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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1900
Page
1
London reports Buller ordered withdrawal from Spion Kop after heavy British and Boer casualties. Widespread consternation and debate follow, with military experts questioning the strategic value and Warren’s tactics while urging larger forces and renewed effort to relieve Ladysmith.
William J Bryan toured Delaware speaking to farmers and Democrats, denouncing the Republican party as controlled by moneyed interests that favor traders over producers. He urged Republicans to reconsider party loyalty and warned that prosperity would not reach farmers without change. He was greeted warmly in Smyrna and Clayton, where crowds packed the opera house for his brief address.
The funeral of the Dowager Duchess of Schleswiz-lolstein, mother of the empress of Germany, will be held Sunday at Peimkenau in Liegnitz district Silesia.
In Wilmington Delaware tonight Jack Date from the city scores a knockout over Jack Burke of Galveston Texas in the sounding rounds of a bout that was planned as a written event.
A sudden death in Lewistown today honors the Rev. Si-ReV Mes Clean, a longtime Presbyterian minister who served twenty two years in the Londow area. He died at about age Rosears, leaving a void in the local church community.
Miss Mary Cohen testified that Jim Pierce confessed to murdering George B Myre and sinking the body in the Delaware River at the mouth of Raccoon Creek. She said Pierce claimed Pinney joined the crime and that Myre's money and valuables were stolen. The confession was shared with District Attorney Smith and Chief Berry.
Paris reports a royal decree dissolving Palermo's Municipal Council tied to supporters of Signor Pollizzolo amid unrest over tariff hikes. A Dec murder and robbery trial near Palermo drew dramatic incidents as Signor Notarbartolo's son accused Pollizzolo of ordering the crime. Pollizzolo was later arrested in Palermo on Dec 22.
The transport Pennsylvania sailed from San Francisco to Manila with 1.5 million dollars in gold coin and treasury notes for U S troops. Detachment led by Lieutenant J B Leighe protects the funds. paying officers Major Conwrys Markley Wigant and others accompany the voyage alongside printers and hospital staff. The ship also carries a large cargo of army supplies.
Paris January 2 A preliminary strike for higher wages paralyzes 5000 carpenters at the exposition buildings. Workers demand one franc per hour, causing commotion while police guard the Hotel des Invalides and the work yard. Officials say the strike will likely end in two or three days.
Denver June 1 News reports the capture of Reynolds and Wagner, the escaped convicts, and the escape of Washer. Reynolds is charged with killing Night Captain Looney at Colorado Penitentiary Canan City. Wagner is said to have held Howney while Reynolds climbed him. Lynching feared.
Jan. 8 in Darrtown, during a jogging shooting event, John Kulp was killed by John Willoughby. Kulp worked the traps and was looking over the boards when the fatal incident occurred. No immediate motive or motive stated. Willoughby from this area is held as the case is under investigation.
At the Monongahela House in Pittsburg today about one hundred prominent breeders from across the state joined a organizing session. E S Bayard chaired the committee report and the body adopted the plan to form the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders Association with officers led by John S. Cirdon as president and KF Bayard as secretary. An executive committee of six officers plus five members was named to represent horse cattle sheep wine and poultry interests. The afternoon featured several papers before the meeting adjourned sine die.
Forces under General Robbe occupy ports on southeastern Luzon including Sorsogon Dunsal Milan Albayo and Legaspi with Legaspi providing the main resistance. Casualties reported with five Americans wounded forty five dead and three wounded Filipinos found. Nashville battery supported by naval guns bombards fortifications amid hand to hand actions near Legaspi.
Ind Jan 26. Breach between miners and operators widens as the miners vote to break up the continuous session and adjourn sine die. Officials keep wage scale demands secret while operators in Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania resist a joint run of mine standard. Some predict a deadlock as a unanimous vote is required to bind a scale agreement.
The Ohio attorney general issued an opinion stating that if any public school district or board uses public school funds to teach catechism or church history to Roman Catholic patrons, even with board authorization, it constitutes unlawful diversion of state funds and must be prohibited.
Mrs John D Rich a Chicago woman who surrendered to authorities for the May killing at Juarez was found guilty by the Mesquite court and sentenced to fourteen years in prison. If she serves the term she will be imprisoned at a facility in Texas.
Willamapert reports a superior court judge named John Mitchell was severely injured after suffering a pataiveis Welnessay incident during a meal at his home. The date is today and officials say his condition is serious with slight improvement noted.
Washington Jan 2. A call issued for a joint caucus of Republican senators and representatives to organize the Republican national congressional committee. The meeting is set for January in the hall of the home.
