp money market strains and extensive, though uneven, losses across business sectors.
A fire at John Cummings' cottage in Oma destroyed the home killing four, including Cummings, his wife, an 8 year old child, and Mrs Margerat Fox the mother of Mrs Cummings. A boy named Tommie Fox escaped and reported that Cummings overturned a lamp starting the blaze. The report suggests delirium tremens and possible insanity preceded the disaster.
Alexander Brown, a longtime Philadelphia financier and son of James A. Brown, founder of Brown Bron Co, died tonight at age 78. He was a notable figure in the city’s banking circles and a prominent citizen.
A dynamite device exploded near the Greek parliamentary building in Athens on December 21 causing extensive property damage with no reported injuries. Police investigation ongoing as authorities secure the area and assess casualties.
Reading company collieries to three quarter time. Lehigh Valley officials refuse to employ ex skaters who threaten. A Cincinnati swindler Laighton dies by his own hand in Chicago. Ex Minister Stevens to explain to senate committee about Honolulu actions. Bennett absconds with $10 from Glote National Bank. Shock sets bicycle record at 1 600 miles in six days. Hawaiian affair report blocks constitutional language. Weston asylum wife of Frank Billingslea harms her spouse and herself.
Fragmentary report mentions San Francisco arrival at Per nabuco on route to Rio and reconciliations among officials. References a cholera death toll in Tererify Canary Islands and an obituary for Nathaniel Wheeler of Wilson Manufacturing in Bridgeport.
The Red Star Line steamer Rhynland arriving four days overdue from Antwerp on December 16 reported a night gale on December 19. A towering wave swept the deck, carried away lifeboat and guard rail, leaving ten injured and several missing as officers and crew searched the vessel.
The old volcano Popocatepetl has been erupting for days. A smoky glare and flashes of light are visible from Mexico City as the crater glows with fire. A nearby tourist party near the summit faces danger and workers at the sulphur mines are in a state of concern.
An athletic body was organized in Atlasta on Dec 91 with paid up capital of $40,000 and a bid for the Corbett Mitchell contest if a Florida event cannot be arranged. The group cites no law prohibiting prize fighting and gains backing from influential local figures.
Idle workers find hope as South Side mills plan double turns by midweek. Slide Rolling, Oliver Herbert plant, Tenth Street mills, and Black Diamond tire and plate mills set to restart Tuesday or Wednesday. Carria furnace No 1 at Keating station to blast. Munthulia coal near Homestead to reopen. Rochester tumbler work to hire 800 within days. total new jobs exceed several hundred.
Governor Waite declares willingness to call an extra session and to “hang for it” if needed. He plans to frighten lawmakers by surrounding the assembly with barricades and populists to demand relief measures and threaten senators and members if they adjourn.
Max Zoorner, 20, was found on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad bridge at 8 o clock with a gunshot wound to the head. Officials consider whether he killed himself or was attacked by highwaymen after he reported being assaulted and robbed of 200.
Dec. 31 Jacob Hartman motorman of the Catherine and Bainbridge street line died in a peculiar trolley accident. While inspecting a trolley wire, his car overran a switch and collided with another car, striking the front window and he was killed almost instantly.
Waiamotos December forecast suggests a lengthy session likely matching the fifty first Congress in McKinley bill deliberations. Senators expect a long term possibly into September or October with Wilson tariff action possibly by May 1. Debate on the Hawaiian question could begin Friday if Democrats are present.
Governor Mitchell and the Duval Athletic Club prepare to test Florida prize fight law in habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Call regarding the arrest of Corbett and Mitchell. The club aims to secure release and proceed with the Jan 25 match in Jacksonville.
San Antonio business syndicate renews a 25000 dollar bet to move the Bettie Corbett Mitchell fight from Florida to San Antonio or Mexico. No reply has been received as doubts grow that the bout will occur in Florida.
Robert Lewis shot and fatally wounded Robert Smith during a drunken brawl in Spruce alley early this morning. Smith cannot recover. Robert Lewis was arrested in connection with the incident.
Professor Shortlidge of Shortlidge Academy for Young Men shot his wife as they walked a country road near the school. The couple’s bodies lay in the mud with a revolver nearby. he is held in county jail, reportedly mentally deranged after a grip illness.
Reading Railroad shop workers underwent medical exams by relief workers. Several employees failed the tests and were discharged. A number were rejected for being over 45 years old.
The extensive fire brick works of R. B. Winton & Sons at Phillipsburg Center County shut down. Many workers are laid off while the resume date hinges on a policy shift in the Wilson tariff proposing a two dollar per thousand reduction on firebricks.
Creditors of ex Governor Foster accept he cannot settle at 50 cents on the dollar as agreed. Law proceedings to recover funds for the creditors of Foster & Co. will proceed without delay.
In Prattsville on December 31 Horace H. Grafton of Sewickley a traveling salesman and William Donahue of Mercer an oil operator killed themselves. Grafton suffered Brights disease and Donahue was intoxicated.
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