Five men died and eight were badly hurt when a dynamite blast followed a runaway Central Railroad of New Jersey train at Ashley. Six locomotives and seventy cars wrecked. houses damaged. dozens employed to replace shattered glass as crews inspect wreckage and recover bodies.
Mesere Abell Hanlon and Ebbetts of the Brooklyn Baltimore syndicate returned from Cleveland where they attended the National League circuit Committee meeting. Abell and Hanlon declined to discuss details while Ebbetts said no satisfactory agreement could be reached. The group will operate on a ten club basis with Baltimore and Washington in and Louisville or Cleveland possibly added. Baltimore players to be signed on usual contracts.
Paris report states Bolossy Kiralfy was arrested on charges from Columbia theater shareholders who say he failed to provide proper accounts. Theater books were seized at his home as part of the action.
Harrisburg news reports the Third brigade National Guard of Pennsylvania staff officers hosting a dinner at the Commonwealth hotel. Governor Stone and colonels of the brigades were among the attendees during the event.
The joint committee inviting William J. Bryan to address the Virginia General Assembly has received his reply that he will visit Richmond between February 5 and 12 to deliver an address.
Governor Roosevelt announced he will send to the senate Monday night the nomination of former Syracuse Senator Francis Hendricks to succeed Louis F. Payne as state superintendent of insurance.
Weather fair and cold today. Interview with Colonel Warren on Boer actions at Spion Kop. Ashley explosion details and Kypo case confession. Northeastern Pennsylvania finance and commerce. Washington gossip. Water question debate. One woman’s views. Judge Archbald’s Mt. Pleasant case opinion. Common Pleas proceedings. Rev Thomas Marshall on Mor ton missions. B’nai Brith conversion. Divorce testimony. West Scranton and suburbs notes. Sunday school lesson tomorrow. Story Cheated by Lawyers. Local live industrial news.
Fire gut Angora Manufacturing plant at Avera Philadelphia destroying a four story brick mill. Seventeen year old Lizzie Blackie is believed dead with twelve injured, mostly female workers. Loss about 150000 with some insurance coverage. Male workers escaped.
The House adjourned yesterday with most of the session devoted to eulogies for the late Vice President Mobart. Speakers from New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Tennessee and Cicada gia offered heartfelt tributes as the conference report on the census was adopted and a vote on remitting cost for Manihe cattle commerce was postponed amid opposition.
Trenton New Jersey reports Delaware River water deemed unfit for drinking by health officials. A city order bans drinking city water in schools until tests pass. Forty typhoid cases and seven deaths have occurred in the past week.
London reports the British expedition under Mat Salleh in Virltsl Novi Borneo succeeded after two days of fighting January 5 and after storming two forts and two villages. Cam. tulm Harrington led 100 Sikhs and routed the rebels with sixty Tugars killed or wounded. The Virgish had four men wounded. Remaining villages of the disturbed nation were subdued.
Trenton New Jersey Justice Gammere sentenced Yi-Solin Higgs and Willem Storms, both Democrats, for falsely swearing names on the registration list in last spring's city election. A clemency petition was signed by several officials in both parties.
A fragmented notice from Pennsylvania and Washington lists pension records including Theodore Utt of Olyphant Lackawanna and John Williams of Canton Bradford with an increase to $17, plus original widows Mary J. Baker of Cambria Luzerne. The text also mentions related names in terse form.
Lt. Gov. Watres urges swift reform of the Republican party after ballot box fraud exposed in Philadelphia. He warns that corrupt primaries threaten honest government and calls for new, integrity driven legislators and party leaders to restore the Commonwealth’s good name. The speech emphasizes internal party change over external disruption.
The report lists several ships and routes with arrivals and departures in New York during January. It notes vessels bound for Havre Livers pool and Bretannne, plus arrivals from Liverpool and Rotterdam, including ships on a New York run and lines to Havre and Tat Gascogne.
A conference in Harrisburg with Governor Stone and department officials to push strict enforcement against fabricated goods and illicit products. The session aims to curb adulterated wares and protect consumers amid ongoing regulatory actions.
The Wie uiled here tudiy by the Monatech OH and Gi company of Trade ford county Pa. The company to ante theorize to requird all wand gas properties and deal In the same eppical slo ide.
Harrisburg reports the state department chartered the Duck Harbor Lumber and Chemical Company in Damascus township Wayne with capital of $20,000.
Weather forecast from Washington on January 21 calls for continued cold in Eastern Pennsylvania with diminishing north westerly winds Saturday and increasing cloud cover on Sunday.
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